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Raspberry Pi
Setup of motion, RTL8188CUS realtek based wifi & UVC webcam
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Hopefully this will be of interest and help to someone trying to get a uvc webcam and/or realtek wifi dongle working on their rpi.
I hope this is the correct place to post this kind of topic.
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Why.....
I wanted to have a rpi with a wifi dongle & a uvc logitech webcam and motion installed.
Problem.....
Arch, has the webcam modules but unable to get the rpi arch image to
support either of my 2 RTL8188CUS realtek based dongles.
: Belkin surf n150 micro adapter
: Edimax N150 Wireless nano USB Adaptor
Debian, doesn't immediately work with the dongle, but fairly easy to get working using this great
script: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=6256
But.... the default rpi Debian kernel doesn't have the uvc webcam stuff.
So I cant use the script above, because I need to bake in the webcam.
So...these instructions should enable you to have a:
1) debian based distro (custom kernel)
2) wifi working with RTL8188CUS based adapters.
3) logitech webcam working.
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What you will need
1 x linux machine
1 x rpi
1 x SD card
Wired network between rpi & linux machine
1 X Realtek based wireless dongle. !DO NOT PLUG IN UNTIL TOLD TO!
1 X Logitech webcam
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Getting started..
Prepare SD with the debian6-19-04-2012.zip image from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
Lots of methods to do this.. take a look at:
http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup
Resize SD card if you need to gparted on your linux machine is your friend.
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Boot for the first time.
Login as the user you have been given as part of the download for your initial image and change the password
Change your user (pi) password
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# passwd
Change the root passwd
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# sudo passwd
Switch to root
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# su
Enter the password you just changed
Get everything up to date
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# apt-get update
# apt-get update [to clear duplicates]
# apt-get upgrade
At this point I normally (2xpi, 2xpowerAdapters ) get a kernel panic on first upgrade
Just pull plug out and reboot
Login as root this time
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# apt-get upgrade
I want a fixed IP on this machine so I can find it when i disconnect the monitor
dont do this if you want the wired to be dhcp
*startOfDontDoThisIfYouDontWant
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# vi /etc/network/interfaces
(of course you could you emacs here)
Change the following line
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iface eth0 inet dhcp
to
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iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.80 <---- whatever is applicable to your lan config
netmask 255.255.255.0 <---- whatever is applicable to your lan config
network 192.168.0.0 <---- whatever is applicable to your lan config
gateway 192.169.0.1 <---- whatever is applicable to your lan config
Then to write the file
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:wq!
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# ifdown eth0
# ifup eth0
* if after the next reboot you lose your ability to resolve hostnames
* i.e. ping google.com --> unknown host google.com
* just add:
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nameserver 8.8.8.8 (or your favourite DNS server IP address)
* to the bottom of /etc/resolv.conf
endOfDontDoThisIfYouDontWant
To see (or check ) the address assigned to your eth0 network interface
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# ifconfig
eth0 inet addr, should be either a dhcp address or the one you set in the interfaces file.
Now I want to install Hexxeh/rpi-update tool
From here: https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-update
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# cd
# mkdir hexxeh
# cd hexxeh
# apt-get install ca-certificates
# apt-get install git
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# wget http://goo.gl/1BOfJ -O /usr/bin/rpi-update && chmod +x /usr/bin/rpi-update
# rpi-update
Dont worry if you get this:
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/opt/vc/sbin/vcfiled: error while loading shared libraries: libvchiq_arm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
* Always happens and no one seems worried about it.
Ok..... lets leave our rpi alone for a minute.
On our second linux (Ubuntu in my case) machine
(A lot of this next bit sourced from here: http://elinux.org/RPi_Kernel_Compilation)
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# sudo apt-get install gcc-4.6-arm-linux-gnueabi
# sudo apt-get install git-core
# cd
# mkdir raspberrypi
# cd raspberrypi
# git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git
# cd linux
# sudo ln -s /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc-4.6 /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
# cp arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_cutdown_defconfig .config
# make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- oldconfig
# make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- -k
Depending on your machine this might take a while.
(You can use -j flag if you have multi-core see notes on above url
you might have to press ENTER a lot)
This will have create a kernel image in: /home/yourUser/raspberrypi/linux/arch/arm/boot/
called: "zImage"
Now we need to copy it to our pi
* back on the pi....
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# apt-get install sshfs
# cd /mnt
# mkdir linux
# sshfs yourUserName@yourLinuxMachineIPorHostname:/home/yourUser/raspberrypi/linux linux
You can check it mounted okay by:
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# df -kh
* will show you that /mnt/linux is mounted to yourLinuxMachines linux directory
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# cd linux
# make modules_install
# cd /boot
# cp kernel.img /root/backup-original-kernel.img
Now copy your new kernel over....
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# cp /mnt/linux/arch/arm/boot/zImage kernel.img
You can check it worked by doing this....
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# diff kernel.img /root/backup-original-kernel.img
Binary files kernel.img and /root/backup-original-kernel.img differ
#reboot
Fingers crossed
Now to get the wireless driver working........
Back on your Linux Machine.
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# cd
# cd raspberrypi
# mkdir wifi
Grab the UNIX (Linux) RTL8192CU driver package from http://www.realtek.com.tw
its a long url... but this shortLink should get you there.... http://goo.gl/81MRD
the file should be called something like this: RTL819xCU_USB_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404.zip
* Save the downloaded zip file in the wifi directory you just created
*! there must be a way of building this on the pi but I could not get it to work.
*! annoying as it means I cant use the install script.
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# cd
# cd raspberrypi/wifi
# unzip RTL819xCU_USB_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404.zip
# cd RTL8188C_8192C_8192D_USB_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404
# cd driver
# tar -zxvf rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404.tar.gz
# cd rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404/
# make KSRC=/home/yourUserName/raspberrypi/linux/ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi- -k
# ls -ltrh
[you will now see you have a brand spanking new]
8192cu.ko
kernel module, that has been compiled to work with the kernel you prepared earlier.
Back to the rPi
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# cd /mnt
# mkdir wifi
# sshfs yourUserName@yourLinuxMachineIPorHostname:/home/yourUser/raspberrypi/wifi wifi
# cd /mnt/wifi/RTL8188C_8192C_8192D_USB_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404/driver/rtl8188C_8192C_8192D_usb_linux_v3.4.2_3727.20120404
# cp 8192cu.ko /root
# cd
# install -p -m 644 8192cu.ko /lib/modules/3.1.9+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
Blacklist bad module
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# echo 'blacklist rtl8192cu' >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
#
# echo >> /etc/network/interfaces <--- put a blank line at the bottom of our interfaces file.
# echo "allow-hotplug wlan0" >> /etc/network/interfaces <---- if we want to allow hotplug of our adapter
# echo >> /etc/network/interfaces
# echo 'auto wlan0' >> /etc/network/interfaces <-- create an entry for our wlan0
# echo >> /etc/network/interfaces
# echo 'iface wlan0 inet dhcp' >> /etc/network/interfaces <-- we can change this to static if it works.
# echo 'wpa-ssid "putYourSSIDhere" ' >> /etc/network/interfaces <--- this is the name of your wireless Lan.
# echo 'wpa-psk "putYourWirelassPasswordHere" ' >> /etc/network/interfaces
# echo '8192cu' >> /etc/modules
# depmod -a
Ok NOW plug in your wifi usb adapter..
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# iwconfig
You should see something like this......
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lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"YourWifiNetworkName" Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: XX:YY:ZZ:AA:BB:CC
Bit Rate:150 Mb/s Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-****-**** Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=94/100 Signal level=44/100 Noise level=0/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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# ifconfig
Should give you something like this
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wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr XX:YY:ZZ:AA:BB:CC
inet addr:192.168.0.80 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:304 errors:0 dropped:310 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:52965 (51.7 KiB) TX bytes:4064 (3.9 KiB)
Back on your linuxMachine
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# ping 192.168.0.81
64 bytes from 192.168.0.81: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.993 ms
Lets reboot and make sure it all works then.....
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# reboot
Ok... the goal of this for me is a rpi with wifi, camera and motion so actually I need to set
the wifi address to be static so I can connect to it, otherwise it will keep changing and without
a keyboard and screen attached it will be a pain.
Login to your rpi as root (or just prefix all commands with sudo, up to you.)
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# vi /etc/network/interfaces
change the following line
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iface wlan0 inet dhcp
to
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iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.0.81 <---- whatever is applicable to your lan config, not an address handed by your dhcp server
netmask 255.255.255.0 <---- whatever is applicable to your lan config
network 192.168.0.0 <---- whatever is applicable to your lan config
gateway 192.169.0.1 <---- whatever is applicable to your lan config
Then to write the file
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:wq!
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# ifdown wlan0
# ifup wlan0
# ifconfig
This should give you something like this
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wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr XX:YY:ZZ:AA:BB:CC
inet addr:192.168.0.80 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
Back on your linux machine open a terminal window and
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# ssh root@9192.168.0.81
* enter your password
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## hostname
raspberrypi
OK all good, we dont need a screen or keyboard anymore.
Now unplug the keyboard from the rpi, we will need the usb for your webcam.
Plug your webcam in
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# dmesg (in your terminal window)
You should see something like this...
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usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0825
usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=2
usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: AB81D3F0
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:0825)
input: UVC Camera (046d:0825) as /devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/input/input2
usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
6:3:1: cannot set freq 16000 to ep 0x86
6:3:2: cannot set freq 24000 to ep 0x86
6:3:3: cannot set freq 32000 to ep 0x86
6:3:4: cannot set freq 48000 to ep 0x86
usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
rtw_set_ps_mode(): Busy Traffic , Leave 802.11 power save..
rtl8192c_set_FwPwrMode_cmd(): Mode = 0, SmartPS = 0
* I have tried this with the following webcams...
* logitech c120
* logitech c160
* lets see if a video device has been created.
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# ls -ltrh /dev/video*
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 Jun 4 18:42 /dev/video0
* ok good.
* almost there..
Install motion
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# apt-get install motion
# apt-get install uvcdynctrl
# apt-get install guvcview
# vi /etc/motion/motion.conf
Change: webcam_localhost on --> webcam_localhost off <--- this means we will be able to see the camera stream from other machines
Change: videodevice /dev/video0 To whatever video device was shown by ls -ltrh /dev/video*
Optional (but these are my settings):
Change: width 320 --> width 640 This will depend on your camera model.
Change: height 240 --> height 480
Change: framerate 25 --> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/ ... nFramerate
Change: webcam_maxrate 25 --> http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/ ... camMaxrate
Change: output_normal on --> off , Im happy just to have the avi I can always jpeg split later if i want
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:wq! <--- Save your settings and exit.
Lets try it.
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# motion
All done.
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Hopefully this will be of use or interest to others, its quite long so if you spot any mistakes
feel free to point them out.
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I have read a lot of web pages trying to get all this to work, and Im sure I will have forgotten
the authors of some.
But…thanks and credit to those below :
MrEngman --- viewtopic.php?f=26&t=6256
everyone who wrote this: http://elinux.org/RPi_Kernel_Compilation
http://elinux.org/index.php?title=RPi_K ... on=history
Cian's Blog --- http://www.cianmcgovern.com/tag/8192cu/
Hexxeh ---http://hexxeh.net/
Kenneth Lavrsen -- for maintaining motion.
http://www.69b.org/prox-pi.php/rpo/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=7585&p=93108&sid=e3ed9faa65b23072b6a52ada67d7d6a4
