OpenNI packages in eighthave repo

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Hmm, that's a new development.  I wonder if this package should  
blacklist that kernel module...

.hc

On Oct 21, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Daniel Squires wrote:

> The version that the original package built is not available for  
> download on
> the openni.org site anymore so i will have to make the builder work  
> for the
> later release. Will let you know if i manage that.
>
> I found the reason for the kinect not working is the gspca_kinect  
> kernel
> module!
>
> Unload that and it works as expected.
>
>
> On Thursday 20 October 2011 12:52:55 you wrote:
>> If you can post a fix to this, I'll include it in the git repo and
>> post some updated packages on launchpad.
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On Oct 20, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Daniel Squires wrote:
>>> Oops, Eleanor is my wife,I replied using her old email profile,
>>> sorry about
>>> that.
>>>
>>> I got it installing ok, now trying to work out why client apps wont
>>> work, just
>>> gives me an error something like "initfromxml failed" and something
>>> to do with
>>> usb. I don't have exact error to hand right now.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> On Thursday 20 October 2011 12:01:51 you wrote:
>>>> Daniel,
>>>>
>>>> Looks like Eleanor found the answer.  So the thing to do is change
>>>> the
>>>> download URL in the script in that package.
>>>>
>>>> .hc
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 20, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Eleanor Blackmore wrote:
>>>>> Looks like the real problem is that the download site has been
>>>>> changed, so
>>>>> wget is retrieving a html doc.
>>>>>
>>>>> I still had the 1.3.1.5 Nite Binary knocking about and hacked the
>>>>> update-
>>>>> primesense-nite-nonfree script to use it instead, then it built
>>>>> a .deb which i
>>>>> can install :)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday 19 October 2011 12:17:03 you wrote:
>>>>>> That .deb is generated by the installing of openni-module-
>>>>>> primesense-
>>>>>> nite-nonfree, it downloads the non-free binaries and makes a deb
>>>>>> out
>>>>>> of it.  I'm on a 32-bit system, it works for me.  But I think the
>>>>>> author of that package is on 64-bit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I cc'ed the pkg-multimedia team to see if anyone can help on 64-
>>>>>> bit.
>>>>>> Can you post the whole log of your apt-get install session
>>>>>> somewhere?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .hc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 19, 2011, at 5:50 AM, Daniel Squires wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am trying to use the packages from your eighthave repo on
>>>>>>> Ubuntu
>>>>>>> oneiric, I found the wiki at @
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://wiki.debian.org/PrimeSenseNite#Installation
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But the .deb it refers to ( /var/cache/primesense-nite-nonfree/
>>>>>>> openni-
>>>>>>> module-primesense-nite-nonfree_1.3.1.5-1_i386.deb) does not
>>>>>>> exist on
>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>> system. It is an amd64 install and wonder if this is why?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only file that does exist there is
>>>>>>> /var/cache/primesense-nite-
>>>>>>> nonfree/primesense-nite.tar.gz which actually just seems to be
>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>> html
>>>>>>> doc of the openni homepage!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> indeed dpkg -L openni-module-primesense-nite-nonfree makes no
>>>>>>> mention of
>>>>>>> the .deb file.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any help much appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>>
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