Getting WXcam working with Lucid

I have a friend who just wants his webcam on his Samsung NP-R522 to work. Needless to say, it's been a bit of a battle because no sooner is one webcam application working, then he upgrades and ends up without a working webcam.

After searching high and low for a solution to the /dev/dsp not found error in WXcam, I figured out a solution.

1.install oss-compat

apt-get install oss-compat

2. load these modules

modprobe snd-pcm-oss

modprobe snd-mixer-oss

This should create /dev/dsp for you. If not, then try this:  mknod /dev/dsp c 14 3 && chmod 777 /dev/dsp

3. make sure the modules load at boot-time

gedit /etc/modules

add the following:

snd-pcm-oss

snd-mixer-oss

4.  Now here is the trick

run this in a terminal:

aoss wxcam

The programme should load with a sound interface.

5. Change your menu properties to make it permanent

aoss wxcam