Names of Debian (or ubuntu) packages needed to compile :
linux-image-<appropriate 2.6.XX version>
or
kernel-image-<appropriate 2.6.XX version>
linux-headers-<appropriate 2.6.XX version>
libsysfs-dev (2.1.0-2 at the time of writing this wiki entry)
libsdl-gfx1.2-dev (2.0.13-3 at the time of writing this wiki entry)
libsdl-image1.2-dev (1.2.5-3 at the time of writing this wiki entry)
One can manipulate the rotational motor speed directly with commands such as :
bash$ echo 0 > /sys/class/ar4000/acuity0/device/pwmA
The upper limit for rotational velocity is about 100 to pwmA
Example call to the scanscene program :
bash$ sudo scanscene /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/ttyS0 250 20 LOOKUPHS 200