Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:41:23 -0800 From: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> To: gerti-freebsdq@bitart.com Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: USB and "camcontrol" update Message-ID: <3A1D64D3.54F5C648@wiliweld.com> References: <3A1CB39A.15E399C@wiliweld.com> <20001123083528.16068.qmail@camelot.bitart.com>
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Gerd Knops wrote: > > Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > > Hello Gerd and Family, > > > > I have followed the instructions for having my USB HP Digital camera > > recognized by FreeBSD 4.1 > > > I havn't worked with an HP camera (using a Sony S70 here), so I can't > be off too much help. It may not work the way below at all. I have not > come across any positive report about HP camera's, USB and FreeBSD. But > then again USB support is quite new in FreeBSD. Read on though: > > > and the commands I used were: > > > > (A) mkdir /camera > > > > (B) camcontrol rescan 0 /*which reported success */ > > > At this point check your dmesg output. Does it say anything about da0? > > BTW as AFAIK you can use HP camera's via the serial interface with > gphoto (/usr/ports/graphics/gphoto, or www.gphoto.org). > > Gerd Thanks, the HP-315 was a great deal, has 2.1 depth but it's a USB, at $299 I couldn't complain. In addition to the built in USB on that particular machine I have obtained a few Belkin USB cards (pci) which I have to test and see if FBSD-4.1 recognizes. I was hoping to avoid this whole USB thing period (like I've tried to avoid owning a fuel-injected car) for maintainence reasons but it seems to be unavoidable. I applaud the fact that it's built into 4.1, way ahead of the Linux distro. -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 San Francisco, CA 94121 "UNIX, A Way of Life !!!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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