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Date:      Fri, 17 Apr 2015 08:21:38 +0200
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
To:        multimedia@freebsd.org, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>,  Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de>
Subject:   Re: Trying to get a built-in webcam (Dell M4800 laptop) to work -- clues?
Message-ID:  <5530A672.9060103@selasky.org>
In-Reply-To: <20150417001729.GA44308@albert.catwhisker.org>
References:  <20150408032547.GO15644@albert.catwhisker.org> <201504151816.t3FIGuQ2000796@enceladus10.kn-bremen.de> <20150417001729.GA44308@albert.catwhisker.org>

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On 04/17/15 02:17, David Wolfskill wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 08:16:56PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
>> ...
>>> Any hints or clues for doing this?
>>
>> Not sure why webcamd doesn't start but you could try starting it
>> manually:
>>
>> 	webcamd -d 1.3
>
> Well, that did this:
>
> g1-254(10.1-S)[5] sudo !!
> sudo webcamd -d 1.3
> Password:
> Attached to ugen1.3[0]
> Creating /dev/video0
>

Hi,

It might be the devd script which webcamd installs, which doesn't detect 
your webcam. Can you dump the device descriptor using usbconfig for your 
webcam?

--HPS




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