Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 20:43:44 +0000 From: Ian Morriati <ian@bosh.org> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: 3com Homeconnect USB Camera Message-ID: <20010221204344.A4570@darq.net>
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hi, i'm running 4.1-RELEASE on my main workstation here, and would like to use the 3com Homeconnect USB camera. i think it's detected on bootup; here's the usb section: uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port 0xc000-0xc01f irq 19 at device 7.2 on pci0 usb0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhub0: port 1 power on failed, IOERROR uhub0: port 2 power on failed, IOERROR ugen0: 3Com 3Com HomeConnect USB Camera , rev 1.00/1.06, addr 2 ums0: Logitech Inc. iFeel Mouse , rev 1.00/1.01, addr 3, iclass 3/1 ums0: 3 buttons and Z dir. so, i guess my question is something along the lines of this: 1. is it working and configured? or is it just reading the label? my usb mouse is working fine, which is why i suspect it works. but i don't know. so here i ask you; how can i tell, and do you think it does? 2. given that it is working, what could i use in the way of software for it? i used it under win2k, but the software i got with it was not only lame, but shareware as well. when i saw the picture of the guy that wrote it after my 30 minute trial was over, i nearly laughed my lungs out. he was ugly in the extreme, and it was apparent he would get no money from me to buy some new teeth. that said, the bundled software (webcam32) would take a picture every so often, and upload it to an ftp site. running under bsd, i'm happy to just grab the file with a shell command or something. using the bundled "vidcap" would enable you to capture live video. i dare say you could stream with some third party software. so, my question is: "what are the warez that will satisfy my graphical hunger"? 3. coffecup make a totally rubbish webcam program called something like coffeecam. it's particularly bad, because it uses the windows clipboard to save the image. meaning, when i'd cut and paste into word i'd get a picture of me. however, it did have this "security mode" that would mail you the picture if it changed, ie, it worked like a kind of burglar alarm. has someone made one of these? i quite like the idea; i don't like people loitering around my desk. so thank you, for your potential wisdom. i've been waiting to ditch windows at work for ages, running a fat x desktop instead of a load of putty's. but without my cam, how are the foxy goth chicks going to stalk me? i'd be so upset if i had to change cameras (because, running under windows in the dark, the quality is elite). i thank you again, because that previous paragraph was meant to be a sentence. ian -- [darq#]-[ian@bosh.org] gosh gosh gosh. [http://www.darq.net/] isn't it all just. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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