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Date:      Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:11:50 +0200
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: webcamd-0.1.23 does not start via rc.d
Message-ID:  <201104141011.50199.hselasky@c2i.net>
In-Reply-To: <20110414080913.GA5361@sh4-5.1blu.de>
References:  <20110413140141.GA9608@sh4-5.1blu.de> <201104140847.39510.hselasky@c2i.net> <20110414080913.GA5361@sh4-5.1blu.de>

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On Thursday 14 April 2011 10:09:13 Matthias Apitz wrote:
> El d=EDa Thursday, April 14, 2011 a las 08:47:39AM +0200, Hans Petter Sel=
asky=20
escribi=F3:
> > On Wednesday 13 April 2011 20:51:46 Matthias Apitz wrote:
> > > El d=C3=ADa Wednesday, April 13, 2011 a las 06:10:03PM +0200, Oliver =
=46romme
> >=20
> > escribi=C3=B3:
> > > > Matthias Apitz wrote:
> > > >  > I have webcamd-0.1.23 in a 9-CURRENT with ports from CVS from
> > > >  > today; even with the correct value in /etc/rc.conf webcamd does
> > > >  > not start: [...]
> > > >=20
> > > >  > It seems to missing something:
> > > > Yes.  You must specify the USB unit and address, which you
> > > > can lookup with usbconfig.  For example, when the camera
> > > > attaches as ugen1.2, you must specify "1.2".
> > > >=20
> > > > ...
> > >=20
> > > But than the man page of webcamd(8) is incorrect (it says inserting a
> > > line in /etc/rc.conf is enough). And concerning the USB unit addr, I
> > > thought that webcamd(8) will just use the 1st unit which fits, at
> > > least it worked this way when I started webcamd(8) by hand without any
> > > further arguments.
> > >=20
> > > Thanks
> > >=20
> > > 	matthias
> >=20
> > Looks like your webcamd script is not the one that is in the port??
>=20
> No, it was installed by building the port:
>=20
> # pkg_info | fgrep webcamd
> webcamd-0.1.23      A port of Linux USB webcam and DVB drivers into
> userspace
>=20
>=20
> # head /usr/local/etc/rc.d/webcamd
> #!/bin/sh
> # $FreeBSD: ports/multimedia/webcamd/files/webcamd.in,v 1.5 2010/12/12
> 22:52:07 kwm Exp $ #
> # PROVIDE: webcamd
> # REQUIRE: DAEMON
> #
> # Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf[.local] to enable webcamd:
> #
> # webcamd_enable=3D"YES"
> #
>=20
> HIH
>=20
> 	matthias

Make sure you have devd, hal and dbus running.

=2D-HPS



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