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Date:      Wed, 20 May 2015 13:35:41 +0200
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
To:        Avinash Sonawane <rootkea@gmail.com>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Integrated webcam in Cheese : "No device found"
Message-ID:  <555C718D.3050308@selasky.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ9BSW-Fh9dv-3uU-9mhCBm%2B7h-1iScBRhXX%2B_CO6k4xjWZJoA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/20/15 13:20, Avinash Sonawane wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am using FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE on DELL Inspiron 15R N5010 which has
> an integrated webcam.
>
> Whenever I launch Cheese (webcam application) it says "No device
> found". My /etc/rc.conf has a line webcamd_enable="YES" in it.
>
> I also tried # kldload cuse4bsd referring to FreeBSD Forums but still
> Cheese giving same error.
>
> I also tried installing multimedia/v4l-utils port as hinted in
> #freebsd but it also didn't work. Still the same error.
>
> So how do I make Cheese access an integrated webcam of my system?
>

Hi,

Is your webcam detected?

ls /dev/video*

Does your user belong to the webcamd group?

--HPS




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