Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 22:14:39 +0100 From: Jean-Mark <jeanmark@dupx.freeserve.co.uk> To: Bishop <bishop@teamgalocia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB webcams....little help? Message-ID: <3D406A3F.443C00EA@dupx.freeserve.co.uk> References: <3D4035F6.78D28021@dupx.freeserve.co.uk> <000701c23404$077c85f0$1885b9a3@nam.slb.com> <3D4041E3.B0A842E1@dupx.freeserve.co.uk> <000b01c2341c$5a6c97b0$1885b9a3@nam.slb.com>
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Hello David, Bishop wrote: > > I was trying to install netpbm from the ports tree, from /graphics/netpbm. > If this is indeed corrupt (and it looks to be the case), how do I go about > deleting the current one and "refreshing" the port with a fresh copy of the > file? > > Thanks, > David > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean-Mark" <jeanmark@dupx.freeserve.co.uk> > To: "Bishop" <bishop@teamgalocia.net> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:22 PM > Subject: Re: USB webcams....little help? > > > Hello David, > > > > Bishop wrote: > > > > > > Thanks! I finally found that it was already in the ports tree. I didn't > know > > > that it was there under /graphics/vid. Anyway, still no luck, because it > > > found that I have to install netpbm which had problems: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ===> Extracting for netpbm-9.23 > > > ===> netpbm-9.23 depends on shared library: tiff.4 - found > > > ===> netpbm-9.23 depends on shared library: jpeg.9 - found > > > ===> netpbm-9.23 depends on shared library: png.5 - found > > > /usr/bin/tar: archive - EOF not on block boundary > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/netpbm. > > > *** Error code 1 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This is after I ran the make for netpbm manually and got a checksum > mismatch > > > error. It asked if the Makefile and distinfo files were up to date...how > do > > > I check? I then tried to run it disabling the checksum, and got what you > see > > > above. > > > > > > Can anyone shed some light on this? I would certainly appreciate it! > > > > > > Regards, > > > David > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jean-Mark" <jeanmark@dupx.freeserve.co.uk> > > > To: <bishop@teamgalocia.net>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:31 PM > > > Subject: Re: USB webcams....little help? > > > > > > > Hello David, > > > > > > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > > > > > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C233C0.B9CCF670 > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > > > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > > > > > > > MessageMichael, > > > > > Thanks for the reply. However, I was not able to find the file for > the = > > > > > OV511/OV511+ project. The link is to an old @home site and has not > been > > > = > > > > > updated. > > > > > > > > > > The other site you mentioned = > > > > > (http://skippy.dyndns.org/story.php?sid=3D79) apparently deals with > the > > > = > > > > > logitech hardware which I do not have. Perhaps someone has had some > luck > > > = > > > > > with either the I/O Magic unit or the D-Link DSB-C100?=20 > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----=20 > > > > > From: Michael Wells=20 > > > > > To: Bishop=20 > > > > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 10:40 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: USB webcams....little help? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > These both looked promising. I have not used either > > > > > but for what it's worth: > > > > > > > > > > http://ovtvid-bsd.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > http://skippy.dyndns.org/story.php?sid=3D79 > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----=20 > > > > > From: Bishop=20 > > > > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 8:26 AM > > > > > Subject: USB webcams....little help? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > Has anyone had any luck with USB webcams (other than quickcams)? > I = > > > > > have an I/O Magic Magicvision USB and a D-Link webcam and haven't > had = > > > > > any luck with either of them.=20 > > > > > > > > > > I'm running 4.5-RELEASE on my box and the hardware appears in > dmesg, > > > = > > > > > so I know my USB ports are recognized. I just can't find a driver > for = > > > > > either of them. I was just wondering if anyone has been able to get > = > > > > > either of these working with FreeBSD.=20 > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > David Jarrell > > > > > bishop@teamgalocia.net > > > > > 775579 - ICQ > > > > > JarrellD - AIM > > > > > > > > > > > > There's a copy of the file at: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://212.219.56.131/sites/ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/vid-1.0.1. > > > tar.gz > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > If you have a checksum error it means a file(s) in one of those > > libraries got corrupted - assuming you downloaded you need to get a > > fresh copy. > > > > Jean-Mark > > jeanm_@_dupx.freeserve.co.uk > > > > I wondered if you would ask that, but I never installed anything from ports before, I always used packages. Packages might be a good work-around if you're happy to do it, but if you want help with the ports route I'm probably not the best person to ask. Jean-Mark jeanm_@_dupx.freeserve.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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