From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 16 19:00:29 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D6EA16A41F for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:00:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.2.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7DF443D45 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:00:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by nagual.st with local; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:00:28 +0100 id 0003982B.43CBED4C.00013DB7 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:00:28 +0100 To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20060116190028.GA81259@arwen.nagual.st> References: <20060115092021.GA14248@lothlorien.nagual.st> <20060116181231.8e298e39.dick@nagual.st> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i From: dick hoogendijk Subject: Re: webcam usb device X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:00:29 -0000 On 16 Jan Andrew P. wrote: > On 1/16/06, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > I googled a lot on "webcam and freebsd" but could not find something > > relevant. I did read somewhre that on linux one has to create > > a /dev/video* which on my fbsd-6R does not exist. I trust devfs should > > have made one if needed.. > > > > I still at a loss on how to use my webcam on freebsd. It shouldn't be > > too hard I'm told. Well, whatever.. It is in dmesg, but further than > > that it can not be used. Who has some pointers? > > > > As a matter of fact google comes up with a few useful links: > http://www.google.com/search?q=webcam+freebsd Sure, but they all relate to some kind of live cam broadcasting. That's not what I'm looking for. I just wonder WHY the cam is detected at boot time and cannot be found i.e. by kopete. If it exists it should be found somewhere shouldn't it? -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.0 ++ The Power to Serve