Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:08:53 +0200 From: daniele <glimp@live.com> To: Alejandro Imass <ait@p2ee.org>, bsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: skype webcam no device found Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP5BD8522C69819EB228393DC1D0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <s2xa14066a01004010422vdfdc9541zfa98d8d8335e2ff6@mail.gmail.com> References: <4BB3CBA8.10804@onetel.com> <o2wa14066a01004010342nf26fe66z6ba1399629797dec@mail.gmail.com> <20100401105321.GA8766@current.Sisis.de> <s2xa14066a01004010422vdfdc9541zfa98d8d8335e2ff6@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04/01/10 13:22, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Matthias Apitz<guru@unixarea.de> wrote: >> El día Thursday, April 01, 2010 a las 06:42:20AM -0400, Alejandro Imass escribió: >> >>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Chris Whitehouse<cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have my webcam setup and working and I can see stuff in pwcview. But >>>> skype tells me 'no device found' for video. >>>> >>> >>> How did you get Skype to run? The current port (in FBSD 8) is pointing >>> to a file no longer provided by Skype and the linux compat stuff was a >>> bit confusing when I tried to do it by hand. >>> >>>> I've tried various combinations of with/without webcamd and pwcview running, >>>> also as root, _and_ restarting webcamd each time, but no joy. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions very gratefully received. >> >> Skype from the ports runs fine in: >> >> $ uname -a >> FreeBSD current.Sisis.de 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #5: Sun Jan 10 09:55:14 CET 2010 guru@current.Sisis.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >> $ pkg_info | fgrep skype >> skype-2.0.0.72,1 P2P VoIP software >> $ >> >> including a webCam based on pwc(4) kernel mod; >> >> matthias >> > > Well not in my system: > > lucifer# uname -a > FreeBSD lucifer.yabarana.com 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat > Nov 21 15:02:08 UTC 2009 > root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > > lucifer# make install clean > ===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > ATTENTION! > > Skype requires at least linux_base-fc6 > which is NOT default at this time. > If you don't have that version or above installed, > hit 'control c' now! > > Please read /usr/ports/UPDATING 20080318 > for update and install instructions. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > => skype_static-2.0.0.72-oss.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in > /usr/ports/distfiles/. > => Attempting to fetch from http://download.skype.com/linux/. > fetch: http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-2.0.0.72-oss.tar.bz2: > Not Found > => Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/. > fetch: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/skype_static-2.0.0.72-oss.tar.bz2: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this > => port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/net/skype. > > > Best, > Alejandro Imass > >> -- >> Matthias Apitz >> t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 >> e<guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ >> Solidarity with the imperialistic Israel? Not in my name! >> ¿Solidaridad con el imperialismo de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre! >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Intrigued, I tested it "here". FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009 /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 I already had installed linux-f10 (for flash plugin). Then - cd /usr/ports/net/skype - make depends (install dependecies) I downloaded skype static for GNU/Linux directly from skype website. Extracted the package in my own folder... Launched skype... it works out of the box at least for sending/receiving written messages. No sound for the moment, probably does it need any plugin or configuration or package ? (btw this would be another thread) A couple of messages "kern.maxfiles" are displayed and also one remembering a syscall is not implemented d
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