Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:29:27 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Jashank Jeremy <jashank.jeremy@optusnet.com.au> Cc: Multimedia discussions <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Skype not getting video from webcam Message-ID: <20101004122927.138867gqu4mf7kw0@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20101004080136.GF11972@vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20101004080136.GF11972@vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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Quoting Jashank Jeremy <jashank.jeremy@optusnet.com.au> (from Mon, 4 Oct 2010 19:01:53 +1100): > Hi, > > I've just got a Logitech Webcam Pro 9000, and, after installing > webcamd and pwcview, works very well. However, when I try to use it in > Skype, it doesn't work. > > When I ktrace(1) Skype, and bodge UVC in webcamd to produce debugging > data, I get the following output. > > This is the debugging data from UVC: > > uvcvideo: uvc_v4l2_open > uvcvideo: uvc_v4l2_ioctl(VIDIOCGCAP) > uvcvideo: Unknown ioctl 0x40047601 > This is the relevant portion of the ktrace(1) output from Skype > (dumped using ports/devel/linux_kdump): > ... > 86117 skype CALL linux_open(0x2dc9e0b8,0x802,0) > 86117 skype NAMI "/compat/linux/dev/video0" > 86117 skype NAMI "/dev/video0" > 86117 skype RET linux_open 11/0xb > 86117 skype CALL linux_ioctl(0xb,0x80685600 ,0x2dc9e014) > 86117 skype RET linux_ioctl -1 errno 22 Invalid argument > I'm none the wiser as to what's going on here, especially the > ioctl(2)'s not matching between Skype and webcamd. Could someone > enlighten me? Please specify your FreeBSD version. If 8.1-RELEASE (or older): this will not work, you need to update to a recent -stable. If this is on -stable or -current, please provide the output of "ident /sys/compat/linux/linux_ioctl.c". Bye, Alexander. -- The meek shall inherit the earth; the rest of us, the Universe. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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