Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:17:29 -0700 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org, hselasky@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to get a built-in webcam (Dell M4800 laptop) to work -- clues? Message-ID: <20150417001729.GA44308@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <201504151816.t3FIGuQ2000796@enceladus10.kn-bremen.de> References: <20150408032547.GO15644@albert.catwhisker.org> <201504151816.t3FIGuQ2000796@enceladus10.kn-bremen.de>
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--X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 08:16:56PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote: > ... > >Any hints or clues for doing this? >=20 > Not sure why webcamd doesn't start but you could try starting it > manually: >=20 > webcamd -d 1.3 Well, that did this: g1-254(10.1-S)[5] sudo !! sudo webcamd -d 1.3 Password: Attached to ugen1.3[0] Creating /dev/video0 So I looked a bit more on the VIDEO4BSD page (<http://www.selasky.org/hans_petter/video4bsd/>), and saw that the reader is directed: # the following command will attach to the first detected webcam: =2E/webcamd # # The following command will try to attach to the given USB unit, # interface and V4B unit. # =2E/webcamd -d ugen4.1 -i 0 -v 0 # # The following command will display webcam contents from /dev/video0 # by default. # pwcview OK; so: g1-254(10.1-S)[5] pwcview=20 Failed to access webcam: Permission denied *********************************************************** Make sure you have connected your webcam to the root hub or to a USB 1.1 hub, also check your dmesg for any errors. *********************************************************** g1-254(10.1-S)[6]=20 Hmm.... OK: g1-254(10.1-S)[7] sudo -E !$ sudo -E pwcview Password: Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps And a light lit up on the top bezel of my laptop, and a window was created that had an image of my face in it. I was ... surprised. :-} I think that means that it can work.... Thanks! > .... Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Those who murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJVMFEZXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ4RThEMDY4QTIxMjc1MDZFRDIzODYzRTc4 QTY3RjlDOERFRjQxOTNCAAoJEIpn+cje9Bk7TWQP/0ejiq7gegCHp7Sjbnk4Njrf kEeC57+KYJ2ru0tgtD8rHUeK0rIONXimXgQal9GkJYTAGPCJ/J+AZiVTXSlfF/iT PrF+aehY8Anot7L+XGgcz0X7VInK2LumiPts8BMvDovAt+HQzu1JdDDmHCyxDmrz ggDp3+9/bRxyhhBQclLvF0vOlxfP18wlAYjNFZuBpbAfyNqru3IqDwNwhjBV3hD1 8Zip0TuvYi0zy0fKQZ2Wyau0xvS8DfMU5tPXfuOwXW8ZWOKU6dkC/Gt8a8gWIgMT GrmETI9C/QgrglpA1KLv47+QE2ojkdChtvii1+9obaWMvN3+mCaHung2Mduu8OPu yCzy/c8r5ldQL5Gi4klaBmfP0XMMJawv6S0KN+refMYSA0bgAKkle+56GJfR4ENL DUMBhFCVDBs0DcSAcuEKmqjVRaXyJXnvxL0lcjHA0nn2EjWVSvoq+0pKKIA1IgMt MmUl03ZwK7//lXiGB8cpDnPVpJSGF+/CneItJxKb9jNiJLPAGaqB9+IxX7bQ/VGv z3xP9KFgUwmCBtttjKV4pfuOMIQaRGDPw2+u9txfagbWP3SncD3e++rz1SAuE94N b/Nz3Jeff4DBL2oRAheFfqYtV7pcBPUpz6UeZuJYKSl6bDZLJQZoz4ab56bDx6EL 7L3qjsDMkWbtPmpNtsXN =gcE9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT--
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