From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 8 15:25:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA27602 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:25:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA27592 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:25:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA13424; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:24:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:24:59 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: John M Vinopal cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Qcam software In-Reply-To: <199712080852.AAA02366@gabriella.abattoir.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, John M Vinopal wrote: > I've got a qcam ball on a 2.2.5 system. Using qcamcontrol I can grab pics > but they contain an incorrect image: split the image in 60/40 and flip the > 60 on its xaxis and thats what I get. It's been a long time since I tried it, but I believe a coworker has my quickcam on a 2.2.5 box and is running no problems. Did you try building the driver into the kernel? disable lpt0 and add: device qcam0 at isa? port 0x278 irq 7 flags 0x1 > b) Is there an X front end? (Lots of them for linux it seems) I have an old program `xfqcam' that uses libqcam.a and works. > c) Has anyone gotten a better soln to the contrast/brightness issue than > the previously posted method of hexdumping for white and decrementing? Manually tweaking. > d) Has anyone noticed that the pictures are much closer in than the > equivalent on a mac? Something like 2x zoom (and no I have no zoom settings) qcamcontrol can set the magnification. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major