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Date:      Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:40:55 +0100
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
To:        "Eugene M. Zheganin" <eugene@zhegan.in>,  freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: webcamd, pwc and vga
Message-ID:  <549B40F7.5050209@selasky.org>
In-Reply-To: <549ADCB1.10605@zhegan.in>
References:  <549ADCB1.10605@zhegan.in>

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On 12/24/14 16:33, Eugene M. Zheganin wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm using a Logitech QuickCam. It was working just fine with webcamd,
> but after an upgrade to a FreeBSD 10.x (starting at least from 10.0-RC5)
> vga video mode isn't working for some reason, so I have to use smaller
> video modes. When I launch the pwcview -s vga it says:
>
> Webcam set to: 640x480 (vga) at 5 fps
> libv4l2: error dequeuing buf: Device not configured
> Error reading from webcam: Device not configured
>
> cif and smaller modes are working fine. I'm using last webcamd and
> dependent ports versions. My FreeBSD version is:
>
> FreeBSD 10.1-BETA1 #0 r271608:
>
> Is there any way to get back vga mode ?
>
> I have also a second question - I noticed there are two ports,
> multimedia/pwcbsd and multimedia/pwcview. I'm using the second one. If I
> try the first one, which contains also a kernel module, the pwcview from
> it isn't working at all - regardless of the pwc module loaded. What is
> the multimedia/pwcbsd port for ?
>

Which version of webcamd have you got installed. Might be a regression 
issue.

--HPS




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