Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:39:10 +0100 From: Giuseppe Pagnoni <gpagnoni@gmail.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: webcamd for integrated ricoh webcam on sony vaio VGN-SZ4XN/C laptop (linux driver r5u870) Message-ID: <CAAdktEy6M4W3-u2st%2BxoaT66GoNRSmSPkDUMgtLfBMZk-wQxkw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5475F07B.8090900@selasky.org> References: <CAAdktEz=TCLeWOWg7AVcwPDY7sjXV=hU1g9L84A3H_0vJpiSWQ@mail.gmail.com> <5475F07B.8090900@selasky.org>
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Here's a link to the source code, just in case (but it's for Linux): http://avilella.googlepages.com/r5u870_patched.tar.bz2 On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote: > On 11/26/14 15:08, Giuseppe Pagnoni wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> I apologize for reposting this here, by I am trying with no success to >> make the camera on my laptop work under FreeBSD 10.1 i386. The laptop >> is a Vaio VGN-SZ4XN/C, and the integrated webcam is a Ricoh-made one. >> Under Linux, it is recognized as: "05ca:1835 Sony Visual Communication >> Camera VGP-VCC5" and is supported by the driver r5u870. >> >> I am unable to make it work under FreeBSD. I installed the packages: >> - lib4l >> - v4l_compat >> - webcamd >> - cuse4BSD-kmod >> >> And entered in /boot/loader.conf: >> cuse4bsd_load="YES" >> >> and in /etc/rc.conf: >> webcamd_enable="YES" >> >> The camera is attached to usb 4.3. Now, if I enter: >> # webcamd -d ugen4.3 -i 0 -v 0 >> >> I get: >> Attached to ugen4.3[0] >> webcamd: cannot find USB device >> >> Any suggestions? > > > Hi, > > Where is the source code for the "r5u870" driver? From a quick grep, it is > not part of the webcamd package, unless it uses some of the standard USB > video classes. Possibly you need to patch webcamd to build support for your > hardware. NOTE: Binary Linux drivers will not work! > > --HPS > -- Giuseppe Pagnoni Dip. Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e Neuroscienze Sezione Fisiologia e Neuroscienze Univ. di Modena e Reggio Emilia Via Campi 287 I-41125 Modena, Italy Tel: +39-059-205-5742 Fax: +39-059-205-5363
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