Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 07:22:56 -0400 From: Alejandro Imass <ait@p2ee.org> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Subject: Re: skype webcam no device found Message-ID: <s2xa14066a01004010422vdfdc9541zfa98d8d8335e2ff6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100401105321.GA8766@current.Sisis.de> References: <4BB3CBA8.10804@onetel.com> <o2wa14066a01004010342nf26fe66z6ba1399629797dec@mail.gmail.com> <20100401105321.GA8766@current.Sisis.de>
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On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > El d=EDa Thursday, April 01, 2010 a las 06:42:20AM -0400, Alejandro Imass= escribi=F3: > >> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> w= rote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have my webcam setup and working and I can see stuff in pwcview. But >> > skype tells me 'no device found' for video. >> > >> >> How did you get Skype to run? The current port (in FBSD 8) is pointing >> to a file no longer provided by Skype and the linux compat stuff was a >> bit confusing when I tried to do it by hand. >> >> > I've tried various combinations of with/without webcamd and pwcview ru= nning, >> > also as root, _and_ restarting webcamd each time, but no joy. >> > >> > Any suggestions very gratefully received. > > Skype from the ports runs fine in: > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD current.Sisis.de 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #5: Sun Jan 10 0= 9:55:14 CET 2010 =A0 =A0 guru@current.Sisis.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC= i386 > $ pkg_info | fgrep skype > skype-2.0.0.72,1 =A0 =A0P2P VoIP software > $ > > including a webCam based on pwc(4) kernel mod; > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0matthias > Well not in my system: lucifer# uname -a FreeBSD lucifer.yabarana.com 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:02:08 UTC 2009 root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 lucifer# make install clean =3D=3D=3D> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ATTENTION! Skype requires at least linux_base-fc6 which is NOT default at this time. If you don't have that version or above installed, hit 'control c' now! Please read /usr/ports/UPDATING 20080318 for update and install instructions. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =3D> skype_static-2.0.0.72-oss.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. =3D> Attempting to fetch from http://download.skype.com/linux/. fetch: http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-2.0.0.72-oss.tar.bz2: Not Found =3D> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distf= iles/. fetch: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/skype_static-2.0.0= .72-oss.tar.bz2: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) =3D> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this =3D> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/net/skype. Best, Alejandro Imass > -- > Matthias Apitz > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ > Solidarity with the imperialistic Israel? =A0 =A0Not in my =A0name! > =BFSolidaridad con el imperialismo de Israel? =A1No en mi nombre! >
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