From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 1 20:36:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1B5C106566C for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2010 20:36:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from april.london.02.net (april.london.02.net [87.194.255.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CABC8FC12 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2010 20:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eco.config (93.97.24.219) by april.london.02.net (8.5.016.1) id 4B79C26300E97419; Thu, 1 Apr 2010 21:36:28 +0100 Message-ID: <4BB503CB.8000305@onetel.com> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:36:27 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alejandro Imass References: <4BB3CBA8.10804@onetel.com> <20100401105321.GA8766@current.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: skype webcam no device found X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:36:33 -0000 Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> El día Thursday, April 01, 2010 a las 06:42:20AM -0400, Alejandro Imass escribió: >> >>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Chris Whitehouse wrote: >>>> 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 running, >>>> 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 09:55:14 CET 2010 guru@current.Sisis.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >> $ pkg_info | fgrep skype >> skype-2.0.0.72,1 P2P VoIP software >> $ >> >> including a webCam based on pwc(4) kernel mod; >> >> matthias >> > > 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 > ===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > ATTENTION! > > Skype requires at least linux_base-fc6 I have linux_base-f10-10_2 and skype-2.0.0.72,1 (net/skype) installed from ports and it just worked - but so far without video and sound. FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Mar 24 i386 Chris > 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. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > => skype_static-2.0.0.72-oss.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in > /usr/ports/distfiles/. > => 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 > => Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/. > 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) > => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this > => 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 - w http://www.unixarea.de/ >> Solidarity with the imperialistic Israel? Not in my name! >> ¿Solidaridad con el imperialismo de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre! >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >