Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:08:18 +0000 From: Jan Holland <bsduser@postmaster.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What doesn't work on desktop FreeBSD ? (ex Webcams) Message-ID: <PM.26267.1140646098@pmweb9.uk1.bibliotech.net>
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Xn Nooby wrote: > I bought a QuickCam Orbit MP, which I apparently must use under Windows (or > Linux). From what I've seen online, not many (if any), people are using > webcams under FreeBSD. I was curious if there were other things that also > were not realistic to do (I'm not complaining). > > Some of the things that do work are my soundcard, nVidia card, gigabit NIC, > opengl games, wine, accelerated qemu, hp inkjet printer, and lots of > wonderful free software. Qemu nullified my need for VMWare (though I own > 5.5 for win and linux). OpenOffice, Abiword, and Firefox with flash and java > works. Lots of stuff works. > > I'm just curious if I am going to hit any roadblocks down the road. > > (Maybe there is a way to get my Quickcam to work using the RH > 8.0compatibilty layer) > > thank! Someone ported the Linux pwc webcam driver to FreeBSD, and it actually works great with my Logitech Quickcam 4000 pro! According to his website http://raaf.atspace.org/ Logitech Quickcam Orbit should work as well. _______________________________________________________________ In the English and Scottish football leagues, which team has the longest name? postmaster.co.uk http://www.postmaster.co.uk/cgi-bin/meme/quiz.pl?id=223
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