Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:36:23 -0500 From: Paul Procacci <pprocacci@datapipe.com> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [Linux.ko] VIDIOCGCAP Message-ID: <4C0947A7.7000604@datapipe.com> In-Reply-To: <20100604090523.67732sufdango0qo@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <4C0891B0.60801@datapipe.com> <20100604090523.67732sufdango0qo@webmail.leidinger.net>
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On 06/04/10 02:05, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Paul Procacci<pprocacci@datapipe.com> (from Fri, 4 Jun 2010 > 00:40:00 -0500): > > >> Gents, >> >> I'm running into a problem with getting video working on skype. I am so >> close, and I feel it's just one little thing left before it works. >> >> I've installed webcamd and skype from ports without problems. Loaded >> the necessary modules, got the webcam working with other utilities, but >> skype (ah, good ole skype) is refusing to acknowledge the existence of >> /dev/video0. >> > It should work on a recent -current (if your cam is supported by > webcamd). If you are on -stable, you either have to move to -current, > or you need to wait a while (I didn't had the time to merge this into > 8-stable before the feature freeze, so I have to wait until 8.1 is out > to be able to put this functionality into 8-stable). > > Bye, > Alexander. > > Hello Alexander, Thanks for getting back to me quickly. Would have been quicker but the upgrade to -CURRENT had a couple of library bumps and I needed to recompile X. Anyways, now that I'm on -CURRENT, and have recompiled the necessary drivers, I can now see the device in skype and I'm not longer presented with the error message I provided. This is great! I however have come across a new problem actually related to webcamd I believe. Whenever I try to access the /dev/video0 device whether it's via /dev/video0 or /usr/compat/linux/dev/video0, webcamd is now being a resource hog and furthermore, takes a very long time to do anything. For example: 8816 root 6 44 r0F 32512K 3812K CPU2 0 3:32 200.00% webcam= d Webcamd is just acting strangely at this point. The good new is that multimedia/pwcview works, but has the symptoms described above of taking forever to start. Skype however, is still borked. I assume this now needs to go back to the webcamd author to have a gander. Thoughts? Thanks Again, Paul This message may contain confidential or privileged information. If you ar= e not the intended recipient, please advise us immediately and delete this = message. See http://www.datapipe.com/about-us-legal-email-disclaimer.htm f= or further information on confidentiality and the risks of non-secure elect= ronic communication. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by = reply message and we will send the contents to you.
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