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Subject: Re: USB based webcam
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On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Erik Norgaard wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I have a laptop with a built in webcam:
>
>  ugen0: Vimicro Corp. USB2.0 Web Camera, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2
>
> Since this goes on the generic usb device, I guess there is no driver.
>
> Is this supported? Do I need to download a driver somewhere or will webcam 
> software provide it?
>
> Secondly, what software is recommended to make this useful?
Perhaps you should try
 	freebsd-usb
 	freebsd-mobile 
(see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1
 	   /books/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL) ?

Regards,

Uli.



Peter Ulrich Kruppa
Wuppertal
Germany