Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 02:44:14 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: webcamd, IPEVO-Inc--IPEVO-Ziggi-HD-Plus -S unknown -M 0 Message-ID: <20191011024414.62903cf5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcO24Nj0proxRp6589VYCikqdKNb4eQok6N%2BiEnN0D5Tuw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ5UdcO24Nj0proxRp6589VYCikqdKNb4eQok6N%2BiEnN0D5Tuw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:30:47 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> root@aceraspire:~ # service devd restart && webcamd -d ugen4.3 -v 0 &
> [2] 2139
> root@aceraspire:~ # Stopping devd.
> Waiting for PIDS: 1929.
> Starting devd.
> Webcamd is already running for ugen4.3.0
>
> when I try to run cheese first it got that no devices found, then I get that
> ``There was an error playing video from the webcam''
Do you have webcamd entries in /etc/rc.conf?
I had a comparable problem on FreeBSD 12.0-p10 where webcamd
would not be started (and therefore not stopped or restarted)
even though I had placed
webcamd_enable="YES"
webcamd_flags="-d ugen3.2 -i 0 -v 0"
into /etc/rc.conf. I now start it "manually" via /etc/rc.local:
/usr/local/sbin/webcamd -d ugen3.2 -i 0 -v 0 &
Now it works. :-)
> Is there a way to get this to work? I have changed
> cuse4bsd_load="YES" and changed to
> cuse_load="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and have looked at what was
> recommended in the threads and it does not work.
The entry
cuse_load="YES"
belongs to /boot/loader.conf, _not_ to /etc/rc.conf, according
to the documentation. Verify it has been loaded with "kldstat".
I don't know if the package "cuse4bsd-kmod" has to be installed
or not - in my case, it isn't. Maybe this just applies to older
FreeBSD versions...
> How can I get it to work? I appreciate your help/suggestions.
For refereence:
# webcamd -l
Available device(s):
[...]
webcamd [-d ugen3.2]
-N GenesysLogic-Technology-Co---Ltd--HP-Webcam-101
-S unknown
-M 0
This is a built-in webcam.
I added my username per /etc/group to the "webcamd" group. I
did not add any further permissions or device configurations.
For testing, install the "pwcview" package and start webcamd
manually as shown above. If the instance is running, /dev/video0
(and maybe more) should be present. With no further options, run
% pwcview
as a user, it should detect the appropriate video device on
its own; if it doesn't ("problem of multiple inputs"), you can
specify one:
% pwcview -d /dev/video0
Usually the 1st one (here: 0) should work.
So if _that_ works, any other program should work as well.
See "man webcamd" and "man pwcview" for details. :-)
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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