From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 8 03:25:49 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E1F2A20 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 03:25:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (mx.catwhisker.org [198.144.209.73]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF0EED40 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 03:25:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t383Pl2A028743 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 2015 20:25:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@albert.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t383Pl5o028742 for multimedia@freebsd.org; Tue, 7 Apr 2015 20:25:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 20:25:47 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Trying to get a built-in webcam (Dell M4800 laptop) to work -- clues? Message-ID: <20150408032547.GO15644@albert.catwhisker.org> Reply-To: multimedia@freebsd.org, David Wolfskill MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NDuspjMMC1Ui5ypn" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:25:49 -0000 --NDuspjMMC1Ui5ypn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I recently retired a Dell M4400 laptop (that served well for about 7 years); its replacement is a Dell M4800... which came with a built-in webcam: g1-254(10.1-S)[80] usbconfig -d 1.3 dump_device_desc = =20 ugen1.3: at usbus1, cfg= =3D0 md=3DHOST spd=3DHIGH (480Mbps) pwr=3DON (500mA) bLength =3D 0x0012=20 bDescriptorType =3D 0x0001=20 bcdUSB =3D 0x0200=20 bDeviceClass =3D 0x00ef bDeviceSubClass =3D 0x0002=20 bDeviceProtocol =3D 0x0001=20 bMaxPacketSize0 =3D 0x0040=20 idVendor =3D 0x0c45=20 idProduct =3D 0x64d0=20 bcdDevice =3D 0x4214=20 iManufacturer =3D 0x0002 iProduct =3D 0x0001 iSerialNumber =3D 0x0000 bNumConfigurations =3D 0x0001=20 g1-254(10.1-S)[81]=20 I have installed: g1-254(10.1-S)[81] pkg info webcam\* cuse4bsd\* v4\* pwcview\* webcamd-3.18.0.1 cuse4bsd-kmod-0.1.36 v4l_compat-1.0.20120501_1 pwcview-1.4.1_6 g1-254(10.1-S)[82]=20 This is running on: g1-254(10.1-S)[82] uname -a FreeBSD g1-254.catwhisker.org 10.1-STABLE FreeBSD 10.1-STABLE #29 r281195M= /281199:1001512: Tue Apr 7 04:25:29 PDT 2015 root@g1-254.catwhisker.or= g:/common/S1/obj/usr/src/sys/CANARY i386 g1-254(10.1-S)[83]=20 I have loaded the cuse4bsd kernel module: g1-254(10.1-S)[83] kldstat=20 Id Refs Address Size Name 1 31 0xc0400000 12b8ac8 kernel 2 3 0xc16b9000 74060 linux.ko 3 1 0xc172e000 32a0 coretemp.ko 4 1 0xc1732000 54e54 iwn5000fw.ko 5 1 0xc1787000 7ba5dc nvidia.ko 6 1 0xd04b8000 a000 tmpfs.ko 7 1 0xd1a30000 4000 fdescfs.ko 8 1 0xd1a3b000 8000 linprocfs.ko 9 1 0xd1acf000 c000 if_lagg.ko 10 1 0xd28d1000 2000 rtc.ko 11 1 0xd1fd6000 7000 cuse4bsd.ko g1-254(10.1-S)[84]=20 devd is running: g1-254(10.1-S)[84] service devd status devd is running as pid 36061. g1-254(10.1-S)[85]=20 An attempt to just fire up webcamd doesn't actually seem to be useful: g1-254(10.1-S)[86] service webcamd status webcamd is not running. g1-254(10.1-S)[87] service webcamd forcestart Starting webcamd. g1-254(10.1-S)[88] echo $? 0 g1-254(10.1-S)[89] service webcamd status webcamd is not running. g1-254(10.1-S)[90]=20 Getting webcamd to work isn't the most critical thing in the world, but it would be kinda nice. Any hints or clues for doing this? Thanks! Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Those who murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards. 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