From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 16 18:36:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B093916A423 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:36:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6589843D45 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:36:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l1so1039466nzf for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:36:32 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kF1KWj19b+xAG2bk3swWMmChhxC4AzmOooIvshLGTWD+93erClMCbVHQdjLqW4oP5JwWQ5UcGDOy0a9+ADeIQmtLSME7nBG1CNQmrAYnl3w5eBgj4u8uLEKuHj6Z+4LP1o3T8kK0FdcnPL1uup/17MCJPPRha4xIaRj/j8Af0sU= Received: by 10.36.58.11 with SMTP id g11mr5206217nza; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:36:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.20.67 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:36:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:36:32 +0300 From: "Andrew P." To: dick hoogendijk In-Reply-To: <20060116181231.8e298e39.dick@nagual.st> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060115092021.GA14248@lothlorien.nagual.st> <20060116181231.8e298e39.dick@nagual.st> Cc: fbsdq Subject: Re: webcam usb device X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:36:35 -0000 On 1/16/06, dick hoogendijk wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:20:21 +0100 > dick hoogendijk wrote: > > > I have a Logiteck QuickCam Chat webcam (USB-2) > > The device is detected alright. But I cannot get it to work. > > Kopete (KDE) i.e. does not see the device. > > > > I have two questions: > > (a) do I need to load some kind of *.ko file (like for the soundcards) > > to use a webcam under freebsd-6R? > > (b) what program is useful in testing this (web) usb-camera? > > Hope to get some advice. > > Nobody reacted. So either I'm stupid and just should know how these > things work in FreeBSD, or people didn't have time yet to respond. > > I googled a lot on "webcam and freebsd" but could not find something > relevant. I did read somewhre that on linux one has to create > a /dev/video* which on my fbsd-6R does not exist. I trust devfs should > have made one if needed.. > > I still at a loss on how to use my webcam on freebsd. It shouldn't be > too hard I'm told. Well, whatever.. It is in dmesg, but further than > that it can not be used. Who has some pointers? > > -- > dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE > ++ Running FreeBSD 6.0 ++ The Power to Serve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > As a matter of fact google comes up with a few useful links: http://www.google.com/search?q=3Dwebcam+freebsd