From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 00:17:34 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 6409AC4D; Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:17:34 +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 0F5E6D4A; Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:17:32 +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 t3H0HUHV044329; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:17:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@albert.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t3H0HTLd044328; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:17:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:17:29 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: Juergen Lock Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org, hselasky@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to get a built-in webcam (Dell M4800 laptop) to work -- clues? Message-ID: <20150417001729.GA44308@albert.catwhisker.org> Reply-To: multimedia@freebsd.org, David Wolfskill References: <20150408032547.GO15644@albert.catwhisker.org> <201504151816.t3FIGuQ2000796@enceladus10.kn-bremen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201504151816.t3FIGuQ2000796@enceladus10.kn-bremen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:17:34 -0000 --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 08:16:56PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote: > ... > >Any hints or clues for doing this? >=20 > Not sure why webcamd doesn't start but you could try starting it > manually: >=20 > webcamd -d 1.3 Well, that did this: g1-254(10.1-S)[5] sudo !! sudo webcamd -d 1.3 Password: Attached to ugen1.3[0] Creating /dev/video0 So I looked a bit more on the VIDEO4BSD page (), and saw that the reader is directed: # the following command will attach to the first detected webcam: =2E/webcamd # # The following command will try to attach to the given USB unit, # interface and V4B unit. # =2E/webcamd -d ugen4.1 -i 0 -v 0 # # The following command will display webcam contents from /dev/video0 # by default. # pwcview OK; so: g1-254(10.1-S)[5] pwcview=20 Failed to access webcam: Permission denied *********************************************************** Make sure you have connected your webcam to the root hub or to a USB 1.1 hub, also check your dmesg for any errors. *********************************************************** g1-254(10.1-S)[6]=20 Hmm.... OK: g1-254(10.1-S)[7] sudo -E !$ sudo -E pwcview Password: Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps And a light lit up on the top bezel of my laptop, and a window was created that had an image of my face in it. I was ... surprised. :-} I think that means that it can work.... Thanks! > .... Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Those who murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJVMFEZXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ4RThEMDY4QTIxMjc1MDZFRDIzODYzRTc4 QTY3RjlDOERFRjQxOTNCAAoJEIpn+cje9Bk7TWQP/0ejiq7gegCHp7Sjbnk4Njrf kEeC57+KYJ2ru0tgtD8rHUeK0rIONXimXgQal9GkJYTAGPCJ/J+AZiVTXSlfF/iT PrF+aehY8Anot7L+XGgcz0X7VInK2LumiPts8BMvDovAt+HQzu1JdDDmHCyxDmrz ggDp3+9/bRxyhhBQclLvF0vOlxfP18wlAYjNFZuBpbAfyNqru3IqDwNwhjBV3hD1 8Zip0TuvYi0zy0fKQZ2Wyau0xvS8DfMU5tPXfuOwXW8ZWOKU6dkC/Gt8a8gWIgMT GrmETI9C/QgrglpA1KLv47+QE2ojkdChtvii1+9obaWMvN3+mCaHung2Mduu8OPu yCzy/c8r5ldQL5Gi4klaBmfP0XMMJawv6S0KN+refMYSA0bgAKkle+56GJfR4ENL DUMBhFCVDBs0DcSAcuEKmqjVRaXyJXnvxL0lcjHA0nn2EjWVSvoq+0pKKIA1IgMt MmUl03ZwK7//lXiGB8cpDnPVpJSGF+/CneItJxKb9jNiJLPAGaqB9+IxX7bQ/VGv z3xP9KFgUwmCBtttjKV4pfuOMIQaRGDPw2+u9txfagbWP3SncD3e++rz1SAuE94N b/Nz3Jeff4DBL2oRAheFfqYtV7pcBPUpz6UeZuJYKSl6bDZLJQZoz4ab56bDx6EL 7L3qjsDMkWbtPmpNtsXN =gcE9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT--