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To: multimedia@freebsd.org, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>, 
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Subject: Re: Trying to get a built-in webcam (Dell M4800 laptop) to work --
 clues?
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On 04/17/15 02:17, David Wolfskill wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 08:16:56PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
>> ...
>>> Any hints or clues for doing this?
>>
>> Not sure why webcamd doesn't start but you could try starting it
>> manually:
>>
>> 	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
>

Hi,

It might be the devd script which webcamd installs, which doesn't detect 
your webcam. Can you dump the device descriptor using usbconfig for your 
webcam?

--HPS