Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 18:00:55 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnomemeeting port fails Message-ID: <20031005010055.7B3B25D0A@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> <1065314682.27243.44.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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> From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> > Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 20:44:42 -0400 > > > --=-XwM53zqdHAsoOy3fOpqg > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 20:42, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 21:29:43 +0200 (CEST) > > > From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > >=20 > > > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > >=20 > > > > On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 14:13, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > -CURRENT gnomemeeting port fails with > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > > checking ldap.h presence... no > > > > > checking for ldap.h... no > > > > > configure: error: You need OpenLDAP's header files to build > > > > > GnomeMeeting > > > > > =3D=3D=3D> Script "configure" failed unexpectedly. > > > > > Please report the problem to roger@FreeBSD.org [maintainer] > > > > > and attach > > > > > the > > > > > "/usr/ports/net/gnomemeeting/work/gnomemeeting-0.98.5/config.log" > > > > > including the output of the failure of your make command. > > > > > Also, it might > > > > > be a good idea to provide an overview of all packages > > > > > installed on your > > > > > system (e.g. an `ls /var/db/pkg`). > > > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > > > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/net/gnomemeeting. > > > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > > > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/net/gnomemeeting. > > > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > > > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/x11/gnome2. > > > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > Do I HAVE to install openldap or is there a workaround for this? > > > > > > > > The error says to contact the maintainer. He would know better if yo= > u > > > > have to install LDAP. If you want to get gnomemeeting installed now,= > I > > > > would recommend you install one of the LDAP ports. > > > To be honest: I don't think I could use gnomemeeting, since my > > > logitech webcam isn't supported by freebsd. > > > Gnomemeeting simply makes my portupgrade if gnome2 fail. > >=20 > > I don't see quite why this is happening, but openldap20-client > > is in the dependencies list and it does install ldap.h. I suspect that > > this is tied to the separation of openLDAP into client and server > > packages. > >=20 > > In any case, install openldap20-client and gnomemeeting should build. > >=20 > > At this time FreeBSD is lacking the framework for any standardized > > video support which would be required for anything like standard > > video support. The only real video available is with the BKTR > > driver. This chip (BrooKTRee) is found in the majority of the video > > for windows boards including those from Hauppauge and Pinnacle. I use > > a cheap ($25 US) WinTV-Go card and it works. > >=20 > > You can use GnomeMeeting without a video card to participate in > > meetings. You will have full audio support and will receive video. You > > only lack video send capability. > >=20 > > I have found one problem with pwlib (upon which GnomeMeeting is built) > > in that it will re-read the same video frame over and over again, > > eating up all available CPU IF THERE IS NO MOVEMENT.=20 > >=20 > > This is a problem with the video4bsd module and can be worked around > > by adding a usleep at the start of the > > PVideoInputDevice::GetFrameDataNoDelay routine in > > /usr/ports/devel/pwlib/work/pwlib/src/ptlib/unix/video4bsd.cxx. > > (void) usleep(33000); /* Don't keep reading the same frame! */ > >=20 > > This is a ugly, ugly kludge and I can see some better ways to fix > > this, but I simply have not had time to look do this. (Volunteers are > > welcome!) > > Have you pinged Roger about this? > > Joe He and I have exchanged quite a bit of mail. While he has ported the latest GnomeMeeting, he has not had much time for it of late. He will likely get it fixed before I do as I am also very time challenged at the moment. As for a video framework to provide general "webcam" support, I have seen it discussed, I don't know if anyone is working on it. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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