Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 18:36:00 +0200 From: Daniele Mazzotti <kappei84@gmail.com> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: skype 2.1.0.81; alternate versions of the Linuxolator v4l2 patches Message-ID: <BANLkTinGGbEzPJrU9MoDdCnevGtB1uro6g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=fV2R%2BFqKxYxEti%2BswWqpGdazDoA@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTinK1JN-ufVmTj5oxncxfKVpZa%2B%2BUQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110515125252.5a90d966@ukr.net> <1305455213.2833.3.camel@crashalot.rainbow-runner.nl> <20110515140332.3acb7412@ukr.net> <20110515140755.6e833cd4@ukr.net> <BANLkTinBPe=1hGsJdPtrB1J2c4o9QxQM%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <20110515144556.292a0230@ukr.net> <20110515132530.GA6707@tinyCurrent> <4DCFE689.3000904@FreeBSD.org> <BANLkTinsi-aAoyMPGyu_NxRg%2BKfr-gEDdg@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTinv-iKszN7cJhfhCcU59cAqms1gBA@mail.gmail.com> <201105221532.p4MFWfSL092692@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <BANLkTi=fV2R%2BFqKxYxEti%2BswWqpGdazDoA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
I just read the UPDATING and found out this:
[User@Fermi:/usr/src/sys/modules/sound/sound]# uname -a; sysctl
compat.linux | head -2; \
? grep OVERRIDE_LINUX_ /etc/make.conf; \
? cat /compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf
FreeBSD Fermi.residential.fw 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #1: Sun
May 15 16:16:37 CEST 2011
User@Fermi.residential.fw:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
compat.linux.oss_version: 198144
compat.linux.osrelease: 2.6.16
# pcm-oss plugin configuration
pcm.oss0 {
type oss
device /dev/dsp0
hint {
description "Open Sound System"
}
}
ctl.oss0 {
type oss
device /dev/mixer0
hint {
description "Open Sound System"
}
}
2011/5/22 Daniele Mazzotti <kappei84@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> well audio is now working. What is not working is the microphone. I
> have made a call test but my mic is mute. I have searched the Internet
> to find a solution but I am still stuck here! Perhaps an oss issue?
>
> Have you got any suggestion or information I can provide in order to
> help me and get it working?
>
> Regards,
> Daniele.
>
> 2011/5/22 Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de>:
>> In article <BANLkTinv-iKszN7cJhfhCcU59cAqms1gBA@mail.gmail.com> you write:
>>>Hi all.
>> Hi! (sorry for the late reply...)
>>>
>>>I am sorry to bother you all again. I made some progresses here. I
>>>have succesfully managed to run my webcam inside skype. I have
>>>basically followed the main steps to get my webcam working outside
>>>skype (e.g. cuse4bsd, webcamd and pwcview, I am sorry I am too lazy to
>>>write all the passages...) and then I made the following:
>>>
>>>[User@Fermi:/home/User]> su
>>>[Root@Fermi:/home/User]> kldload linux_v4l2wrapper
>>>
>>>and after then, as normal user run
>>>
>>>[User@Fermi:/home/User]> skype --resources=$PWD/skype_static-2.1.0.81 &
>>>
>>>which made my webcam available and working. By the way I have these
>>>warnings comparing on my command prompt
>>>
>>>[User@Fermi:/home/User]> libv4lcontrol: error creating shm segment
>>>failed: Function not implemented
>>>libv4lcontrol: falling back to malloc-ed memory for controls
>>>libv4lcontrol: error creating shm segment failed: Function not implemented
>>>libv4lcontrol: falling back to malloc-ed memory for controls
>>>libv4lcontrol: error creating shm segment failed: Function not implemented
>>>libv4lcontrol: falling back to malloc-ed memory for controls
>>>
>>>and if I try to run pwcview from the command line I only get a window
>>>opening and closing immediately telling me this:
>>>
>>>[User@Fermi:/home/User]> pwcview
>>>Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps
>>>libv4l2: error reading: Invalid argument
>>>Error reading from webcam: Invalid argument
>>>
>>>I am however able to see the output of my webcam. I do not know if
>>>this can be of use to you but I think this is a good step forward.
>>
>> [this was already answered, you probably need to kldload sysvshm]
>>
>>> I
>>>am actually having troubles with audio devices and skype calls but I
>>>will try get rid of those problems tomorrow.
>>>
>> And in case this is still a problem, instead of upgrading from -release
>> to -stable you can also try manually applying only the sound.ko fix,
>>
>> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=221583
>>
>> i.e. apply the patch from here:
>>
>> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/8/sys/dev/sound/pcm/dsp.c?view=patch&r1=221583&r2=221582&pathrev=221583
>>
>> and rebuild and reload your sound.ko, you can do something like this:
>>
>> # cd /usr/src
>> # fetch -o - 'http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/8/sys/dev/sound/pcm/dsp.c?view=patch&r1=221583&r2=221582&pathrev=221583' |patch -p2
>> [obviously needs kernel source installed]
>> # cd sys/modules/sound/sound
>> # make DEBUG_FLAGS=-g install
>> # kldunload snd_hda
>> [or whichever driver you are using; stop apps using sound first]
>> # kldload sound
>> # kldload snd_hda
>>
>> HTH,
>> Juergen
>>
>
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