webcamd and webcams under 8.1-rel

[beni brinckman]

On Friday 06 August 2010 15:28:58 Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> On Friday 06 August 2010 15:17:59 beni brinckman wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > Are my 2 cams too old or is something else wrong here ? How do i get
> > (one) webcam working in p. ex. skype ?
> 
> Skype is known not to always work with webcamd. Try using pwcview instead.
> What does:
> 
> ls -l /dev/video*
> 
> output?
> 
> --HPS
pwcview is installed. 
This is the result with the V-uap cam :

[beni at bsdaddict] /usr/home/beni# pwcview
Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps
Failed to create yuvoverlay: Can't use YUV data on non 16/24/32 bit surfaces
:                                                                           
uninitializing


With the Creative cam :
[beni at bsdaddict] /usr/home/beni# pwcview
Failed to access webcam: No such file or directory
***********************************************************
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.
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[beni at bsdaddict] /usr/home/beni#

I just switched the usb connectors (maybe to fast ?). Don't know if it has 
anything to do with this.
-- 
Beni.