skype 2.1.0.81; alternate versions of the Linuxolator v4l2 patches

[Daniele Mazzotti]

Hi,
I just read the UPDATING and found out this:

[User at 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 at 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 at 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 at jelal.kn-bremen.de>:
>> In article <BANLkTinv-iKszN7cJhfhCcU59cAqms1gBA at 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 at Fermi:/home/User]> su
>>>[Root at Fermi:/home/User]> kldload linux_v4l2wrapper
>>>
>>>and after then, as normal user run
>>>
>>>[User at 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 at 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 at 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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