skype 2.1.0.81; alternate versions of the Linuxolator v4l2 patches

[Andriy Gapon]

on 22/05/2011 19:36 Daniele Mazzotti said the following:
> Hi,
> I just read the UPDATING and found out this:

Have you actually read what Juergen has just suggested to you?
You can simply scroll down this email and read now :)

> [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
>>>
>>


-- 
Andriy Gapon