webcamd/cuse4bsd && Skype

[Matthias Apitz]

Hello,

Until now I have used the kmod pwc.ko and an external Philips webcam in
my FreeBSD 9-CURRENT laptop with Skype, works fine; 

to get the built-in cam working I switched to webcamd/cuse4bsd with the
following problem now; here are the details:

# uname -a
FreeBSD tinyCurrent 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #1 r214444: Thu Oct 28 10:56:32 CEST 2010     guru at current.Sisis.de:/usr/home/guru/myThings/FreeBSD/9-CURRENT/obj/usr/home/guru/myThings/FreeBSD/9-CURRENT/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

# pkg_info | fgrep cuse
cuse4bsd-kmod-0.1.23 Cuse4BSD character device loopback driver for userspace

# pkg_info | fgrep webcam
pwcview-1.4.1_3     The Video4Linux PWC webcam viewer
webcamd-3.1.0.4     A port of Linux USB webcam and DVB drivers into userspace

the two cams are:

ugen4.2: <WebCam Sonix Technology Co., Ltd.> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
ugen1.2: <product 0x0329 vendor 0x0471> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON

and webcamd(8) creates two devices:

# ls -l /dev/video*
crw-rw-rw-  1 webcamd  webcamd    0,  96  1 ene 16:52 /dev/video0
crw-rw-rw-  1 webcamd  webcamd    0, 116  1 ene 17:08 /dev/video8

/dev/video0 ist the built-in, /dev/video8 the external USB (0x0329:0x0471
which is a Philips SPC 900);  pwcview(1) works with both cams unsing the -d
flag; as well Kopete let me choose between both cams and both are
working;

skype-2.0.0.72,1 does not work with /dev/video0 (and does not
show the existance of a 2nd device); what can I do with this Skype?
must I go back to the kmod pwc.ko?

Thanks	

	matthias
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