webcamd, IPEVO-Inc--IPEVO-Ziggi-HD-Plus -S unknown -M 0

Fri Oct 11 13:34:22 UTC 2019

On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 8:14 AM Antonio Olivares
<olivares14031 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 7:44 PM Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:30:47 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > > root at aceraspire:~ # service devd restart && webcamd -d ugen4.3 -v 0 &
> > > [2] 2139
> > > root at aceraspire:~ # Stopping devd.
> > > Waiting for PIDS: 1929.
> > > Starting devd.
> > > Webcamd is already running for ugen4.3.0
> > >
> > > when I try to run cheese first it got that no devices found, then I get that
> > > ``There was an error playing video from the webcam''
> >
> > Do you have webcamd entries in /etc/rc.conf?
> >
> > I had a comparable problem on FreeBSD 12.0-p10 where webcamd
> > would not be started (and therefore not stopped or restarted)
> > even though I had placed
> >
> >         webcamd_enable="YES"
> >         webcamd_flags="-d ugen3.2 -i 0 -v 0"
> >
> > into /etc/rc.conf. I now start it "manually" via /etc/rc.local:
> >
> >         /usr/local/sbin/webcamd -d ugen3.2 -i 0 -v 0 &
> >
> > Now it works. :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > > Is there a way to get this to work?  I have changed
> > > cuse4bsd_load="YES" and changed to
> > > cuse_load="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and have looked at what was
> > > recommended in the threads and it does not work.
> >
> > The entry
> >
> >         cuse_load="YES"
> >
> > belongs to /boot/loader.conf, _not_ to /etc/rc.conf, according
> > to the documentation. Verify it has been loaded with "kldstat".
> >
> > I don't know if the package "cuse4bsd-kmod" has to be installed
> > or not - in my case, it isn't. Maybe this just applies to older
> > FreeBSD versions...
> >
> >
> >
> > > How can I get it to work?  I appreciate your help/suggestions.
> >
> > For refereence:
> >
> >         # webcamd -l
> >         Available device(s):
> >         [...]
> >         webcamd [-d ugen3.2]
> >                 -N GenesysLogic-Technology-Co---Ltd--HP-Webcam-101
> >                 -S unknown
> >                 -M 0
> >
> > This is a built-in webcam.
> >
> > I added my username per /etc/group to the "webcamd" group. I
> > did not add any further permissions or device configurations.
> >
> > For testing, install the "pwcview" package and start webcamd
> > manually as shown above. If the instance is running, /dev/video0
> > (and maybe more) should be present. With no further options, run
> >
> >         % pwcview
> >
> > as a user, it should detect the appropriate video device on
> > its own; if it doesn't ("problem of multiple inputs"), you can
> > specify one:
> >
> >         % pwcview -d /dev/video0
> >
> > Usually the 1st one (here: 0) should work.
> >
> > So if _that_ works, any other program should work as well.
> >
> > See "man webcamd" and "man pwcview" for details. :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Polytropon
> > Magdeburg, Germany
> > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> As always your help is very valuable and I have got it working.  I
> applied your strategies
> I corrected the cuse4bsd_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf and I
> installed pcmview which
> was the one which detects the document viewer.  I cannot get cheese to work but
> I can manage with pcmview.  See below for what I did to check
>
> cuse4bsd_load="YES"
>
> is in /boot/loader.conf
>
>
> root at aceraspire:~ # kldstat
>
> Id Refs Address Size Name
>
> 1 58 0x800000 1ad6f60 kernel
>
> 2 2 0x22d7000 8ae4 libiconv.ko
>
> 3 1 0x22e0000 1310c fuse.ko
>
> 4 1 0x22f4000 a200 mmcsd.ko
>
> 5 1 0x2300000 dfa0 tmpfs.ko
>
> 6 1 0x230e000 b330 cuse.ko
>
> 7 1 0x231a000 3780 msdosfs_iconv.ko
>
> 8 1 0x231e000 4964 libmchain.ko
>
> 9 1 0x2323000 49fc coretemp.ko
>
> 10 1 0x14c00000 93000 i915kms.ko
>
> 11 1 0x14c93000 4e000 drm2.ko
>
> 12 4 0x14ce1000 7000 iicbus.ko
>
> 13 1 0x14ce8000 5000 iic.ko
>
> 14 1 0x14ced000 7000 iicbb.ko
>
> 15 1 0x14cf4000 15000 snd_uaudio.ko
>
> 16 1 0x14d09000 7000 uhid.ko
>
> 17 1 0x14d10000 7000 ums.ko
>
> 18 1 0x14d17000 42000 pf.ko
>
> 19 1 0x14d59000 4000 mac_ntpd.ko
>
> root at aceraspire:~ # cat /etc/rc.conf
>
> hostname="aceraspire"
>
> #wlans_ath0="wlan0"
>
> #if_urtw_load="YES"
>
> #wlans_urtw0="wlan0"
>
> #ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
>
>
> #ifconfig_wlan0="ssid 12694037782909871625637890 DHCP"
>
> #ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
>
>
> ifconfig_ale0="DHCP"
>
> sshd_enable="YES"
>
> ntpd_enable="YES"
>
> powerd_enable="YES"
>
> # Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
>
> dumpdev="AUTO"
>
> dbus_enable="YES"
>
> moused_enable="YES"
>
> mixer_enable="YES"
>
> #ip6addrctl_enable="NO" # new way to disable IPv6 support
>
> #ip6addrctl_policy="ipv4_prefer" # Use IPv4 instead of IPv6
>
> #ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="NO" # Do not automatically add IPv6 addresses
>
>
> # powerd: hiadaptive speed while on AC power, adaptive while on battery power
>
> powerd_enable="YES"
>
> powerd_flags="-a hiadaptive -b adaptive"
>
>
> # Synchonize system time
>
> ntpd_enable="YES"
>
> # Let ntpd make time jumps larger than 1000sec
>
> ntpd_flags="-g"
>
>
> # enable pf firewall
>
> pf_enable="YES"
>
>
> # print using lpd
>
> lpd_enable="YES"
>
>
> kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
>
> #cuse4bsd_load="YES"
>
> #cuse_load="YES"
>
> devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_common"
>
> webcamd_enable="YES"
>
>
> root at aceraspire:~ # pkg install pwcview
>
> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
>
> FreeBSD repository is up to date.
>
> All repositories are up to date.
>
> The following 3 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
>
>
> New packages to be INSTALLED:
>
> pwcview: 1.4.1_7
>
> sdl: 1.2.15_14,2
>
> aalib: 1.4.r5_13
>
>
> Number of packages to be installed: 3
>
>
> The process will require 3 MiB more space.
>
> 840 KiB to be downloaded.
>
>
> Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
>
> [1/3] Fetching pwcview-1.4.1_7.txz: 100% 20 KiB 20.5kB/s 00:01
>
> [2/3] Fetching sdl-1.2.15_14,2.txz: 100% 684 KiB 700.8kB/s 00:01
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> [3/3] Fetching aalib-1.4.r5_13.txz: 100% 136 KiB 139.1kB/s 00:01
>
> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
>
> [1/3] Installing aalib-1.4.r5_13...
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> [1/3] Extracting aalib-1.4.r5_13: 100%
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> [2/3] Installing sdl-1.2.15_14,2...
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> [2/3] Extracting sdl-1.2.15_14,2: 100%
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> [3/3] Installing pwcview-1.4.1_7...
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> [3/3] Extracting pwcview-1.4.1_7: 100%
>
> =====
>
> Message from aalib-1.4.r5_13:
>
>
> --
>
> ===> NOTICE:
>
>
>
> The aalib port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
>
> more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
>
> the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:
>
>
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla
>
>
> More information about port maintainership is available at:
>
>
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/contributing/ports-contributing.html#maintain-port
>
> =====
>
> Message from sdl-1.2.15_14,2:
>
>
> --
>
> Your SDL library has been built with libvgl support, which means that you
>
> can run almost any SDL application straight on your console (VESA 2.0
>
> compatible videocard is required).
>
>
> To do this you have to load the vesa kernel module or enable it in your
>
> kernel, and set environment variable "SDL_VIDEODRIVER=vgl".
>
> root at aceraspire:~ #
>
>
> root at aceraspire:~ # /usr/local/sbin/webcamd -d ugen4.3 -i 0 -v 0 &
>
> [1] 1811
>
> root at aceraspire:~ # Webcamd is already running for ugen4.3.0
>
>
> [1] Exit 1 /usr/local/sbin/webcamd -d ugen4.3 -i 0 -v 0
>
> root at aceraspire:~ #
>
>
> olivares at aceraspire$ pwcview -d /dev/video0
>
> Webcam set to: 320x240 (sif) at 5 fps
>
> I shall try again to make cheese work, but for now it is one that
> should work, or try kamerka again.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Antonio

As a follow up I read a thread
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=224493
and I installed qt5 controls and webcamoid and it now works. Special
thanks to Polytropon for his insights and helpful advice.

Best Regards,

Antonio