did you try lsusb ? is anything reported through lsusb?
also look in your syslog while your attaching the usb cam. hope this helps. peace, On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Sunnz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/3/23, Girish Venkatachalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On 22:59:31 Mar 23, Sunnz wrote: > > > Well well, I am basically interested to set up a home monitoring > > > system with a PC, OpenBSD, and a Webcam... PC and OpenBSD I had it > > > going, but what about the webcam? Are there much webcam support for > > > it? > > > > > > I have plugged in my old webcam in to the USB port just to see what > > > gives... it reports the ugen0 device, Vimicro Corp. PC Camera, rev > > > 1.10/1.00, addr 10... if it got this far instead of being "not > > > configured", does it mean it has some support for it? > > > > > > What should I do next? > > > > > > What should you do next? > > > > Wait for webcam support to be added. Short of that I have no other > > advice. > > > > Perhaps one of these days someone will do it. > > > > I too want this. If it comes to it I might do it but don't count on it. > > > > - -Girish > > > > - -- > > "unix soi qui mal y pense" > > > > UNIX to him who evil thinks > > > > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | GnuPG key : 0x48E0DA0A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net | > > | Fingerprint: B9AF 854C 154F DB3D BF33 2C2D 0FDF 3BAD 48E0 DA0A | > > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > iD8DBQFH5k5XD987rUjg2goRAn5bAJ9+v0od4wC/3C0o01r2TGQoGQm1lQCdGVe5 > > 1X9o34I8SYPgcOUQuWexaDM= > > =durj > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > Ah, I guess my question is, what is missing link here... like... do we > need driver for this to function? Do we need documentation to webcams > so dev can write driver for it... or is a port missing that can > actually take videos? > > -- > This e-mail may be confidential. It may also be legally privileged. > You may not copy, forward, distribute, disclose, or, use any part of > it. If you haveb(received this message in error, please delete it and > all copies from your systemb(and notify the sender immediately by > return e-mail. Internet communicationsb(cannot be guaranteed to be > timely, secure, error, or, virus-free. The sender do not accept > liability for any errors, or, omissions. Nevertheless, this text has > no effective legal binding on your part. There is no obligation to > abide any or all parts of this, just as any texts appended to e-mail > on rest of the Internet.
