[kde-freebsd] kopete-1.1.3 (from kde-4.7.3) doesn't support webcam

[Jan Henrik Sylvester]

On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, Yuri wrote:
> On 11/29/2011 03:44, Matthias Apitz wrote:
>> I run kopete 0.12.7 in KDE 3.5.10 (only for tests, normaly I use Pidgin)
>> and Settings-->Configure-->Devices brings up the picture from
>> /dev/video0 created by webcamd; note: the device is created as:
>>
>> $ ls -l /dev/video0
>> crw-rw---- 1 webcamd webcamd 0x7e Nov 29 12:33 /dev/video0
>>
>> and you must be in the group 'webcamd' to open it for reading(...)
>
> I am the member of webcamd group. And my video device looks similar:
> crw-rw---- 1 webcamd webcamd 0, 131 Nov 29 03:18 /dev/video0
>
> But it doesn't show up in kopete.
>
> You use kde3, that's maybe the reason. I use kde4.

I can see my webcam in kopete 1.1.3 (KDE 4.7.3).

Did you start webcamd with the -H option to register the device via HAL? 
KDE4 depends on HAL for devices.

Cheers,
Jan Henrik