On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 11:03:26AM -0700, Robert Kopp wrote: > I have used a number of operating systems, including Linux and > FreeBSD, and am thinking about adding OpenBSD to the list. (This would > be i386, or amd64 if the latter has enough features: my hardware will > support it). I use a UVC Webcam with Linux, and it would increase my > motivation to try OpenBSD if such equipment would also work with that > OS. I heard that 4.4 offered "partial" support, and there are more > recent releases than that. Has anyone here tried using such a Webcam > (say, with Skype or Ekiga?). Skype probably doesn't work unless Linux > emulation is pretty well-developed, as with FreeBSD, but there should > be a native port of Ekiga.
Just try it: uvideo(4) supports most (USB) webcams and ekiga is in ports. I don't think Skype works, though. Joachim