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Router Upgrade
I think i’m due a router upgrade at home. I’ve had a Linksys BEFSR41 running happily since my Demon days and a Linksys WRT54G for wireless & wired stuff. I also have a Linksys 8 port gigabit switch which I don’t actually use that much.Â
I’m looking in loose 1 or maybe even 2 of them if I can find something up to the job. The only trouble is that even with 8 wired ports I still don’t have any spare? I can’t even think what they all get used for ha. My desktop is still on wired as only have Wireless G. I think next natural progression would be the Linksys WRT350N as I could free up some wired ports by using the faster N protocol in a couple of my boxes. This model also has 4 wired ports but with the added bonus of them all being gigabit.
Or do I give up on what I know and go to the Dark Side and try a Belkin N1 Vision? BUT does it appeal to me purely because of the asthetics ie the fancy LCD UI?
open /dev/video0: Device or resource busy
I had strange problem with my EyeToy which meant if I plugged it in before and then booted the slug I would get the following error when I tried to start webcam
v4l2: open /dev/video0: Device or resource busy
v4l2: open /dev/video0: Device or resource busy
v4l: open /dev/video0: Device or resource busy
no grabber device available
However if I plugged it in after it had booted it worked fine. Thus I did the following….
fuser /dev/video0
/dev/video0:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1871m
ps -aux | grep 1871
nobody   1871 0.0 2.4  5492  732 ?       S   19:55  0:00 /usr/bin/camserv
This showed me that the software camserv was trying to access the dev. After reading this I had a ‘Ahhh now I remember moment’ i’d installed a few webcam software when I was looking for the right one amnd not removed it hence the conflict. All is working as it should now.
“Webcam” Software
I only needed a simple webcam solution so I’ve used one called ‘webcam’ installed using
apt-get install webcam
this creates a config file /root/.webcamrc edit this file to suit your needs. Here’s mine for my own reference….
[grab]
      device = /dev/video0
      text = Logitech 3000 %d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S (BST)
      fg_red = 255
      fg_green = 255
      fg_blue = 255
      width = 640
      height = 480
      delay = 30
      wait = 1
      input = usb
      norm = webcam
      rotate = 0
      top = 0
      left = 0
      bottom = -1
      right = -1
      quality = 75
      trigger = 0
      once = 0
      archive = /home/blah/archives/cam0 cam0 %d-%m-%Y %H-%M-%S.jpeg
[ftp]
      host = 127.0.0.1
      user = root
      pass = xxxx
      dir = /var/www/cams
      file = cam0.jpeg
      tmp = uploading.jpeg
      passive = 1
      debug = 0
      auto = 0
      local = 1
      ssh = 0
Webcams
I’ve managed to get a couple of cams working on my slug so here’s what ones and how
Logitech Pro 3000/4000
apt-get install qc-usb-source qc-usb-utils
Logitech Quickcam Chat
module-assistant auto-install gspca
EyeToy
module-assistant auto-install ov51x-jpeg-source
Install Some Packages
Obviously it’s down to personal choice what packages you install so this list is more for personal reference than anything else. (I’ll be updating this list as and when I come across ones I need).
nano
lynx
ntpdate Run ntpdate ntp.yourtimeserver.com
rcconf
unzip
qqlite
php5-sqlite
gcc
make
New Category
As my slug projects seem to be getting more and more ambitious i’ve decided to create a new category titled ‘NSLU2’ to keep all relevant posts in.Â
My Head Hurts….
More issues with the slug as it’s now decided that the one cam I want to use on it will only work after being plugged in AFTER it’s booted and refuses to work when plugged in during boot RAHHHH!!!!
RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
I’ve been trying for nearly 2 days to get my usb mobile broadband stick working with linux. After MUCH googling it looks like i’ll need a different model to ensure compatability.