by dockstarfan » Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:51 pm
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('aerotoad', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dockstarfan', 'C')an you let me know how to set up the webcam server or point me to some published results? Thanks.
dockstarfan,
I'm using the motion package from Debian (apt-get install motion), and this crummy webcam (
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25948). I used the Motion website for help in setting up motion (
http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/ConfigFileOptions). This old post on Linux.com may be useful as well:
http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114118............................
Chrome isn't compiled for ARM, but firefox is (under Debian Lenny). Do you want to use it as a remote (headless) VNC server? You could install a vncserver package (several of them out there, I'm using vnc4server), and could connect to it from a laptop or other machine on your network. I did the opposite--used the dockstar as a dumb terminal--a vncviewer or rdesktop interface for another machine on my network. Either VNC or X forwarding will let you run Firefox or Chrome remotely. Depending on your usb video card resolution and network speed, you can have a usable remote browser/desktop.
There are many references for VNC server setup. The simplest is to install a vncserver, start it (may need to provide a password), and you can view the interface remotely with a vncviewer at the dockstar's IP address and the vnc port, something like:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'vncviewer 192.168.1.15:5900')
From the dockstar, you can launch applications in that virtual desktop, with "DISPLAY=dockstar:1 xterm", where the display variable points to whatever the vncserver is using.
Hope that helps,
-aerotoad
Thank you for your reply. It really helps.
I tried VNC by installing gnome desktop. It works but very slow. Which desktop are you using? As for VNC server, somehow vnc4server does not work. Apt-get install vnc4server always told me "Package vnc4server has no installation candidate." Not sure why but tightvncserver worked. For web browser, I would like to see if it work on the remote desk top but not sure why I need it yet. Unless I can make the vnc remote desktop faster, I don't think I have any real use it it, yet. Right now, I would like to concentrate on the webcam server.
I connected a Creative Lab's low end webcam to it. lsusb detects but there was no /dev/video0. Does that mean I need driver for this device? I will try to read the references that you pointed out and do more experiments. I may need to ask you for more help if have any issues. Hope it will be o.k. with you. I would really appreciate that.