jheard Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm trying to get my webcam working on a HP DV9700. I have installed Kalyway 10.5.1. I had tried iATKOS before and the webcam worked, but had other issues and moved to Kalyway. Can someone point me to the kext/driver for the webcam? I assume that if I can figure out which one it is, then I can pull it from the iATKOS install and I should be up and running. Note, I've tried drivers from IOXperts as well as macam and neither made a difference. iChat or Photo booth will turn on my webcam (blue light comes on on the top of the LCD) but the vid only shows a black screen. Details on my webcam... Version: 6.06 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. Product ID: 0xb023 Serial Number: SN0001 Vendor ID: 0x04f2 Thanks in advance for your help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowyzg0moo Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 As much as I'd hope to have an answer for you, I actually have the same exact problem, except ironically, vice versa. With Kalaway, my Webcam works but with iATKOS v1.0, it doesn't. Does anyone have any ideas about which .kext file it would be so that both of us can enjoy using our webcams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aprodigy Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 'kextstat' in a terminal shows you any running extension. look for it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowyzg0moo Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 this issue is though aprodigy, the fact that we both switched versions. In order for either of us to possibly get any extension to work, we'd have to wipe out our current installs, something I doubt jheard would do either. does anyone else have a solution or mind posting up the kext file? thanks in advanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowyzg0moo Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 bump. any updates from anyone in the community? i reinstalled kalyway and still cant get it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuno Maia Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 HP DV9575ep + Iatkos 10.5.1i R2 and same problem... The blue led lights and then just a black screen... And worse in my case: Until I start any application that uses the webcam the OS runs extremely slow!!! Any clues for the webcam support? Nuno Maia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jivhg Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 BUUUUMP Same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 I have a DV6716ez, but they use the same cam, My cam work perfectly in Skype, IChat, Fireworks, but not Photo booth, I don't get a black screen but a distorted one where i can see my movement. So maybe check by loading Skype?? Macam or IOXperts does not support the HP Webcam BUUUUMP Same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jivhg Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 BUMP PLEASE, I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. Anyone have a kext with a working webcam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbmac Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Did you try to install the open source Mac web cam drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geekster Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Hi, I also have a webcam what apears in Sys Profiler like so: USB2.0 Web Camera: Version: 1.00 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec Manufacturer: DarkHorse . Product ID: 0x6111 Vendor ID: 0x1b17 But no application finds it. I tried open source, Macam and IOXperts without any luck. Tried to install it on the Parallels XP and even there after few seconds of viewing it crashes the VM and quits Parallels automatically. The cam is good and I also use it on my Win PC, I don't really want to buy another one. Since it's found in Sys Profiler I'm hopping this could be fixed with proper or patched kexts.. or Quicktime files. Please can anyone help? I'm running Kalyway 10.5.1 updated to 5.2 with 9.2 speedstep kernel. And to date patched applesmbios.kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmyco Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 It´s been quite a qhile since last post, but I´ll put my solution here anyway... Prior to using any software with the webcam, run the software CamTwist (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24275/camtwist) and enable the webcam. Works for me... See ya all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yopale Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Thanks, my webcam too now works with CamTwist turnaround (hp dv2700) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehRob Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I installed CamTwist and it sees the camera, recognizes it as the proper hardware and turns on, but it doesn't do anything else. I tried multiple applications and it just won't work. Did anyone have to do anything special after installing CamTwist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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