webcam on PanP6

Hello,

I have a PanP6 purchased in Dec 2009. Everything has been great. I installed ubuntu 12.04 and cant seem to get the webcam to show up. I tried the Fn Keys. I also tried a few commands and their output suggests that the device is not even being detected (I dont recall the exact commands tried.) My question is, if it is a matter of drivers, what do you recommend?

Also, I have two other unrelated questions, do you prefer if I open a thread for each questions (better indexing) or just ask everything in one place? Thanks!

lsusb says:

Code:

---

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 147e:2016 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor

---

while lspci says:

Code:

---

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IBM/IEM (ICH9M/ICH9M-E) 4 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98M [GeForce G 105M] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
07:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
07:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller
07:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller

---

Thanks!

What software are you trying to get the webcam to work with? Does the file /dev/video0 exist on your system?

i like guvcviewer for a webcam recording app

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Carborundum

What software are you trying to get the webcam to work with? Does the file /dev/video0 exist on your system?

---

I have been trying with cheese. I also tried the tests in

Code:

---

gstreamer-properties

---

and that did not detect it either. Most tutorials I saw said to try v4l1 and v4l2 but I only had v4l2 as a choice.

The file /dev/video0 does not exist. Thanks!

sounds like a hardware issue, have you tried contacting system76 directly?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dannyboy79

sounds like a hardware issue, have you tried contacting system76 directly?

---

I wanted to make sure it was hardware before I contacted them, since, if its a hardware issue, fixing it will probably involve shipping the machine, and I cant do that. right now. Oh well... I'll mark the thread as solved. Thanks!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by brusegadi

I wanted to make sure it was hardware before I contacted them, since, if its a hardware issue, fixing it will probably involve shipping the machine, and I cant do that. right now. Oh well... I'll mark the thread as solved. Thanks!

---

Is your webcam turned on? Try closing all applications that use the camera (including web browsers), then hit Fn+F10 on your keyboard.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by isantop

Is your webcam turned on? Try closing all applications that use the camera (including web browsers), then hit Fn+F10 on your keyboard.

---

This was one of the first things I tried since it has always been the cause of my webcam issues! However, it did not work this time. I'll try booting from a live cd and seeing if its detected that way. I have not emailed you because if its really a hardware issue I will have to ship it but I cant since school is in session. Thanks!