Thanks.. Just wanted to report back that setting the frame rate and/or frame size to low values like you suggested helped and am able to see the video using guvcview.
On my Y500, the webcam is...
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Thanks.. Just wanted to report back that setting the frame rate and/or frame size to low values like you suggested helped and am able to see the video using guvcview.
On my Y500, the webcam is...
Thanks for posting in detail.... The graphical brightness indicator seems to have a fixed number of steps I.e hotkey presses between min and max... If you increase your STEP size in the script so...
Thank you very much! I'll give it a try... On the Y500 the webcam seems to be listed by lsusb to be "Realtek Semiconductor Peripheral".
Re: Lenovo Ideapad Y500 LiveUSB Problem
Has anyone managed to get their Webcam working on the Y400/Y500 ?
I am working with a Y500 also. I basically did precisely what you have mentioned and it is working. Did you restart acpid? Also, make sure that the driver module is indeed being loaded on boot up,...
Wow! Thank you very much for the response.. I am able to control the backlight using the function keys now!
What was the fix? I seem to be running into the same issues now..
Thanks
I have been able to successfully dual boot with Ubuntu 12.1 and Win 8. I had the blank screen issue that you mentioned when trying to install/boot from a liveUSB but getting into the BIOS and...