I bought myself a shiny new laptop the other week, a Hewlett Packard EasyNoye TS (yeah yeah, I know it isn't the best comp on the block, but finances are strained, plus it seemed to be Intel hardware which I thought was the safest bet with Ubuntu.
This laptop has a webcam. Windows 7 knows all about - Device Manager says it's 1.3 MB HDcamera, Device type "Imaging Device", Manufacturer Microsoft, Location 0000.001a.0000.001.003.000.000.000.0000, Details "USB Video Device".
But in Ubuntu I can't even find the camera, never mind fix it. Windows 7 Device Manager called it a "USBdevice is Video Device", so I ran lsusb and got this:
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t0p@mars:~$ lsusb
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 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b21b Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0fce:d039 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB K800i (phone mode)
The "Sony Ericsson" device listed is the 3G phone I often use tethered for internet access. Chicony make various peripherals, inclusing cams, so I'm guessing
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Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b21b Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
is the webcam. So, how do I make it work? It's okay in Windows; but I was checking out the circles thing in Google, trying out the video, and she got nothing. I checked the BIOS system, but there was nothing there about enabling/disabling anything, least of all the webcam. And I can't see anythin under " System Settings".
So how do I get the flaming thing to work in Ubuntu? Cheers.
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