Re: webcam not recognised ubuntu 64-bit 10.04 LTS

Bruce Kingsbury <[email protected]> Fri, 2 Dec 2011 22:00:26 +1300

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Also check that the USB port you're plugging it into is actually OK..
generally you should see 'something' in dmesg or lsusb even if the device
is completely unsupported. If you're not seeing anything I'd suspect the
device or the USB port is actually broken.


On 2 December 2011 21:29, Jaco <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>  Very odd, I've been told that no entries are added to the output of dmesg
>> as a result of plugging it in.   The webcam must be faulty?
>>
> Could very-well be - I can't say that I've ever has any issues with
> Logitech kit on *nix.
> Try it on a windows machine & see how that work.
>
> - J
>
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