Finally my webcam is working! Up until recently there was no working Linux driver for my webcam, but that seems to have changed. Reports indicate that the driver is included in the Linux kernel from version 2. Until that version hits your system should ship with Ubuntu Jaunty installing the driver is still possible. See this guide:. The webcam or the chip to be more accurate is located in a lot of laptops.
I have a Zepto WD myself. You may have to activate your webcam somehow. On my system there is a button with a camera icon on it that I have to press before the camera turns on. The quality is a bit grainy and far from the best β hopefully this can be solved as the driver matures. However me being and looking tired in the morning is properly beyond the scope of some webcam driver. Yes I cheated and used a regular camera for the Get to know a LoCo post a few weeks back.
Now, as February begins, I can advise my mom to upgrade to Intrepid. It should be noted the driver is reversed-engineered together with datasheets for some of the supported sensors. My cam gives grainy images when the surrounding light is not high enough, but this is a limitation of the camera itself, not the driver. Your reasoning might be valid β it is also a relatively old laptop. Maybe it is working just as supposed to. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.
Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content. To find out if your webcam is a mx model, open up a terminal and type lsusb if you see a line like this: Bus Device ID ALi Corp. Video Camera Controller you are in business. Ubuntu Danmark Ubuntu og de andre distributioner.
Why are you wearing what looks like a woolen cap⦠indoors? Tom: There are three reasons: I. I had just been outside to help a guy from the energy company read some meters. Please let me know any issues you encounter. Thanks, Erik. Did you test it on Windows and in brighter environments to compare the quality?
