Webcam annoyance...

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  1. Mvalentine King's Apprentice

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    Okay so I got my laptop second hand ages ago...must be about a haf a year ago or summat...Anywhos Its a HP mini 2133 runnin on SUSE linux 10...and to my anger...the webcam wont work...I've tried multiple times to find it on my laptop...multiple searches in google...nothin but solutions for random windows webcams...Can anybody here help me...pretty please?
     
    Mvalentine, Feb 5, 2010
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    You can't find the webcam itself, or you can't find out how to activate it?
     
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    It doesnt detect the webcam at all and ive searched through YAST with no luck aswell....but to be honest im not sure what im looking for...
     
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    Well, first of all...does the laptop HAVE a webcam?
     
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  5. Mvalentine King's Apprentice

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    yep inbuilt webcam if it helps heres a picture [​IMG]
     
    Mvalentine, Feb 5, 2010
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    The computer may need a driver made for Linux in order to use the Webcam. I'm not really sure though.

    Does it show up in Device Manager?
     
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  7. Mvalentine King's Apprentice

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    Well as far as I see it doesn't show up but you know just because it doesnt say webcam oesnt mean its not there....so im unsure
     
    Mvalentine, Feb 7, 2010
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