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[Raymond House]

How do I see in dmesg ?


On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Mathieu, it's a nextech and it works fine with cheese and google
> hangout.
>
>
> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <
> mathieu.tl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What model?
>>
>> Despite being recognized, some cameras (like the Microsoft ones) have
>> finicky drivers that sometimes just don't work. It's important here to
>> check the model, see in dmesg if the driver complains, etc.
>>
>>
>> Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl at gmail.com>
>> Freenode: cyphermox, Jabber: mathieu.tl at gmail.com
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>>
>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi, yes the camera is being recognized, it says ' generic digital
>> camera "
>> > but nothing in the test window it's black.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:19 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Is the camera just not being recognised, or are you getting an error
>> >> message?  If the latter, what is the error?
>> >>
>> >> If the camera is not being recognised, can you turn it on before you
>> start
>> >> Skype then try to get Skype to see it while it's running?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 9 May 2014 07:22, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi, I posted a request for info about getting a webcam to work on
>> skype
>> >>> with my pc running ubuntu 14.04 and unity and I tried all the tips in
>> ubuntu
>> >>> help to no avail, my 2 daughters are also using ubuntu 14.04 on their
>> >>> laptops and they have no problems with skype, can I assume that the
>> camera
>> >>> type is the problem for me? It is not listed in ubuntu wiki skype
>> webcams
>> >>> list. thanks
>> >>>
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