web cam

[Raymond House]

well I tried everything mentioned in the link and control panel settings
don't change anything.Also checked out about the same info from other links
via google and still no results.


On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:58 AM, CrankyOldBugger
<crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>wrote:

> You're saying that v4l2ucp won't fix the exposure setting?  That is
> upsetting...
>
>
>
>
> On 9 May 2014 10:44, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> oh, I did that yesterday with no results, I did it twice.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:41 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I found an interesting idea dealing Linux Mint and Skype.  Sounds
>>> similar to your situation where Cheese works but Skype does not:
>>>
>>> http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/219
>>>
>>> Might I suggest that you do a "pretend" run through these instructions
>>> before you actually do it for real, in case you get halfway through and
>>> find a step that doesn't apply to you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9 May 2014 10:30, 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
>>>>> 4096R/EE018C93 1967 8F7D 03A1 8F38 732E  FF82 C126 33E1 EE01 8C93
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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