<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div class="h5"> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Barry Drake <<a href="mailto:bdrake@crosswire.org">bdrake@crosswire.org</a>><br> Sender: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:54:13<br> To: UK Ubuntu Talk<<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> Reply-To: <a href="mailto:bdrake@crosswire.org">bdrake@crosswire.org</a>, UK Ubuntu Talk <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheese on netbook<br> <br> On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 22:44 +0000, Tony Pursell wrote:<br> > Can you try with a live CD or USB? If the webcam is still not found,<br> > then I think you will pretty well have proved a hardware fault.<br> <br> Yes, I'll try that. I think I can find a USB version of the netbook<br> remix live CD - I must have one somewhere .... If not, Ill make one.<br> Should have thought of that.<br> <br> Regards, Barry Drake.<br> --<br> Sent from my Dell Netbook using Ubuntu - the window-free environment<br> that gives me real fresh air.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>I did a bit of googling and came up with these answers on <a href="http://askubuntu.com">askubuntu.com</a> <br> <br><a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/3222/my-webcam-wont-work-how-do-i-debug">http://askubuntu.com/questions/3222/my-webcam-wont-work-how-do-i-debug</a><br> <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/5397/webcam-not-recognized-in-dell-mini-10v-on-lucid-lynx-how-to-troubleshoot">http://askubuntu.com/questions/5397/webcam-not-recognized-in-dell-mini-10v-on-lucid-lynx-how-to-troubleshoot</a><br> <br>the general gist seems to be changing the video settings in gstreamer-properties and select "Video for Linux 2" in the video tab.<br><br>hope this helps<br>azmodie<br><br></div></div>