HP laptop built-in webcam disappeared between Xubuntu 16.04 and 18.04

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 6:43 AM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
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On Sun, 2 Aug 2020 at 00:49, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I tried to run it in Wine, and it doesn't work to update the bios
> > directly - too many errors.
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> OMG, don't do that! :-o
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> That sounds like an ideal way to brick it.
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It wouldn't let me anyway - no access to the BIOS from Wine.

> > I also can't seem to have it write a bootable flash drive - it can't
> > mount the drives on the machine, and it doesn't seem to see a drive
> > even if I run the built-in Wine Windows explorer - I can access the
> > flash drive but not mount it for Wine/WE use.
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> Use a VM.
>
Thank you, that worked - so far.  I'll report back when I have a
chance to reboot it with the flash drive.

Many thanks!

Mark