[ubuntu-za] Genius Webcam on 12.10

[Hilton Gibson]

Jan

Can you give us the output of "lsusb" and "lspci"

Cheers

hg


On 30 January 2013 12:05, Wesley Werner <wesley.werner at gmail.com> wrote:

> If that does not work, poke around the skype options, if there is a place
> to type in the webcam's device path, it could be a matter of filling in the
> correct value.
>
> This path varies per webcam, but usually points to /dev/video0. It is the
> same path you can use to 'play' your webcam through vlc via the 'open
> capture device' menu command.
>
> I've looked for any bugs in launchpad relating to this, nothing conclusive
> yet. Jan you may have more luck searching launchpad for your webcam model,
> and also your motherboard/chipset model.
>
> There is a possibility its a kernel bug, specific to your chipset. But
> lets hope not ;)
>
> --
> Wesley
>
> On Jan 30, 2013 11:43 AM, "Jan Greeff" <jan at verslank.net> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Wesley, I assumed so.
> >
> > This is the first realistic feedback that I have had that makes sense,
> much appreciated and I will go that route.
> >
> > Jan
>



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