how to activate laptop integrated webcam dell inspiron 1525
Hi,
I've been using slackware64 13.1 ever since it came out on my Dell Inspiron 1525, and I haven't really had any problems with my webcam in that time. However, last time I tried to use skype - I noticed that it couldn't detect it. In kinfocenter, my webcam is picked up (OmniVision Technologies). The only time I've had a similar problem in the past is when I used the "Compact" option in lilo.conf, and the webcam wouldn't turn on. Just removing the option solved the problem. Since I don't know what steps caused this to happen, I'm not sure where to start fixing it - any suggestions of output I could post here to get started? |
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lsmod | grep uvcvideo Code:
modprobe uvcvideo |
Thanks for the reply.
uvcvideo appears to be already loaded based on the output of "lsmod|grep uvcvideo" Code:
uvcvideo 60908 0 To clarify, the only application I have that uses the webcam is Skype - I'm running the Dynamic version, which I run by cd-ing into the directory where it is saved and running Code:
./skype && [edit] I've managed a fix, by running the following as root: Code:
modprobe -r uvcvideo && modprobe uvcvideo I think what is happening is that when I use "pm-suspend" to put my laptop to sleep, it deactivates the webcam. Is this a problem others have had? Does anyone know how this could be avoided? |
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