Thread: Mint Linux Cinnamon 64 Bit

hey guys have friend has acer laptop dual core amd chipset 6 gigs of ram , decided put mint linux cinnamon 64 bit on instead of windows 7 , said works when goes in system settings , goes input there no web cam , he's trying skype working theres seems no web cam i've helped him install , did additional drivers , did wireless drivers , video not sure how web cam

there several applications use webcam. see if work. try opening cheese.

open terminal , post output of:

code:

lsusb

you should see sort of webcam:

tgalati4@mint14-extensa ~/desktop $ lsusb
bus 001 device 002: id 064e:a101 suyin corp. acer crystaleye webcam
bus 001 device 001: id 1d6b:0002 linux foundation 2.0 root hub
bus 002 device 001: id 1d6b:0002 linux foundation 2.0 root hub
bus 003 device 001: id 1d6b:0001 linux foundation 1.1 root hub
bus 004 device 001: id 1d6b:0001 linux foundation 1.1 root hub
bus 005 device 001: id 1d6b:0001 linux foundation 1.1 root hub
bus 006 device 001: id 1d6b:0001 linux foundation 1.1 root hub
bus 007 device 001: id 1d6b:0001 linux foundation 1.1 root hub

if not, have research find specific model of webcam installed.

code:

dmesg | grep webcam

tgalati4@mint14-extensa ~/desktop $ dmesg | grep webcam
[ 1.569008] usb 1-1: product: acer crystaleye webcam
[ 26.502332] uvcvideo: found uvc 1.00 device acer crystaleye webcam (064e:a101)
[ 26.509613] input: acer crystaleye webcam /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/input/input4

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