[nylug-talk] acer aspire 5102 laptop & web cam revised

[Kevin Mark]

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On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 01:49:23AM -0500, Mark wrote:
> As I said at the meeting Wednesday, I think this is a great computer, with 
> everything I've tried working.
> 
> But I want to get the built-in web cam working and haven't been able to.  
> 
> I know the web cam is USB, and Acer calls it an Orbicam.  The system 
> recognizes it as a USB device.
> 
> So, the question is, what software should I use with this?  Digicam doesn't 
> see it, and when I try to configure a camera with it, I don't have the proper 
> camera listing for it.  Acer calls it an Orbicam.  This isn't on the Digicam 
> list.
> 
> I figure there must be a generic USB web cam configuration which will work 
> with some software.  
> 
> Looking for suggestions.
> 
Hi Mark,
the output of 'lspci -n' maybe useful for further investigation.
cheers,
Kev
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