What webcam is it?<br><br>If your camera use the GPCSA (not sure of the spelling) - a recent update broke that...think it's a kernel update that caused it rather than something in Ubuntu - but there should be a new version that fix it but not yet in the updates - so suggest that you go to Software Sources in the System menu, and go to the Updates tab.<br>
<br>In there, tick the boxes for Proposed updates (and perhaps Unsupported updates - I have this ticked on mine but I'm happy to fix if things break - although never happened for me...yet!) - and then update.<br><br>Check for updates...if there's a fix in one of them, it'll get included and hopefully one of them is for your camera.<br>
<br>But it does help if I have the model of your camera.<br><br>For example, I have a new Sony SZ laptop and the MotionEye camera is a Ricoh model, and the driver is R5u870 - however the maintainer have stated that the driver is broken for the 2.6.26+ kernels (and since 8.10 is using 2.6.27 that's me out of luck until it's fixed)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Fintan Gaughan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgaughan@gmail.com">fgaughan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Ah I see!<br>
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I have a webcam but hardly use it as I dont know anyone that has<br>
ekgia.<br>
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I hardly use skype either!<br>
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2008/11/8 Dafydd Eveleigh <<a href="mailto:dafydd@evejam.co.uk">dafydd@evejam.co.uk</a>>:<br>
> I don' t use it for much.<br>
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> I have set up motion so I can see what my dog gets up to during the<br>
> day just for a laugh.<br>
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> But also I use it to play around with ffmpeg, and you'll never know<br>
> when it might be useful.<br>
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> I am looking to set up ekgia phone at somepoint.<br>
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> Basically it is not essential but a nice tool to have in my box as<br>
> you'll never know when you'll need it :-)<br>
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> On 8 Nov 2008, at 11:03, Fintan Gaughan wrote:<br>
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>> Wait for an update. or roll back to 8.04.<br>
>><br>
>> I tend to wait a few months later before installing next version of<br>
>> ubuntu.<br>
>><br>
>> Just keep checking out the ubuntu forums until a solution is found.<br>
>><br>
>> What your using the webcam for other than skype?<br>
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>> 2008/11/8 Dafydd Eveleigh <<a href="mailto:dafydd@evejam.co.uk">dafydd@evejam.co.uk</a>>:<br>
>>> Hi All<br>
>>><br>
>>> Wonder if anybody can help.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Since install Ubuntu 8.10 my webcam is not being detected properly.<br>
>>><br>
>>> In 8.04 the webcam worked perfectly without needing any<br>
>>> configuration.<br>
>>> So it is strange that it has stopped working in 8.10.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I have search the web and there has been a bug reported.<br>
>>><br>
>>> However I have not been able to find a workaround. The only<br>
>>> workaround<br>
>>> I have found is the one for skype, but I don't use skype!!!<br>
>>><br>
>>> Wondered if anybody else is having problems or can offer a possible<br>
>>> solution.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Maybe I should just wait for an update?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Many Thanks in advance<br>
>>><br>
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