[Ryedale] How to install webcam in Ubuntu?

[Jamie Adams]

Can you run the following command, and paste the output here?

dmesg | tail -n 15; lsusb

On Monday, August 30, 2010, ALEX SISMAKOV <alex.armani at live.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> If it is showing up as /dev/video0, what do applications say when they
>> try to access it?
>
> Cheese works fine just the video is black. I couldn't find the video chat option on Pidgin. When I use webbased flash (am using the propriety adobe one) just get a black screen.
>> Something does look bit amiss. Not sure shat all those disconnection
>> notices are about.
>
> That was as I was plugging it in and unplugging it I presume? 		 	   		
>

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