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Mina Michael
Asked: 2015-06-19 09:58:53 +0800 CST

Ubuntu doesn't detect webcam

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Cheese just doesn't detect the webcam .. nor other software. This is an MSI GT70 2PC. I cannot even find someone having the problem. The webcam even works fine on windows 8.1 .

I also tried adding the user to the video group and I even tried this:

sudo chmod 777 /dev/video*

following this question but ubuntu can't find the directory in the first place!

webcam

2 Answers

  1. Maybe the camera is locked. I own a MSI GS70-2PC-210US and from time to time this happens to me after doing updates.

    Try pressing Fn+F6 (or whatever the camera lock/unlock button is located on your keyboard).

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  2. Try going on "additional drivers" (you can search for it on the Ubuntu search engine) and looking for any proprietary drivers for your device. It usually works for me.

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