On 2020-03-04 22:35, Frank Elsner wrote:
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 22:28:30 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 2020-03-04 22:10, Frank Elsner wrote:
>> running Fedora 31 on my Thinkpad X230i I can't use the build-in camera
because
>> there is no /dev/video0. I remember to have used the camera in the past for
>> video conferencing with
https://palava.tv.
>>
>> What has happend? Ehat to do to get /dev/video0 back?
> Sounds like the camera isn't being recognized.
But was in the past.
> What is the output of "lsusb"? Of course I'm assuming the camera is a
USB device like mine.
No camera shows up
# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04b4:0033 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Mouse
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bdb:1926 Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV H5321 gw Mobile
Broadband Driver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
A couple of things....
There is no switch or anything which may disable the camera?
Do you recall the last time you were able to use the camera? If you have an earlier
kernel you can boot
from or an F31 Live image to check if it works there it would be good.
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