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15 R3, integrated webcam driver in Linux?
How to install the integrated webcam driver in non-supported Linux?
The app cheese say "no devices found".
The "lsusb" terminal command that display:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0626 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 046d:c539 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0a05:7211 Unknown Manufacturer hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04f2:1666 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. 4-port hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:58c2 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:e300 Atheros Communications, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 187c:0530 Alienware Corporation
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 0bda:2172 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I tried to install a different kernel version (5.16 and 4.15) but the webcam is still not recognized.
Strange thing is that 2 years ago I was using Ubuntu 18.04 and webcam was working.
PS: the webcam work fine because I use it on Windows every day and with Windows Hello too.
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Solved.
"Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:58c2 Realtek Semiconductor Corp." Is the webcam where where 0bda=VID 58c2=PID is the hardware ID. So lsusb sees it.
With "dmesg | less" terminal command I searched the camera from VID&PID numbers and i found it, the report says OS see it and initialized it correctly, so it's not a driver problem.
I found a website that it sayd the 0bda:58c2 camera is supported for ubuntu 18.04 from the 5.1.0 kernel version.
So the problem is the camera must be activate manually from "sudo modprobe uvcvideo" terminal command (it can be added on startup command).
Hope this can be usefull for anyone.
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