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Acer Aspire 5251-1805 Webcam drivers?

Asked by jimm

I just bought an Acer Aspire 5251-1805; the first thing I did was to remove Win7 (yuck), my problem is trying to find drivers or a way to activate the built-in webcam. Does anyone have an idea about how to do this? I have contacted Acer - but they do not support the laptop for Ubuntu, only for the Netbook.
I am still a newbie at Ubuntu (I love it, but need to learn more), so if you have a solution please keep it at 3rd grade level (heh).
Thanks, jimm

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

lsusb

Thanks

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jimm (jraltop) said : 		#2

What is Isusb, and how do I find it? (Sorry, I am a newbie).

jimm

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Press CTRL+ALT+T
type: lsusb (spoken would be "ell-ess-you-ess-bee")
Press ENTER
Copy the output and paste here as an update

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jimm (jraltop) said : 		#4

jimm@jimm-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0402:9665 ALi Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Thank you so much for your help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

if you run:

sudo apt-get -y install cheese; cheese &

Do you see yourself?

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jimm (jraltop) said : 		#6

I tried to run the script, unfortunately I need your help with a bigger problem that has just appeared... For some reason my system is "switching" between menu tabs when I select them. The menus start flashing back and forth from Applications/System/Places like a strobe light!? Do you think I should re-install Ubuntu again?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

If you want, up to you.

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