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Webacms not working on a Dell latitude 5285

Asked by Frédéric Parrenin

On my Dell Latitude 5285 detachable laptop, the webcams (rear and front) are not detected.
There is no /dev/video* file.
What to do to have them working?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you run cheese, do you see yourself?

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

Thanks

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Frédéric Parrenin (parrenin-ujf) said : 		#2

Actually after some research, I discovered this functionality depends on a new intel driver which will make it in linux-41.6:
https://<email address hidden>/msg122619.html

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Keep an eye on this
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/11/install-linux-kernel-4-14-ubuntu-linux-mint/

It may be updated to pull in the kernel you require

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