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External Webcam Detected by cheese but not working

Asked by Faisal Shaikh

I am using an external webcam by fingers it has resolution of 720. When I am connecting my webcam on my laptop it detects in cheese but video is displayed and get stuck and starts flickering and gets hanged. The same issue was happening in windows by intsalling drivers its perfecty working there .

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Have you tried a different usb port? try usb 2 if possible

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Faisal Shaikh (faisy7) said : 		#2

Yes i tried that too , is this issue due to drivers ?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

Thanks

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Faisal Shaikh (faisy7) said : 		#4

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

Linux faisal 5.19.0-38-generic #39~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar 17 21:16:15 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0408:a060 Quanta Computer, Inc. HD Webcam
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1124:2925 Jieli Technology USB PHY 2.0
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0aaa Intel Corp. Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Is Ubuntu installed in virtualbox

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Faisal Shaikh (faisy7) said : 		#6

Its in my laptop in a different hard disk.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

If you boot with the camera detached and reboot. Log in as normal and let the system settle. Run:

lsusb; uname -a

Then plug in the camera, wait a few seconds and then run:

dmesg | tail; lsusb

What is the full output please?

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