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Tip: Getting Your Webcam To Work In Ubuntu

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 5, 2008

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“But running various programs, camorama, camE, kopete,
everything gave weird errors like “Connection could not be made”,
“device not ready” or just showed a blank screen. But soon, after
few trial and errors, I found the solution. Basically the “zc0301″
module is the culprit and all you have to do to get your camera
working is prevent it from loading. So, this is what I
did:”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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