Asus 1000H Webcam Driver

[juwper]

Hello people!

I am newbie in linux, just installed a few distros and decided Linux Mint is the best choice for me.
I am using it on a netbook: Asus 1000H EEE Pc.

Everything is working well except for 2 things:
1) Webcam driver is not present, programs lke Skype and others don't recognise i have a webcam.
2) Pidgin and other messenger programs won't connect.

Any thoughts of what I can do to be able to use them?


Many thanks,
Juwper

[xenopeek]

Which Linux Mint version are you using, and which desktop environment? Please also include the output from the following two commands run from the terminal (you can copy text to/from the terminal, see its Edit menu).

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lspci
lsusb

[juwper]

Hi,
I am using Linux Mint 13 xfce.

Result of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet (rev b0)

Result of lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0505 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0b05:b700 ASUSTek Computer, Inc. Broadcom Bluetooth 2.1

Thanks

[retrotronic]

No webcam driver is needed.

The linux kernal automatically supports webcams.

Click the Linux mint Start menu, by doing the following:-

Menu -> Administration -> Software Manager

With Software Manager launched, type Cheese in the Search Box. Double click it in the search results and install it.

Once installed, click the Linux ment Start menu, by doing the following:-

Menu -> Sound & Video -> Cheese

Voila, web cam works. Like I said, support for webcams is already part of the Linux Kernal, but for the webcam to work it needs software to talk to the driver to display the image / video (of which Cheese accompishes this).

I have an Asus 1000HE btw which is similar to your 1000H netbook

[JosephWheatley]

I used the method in the link below to be sure that my webcam worked in Lubuntu 12.04 on my 1000H.

Although I had a hunch it worked out of the box I applied the fix as soon as I installed Skype so never witnessed the webcam not working in 12.04.

http://www.ubunturoot.com/2010/05/how-to-fix-webcam-problem-in-skype.html