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sleepraider
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webcam doesnt work- only with chrome- after update

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Hi All,
I did an update yesterday (see system info below) and now my webcam only works with Firefox. Its more of a peculiarity than a real problem, as I can just use firefox for when I need to do webcam specific things. Also I checked using cheese and the webcam works with it too, so it's got to just be a chrome issue afaik.

Curious if anyone knows why this may have happened or had the same thing.


System: Kernel: 5.4.0-89-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.6
wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 7020 v: 01 serial: <filter> Chassis:
type: 6 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 08WKV3 v: A01 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A03 date: 01/08/2015
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4790 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 57467
Speed: 827 MHz min/max: 800/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 996 2: 989 3: 995 4: 995
5: 954 6: 997 7: 995 8: 994
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 470.74
bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 10de:128b
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.74
direct render: Yes
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Re: webcam doesnt work- only with chrome- after update

Post by mikeflan »

Hi sleepraider. Browsers aren't normally used to test a webcam. I mean if the webcam doesn't work on chrome, then it is more common to state that X does not work on chrome. X being youtube, zoom, jitsi, my security cameras, etc. Is there any chance you could use Chromium instead of chrome?
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Re: webcam doesnt work- only with chrome- after update

Post by Joe2Shoe »

If you use Timeshift and have recently created a backup, then do a Restore with Timeshift.
The update seems to have messed something up.
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