Follow up, was: Intermittent problem with integrated webcam / Thinkpad E130/ Stretch

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com>]

On 04/01/2021 11:00, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Hi,
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux e130 4.9.0-14-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.246-2 (2020-12-17) x86_64 
> GNU/Linux
>
> $ cat /etc/debian_version
> 9.13
>
> $ inxi -M
> Machine:
>    Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 33588QG v: ThinkPad Edge E130
>
> I have had a problem with having the integrated webcam to be recognized 
> by various applications (cheese, Microsoft Teams [yes...], Zoom, etc). 
> It does work sometimes and it doesn't at other times.

I have a usb flash drive with an old (2 years or so) Debian Testing 
image (Buster, which in the meantime is stable) running kernel 4.9.0-14 
(same as the one I'm currently running now, but probably built on top of 
different libraries). I installed cheese and the webcam was recognized 
instantly. I played around with it for a bit and even shook the laptop, 
just to see if there was a problem with some internal cable and the 
camera was still working.

I don't know what to make of it. This rules out a possible hardware 
problem; but also a problem with that kernel series?


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Ottavio Caruso