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Webcam not working in Fedora7

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/webcam-not-working-in-fedora7.76481/

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narengr Original post #1
Dec 24, 2007 at 2:47 PM
Hi friends....

I have an acer Aspire 4710Z... This models comes with an inbuilt web camera...
When i try running digiKAM in Fedora7(KDE or GNOME) webcam is not detecting....

Please help me in configuring webcam....

Thanks in advance...

WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY...

regards
Narendran GR
coolpcguy
Dec 24, 2007 at 10:48 PM
Digikam is for managing and transferring photos from Digital cameras, not for managing Web cams. To Check if Webcam is indeed detected launch Kopete, [SIZE=-1]Open Kopete configuration dialog. Go to the device section. Your webcam should turn on and you should see the picture in the preview[/SIZE]
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narengr #3
Dec 27, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Hey dude...
Its still not working.... it shows a blue screen in the video preview window.