Webcam not working on Thinkpad E520

[James Knott]

Daniel Wayne Armstrong wrote:
> Hi all ... I installed Debian Squeeze (32-bit) on a Thinkpad Edge E520
> and the built-in webcam fails to work with the backported kernel ...
> launching guvcview or luvcview alternates between crashing and locking
> up the entire desktop.

I have the same computer and the camera works fine with openSUSE 12.1.

Also, why are you running a 32 bit OS on a 64 bit computer?

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