Webcam not working on Thinkpad E520

[Daniel Wayne Armstrong]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Daniel Wayne Armstrong
<daniel-HRJVlgn2G/y5aS82P/H3Zg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I have a Thinkpad X220 running Squeeze with the same kernel -
> 3.2.0.bpo.1-686-pae - and the built-in webcam works fine (though its a
> different device than the one included in the E520).
>
> I think I am going to explore snapshot.debian.org and see about
> installing an earlier kernel and whether or not it makes a difference.

No luck on the earlier kernel ... Starting guvcview locked the desktop
to the point I couldn't even CTRL-ALT out to a console.

Well, looks like this one is going to need a little more work.
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