Camera on a Toshiba L850 Satellite laptop, Fedora 17.

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I have a Toshiba Satellite L850 laptop. Recently I attempted to make use of "Google Hangouts" for communicating with some colleagues. When I attempted to start a "video hangout" I was informed that the "device" was not working and that I appeared *not* to have a camera. (After some appropriate clicking I got a message to the effect "Looks like your camera isn't working properly.")

I had never tried to do anything involving camera facilities before (I'm not usually that sort of bear) but I had just assumed that there was a camera in the machine. There *is* a lens in the lid, just above the screen. Furthermore, according to Toshiba's website, this laptop has a 1 megapixel webcam built in.

So: How can I get the damned thing to "work properly"? Is there something I need to do to switch it on? Does it need "drivers" installed? If so, do there exist drivers that will work under Linux,
specifically under Fedora 17?

Please try not to be *too* cryptic in your responses! There are many lacunae in my knowledge and many acronyms and pieces of jargon bewilder me!

Thanks for any help and advice.

cheers,

Rolf Turner
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