Re: turn on the camera

["George N. White III" <gnwiii@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 12:18, Patrick Dupre <pdupre@xxxxxxx> wrote:

The only fn+fx which worked is fn+f1 (help of gnome).

So you don't have brightness or sound level control?   This is rare in

my experience, but that has been with products from large vendors 

(Apple, Lenovo, Dell, etc.).

What is the normal function of Fn+F1 (usually there are icons to indicate

the purpose of the Fn+Fn keys) on the key tops.

As Roger mentioned, check for a BIOS setting to enable the Fn keys.  

 

It is a built in camera

HD type (30fps@720p)

If it is a USB device you need to  find the ID's with lsusb once you have

it turned on.   It is possible that the camera can be turned on via ACPI.

 

 

I tried to check from the bios, but I cannot find a camera.

There may be an option to enable the Fn keys.   Ubuntu

tends to support a wider range of hardware without extra work than

Fedora, but if Ubuntu can enable the camera there should be a way 

to do it Fedora.   You could try booting a live Ubuntu USB key. If 

the Fn keys work, check the kernel command-line and loaded modules

for something that enables the keys.   

 

 

 

 

Subject: Re: turn on the camera

On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 at 08:37, Patrick Dupre <pdupre@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Thank for the suggestion.

 

Unfortunately, I do not see any difference

fn+f6 does not seem to  generate the right sequence

 

Do other Fn keys work as expected?  Does you system have a

Fn Lock key?   Did you check for the USB device?  Fn+F6  may

not do anything if the camera has been disabled in the BIOS.  The

drivers may not load automatically, and may not even be installed

without further work.  

 

The steps are:

 

1. turn on camera (BIOS and/or Fn key)

2. what is the USB device info (vendor and product ID's)?

3. which kernel module supports your camera?

4. is the module included in Fedora?

 

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