Thank you for your helpful and detailed advice. I really appreciate it, Tim! Paul On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 2025-01-14 at 14:45 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > > Surprisingly, by connecting the web-camera to a different usb port, > > the issue has been fixed. > > That could be inadequate power available to that port (bunches of > USB sockets are grouped together, and they have a cumulative total that > they can supply). > > But dodgy peripherals is very commonly a loose connection. With the > system powered off, you can use a jeweller's screwdriver to bend the > spring tangs that grip the metal shell of the USB connector, to make > them grip better. I find USB-B connectors are the worst for that > problem. USB-A connectors don't make very good connections, they don't > have strong contact grip like an edge connector, they're just two PCBs > pushed together with fairly weak force. > > Sometimes it's grotty contacts. And if you don't have proper contact > cleaner (do not use general purpose things like WD40, they're > corrosive), a clean dry toothbrush often works wonders. Or even one > dipped in meths - but *carefully* scrub the contacts until they're dry, > don't let it just evaporate (the deliberate contaminants added to > poison meths leave crap behind). Clean the plug and the socket. > > Going off on a tangent... with things like mice, it's often the cable > coming out of the mouse has suffered metal fatigue from all the > flexing, worse if the mouse tail is being bashed into things on the > table. > > > -- > > uname -rsvp > Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 > > Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. > I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
