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Aug 13th, 2007
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Originally Posted by joeprogrammer View Post
It's possible that finding a proper driver for it may allow Ubuntu to communicate with the device correctly. What's the make/model of your webcam?
The cam is Logitech QuickCam for Dell Notebooks
The mic is QuickCam for Dell Notebooks mic
I've had it running on Ubuntu in Ekiga. V4L and V4L2 are installed, etc.
The heating might even be the mic, which is located directly beside the camera.

What I was hoping to do was completely block the system from recognizing those USB ports and sending power to them, as long as Ubuntu is running and not Windows. The hardware doesn't heat up when Windows is running, and I unfortunately can't access it through the BIOS setup on startup.

Any idea how to block Ubuntu from dealing with those devices? Maybe a config file somewhere
synchronized (theWorld) { System.out.println ("It's all mine..."); }
How many people have code in their Sigs?
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