Well, I gave this built-in webcam a try today. `Cheese’ does show the image, but it’s upside-down.
A quick lsusb shows
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 064e:a116 Suyin Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 147e:1000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
It’s obviously 064e:a116, so I googled it, and this turns out:
This camera module is known to be mounted upside-down in some notebooks. There is currently no documented way to rotate the image at the device level. If you don’t mind holding your computer upside-down, the camera should work fine.
WELL, if I hold my notebook upside-down, my LCD will also be upside-down, so the video I see will still be upside-down, no ?
Hey,
I’m currently trying to work out if the Asus N20A could operate under linux if i buy it with Windows first. Would it be possible? Is there a way to buy it without any exploitation systems on it? I’m located in France by the way.
Tx by advance
Terry
Comment by Mr T. — June 29, 2009 @ 6:03 am
So far it runs Ubuntu 9.04 perfectly except the webcam.
Comment by John — June 29, 2009 @ 9:39 am