I still have major problems with the webcam, get get it to flip over even with the newest v4l-utils from Hans. I contacted him for further assistance. Anyone with UL30VT managed to get a proper video on skype?
Cheers, Mike On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Jarra <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Jiri, > > The webcam upside down is an issue that more Asus laptops have, and I > found these links while researching the problem for a 2 year old Asus > laptop: > http://radu.cotescu.com/2009/11/05/flipped-images-ubuntu-webcam/ > > http://linux-macbook-air-killers.blogspot.com/2010/02/solution-for-asus-ul30a-skype-flipped.html > I haven't dived into it yet, but I will see whether these links are > useful solving this problem for the UL30Jt once it arrives. > > Thanks a lot for the info! Look really fwd to have Ubuntu running ;-) > I'll let you know if I know more. > > Best, > Jarra > > > On 05/29/10 00:56, Jiri Gaisler wrote: > > I have run Ubuntu 10.04 on my UL30JT, and everything works well except: > > > > * The webcam shows the picture upside-down in skype > > > > * The Nvidia video card is not fully powered-down so the battery > > time is 3 -4 hours only, compared to 6 - 7 for windows. > > > > There might be fixes for these two issues, since they have been discussed > > in other forums. Screen brightness, wifi, sound and bluetooth works very > > well though, without any specific patches. I have not tried the HDMI > connector > > so there might still be problems lurking ... > > > > Jiri. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~asus-ul30 > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~asus-ul30 > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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