Thanks Mike! Here's the relevant output of lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05a9:2640 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. OV2640 Webcam If it fails to detect it again, what can I do? Thanks again! Johann On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Michael Tinsay <[email protected]> wrote: > On your wifi concern, I've had similar experience with Lucid (10.04) in the > past. When it gets disabled, take a look at the file > /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state, and see if the > NetworkingEnabled key is set to "false" -- this should be "true". I wasn't > able to track down why this is being set to "false" every now and then, but > I don't encounter it anymore since I upgrade to Maverick (10.10). > > As for you webcam, lsusb or lspci should tell you what brand of webcam you > have. > > > --- mike t. > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Johann Vincent Paul Tagle <[email protected]> > *To:* Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 12, 2011 1:23 PM > *Subject:* Re: [plug] wifi and webcam intermittently disabled/undetected > > Hello all, > > I've using Ubuntu 8.04, then 9.04, and now finally 10.04 (all 64bit) on a > Dell Vostro 1500 notebook with 4 GB memory. Lately I've been encountering > things like the wifi being disabled or the webcam not being detected. With > the wifi (Broadcom BCM94312MCG), when I notice upon bootup that the wifi LED > not being on, I turn it off and on using the physical switch. The LED will > turn on, but Network Manager still doesn't detect it. I only noticed the > webcam (I don't know how to check the make for this) being disabled only > once since I rarely use it - though I might be using it more frequently now > due to teleworking. > > Most of the time a restart brings things back to normal. I however would > like to investigate this further to see if I should be preparing to replace > my hardware soon (it's more than 3 years old) and if I can at least > temporarily address the symptoms without having to restart. Any pointers? > Thanks. > > Johann > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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