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I have looked for quite some time for information about this, but still can't find any. Hence the thread...
I have an Acer Aspire One netbook, which originally ran Windows XP. After an amusing series of events XP got wiped and replaced with Linux Mint. So far it's much better, but I can't get the built-in webcam or mic to work.
Does anybody know of anything I can do to resolve this?
I got the AAO last month with Windows and split the partition to add Debian on mine. For the webcam, I installed Cheese and it works okay. Try installing Cheese and see what happens.
Now that you mention it, I haven't tried the mic at all, so not sure if it's working or not at the moment. I'm at work but will have to look into it.
Since Mint is based on Debian, give this link a look.
I have looked for quite some time for information about this, but still can't find any. Hence the thread...
I have an Acer Aspire One netbook, which originally ran Windows XP. After an amusing series of events XP got wiped and replaced with Linux Mint. So far it's much better, but I can't get the built-in webcam or mic to work.
Does anybody know of anything I can do to resolve this?
I have the same problem, i called up acer and they that the video recording software that came with the linux os does not support the microphone. also the messenger aswell does not support webcam or nudge when using an MSN account!
I, like others, have a new Acer Aspire One net book. I am using Linux Mint7 installed within Windows XP (ala wubi), and it seems to work well. I installed Cheese, and can get a video image, record video, and still pictures. However, I'm not able to use, for example, STICKAM, and get an image from the cam. And, as with others, the mic doesn't work. Has there been any progress on these matters? (Don't kill the noob, thanks!)
Both arch and Ubuntu wikis contain info about getting the internal mic working.. Mint is based on Ubuntu if I'm not mistaken, so maybe a peek at the AspireOne Ubuntu wiki would help.
Both arch and Ubuntu wikis contain info about getting the internal mic working.. Mint is based on Ubuntu if I'm not mistaken, so maybe a peek at the AspireOne Ubuntu wiki would help.
links are in my sig...
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Ok, thanks!
Last edited by lencooley; 06-24-2009 at 09:56 PM.
Reason: Didn't like the original edit.
did you try to change mic volume with pavucontrol ?
On my Aspire One, the OS sees a stéro mic when it is only a mono one.
If I force right channel to 0 and left channel to 100% then it works. It looks like real volume is de diff between right and left values.
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