Thread: Built in webcam not seen/no dev/video0 dir

i have acer aspire aod255 acer crystal eye built in webcam , went 10.04 une. 10 months ago ran set , webcam plug&play. time not seen software cheese nor skype, no dev/video0 exists. (i have dev/audio). no icons exist anywhere showing presence of camera. have been searching extensively, in these forums, cannot find solution. please me make 10.04une locate camera. on hardware compatibility list albeit different model number.

.linux netbook 2.6.32-21-generic #32-ubuntu smp fri apr 16 08:10:02 utc 2010 i686 gnu/linux

04f2:b044 acer crystaleye webcam (acer aspire 5535 notebooks) chicony electronics

laurel@netbook:/$ ls /dev/aud*
/dev/audio
laurel@netbook:/$ ls /dev/*vid*
ls: cannot access /dev/*vid*: no such file or directory

laurel@netbook:/$ dmesg | grep uvcvideo
[ 5829.844574] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
laurel@netbook:/$ dmesg | grep crystal
laurel@netbook:/$

laurel@netbook:/$ lsusb
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
bus 002 device 001: id 1d6b:0001 linux foundation 1.1 root hub
bus 001 device 001: id 1d6b:0002 linux foundation 2.0 root hub

the model number can make lot of difference, is, chip of camera can entirely different.

lsusb output, i'm camera isn't supported/recognized. honest seems isn't plugged.... (because lsusb should show device , name, without proper drivers, afaik)

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