I was using facebook messenger, and When I finished my call, the web cam stilled working.I have an integrated camera in my laptop HP 630.
Is there a way to turn it off ? Thanks.
Ubuntu – How to turn off the ubuntu web camera
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You need to have an application that works with a web cam. I use cheese for that matter.
Install cheese by running the following command in a terminal:
sudo apt-get install cheese
After installing it, open it and you can now use the web cam.
A little search and I found this bug on lauchpad https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/144745
The proposed solution is to unload 2 modules and reload it
sudo modprobe -r gspca
sudo modprobe -r zc0301
sudo modprobe gspca
A permanent fix would then be to blacklist the zc0301 module. Create a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-zc0301.conf with this content
blacklist zc0301
Best Answer
Thank you guys, the problem is gone.
- I used the command : lsof | grep video0 to find the software using my webcam. It was FireFox.
- I just restarted FireFox, and then the webcam turned off.