On Lu, 18 ian 21, 14:09:17, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > I have a usb flash drive with an old (2 years or so) Debian Testing image > (Buster, which in the meantime is stable) running kernel 4.9.0-14 (same as > the one I'm currently running now, but probably built on top of different > libraries). I installed cheese and the webcam was recognized instantly. I > played around with it for a bit and even shook the laptop, just to see if > there was a problem with some internal cable and the camera was still > working. > > I don't know what to make of it. This rules out a possible hardware problem; > but also a problem with that kernel series?
Try comparing kernel messages (dmesg). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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