The good news is this isn’t an issue for most people, it was free, and your device was already doing so poorly with Windows you felt it was at the end of its life, so even not working perfectly it still worked.
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sykaster@feddit.nl 1 day agoI wanted to give new life to an old acer laptop/tablet hybrid. I installed Linux, but the webcam and microphone just won’t work no matter what. The power button also doesn’t work.
There’s still a long way to go before any casual user would accept this.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
sykaster@feddit.nl 1 day ago
This was the result of much research, I’m not entirely new to the space. No one got these peripherals to work on that device, unfortunately.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Or do jou mean my device isn’t representative?
Yes, this. Most devices it just works, and a small minority will work with a little effort. A miniscule number will be like yours. It isn’t representative of the average experience. It’s an outlier.
Out of curiosity, how long ago was this? It very well may have the support now, though if it’s from some manufacturer using proprietary drivers for their webcams, for some crazy stupid reason, then maybe not.
sykaster@feddit.nl 1 day ago
This was just two weeks ago, and it’s a relatively old device, from 2014. It’s proprietary bullhonky all over that device unfortunately, from the screen brightness to the webcam to the bloody power button.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Your edge case is not indicative of a larger trend.