Ubuntu 14.04 on Dell Inspiron 14z 5423. Same issue.
Hardware details:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:21d7 Broadcom Corp. BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0
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Tim Peeters, i can confirm you are lucky. For about a month my Lenovo
Ideapad U300s worked ok with Ubuntu and Kubuntu (both 13.04). But now
I'm having this issue again, now my F5 key sends F9, i discovered it
when i was close to post a bug about refreshing with F5 key, but's not a
refresh bug
Stuart, thank you very much for the information. I think Fn+F9 is not a
hardware switch but it causes somewhat the same effect. If you go inside
the BIOS screen of the U300s you can invert the function keys to turn on
and off the camera with Fn+F9 or just F9 (something they call legacy
mode if i
okay, i'm not sure why but now my webcam it's working again. After some
updates and try different things, now Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0ac8:3580
Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. appears on lsusb. After that, using the
FN+F9 key combination returned my webcam from the dead now it's working
on Cheese
okay, i'm not sure why but now my webcam it's working again. After some
updates and try different things, now Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0ac8:3580
Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. appears on lsusb. After that, using the
FN+F9 key combination returned my webcam from the dead now it's working
on Cheese
hi, i'm affected by this bug too. Now running Kubuntu 13.04 but also
tested Ubuntu 13.04. My Lenovo Ideapad U300s doesnt detect the webcam.
I'm attaching my lsusb -v to see if it can help. Hope we find a solution
soon. Let me know if i can be of any help.
** Attachment added: The output of sudo
I have this problem in my Lenovo Ideapad U300s too. Currently running Kubuntu
13.04 but also tested on Ubuntu 13.04. Webcam is not detected at all. I think
this bug is a duplicate of this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1163268
Let me know if i can do something to help to
Why this bug importance is medium? it should be high because makes the
ultrabook unusable, even after restart and inside BIOS. I can't find any
GNU Linux distro working ok on this Lenovo Ideapad u300s. Also the model
it's not on sale any more at Lenovo, so i think we bought an expensive
piece of
