I used the trick on https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/97676/how-to-find-the-driver-module-associated-with-a-device-on-linux to determine the device drivers associated with hardware: find /sys/bus/*/drivers/* -maxdepth 1 -lname '*devices*' -ls It looks like, for both my built-in webcam on my laptop and the external USB one on Noelle's computer, the primary driver is "video" and, while it is "apple_gmux" on my laptop, it is "asus_wmi" on Noelle's computer, and uses "i915" in both cases. What version of Ubuntu are you running? What is the hardware you're using? > From: David VomLehn <http://www.texas.net/~vomlehn> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:07:18 -0800 > > No, I haven't solve this but I haven't been working on it,, either. I > should get it working... > > On 1/24/21 8:50 AM, robert wrote: > > David - did you ever get your camera working on Linux? > > > > Webcams on all my Linux laptops and desktops (those that have a webcam) > > work fine. >