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Re: Logitech C270 webcam

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On Tue, 2021-07-27 at 11:44 -0400, Paul M. Foster wrote:
> Folks:
> 
> I bought a Logitech C270 webcam, which is supposed to work in Linux.
> It 
> does, EXCEPT the microphone isn't picking up sound. I've checked in 
> alsamixer, and the microphone device can be selected. But under
> cheese 
> or other software, it still does not capture. Yes, I've googled this,
> but it's Linux, so there are few answers and none of them work for
> me.
> 
> Any help?
> 
> Paul

Probably, as I still am having such a camera around somewhere. I
remember having used it and -vaguely- that I had problems to keep it
from registering as primary audio device. So there should be a way.
Some details would be nice to know: 
-what does 'lsmod|grep audio' return
-what is the output of 'cat /proc/asound/cards'
-what does 'tail -f /var/log/syslog' say when you plug in the camera
(try hotplugging it while 'tail -f[...]' is running) 
-is the camera connected to a USB-2 or a USB-3 port? I remember the
C270 causing trouble with some USB-3 ports.

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Logitech C270 webcam "Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2021-07-27 17:50 +0200
  Re: Logitech C270 webcam Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-27 18:00 +0200
    Re: Logitech C270 webcam Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-27 22:30 +0200
  Re: Logitech C270 webcam Thomas Amm <debili@open-email.net> - 2021-07-27 18:30 +0200
    Re: Logitech C270 webcam "Paul M. Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2021-07-27 20:50 +0200

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