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N4RPS:
Hello!

Regardless of the OS, based on my experiences, it seems as if a MINIMUM of 2 GB is REQUIRED for a 64-bit OS to work without being sluggish. On systems with only 2 GB RAM, the best option really IS a 32-bit OS.

I just finished 'cleaning up' a Lenovo ThinkCentre that has a quad-core in it (AWESOME!), but it has only 2 RAM slots on the MB with 1 GB RAM each. The OS? Vista 32-bit...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob
 

ohjrson:
Oh ok Great job, Congrats.

If I may say. Running the live cd was a good choice. It told you that it was a software problem not a hardware problem because if it were hardware it would not have worked. So.... You just have to list the drivers for your Integrated webcam and write down the driver it is using now. Not sure how to do that but I am sure you can find out. Then when you do an update before you select "y" for the download look at them and make sure it is not going to do something with it. That goes for the Synaptic as well. BTW your web cam is integrated with your microphone. I was looking up the specs for your laptop and Win 7 seems to have issues not seeing it either. Something about having to install the drivers in the RIGHT sequence for them all to work. (What a mess) So.. great that you got it working. Welcome to Beryl.
Ohjrson

Madhuvan Rishiraj:
Hello, now the webcam is working. Here is what I did> Through a live USB I checked and the webcam was working. I don't know why I did it, but I entered GParted and wiped the entire disk formatted it to FAT32 and formatted it back to ext4. Then reinstalled the 32 bit version. It's working as of now. I thank everybody for their help and will wait for a day or two if it continues working. If it doesn't I'll get back to you.

Madhuvan Rishiraj:
Well, I tried the webcam with a live USB with Linux Lite 2.0 and Android x86 and in both the webcam worked perfectly.

Madhuvan Rishiraj:
Hello, the Webcam is inbuilt. It does not have a switch. I guess I can believe that it is a hardware problem because nothing else seems to be it. I don't know if it is related but since I have reinstalled the 32 bit Mozilla Firefox has been crashing again and again. :( Now I am slightly scared.

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