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  1. Bug #271258
  2. Comment #46

Comment 46 for bug 271258

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Tim (timothymctim) wrote :

I didn't update my bios, I use the PhoenixBIOS V3.24 on a Aspire 5680.

> Surprisingly the problem of the webcam not working on windows is _also_ solved by wiggling during boot!

That's why I thought it was a hardware problem. I'm absolutely no expert in GRUB, but I experienced this bug on GRUB Legacy and on GRUB 2.
I think, but am not sure, that the webcam failed for the first time when Ubuntu/GRUB was installed.