no, its not installed upside down, i had a similar issue with windows and the camera had a weird driver you had to download to fix it. but turning it over will do the same thing, thanksHmm... There's usually two screws holding it in place. It may well be installed upside down. If you're willing to undertake the challenge, crack open the monitor portion of the laptop (may require a heat gun) and flip it 180°.
thats the thing, i don't remember what the camera model was and its so old asus no longer has driver support for itHuh... Hmm... Do you know the make and model of the camera?
There *may* be Linux drivers. I take it you're using Mint, so you should have 3rd party drivers enabled. Is there anything listed in there about it?
But, with the make and model of the camera we might be able to find you a driver and show you how to install it.
inxi -v 7
sudo lshw
It might be included in the output of inxi - but I don't use webcams for anything so I've never checked.
It might also be listed in 'lshw'.
So, open your terminal and enter:
Code:inxi -v 7
OR:
Code:sudo lshw
And share the results. Put the results in code tags like I did with the commands, if you want to make it easier to read them.
USB:
Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0020
Device-1: 1-1.2:3 info: IMC Networks Integrated Webcam type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 13d3:5130
Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0020
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13d3:5130 IMC Networks Integrated Webcam
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 239 Miscellaneous Device
bDeviceSubClass 2
bDeviceProtocol 1 Interface Association
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x13d3 IMC Networks
idProduct 0x5130 Integrated Webcam
bcdDevice 12.11
iManufacturer 2 Sonix Technology Co., Ltd.
iProduct 1 USB 2.0 Camera
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
sudo apt install libv4l-0
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Cheese.desktop
Exec=sh -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese'