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Angie_4444

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Registered: 2020-12-12

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Arch doesn't recognise the Macbook Air webcam

Hi all, I am a newbie on Arch. My macbook webcam can't be recognized, so i wander if there is a guide that explains how to make it work or if someone is willing to explain to me how to solve this issue, please.

V1del

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Re: Arch doesn't recognise the Macbook Air webcam

Try a google search...

First hit https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions … on_ubuntu/ which leads to https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie/wik … ed-on-arch which leads to https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bcwc-pcie-git/

Angie_4444

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Registered: 2020-12-12

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Re: Arch doesn't recognise the Macbook Air webcam

I followed the guide but it still doesn't work. for example when i run cheese it still says "not found", i think i haven't made mistakes during the process tho.

V1del

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Re: Arch doesn't recognise the Macbook Air webcam

Did the package successfully install? What's in your dmesg?

Angie_4444

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Re: Arch doesn't recognise the Macbook Air webcam

I think i did, i remember using almost the same procedure some time ago on a debian system but it worked fine, so idk what's wrong. that's what i get when i run dmesg | grep Apple:

[    0.000000] efi: EFI v1.10 by Apple
[    0.000000] DMI: Apple Inc. MacBookAir6,2/Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5, BIOS 118.0.0.0.0 08/06/2019
[    0.022604] ACPI: XSDT 0x000000008CD8E1C0 00009C (v01 APPLE  Apple00  00000000      01000013)
[    0.022614] ACPI: FACP 0x000000008CD8C000 0000F4 (v05 APPLE  Apple00  00000000 Loki 0000005F)
[    0.022636] ACPI: HPET 0x000000008CD8B000 000038 (v01 APPLE  Apple00  00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[    0.022641] ACPI: APIC 0x000000008CD8A000 0000BC (v02 APPLE  Apple00  00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[    0.022646] ACPI: SBST 0x000000008CD88000 000030 (v01 APPLE  Apple00  00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[    0.022651] ACPI: ECDT 0x000000008CD87000 000053 (v01 APPLE  Apple00  00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[    0.022700] ACPI: MCFG 0x000000008CD89000 00003C (v01 APPLE  Apple00  00000001 Loki 0000005F)
[    0.022710] ACPI: DMI detected to setup _OSI("Darwin"): Apple hardware
[    1.971228] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
[    2.115727] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Apple
[    2.378488] usb 1-5: Product: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
[    2.378489] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
[    2.878044] usb 1-3.3: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
[    3.564631] apple 0003:05AC:0291.0001: hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Device [Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad] on usb-0000:00:14.0-5/input0
[    3.578380] input: Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.1/0003:05AC:0291.0002/input/input10
[    3.636410] apple 0003:05AC:0291.0002: input,hiddev1,hidraw3: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad] on usb-0000:00:14.0-5/input1