Make sure your Camera is plugged in before starting the browser. if you are running a Camera sharing program like ManyCam make sure it is running and you have the camera selected.

When you start your browser and you do not see the image below then Flash does not recognize your camera.

Try installing a free program like ManyCam to see if it can recognize your Camera. If this does not work then there are issues beyond the scope of what we can do here.

When the above Image appears make sure "Allow" is checked.

Next you will want to select your Microphone ( 4th icon from the left )

Then you need to select your Camera ( 5th icon from the left )

My Linux distribution is MINT 14.

This Information should be the same for any other Linux system.

From a Terminal Session issue the following command.

ls -al /dev | grep "video"

No results indicates the system does not see any cameras.

All that is needed now is to make your account a member of the same group as the video group displayed from the above command.

If you want to use the Microphone you will also need to be a member of the audio group.

After you have assigned your account to the groups
The same instructions for Windows will work in Linux

Get your cam to working in CW2 (Windows)

Problem: You do not see the Flash Screen when you start the browser.

Usually this indicates the system does not see the Camera.

But you might have one other issue.

Right Click in the Chat Area and select the Settings Option

Make sure "Remember" is not selected and "Allow" is Selected

The Flash Setting is "Allow" but you still do not see your Camera

Right Click in the Chat Area and select the Settings Option

select your Camera ( 5th icon from the left )

Remember if you have a Multi Camera program running,
you need to select it as the Camera to use.