web cam

Big Brother is watching you. :) That's what i would say if you were using any commercial O.S., but since that's not the case try checking if the app that handled the camera is still running. Use system monitor to see if the process is still running, and if it is kill it in system monitor by right-clicking it and choosing the appropriate option.

If you know that the process that handled the camera is not running anymore and the camera is still on then execute the app again and try to change/switch-off the camera device in the app's options - try to see if that turns off the camera. You'll need to adjust this back again when you really want your camera on - and close the app afterwards.

To turn off the camera directly trough the command line, i'll leave that to someone more experienced than me to explain that to you.

Take care.

after a friend came to my rescue with a vivitar camcorder I will no longer have to worry about this thanks for the help