Cannot open webcam or any v4l device

Bug #626324 reported by Mohamed IKBEL Boulabiar
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Bug Description

The current kernel can't open the v4l device for the webcam.
Which means that I can't read from the /dev/video0

I tried adding an external webcam (Sony PS3Eye) but the /dev/video1 file is NOT created.
Webcam works in just the previous kernel (but not the microphone of the computer...)

I tried opening /dev/video0 from mplayer but I receive this error :
Selected driver: v4l
 name: Video 4 Linux input
 author: Alex Beregszaszi
 comment: under development
unable to open '/dev/video0': Cannot send after transport endpoint shutdown

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.35-19-generic 2.6.35-19.26
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.26-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: boulabiar 4506 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: boulabiar 4506 F...m pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xd2400000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,103c3045,00100003 HDA:10573055,103c3045,00100700'
   Controls : 20
   Simple ctrls : 12
Date: Sun Aug 29 17:33:41 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=80e6a214-626f-4314-a238-8829299698fd
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=ad674311-0ba7-4368-a446-8c7f6e3582bc ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
SourcePackage: linux
StagingDrivers: lirc_ene0100
Title: [STAGING]
dmi.bios.date: 11/25/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.03
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 3045
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 16.06
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.03:bd11/25/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPTouchSmarttx2NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn3045:rvr16.06:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

Revision history for this message
Mohamed IKBEL Boulabiar (boulabiar) wrote :
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
tags: added: acpi-thermal
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: removed: regression-potential
Revision history for this message
penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Mohamed IKBEL Boulabiar, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you run the following command in a supported release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
tags: added: needs-bisect regression-release
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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