Cannot open webcam or any v4l device
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
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-
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
/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,
Controls : 20
Simple ctrls : 12
Date: Sun Aug 29 17:33:41 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageV
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.
dmi.board.name: 3045
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 16.06
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-
dmi.product.name: HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
tags: | added: acpi-thermal |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | removed: regression-potential |
Mohamed IKBEL Boulabiar, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick reached EOL on April 2012. /wiki.ubuntu. com/Releases
Please see this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https:/
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/KernelMainl ineBuilds . 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.