Cheese says that there is no video cam. The same webcam (connected through USB 3) does work in Skype.
From dmesg:
[ 1.329876] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=17a1, idProduct=0128
[ 1.329877] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=32, Product=38, SerialNumber=0
[ 1.329878] usb 3-2: Product: USB2.0 JPEG WebCam
[ 1.329879] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: TASCORP
From dmidecode (about my motherboard):
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: H67A-UD3H
Version:
Serial Number:
UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-1C6F65886700
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number:
Family:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Release: 18.04
$ dpkg -s cheese
Package: cheese
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 437
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.28.0-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcheese-gtk25 (>= 3.18.0), libcheese8 (>= 3.18.0), libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.16), libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.90), libgnome-desktop-3-17 (>= 3.17.92), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.7), cheese-common (>= 3.28.0-1ubuntu1), gnome-video-effects
Recommends: gvfs, yelp
Suggests: gnome-video-effects-frei0r
Description: tool to take pictures and videos from your webcam
A webcam application that supports image and video capture. Makes
it easy to take photos and videos of you, your friends, pets or whatever
you want. Allows you to apply fancy visual effects, fine-control image
settings and has features such as Multi-Burst mode, Countdown timer
for photos.
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Cheese
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <email address hidden>
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: cheese 3.28.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Jun 25 19:11:59 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-23 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H67A-UD3H
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_IL
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
cheese 3.28.0-1ubuntu1
cheese-common 3.28.0-1ubuntu1
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/02/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F4
dmi.board.name: H67A-UD3H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd11/02/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnH67A-UD3H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnH67A-UD3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: H67A-UD3H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
---
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC1: porton 1424 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: porton 1424 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-23 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H67A-UD3H
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_IL
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-23-generic root=UUID=521f8f0f-da76-44d7-8d98-2b45259ff93c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-23-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-23-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.173.1
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Tags: bionic
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 11/02/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F4
dmi.board.name: H67A-UD3H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd11/02/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnH67A-UD3H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnH67A-UD3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: H67A-UD3H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:
apport-collect 1778555
and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.
If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.
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