Comment 183 for bug 290506

I just got an update of the 2.6.27-11-generic kernel and my webcam is no
longer working. I don't think it can even detect the webcam anymore. Cheese
fails to load and skype cannot see my webcam now. This has happened only
recently when the update for version 11 of the kernel came up.

The initial version 2.6.27-9 kernel was not able to use the webcam on
cheese, but I could use skype. I was watching this thread that the fix has
come up in the new kernel. But then the new kernel is a big disappointment -
I'm sorry to say. It can't even recognize my webcam now.

Mine is a HP integrated webcam that comes in an HP laptop. It was working
perfectly when I used the Stefan Bader kernel patch in November 2008. After
that in a few weeks someone smart guy came up with a broken kernel 2.6.27-9
and after that this new kernel! It deserves a Nobel prize indeed!

Please help me. This kernel is not able to detect my webcam. What should I
do?

Balaji

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Kees Cook <email address hidden> wrote:

> ** CVE removed: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
> bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-5079
>
> ** CVE removed: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
> bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-5300
>
> --
> cheese malfunctioning with UVCVIDEO webcams (was cheese doesn't show v4l2
> video output and disables output on gstreamer-based apps ran afterwards)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290506
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