Comment 184 for bug 290506

Sorry,

My bad. I figured the problem. I had disabled the AT SPI Registry at startup
in order to reduce startup time. But I think that was not allowing access to
the webcam. I'm sorry. This kernel is working perfectly for me.

I am using 2.6.27-11-generic kernel and both cheese and skype are working
perfectly. This is exactly how an OS should be - friendly! :) You know what,
if your hardware works, the OS is friendly, if it does not work, I don't
care what you say, the OS is not friendly if my hardware does not work. That
is how a layman will think.

If you want to put the burden of being compatible on the manufacturer, then
start issuing "Ubuntu compatible" logo stickers to those companies whose
products will work with Ubuntu.

I'm sorry for my last post, this kernel is a blessing indeed!

Thanks a lot,
Balaji

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Balaji <email address hidden>wrote:

> 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
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
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