This seems to have stopped happening an update or two into wily. cheese: 3.16.1-1ubuntu1
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cheese in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1445039 Title: Device '/dev/video0' is busy Status in cheese package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: First time I run cheese during the day, an attempt to take a picture typically results in an error being displayed on a black background in the preview pane "There was an error playing video from the webcam" (odd for two reasons, one I'm taking a picture, not video, and two... it's an error message that indicated something indeed went wrong) (cheese:2506): cheese-WARNING **: Device '/dev/video0' is busy: gstv4l2object.c(2838): gst_v4l2_object_set_format (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:video_source: Call to S_FMT failed for YU12 @ 1280x720: Device or resource busy webcam: description: Video product: HD WebCam vendor: NC.21411.01N415006E5LM0002 physical id: 1 bus info: usb@3:1.1 version: 0.02 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s linux: Linux Hedy 3.19.0-13-generic #13-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 9 22:56:40 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ubuntu : 15.04 cheese: Installed: 3.14.1-2ubuntu4 Candidate: 3.14.1-2ubuntu4 The timer goes off, flash goes off, but no photo is saved in my ~/Webcam directory. Attempts to take video, or attempts to take a few pictures using root seem to clear this problem up and after I have done so, cheese seems to be initialized correctly, and it works fine for awhile. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: cheese 3.14.1-2ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-13.13-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Apr 16 10:20:25 2015 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-09 (280 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140708) SourcePackage: cheese UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1445039/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
