Brad, as per http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model- home.pl?mdl=SVP13215PXB&template_id=1®ion_id=1&tab=download#/downloadTab an update to your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (R1045V7). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?
For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. Also, you don't have to create a new bug report. Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible: 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect): sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an improvement or not. 3) Please mark this report Status Confirmed. If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: precise -- 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/1562417 Title: 04f2:b3be [Sony VAIO SVP13215PXB] Webcam is distorted Status in cheese package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Start cheese on the current Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Beta. 640x480 works correctly. 1280x720 video fails with "There was an error playing video from the webcam" I suspect the problem is in libjpeg or video4linux, but cannot be sure. I am happy to compile anything and I will reply to this issue generally same day. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch) Release: 16.04 ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy cheese cheese: Installed: 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 Candidate: 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 Version table: *** 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Workaround for Google Hangouts: Click the "Quality"/"Phone Reception" icon and disable HD Video. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: cheese 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.368 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Mar 26 22:52:30 2016 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/cheese LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323) MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: cheese 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 cheese-common 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox dmi.board.name: VirtualBox dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.board.version: 1.2 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.name: VirtualBox dmi.product.version: 1.2 dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH lsusb: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b3be Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub --- ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.368 CurrentDesktop: Unity DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323) MachineType: Sony Corporation SVP13215PXB Package: cheese 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6 RelatedPackageVersions: cheese 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 cheese-common 3.18.1-2ubuntu2 Tags: xenial gstreamer-ok Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 03/24/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: R1044V7 dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A dmi.board.name: VAIO dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.board.version: N/A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR1044V7:bd03/24/2014:svnSonyCorporation:pnSVP13215PXB:pvrC60C55AF:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: SVP13215PXB dmi.product.version: C60C55AF dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1562417/+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
