I built the patch Jan provided into a test package, available in the below ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~mruffell/+archive/ubuntu/lp1967843-test When I install it, the testcase is fixed, shown in the attachment, and cheese works as normal. Jeremy, shall we submit the patch to Debian, and SRU to Ubuntu? It seems the upstream clutter-gst project is now archived and not accepting new patches. ** Attachment added: "Working testcase with test package" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1967843/+attachment/5584223/+files/Screenshot%20from%202022-04-27%2012-29-41.png ** Also affects: clutter-gst-3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1967843 Title: cheese display corrupted under Ubuntu 22.04 Status in Cheese: Unknown Status in cheese package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in clutter-gst-3.0 package in Ubuntu: New Status in cheese source package in Jammy: Triaged Status in clutter-gst-3.0 source package in Jammy: New Bug description: The cheese application produces a corrupted display under Ubuntu 22.04 with a Logitech C525 webcam. When started from the command line, cheese produces repeated warnings of the form... (cheese:4175): cheese-WARNING **: 05:15:48.706: A lot of buffers are being dropped.: ../libs/gst/base/gstbasesink.c(3143): gst_base_sink_is_too_late (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstViewfinderBin:vf-bin/ClutterGstVideoSink:cluttergstvideosink0: There may be a timestamping problem, or this computer is too slow. Adding /etc/modprobe.d/uvcvideo.conf with 'options uvcvideo nodrop=1' doesn't solve the problem. This issue is not seen in either Ubuntu 21.10 or under Fedora-Workstation- Live-x86_64-36_Beta-1.4. The problem in Ubuntu 22.04 occurs under both Wayland and X11 displays with the Nvidia drivers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: cheese 41.1-1build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-25.25-generic 5.15.30 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu80 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Apr 5 05:15:35 2022 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/cheese InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-31 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220326) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X570 UD ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANG=en_US.UTF-8 TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> PATH=(custom, no user) RelatedPackageVersions: cheese 41.1-1build1 cheese-common 41.1-1build1 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2021 dmi.bios.release: 5.17 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F32 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: X570 UD dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF32:bd01/18/2021:br5.17:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnX570UD:pvrDefaultstring:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnX570UD:rvrx.x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: X570 MB dmi.product.name: X570 UD dmi.product.sku: Default string dmi.product.version: Default string dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu80 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-31 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220326) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X570 UD NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia Package: cheese 41.1-1build1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-25.25-generic 5.15.30 RelatedPackageVersions: cheese 41.1-1build1 cheese-common 41.1-1build1 Tags: wayland-session third-party-packages jammy gstreamer-error Uname: Linux 5.15.0-25-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2021 dmi.bios.release: 5.17 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F32 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: X570 UD dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF32:bd01/18/2021:br5.17:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnX570UD:pvrDefaultstring:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnX570UD:rvrx.x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:skuDefaultstring: dmi.product.family: X570 MB dmi.product.name: X570 UD dmi.product.sku: Default string dmi.product.version: Default string dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 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