Ross Gammon, as per http://www.packardbell.co.uk/pb/en/GB/content/download an update is available for your BIOS (P01.A4). If you update to this, does it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date Thank you for your understanding. ** Summary changed: - Creative VF380 Live Webcam not working + 041e:4065 Creative VF380 Live Webcam not working ** Tags added: bios-outdated-p01-a4 needs-upstream-testing regression- potential ** Tags removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-v3.9-rc8 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1171003 Title: 041e:4065 Creative VF380 Live Webcam not working Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Camera worked fine when I was running Debian 6. It also worked during the installation routine for Ubuntu 12.10 when I successfully took a picture of myself for the login screen. The camera works in Cheese if I spin up a Fedora 17 Live DVD. But in Ubuntu 12.10 in cheese, skype, or Google+ all I ever get is a black screen. Running hwinfo --usb gives: .... 16: USB 00.0: 0000 Unclassified device [Created at usb.122] Unique ID: FKGF.Dya+SKJZTL9 Parent ID: pBe4.3f5c44ENLJ9 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0 SysFS BusID: 2-1:1.0 Hardware Class: unknown Model: "Creative VF0380 Live! Cam Optia Pro" Hotplug: USB Vendor: usb 0x041e "Creative Technology, Ltd" Device: usb 0x4065 "VF0380 Live! Cam Optia Pro" Revision: "1.00" Driver: "uvcvideo" Driver Modules: "uvcvideo" Device File: /dev/input/event3 Device Files: /dev/input/event3, /dev/input/by-id/usb-Creative_Technology_Ltd_VF0380_Live__Cam_Optia_Pro-event-if00, /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:13.2-usb-0:1:1.0-event Device Number: char 13:67 Speed: 480 Mbps Module Alias: "usb:v041Ep4065d0100dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc01ip00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: uvcvideo is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe uvcvideo" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #15 (Hub) .... Running lsmod gives: ..... uvcvideo 76750 0 videobuf2_core 32852 1 uvcvideo videodev 120310 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core videobuf2_vmalloc 12861 1 uvcvideo snd_hwdep 17699 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio videobuf2_memops 13405 1 videobuf2_vmalloc .... Running ls -l /dev/video0 gives: crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Apr 20 20:51 /dev/video0 Running mplayer -tv device=/dev/video0 tv:// gives: MPlayer svn r34540 (Ubuntu), built with gcc-4.7 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing tv://. TV file format detected. Selected driver: v4l2 name: Video 4 Linux 2 input author: Martin Olschewski <olschew...@zpr.uni-koeln.de> comment: first try, more to come ;-) v4l2: your device driver does not support VIDIOC_G_STD ioctl, VIDIOC_G_PARM was used instead. Selected device: VF0380 Live! Cam Optia Pro Capabilities: video capture streaming supported norms: inputs: 0 = Camera 1; Current input: 0 Current format: YUYV v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument tv.c: norm_from_string(pal): Bogus norm parameter, setting default. v4l2: ioctl enum norm failed: Invalid argument Error: Cannot set norm! Selected input hasn't got a tuner! v4l2: ioctl set mute failed: Invalid argument Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_r600.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [vdpau] Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1 ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. VO: [xv] 640x480 => 640x480 Packed YUY2 Selected video codec: [rawyuy2] vfm: raw (RAW YUY2) ========================================================================== Audio: no sound Starting playback... v4l2: select timeout V: 0.0 2/ 2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 v4l2: select timeout V: 0.0 4/ 4 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0...........^C ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic 3.5.0-27.46 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46-generic 3.5.7.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: ross 2782 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ross 2782 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: ross 2782 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Sat Apr 20 21:32:56 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2a7632d5-38d0-4a51-a060-4ac37244a40a InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-01 (49 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MachineType: Packard Bell ixtreme M5120 MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-27-generic root=UUID=b904d693-0a8e-488a-97e0-ae44536f5a3a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-27-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-27-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/21/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P01-A3 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: RS740 dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP01-A3:bd08/21/2009:svnPackardBell:pnixtremeM5120:pvr:rvnPackardBell:rnRS740:rvr:cvnPackardBell:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: ixtreme M5120 dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1171003/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp