Should have added this for my #12 comment. Still never got this to work. I have two identical Lenovo Z570 laptops and the same issue exists on both. I can see the camera operate in cheese, however you need to be in a really bright light source to see ANYTHING. Even tried a few tools to blow out the brightness and contrast, but still not much better than mediocre.
Here is the information on my machine: dmesg | grep Lenovo [ 1.592905] usb 1-1.5: Product: Lenovo EasyCamera [ 22.925687] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Lenovo EasyCamera (5986:0292) [ 22.927540] input: Lenovo EasyCamera as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5:1.0/input/input7 dmesg | grep uvc [ 22.925687] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Lenovo EasyCamera (5986:0292) [ 22.927776] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo Any update on this would be great, thanks. -- 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/1125324 Title: Lenovo EasyCamera not working Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: The Lenovo EasyCamera is detected in Ubuntu 12.10, 64bits but does not work. Skype, Gmail chat, etc detect the camera (under /dev/video0) but the camera output is a black screen and the camera light never gets activated. I've tried solutions as the one depicted here without luck: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25 /lenovo-easycamera-on-n500-detected-but-no-output-747923/#post3657141 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic 3.5.0-23.35 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: emrys 2181 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: emrys 2181 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: emrys 2181 F...m pulseaudio Date: Thu Feb 14 11:03:50 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=469f9a35-b6af-4c9e-9698-a2a00e707863 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-13 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MachineType: LENOVO 20193 MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic root=UUID=284bcd93-5b33-4537-85ab-eb7a40897731 ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/29/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6BCN34WW(V1.05) dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: INVALID dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: 31900003WIN8 STD MLT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6BCN34WW(V1.05):bd11/29/2012:svnLENOVO:pn20193:pvrLenovoIdeaPadY500:rvnLENOVO:rnINVALID:rvr31900003WIN8STDMLT:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLenovoIdeaPadY500: dmi.product.name: 20193 dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1125324/+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
