rhwlo's workaround partially fixes the issue, but apparently only for
the first picture taken within the session. The second picture will fail
again with the exact same message.
When I create a new session (using su - `whoami`) it works fine for one
picture, but a second try will not, and apparent
I ran into the same problem, and checked out the permissions on
/dev/video0:
crw-rw+ 1 root video 81, 0 Aug 22 11:14 /dev/video0
I also ran $(groups) to check my group membership and found that I
wasn't in the group video. To rectify this, I ran $(sudo usermod -a -G
video `whoami`), and after
I have the same problem.
** Also affects: cheese
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Status: New
** No longer affects: cheese
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This seems to have stopped happening an update or two into wily.
cheese: 3.16.1-1ubuntu1
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@andrea: it isn't a reliable workaround, but sometimes it seems to work.
Course it could just be me seeing patterns that aren't there...it barely
works at all.
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I have the same problem.
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«attempts to take a few pictures using root seem to clear this problem
up»
If you mean you run it with sudo, this does not work for me as
workaround. I get the same error.
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Importance: Undecided => Medium
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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