I have a similar problem. Dell SP2208WFP webcam. Works in Ekiga, doesn't in Cheese. I get a gray screen. The program does seem to recognize the device but I get no image, not even after a couple of minutes.
dmesg: [35531.804074] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Monitor Webcam (SP2208WFP) (05a9:2643) [35532.808072] uvcvideo: Failed to query (135) UVC control 1 (unit 0) : -110 (exp. 26). [35532.830960] input: Monitor Webcam (SP2208WFP) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb8/8-2/8-2.1/8-2.1:1.0/input/input6 Let me know how I can help. Hope this report is useful. -- (intrepid) Webcam which worked fine stoped working in skype and strange behaviour https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289136 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs