can confirm the problem. cam is recognized by kernel of 9.04 AMD64 but not usable in ekiga or skype.
this is the dmesg output: [10827.021524] usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 [10827.193988] usb 2-2: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 1 but max is 0 [10827.193992] usb 2-2: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 1 but max is 0 [10827.193994] usb 2-2: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 1 but max is 0 [10827.193996] usb 2-2: config 1 has an invalid interface number: 1 but max is 0 [10827.193998] usb 2-2: config 1 has no interface number 0 [10827.194109] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [10827.307559] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 [10827.320653] V4L-Driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v1.2.3 [10827.320657] Since in-kernel colorspace conversion is not allowed, it is disabled by default now. Users should fix the applications in case they don't work without conversion reenabled by setting the 'colorspace_conv' module parameter to 1 [10827.322459] USB driver for Vision CPiA based cameras v1.2.3 [10827.322484] USB CPiA camera found [10828.116077] CPiA Version: 1.20 (2.0) [10828.116080] CPiA PnP-ID: 0553:0002:0100 [10828.116082] VP-Version: 1.0 0100 [10828.116112] usbcore: registered new interface driver cpia ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- VLSI Vision CPiA WebCam unable to be used with Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315869 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