Public bug reported: For reference I'm using VMWare Workstation 7.1.3 build-324285 and Ubuntu 10.04 with a Logitech QuickCam 9000 USB Webcam.
I'm not sure if this is a bug with VMware or Ubuntu. In any event its clear that they DO NOT play well together when using Logitech 9000 USB. For example, when starting a Windows XP session in VMWare everything works fine until I attempt to connect the USB webcam to the virtual machine. At that point, the whole system - including VMware guest and the Ubuntu host! The freeze is hard with lockout on keyboard, mouse, and network so the only recourse is to power cycle the machine. I have done some research on this issue before posting this bug report. You will find two workarounds here: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/257460 The key point here is that the snd_usb_audio module is the culprit. I have confirmed that both workarounds discussed above solve the crash problem. Unfortunately, neither is a completely acceptable solution. Option 1 leaves open the chance for a hard freeze if one isn't very careful with enabling/disabling the USB audio device in Sound preferences. Option 2 disables all USB audio on the host which isn't very helpful if one wants to use the webcam directly on the Ubuntu host! I'm reporting this bug here in hopes that if it is a bug on the Ubuntu side that it will be pushed upstream to the appropriate team. I will also submit a bug report to VMware on the chance that it is in their court. Perhaps someone from the Ubuntu developer side could contact VMWare tech support and have a faster chance of resolving the problem? In terms of triage I would rate this bug serious since it results in hard freeze which as we all know can cause system damage and loss of data. Lastly, even though this may indeed be a VMWare issue, I would hope folks on the Ubuntu team will still help resolve the issue as it is technologies such as VMware that enable people to migrate away from the dominant OS and onto Ubuntu. Thanks and best wishes! John ** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689125 Title: Lucid hard crash with usb web cam and VMWare -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
