Public bug reported: After upgrade to Quantal my webcam stopped working. I tried Skype and cheese. It worked in Precise perfectly. Also it continues to work in dual-booted Windows 7. Now, some details:
$ lsusb | grep Cam Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:09a1 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Communicate MP/S5500 $ dmesg | grep video [ 0.155804] pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device [ 11.299201] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 [ 11.310886] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:09a1) [ 11.333580] uvcvideo: UVC non compliance - GET_DEF(PROBE) not supported. Enabling workaround. [ 11.338158] uvcvideo: Failed to query (129) UVC probe control : -71 (exp. 26). [ 11.338181] uvcvideo: Failed to initialize the device (-5). [ 11.351568] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo $ cheese ** (cheese:5374): WARNING **: cheese-main.vala:251: Error: No device found (cheese:5374): cheese-CRITICAL **: cheese_camera_device_get_device_node: assertion `CHEESE_IS_CAMERA_DEVICE (device)' failed (cheese:5374): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_new_string: assertion `string != NULL' failed (cheese:5374): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_settings_schema_key_type_check: assertion `value != NULL' failed (cheese:5374): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_type_string: assertion `value != NULL' failed (cheese:5374): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_settings_set_value: key 'camera' in 'org.gnome.Cheese' expects type 's', but a GVariant of type '(null)' was given ** (cheese:5374): CRITICAL **: cheese_preferences_dialog_setup_resolutions_for_device: assertion `device != NULL' failed ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-18-generic 3.5.0-18.29 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: kappa 3063 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: kappa 3063 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: kappa 3063 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Thu Nov 1 13:19:58 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=76573bb3-6850-4347-9bc6-007803e1c116 InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-11-14 (717 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. MachineType: System manufacturer P5K-VM MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-generic root=UUID=509edf5e-f583-4330-aa2a-3d7bb95304bd ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-18-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-18-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-29 (2 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1001 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5K-VM dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1001:bd08/07/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnP5K-VM:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5K-VM:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: P5K-VM dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug package-from-proposed quantal running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1073849 Title: Logitech QuickCam S5500 stopped working in 12.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1073849/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs