Bug 3522

Summary:	USB webcam broken
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	William Kenney <wilcal.int>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	etiennedau-site, guillomovitch, molch.b
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	not sure	CVE:
Status comment:

Description William Kenney 2011-11-28 16:25:23 CET

Mageia Mageia-2-alpha1-i586-DVD updated 28 Nov 11
Open Cheese without Webcam connected to USB port.
Cheese reports "No device found". Close Cheese.
Connect generic webcam to USB port, open Cheese,
Cheese opens with blank screen and nothing functions.
I suspect that the Webcam is not being mounted in
the correctly. Should occur with all webcams
as the webcam "driver" has been part of the kernel
for a couple years. My test webcam works fine with
Mageia 1 and Mandriva 2010.2 on the same platform.
Test system is a swapable modular hard drive system.

I see /dev/video0 is mounting when the webcam is
plugging in. Then goes away when webcam is disconnected.

It does not seem to work as a Flash video camera either.
May be related to Bug 3242.

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-28 18:09:36 CET

does it work with another apps ?

Comment 2 William Kenney 2011-11-28 19:22:34 CET

(In reply to comment #1)

> does it work with another apps ?

I've tried a site that uses Flash cam
and that does not work either. I don't
run Skype but I suggest that does not
work either.

Comment 3 Wolfgang Bornath 2011-11-28 19:50:31 CET

Confirmed:
I have 3 webcams, 1 external via USB, 2 built-in in my laptop and netbook. Neither of them works with Mageia 2 Alpha1.

The built-in webcams both work with Mageia 1, though. The external webcam does not work with Mageia at all but used to work with Mandriva 2010.2

CC: (none) => molch.b

Comment 4 Wolfgang Bornath 2011-11-28 20:03:47 CET

Sorry, additional:
Webcam tested with cheese, Skype, Google & Ekiga. Always the same result

Comment 5 etienne FR 2011-11-28 21:56:42 CET

I have the same problem with my laptop (it worked with Mageia 1)

CC: (none) => etiennedau-site

Comment 6 Guillaume Rousse 2011-11-29 12:45:01 CET

Just run gstreamer-properties, test video input, and check the error message. This is likely the same problem as #3529.

CC: (none) => guillomovitch

Comment 7 Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-29 12:56:31 CET

Maybe fixed with next kernel: http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages?view=revision&revision=174077

Comment 8 Guillaume Rousse 2011-11-29 13:14:12 CET

*** Bug 3529 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Guillaume Rousse 2011-11-29 13:14:56 CET

Summary: Cheese, and other apps, not seeing USB webcam => USB webcam broken

Comment 9 Guillaume Rousse 2011-11-29 15:44:21 CET

New kernel fix the issue for me. I'm blindly assuming it does also for other reporter :P

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED