GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 566687
webcam doesn't work
Last modified: 2009-01-06 08:53:35 UTC
Please describe the problem: Webcam works in gstreamer-properties (v4l2 only), but not in cheese. It's the following model: Bus 008 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Pavilion Webcam It is attached to /dev/video1, because /dev/video0 is my usb dvb-t stick. Steps to reproduce: 1. start cheese 2. check the configuration for the correct device (/dev/video1) 3. optional: select a resolution 4. click ok 5. wait or click on "Video" Actual results: nothing happens, the gnome foot is still moving Expected results: see video Does this happen every time? yes Other information: Distribution: Ubuntu 8.10 This is the shell output of cheese: $ cheese (cheese:9966): GStreamer-WARNING **: pad source:src returned caps which are not a real subset of its template caps (cheese:9966): GStreamer-WARNING **: pad source:src returned caps which are not a real subset of its template caps (cheese:9966): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_set_state: assertion `GST_IS_ELEMENT (element)' failed (cheese:9966): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (cheese:9966): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_element_set_state: assertion `GST_IS_ELEMENT (element)' failed (cheese:9966): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: gst_bin_get_by_interface: assertion `GST_IS_BIN (bin)' failed ** (cheese:9966): CRITICAL **: gst_x_overlay_set_xwindow_id: assertion `overlay != NULL' failed
Seems like a know issue. You should be able to fix it upgrading kernel and libv4l from intrepid-proposed repository. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 566212 ***