Additional testing done. Installed "Kamerka" and works, can take picture without any failure messages. Included messages for Kamerka:
Kamerka version 0.8.1 Copyright (C) 2011 Sebastian Krzyszkowiak Kamerka comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `./kamerka --license' for details. static bool QDeclarativeMetaType::isModule(const QByteArray&, int, int) Qt 4.7 import detected; please note that Qt 4.7 is directly reusable as QtQuick 1.x with no code changes. Continuing, but startup time will be slower. kamerka(12445)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cheese in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1449829 Title: There was an error playing video from the webcam after taking photo. Status in cheese package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Cheese fails to capture video from the webcam after taking a photo. Running Cheese from the terminal prompts the following error: libv4l2: error setting pixformat: Device or resource busy (cheese:5170): cheese-WARNING **: Device '/dev/video0' is busy: gstv4l2object.c(2838): gst_v4l2_object_set_format (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:video_source: Call to S_FMT failed for YU12 @ 640x480: Device or resource busy My camera needs the r5u87x firmware from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~r5u87x-loader/+archive/ubuntu/ppa ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: cheese 3.14.1-2ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 28 20:20:38 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-28 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422) SourcePackage: cheese UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1449829/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp