Thanks, it doesn't seem to find the device for some reason. Does the webcam work in other softwares? Also note that the -d option doesn't take a device path, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cheese/-/issues/4
** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cheese/-/issues #4 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/cheese/-/issues/4 -- 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/1868919 Title: Cheese refuses to use webcam Status in cheese package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi, I have a USB webcam attached to my ubuntu machine: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:600d Microdia TwinkleCam USB camera this device uses gspca_sonixb: gilbahat@meadow:~$ lsmod | grep gspca gspca_sonixb 20480 0 gspca_main 24576 1 gspca_sonixb videobuf2_vmalloc 20480 1 gspca_main videobuf2_v4l2 24576 1 gspca_main videobuf2_common 49152 2 gspca_main,videobuf2_v4l2 videodev 225280 4 gspca_main,videobuf2_v4l2,videobuf2_common,gspca_sonixb the device passes v4l2 tests: $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --all Driver Info: Driver name : sonixb Card type : USB camera Bus info : usb-0000:00:14.0-1 Driver version : 5.4.24 Capabilities : 0x85200001 Video Capture Read/Write Streaming Extended Pix Format Device Capabilities Device Caps : 0x05200001 Video Capture Read/Write Streaming Extended Pix Format Priority: 2 Video input : 0 (sonixb: ok) Format Video Capture: Width/Height : 352/288 Pixel Format : 'S910' (GSPCA SN9C10X) Field : None Bytes per Line : 352 Size Image : 126720 Colorspace : sRGB Transfer Function : Default (maps to sRGB) YCbCr/HSV Encoding: Default (maps to ITU-R 601) Quantization : Default (maps to Full Range) Flags : Streaming Parameters Video Capture: Frames per second: invalid (0/0) Read buffers : 2 User Controls brightness 0x00980900 (int) : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=127 value=127 flags=slider exposure 0x00980911 (int) : min=0 max=1023 step=1 default=66 value=66 flags=inactive gain_automatic 0x00980912 (bool) : default=1 value=1 flags=update gain 0x00980913 (int) : min=0 max=31 step=1 default=15 value=15 flags=inactive the device even works with vlc when opened as a v4l2 capture device and picture is detected and displayed. however, cheese just insists there is no webcam installed, even when run with -d /dev/video0 on the command line. system details: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch) Release: 20.04 $ dpkg -l | grep cheese ii cheese 3.34.0-1build1 amd64 tool to take pictures and videos from your webcam expected behaviour: /dev/video0 appears on the list of usable devices and cheese uses it observed behaviour: cheese complains about no video devices being available. --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu21 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-23 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200315) NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair Package: cheese 3.34.0-1build1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-18.22-generic 5.4.24 RelatedPackageVersions: cheese 3.34.0-1build1 cheese-common 3.34.0-1build1 Tags: focal gstreamer-error Uname: Linux 5.4.0-18-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo video _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 07/09/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: PYBSWCEL.86A.0074.2018.0709.1332 dmi.board.name: NUC5CPYB dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: H61145-413 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrPYBSWCEL.86A.0074.2018.0709.1332:bd07/09/2018:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnNUC5CPYB:rvrH61145-413:cvn:ct3:cvr: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1868919/+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
