r5u870 revision 109 compiles on 2.6.27-10 (Intrepid) but to get the camera to initialise you have to run programs with root privileges, e.g:
]$ sudo gst-launch-0.10 v4l2src ! ffmpegcolorspace ! ximagesink Running as an ordinary user gives this error: Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... ERROR: Pipeline doesn't want to pause. ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0: Could not open device "/dev/video0" for reading and writing. Additional debug info: v4l2_calls.c(477): gst_v4l2_open (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0: system error: Permission denied Setting pipeline to NULL ... FREEING pipeline ... /dev/video0 permissions are: crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 2008-12-16 10:31 /dev/video0 -- [Hardy] webcam stopped working after last kernel update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219252 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
