There was an old system (v4l) for accessing cameras, and it was changed to a new, incompatible system (v4l2). A lot of programs (most?) were updated to use the new system, but some programs were not updated.
The LD_PRELOAD trick allows old-style programs to operate with the new system, but it's meant to be only a temporary patch. In short, if the LD_PRELOAD trick fixes an issue you're having, then the problem is in the program, not the driver. -- Fix zstar vimicro webcam (0ac8:303b) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292086 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
