I have the same problem. My webcam used to work with Kubuntu 11.04 but after an upgrade to 11.10 it doesn't.
$ dmesg | grep video [ 0.608367] pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device [ 20.726181] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 [ 20.794367] acer_wmi: Brightness must be controlled by generic video driver [ 20.831684] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Video WebCam (04f2:b044) [ 20.888399] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo And every time I open Cheese or Kamoso I get the following messages: [ 402.800422] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, device number 7 [ 403.056190] usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd [ 403.228376] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Video WebCam (04f2:b044) [ 403.284638] input: Video WebCam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb2/2-4/2-4:1.0/input/input15 I tried with the lastest kernel packages $ uname -a Linux Kassius 3.2.0-030200rc7-generic #201112240135 SMP Sat Dec 24 06:35:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877768 Title: Webcam not working after upgrade from Natty to Oneiric To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/877768/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
