I found a work-around. My problems with cheese started when I changed the "Effects". I ran the utility "dconf-editor" (from package dconf- utils) and selected the following:
org -> gnome -> cheese selected-effect [click set to default on the bottom right] exit dconf-editor. This allowed cheese to start again but selecting any effect caused the crashing issue to occur again. Distributor ID: LinuxMint Description: Linux Mint 18 Sarah Release: 18 Codename: sarah Camera: Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1295247 Title: [Logitech C170] Cheese says "There was an error playing video from webcam" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1295247/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
