Public bug reported: This issue has been already reported and studied in bug #1134565, which is now closed due to the breaking down of the reporter's laptop: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1134565
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.3 32bit and the webcam [0x0ac8 0xc002] of my Sony VGN-FE21H laptop gives green/garbled/black output when trying to use it in cheese, xawtv, vlc, “qv4l2 --raw -d /dev/video0”. This is with kernel 3.19.0-32. Cheese outputs this: ** (cheese:3998): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files And here's the output of “dmesg” while I run cheese or vlc: [ 951.384415] gspca_main: ISOC data error: [6] len=0, status=-71 Here's the output of “v4l-info” : ### v4l2 device info [/dev/video0] ### general info VIDIOC_QUERYCAP driver : "vc032x" card : "USB2.0 Web Camera" bus_info : "usb-0000:00:1d.7-8" version : 3.19.8 capabilities : 0x85200001 [VIDEO_CAPTURE,?,READWRITE,STREAMING,(null)] I’ve also tried kernel version 4.4.0-21 (with Ubuntu 16.04 live cd) and there I have not even the /dev/video0 device. The camera is recognized by “lsusb”, but /dev/video0 doesn’t exist. Please let me know if I can help solve this issue. Thanks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.19.0-32-generic 3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt7 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-32-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sun Jul 24 16:45:15 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-04 (50 days ago) InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" - Release i386 20160105 SourcePackage: linux-lts-vivid UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: linux-lts-vivid (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 rosa third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-lts-vivid in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1606012 Title: [0ac8:c002] Z-Star Camera VGP-VCC1 (Vaio VGN-FE21H) Status in linux-lts-vivid package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This issue has been already reported and studied in bug #1134565, which is now closed due to the breaking down of the reporter's laptop: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1134565 I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.3 32bit and the webcam [0x0ac8 0xc002] of my Sony VGN-FE21H laptop gives green/garbled/black output when trying to use it in cheese, xawtv, vlc, “qv4l2 --raw -d /dev/video0”. This is with kernel 3.19.0-32. Cheese outputs this: ** (cheese:3998): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files And here's the output of “dmesg” while I run cheese or vlc: [ 951.384415] gspca_main: ISOC data error: [6] len=0, status=-71 Here's the output of “v4l-info” : ### v4l2 device info [/dev/video0] ### general info VIDIOC_QUERYCAP driver : "vc032x" card : "USB2.0 Web Camera" bus_info : "usb-0000:00:1d.7-8" version : 3.19.8 capabilities : 0x85200001 [VIDEO_CAPTURE,?,READWRITE,STREAMING,(null)] I’ve also tried kernel version 4.4.0-21 (with Ubuntu 16.04 live cd) and there I have not even the /dev/video0 device. The camera is recognized by “lsusb”, but /dev/video0 doesn’t exist. Please let me know if I can help solve this issue. Thanks ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.19.0-32-generic 3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-32.37~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt7 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-32-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sun Jul 24 16:45:15 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-04 (50 days ago) InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" - Release i386 20160105 SourcePackage: linux-lts-vivid UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-vivid/+bug/1606012/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp