Public bug reported: Cheese says that there is no video cam. The same webcam (connected through USB 3) does work in Skype.
>From dmesg: [ 1.329876] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=17a1, idProduct=0128 [ 1.329877] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=32, Product=38, SerialNumber=0 [ 1.329878] usb 3-2: Product: USB2.0 JPEG WebCam [ 1.329879] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: TASCORP >From dmidecode (about my motherboard): Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: H67A-UD3H Version: Serial Number: UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-1C6F65886700 Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: Family: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 $ dpkg -s cheese Package: cheese Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 437 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcheese-gtk25 (>= 3.18.0), libcheese8 (>= 3.18.0), libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.16), libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.90), libgnome-desktop-3-17 (>= 3.17.92), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.7), cheese-common (>= 3.28.0-1ubuntu1), gnome-video-effects Recommends: gvfs, yelp Suggests: gnome-video-effects-frei0r Description: tool to take pictures and videos from your webcam A webcam application that supports image and video capture. Makes it easy to take photos and videos of you, your friends, pets or whatever you want. Allows you to apply fancy visual effects, fine-control image settings and has features such as Multi-Burst mode, Countdown timer for photos. Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Cheese Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: cheese 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Jun 25 19:11:59 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-23 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H67A-UD3H ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_IL SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: cheese 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 cheese-common 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/02/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F4 dmi.board.name: H67A-UD3H dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd11/02/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnH67A-UD3H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnH67A-UD3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: H67A-UD3H dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic gstreamer-error -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778555 Title: My Webcam does not work with Cheese Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Cheese says that there is no video cam. The same webcam (connected through USB 3) does work in Skype. From dmesg: [ 1.329876] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=17a1, idProduct=0128 [ 1.329877] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=32, Product=38, SerialNumber=0 [ 1.329878] usb 3-2: Product: USB2.0 JPEG WebCam [ 1.329879] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: TASCORP From dmidecode (about my motherboard): Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: H67A-UD3H Version: Serial Number: UUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-1C6F65886700 Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: Family: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 $ dpkg -s cheese Package: cheese Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 437 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcheese-gtk25 (>= 3.18.0), libcheese8 (>= 3.18.0), libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.16), libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.90), libgnome-desktop-3-17 (>= 3.17.92), libgstreamer1.0-0 (>= 1.0.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.7), cheese-common (>= 3.28.0-1ubuntu1), gnome-video-effects Recommends: gvfs, yelp Suggests: gnome-video-effects-frei0r Description: tool to take pictures and videos from your webcam A webcam application that supports image and video capture. Makes it easy to take photos and videos of you, your friends, pets or whatever you want. Allows you to apply fancy visual effects, fine-control image settings and has features such as Multi-Burst mode, Countdown timer for photos. Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Cheese Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: cheese 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Jun 25 19:11:59 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-23 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H67A-UD3H ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_IL SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: cheese 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 cheese-common 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/02/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F4 dmi.board.name: H67A-UD3H dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd11/02/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnH67A-UD3H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnH67A-UD3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: H67A-UD3H dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 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