Public bug reported: Sfter a fresh boot, I tried to test my webcam with mplayer:
$ mplayer -fps 15 -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:input=0 tv:// MPlayer SVN-r29375-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing tv://. TV file format detected. Selected driver: v4l name: Video 4 Linux input author: Alex Beregszaszi comment: under development ================================================================= WARNING: YOU ARE USING V4L DEMUXER WITH V4L2 DRIVERS!!! As the V4L1 compatibility layer is broken, this may not work. If you encounter any problems, use driver=v4l2 instead. Bugreports on driver=v4l with v4l2 drivers will be ignored. ================================================================= Selected device: Logitech QuickCam Notebook Pro Capabilites: capture Device type: 1 Supported sizes: 160x120 => 640x480 Inputs: 1 0: Webcam: (tuner:0, norm:pal) Using input 'Webcam' tv.c: norm_from_string(pal): Bogus norm parameter, setting default. Unknown norm! Error: Cannot set norm! Selected input hasn't got a tuner! open: No such file or directory [MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid open: No such file or directory [MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid [VO_TDFXFB] Can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory. [VO_3DFX] Unable to open /dev/3dfx. ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. VO: [xv] 640x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12 Selected video codec: [rawyv12] vfm: raw (RAW YV12) ========================================================================== Audio: no sound FPS forced to be 15.000 (ftime: 0.067). Starting playback... MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: video_read_frame MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: video_read_frame After interrupting, I unplugged the camera and got the message (attached) in /var/log/messages. Misc: $ uname -a Linux motoko 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux $ cat /proc/version_signature Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic ProblemType: KernelOops Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted. Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ariel 1933 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfebfc000 irq 21' Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9205' Components : 'HDA:838476a0,102801f1,00100204 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000' Controls : 23 Simple ctrls : 14 Date: Sun Oct 25 16:59:58 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Failure: oops MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1520 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=5b5b11bd-e851-4a46-a4e1-42424d66a2b7 ro quiet splash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic RelatedPackageVersions: linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.24 SourcePackage: linux Tags: kernel-oops Title: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/lib/kobject.c:595 kobject_put+0x49/0x50() Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 dmi.bios.date: 07/11/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A09 dmi.board.name: 0UW306 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd07/11/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1520:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0UW306:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1520 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-kerneloops i386 kernel-oops -- WARNING: at kobject.c disconnecting USB webcam https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460690 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs