Vish sent me an email asking for an update now that I'm using Ubuntu Lucid on my laptop. He complained of X restarting when Cheese launches. Here's what I wrote back to him:
The problem isn't worsened for me, but it's not any better, either. I'll put some details here, and also update BugTracker. Here's the lsusb output: $ lsusb | grep -i 'camera' Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera For what it's worth, I have tried installing the Microdia drivers (found them on an Ubuntu forum, had to compile them and install a kernel module), but they did not work. At this point, I cannot confirm if those drivers were official or not, or what their version number was. I can, however, confirm that I am running Ubuntu Lucid for 32-bit PCs on my Acer Aspire 5534 laptop computer, and Cheese 2.30.1 is installed on top of that. Here is the flow of my testing and the results: 1 - Start Cheese. It launches fine without the X restart you described. The video stream is picked up just fine in the preview window. 2 - The program defaults to non-motion photographs, so I click Take a Photo. The program hangs for about 2 seconds, then crashes. When I check the directory where these photos would be saved, the images are there, and their filenames properly reflect the time and date the photo was taken. I can still relaunch Cheese without any problems, the video preview still works just fine, and the bar at the bottom with the picture thumbnails now reflects the photo taken along with the previous crash. 3 - Switch to Video mode. Click on Start Recording. The preview window that works so well when NOT recording goes black for a few seconds, then returns with a sort of split-screen/wrap-around type image (see attached screenshot). The image contains the correct contents, but it is split and wrapped, and the program locks. The window frame goes gray as unresponsive apps in Gnome do, and it remains that way no matter how long I wait. I must eventually force close Cheese. The output directory gains a properly-named OGV file where the video would have gone, but the file is zero bytes long, containing no data. 4 - Switch to Multiple Photos Mode. Click Take Multiple Photos. This feature works perfectly. Cheese does not crash here like it does in regular, single Photo Mode. I even get the nifty flash effect where the screen goes to a semi-transparent white color. No issues here at all. ** Attachment added: "screenshot1.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48502805/screenshot1.png -- Video recording hangs cheese, disables camera https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414451 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
