Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This is a problem in the kernel. kernel might not yet support the webcam. Cheese just grabs the video output stream from the webcam.
Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect 710455 This will help us to find and resolve the problem. Thanks in advance! When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs. ** Package changed: cheese (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Summary changed: - cheese cannot detect sigma micro webcam + Sigma micro webcam not detected -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/710455 Title: Sigma micro webcam not detected -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs