package isight-firmware-tools 1.2-8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 134

[Forest]

Binary package hint: isight-firmware-tools

This message appeared after isight-firmware-tools failed to install:

"E: isight-firmware-tools: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 134"

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 134
Package: isight-firmware-tools 1.2-8
SourcePackage: isight-firmware-tools
Title: package isight-firmware-tools 1.2-8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 134
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

[Forest (foresto)]

This might be due to using an AppleUSBVideoSupport file from Snow Leopard. More info:

$ ift-extract -a ~/AppleUSBVideoSupport

** (ift-extract:4708): WARNING **: Unknown driver. Please report it to https://bugs.launchpad.net/isight-firmware-tools/+filebug with machine description and Mac OS X version.

$ md5sum AppleUSBVideoSupport
602f49036c0ccc775f98b0374bad29a7 AppleUSBVideoSupport

[randy sesser (randy-randys)]

Ah yes... I'm trying to extract from a Snow Leopard installation.

[Ed Heil (edheil)]

I'm not. I have not upgraded to Snow Leopard but I'm still getting this bug.

[Stuart Hector (stuart-hector)]

I'm also getting this error and I do not use Snow Leopard.

[Fabio M. Panico (fbugnon)]

I'm trying to extract from Snow Leopard installation.  I've copied the AppleUSBVideoSupport file into a folder inside /media but when i try to extract I receive this error message:

$ ift-extract -a /media/macosx/AppleUSBVideoSupport
** (ift-extract:3654): WARNING **: Unknown driver. Please report it to https://bugs.launchpad.net/isight-firmware-tools/+filebug with machine description and Mac OS X version.

** ERROR **: Unable to find firmware in the file.
aborting...
Cancelado (imagem do núcleo gravada)
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Macbook Pro1,1 running Karmic Koala (9.10) Beta

$ lsusb: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:8501 Apple, Inc. Built-in iSight [Micron]
$ uname -a: Linux fbugnon-laptop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

[Yesudeep J Mangalapilly (yesudeep)]

This affects my Macbook Pro 5,2 as well.

[xeranto (ceranto)]

I'm trying to extract in ubuntu 9.04 (virtualized with Vmware fusion) from 10.5.8. I've copied the AppleUSBVideoSupport file into /lib/firmware folder a but when i try to extract I receive this error message.

[Jeff Dag (jeff-dagenais)]

Same problem:
iMac (plastic) with 9.04 (latest updates) running native through bootcamp. MacOS is Leopard (10.5) with latest updates as of writing.
AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext's version.plist says:
BuildVersion: 1248
CFBundleShortVersionString: 1.0.9
CFBundleVersion: 1.0.9
ProjectName: AppleUSBCamera
SourceVersion: 1840000

[Jeff Dag (jeff-dagenais)]

precisions:
** (ift-extract:21547): WARNING **: Unknown driver. Please report it to https://bugs.launchpad.net/isight-firmware-tools/+filebug with machine description and Mac OS X version.

** ERROR **: Unable to find firmware in the file.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Lucid Lynx.
If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please do steps 1 and 2 of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention.

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure

[Jean Martina (jean-martina)]

This bug is far from fixed. Running Lucid Lynx on a Macbook 4 1 and getting:

ift-extract -a ./AppleUSBVideoSupport

** (ift-extract:2434): WARNING **: Unknown driver. Please report it to https://bugs.launchpad.net/isight-firmware-tools/+filebug with machine description and Mac OS X version.

** ERROR **: Unable to find firmware in the file.
aborting...
Aborted (core dumped)

[Étienne BERSAC (bersace)]

Hi,

Sorry everyone, i'm quite busy these days. So everyone comming with a patch is welcome !

Regards,
Étienne

[Yura Tolstik (yltsrc)]

quick fix, which works for me, is use old version of AppleUSBVideoSupport (you can see it in attachment)

[Étienne BERSAC (bersace)]

Hi,

IFT has been reworked to search the firmware directly instead of using SHA1 sum to get pre registered offset. Could you please test it ?

Étienne

[Étienne BERSAC (bersace)]

It is in 1.5.91

[Étienne BERSAC (bersace)]

1.5.92 got a lot of updates. Can you try it ?

[Nestor Milyaev (n-milyaev)]

Why is it the camera worked out of the box for 9.10, and now we have to install that extra bit?

[drkitty (cat-psychology)]

I've tried Yura Tolstik's advise of using the old AppleUSBVideoSupport driver and did get this:

** Message: Found Mac OS X.5.1 driver
** Message: Firmware extracted successfully in /lib/firmware/isight.fw
** Message: Apply patch 0 : Fix video control interface descriptor
** Message: Apply patch 1 : Fix video streaming interface descriptor
** Message: Apply patch 2 : Fix video streaming device qualifier
** Message: Firmware patched successfully

Which is better than the "driver not found" - however, cheese still doesn't see the camera even after reboot. Any other suggestions?

[Nestor Milyaev (n-milyaev)]

Have that error again after a routine update today. still not fixed a month later?

[Nestor Milyaev (n-milyaev)]

I chwecked just now - the camera actually works, no need for the firmware tools. Thanks!!!

That does not say that the bug itself was resolved, but hey who needs the firmware tools if the camera works anyway?

[Étienne BERSAC (bersace)]

Le lundi 26 juillet 2010 à 14:01 +0000, Nestor Milyaev a écrit :
> I chwecked just now - the camera actually works, no need for the
> firmware tools. Thanks!!!
>
> That does not say that the bug itself was resolved, but hey who needs
> the firmware tools if the camera works anyway?
>

Can you please report the output of dmesg and "ls
-l /lib/firmware/isight.fw" ?

Regards,
Étienne