Webcam doesn't work on HP Mini 1000

[Alex Moldovan]

Webcam doesn't work anymore on HP Mini 1000. I installed Cheese and : No device found. The most recent kernel where it worked was linux-image-2.6.32-14-generic version 2.6.32-14.20.

ProblemType: Bug
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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: ubuntu 2190 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe938000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD75B2X5'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7608,103c361a,00100102'
   Controls : 20
   Simple ctrls : 14
Date: Thu Mar 4 21:31:41 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4a03b593-8d86-497f-a618-71261e9210dc
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100305)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Mini
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-15-generic 2.6.32-15.22
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-15-generic root=UUID=e02e1580-6bc0-4a32-970e-7ba3bac894d3 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.32
Reproducible: Yes
SourcePackage: linux
TestedUpstream: No
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 11/07/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 361A0 Ver. F.05
dmi.board.name: 361A
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 02.0D
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr361A0Ver.F.05:bd11/07/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPMini:pvrB.0D:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn361A:rvrKBCVersion02.0D:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Mini
dmi.product.version: B.0D
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[AceLan Kao (acelankao)]

Alex, I can't find the webcam model from the log, do you know what's the webcam model name of the machine?

[Alex Moldovan (alexmoldovan)]

I couldn't find the webcam model, neither the exact HP Mini 1000 model. According to HP website It looks like there are several Mini 1000 models and there's no information about the webcams. If I'll find some more information I'll post it as soon as possible.

[dr_z (dr00ble)]

im having similar problem- my girlfriend just got a hp mini 110-1134cl - I deleted the windows 7 starter installed ubuntu netbook remix- now the internal cam won't work- oddly enough, there was a linux system already installed as a quick loader- , and from what i read it was ubuntu based - so hp has linux drivers, for the mini 110's but i can't find them anywhere.

[AceLan Kao (acelankao)]

Alex, could you downgrade to the old version of kernel you mentioned that works to see if there is any useful info about the webcam model?
I place the old kernel here, please have it a test.
http://people.canonical.com/~acelan/bugs/lp532983/

[Alex Moldovan (alexmoldovan)]

The tests I was talking about that reported the camera working, were automated tests and they reported the camera as detected. When I did the certification test myself, the "camera/detect" test from checkbox shows this value:

"port 70-85
    type : Xvideo, image scaler
    name : Intel(R) Textured Video"

but the tests that check camera/display, camera/still, camera/video they all fail as the camera doesn't work. With the kernels following the 2.6.32-14-generic_2.6.32-14.20_i386 kernel, the "camera/detect" test shows this value:

"This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.32-15-generic) No protocol specified Error: Can't open display: :0.0"

but the camera isn't working. So far I can't find any indication in the test logs that the camera worked at some point. So it may not be a regression. I'll look into it to be sure.

[Alex Moldovan (alexmoldovan)]

Finally, after doing some more testing, I am sure that the camera is broken on my particular notebook, as the microphone from the camera works.