uvcvideo failed to query Microdia Sonix webcam (0c45:62c0)

[bp0]

I have a HP dv6835nr with a Microdia Sonix built-in webcam (ident code: 0c45:62c0) which doesn't work under Lucid 10.4.

uname-a gives:
Linux laptop 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 07:54:58 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

cat /proc/version_signature gives:
Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5

relevant dmesg extract shows:
[ 1838.273185] usbcore: deregistering interface driver uvcvideo
[ 1843.113280] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 1843.117712] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 Camera (0c45:62c0)
[ 1843.118464] uvcvideo: UVC non compliance - GET_DEF(PROBE) not supported. Enabling workaround.
[ 1843.118838] uvcvideo: Failed to query (129) UVC probe control : -32 (exp. 26).
[ 1843.118844] uvcvideo: Failed to initialize the device (-5).
[ 1843.118914] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 1843.118919] USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)

I have no /dev/video* and webcam doesn't work with cheese, luvcview, or anything else I could find.

I recently received this computer so I don't know if it's a regression, but I'd guess that it is. As the dmesg output above shows, I've tried removing and reinserting uvcvideo via modprobe to no avail. I'm not sure if this bug is related to bug #435352, though unlike this bug, other USB devices don't seem to be affected - they work fine.
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: seker 1266 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf8600000 irq 46'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,103c30cc,00100003 HDA:10573055,10573055,00100700'
   Controls : 20
   Simple ctrls : 12
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3a822187-952a-41fb-9cd8-4185c828e011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-10-generic root=UUID=65c51fb6-4258-40f3-90f8-9c582dbbedca ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-10.15~lucid1-generic 2.6.35-rc5
Regression: No
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
Reproducible: Yes
Tags: lucid needs-upstream-testing
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-10-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 06/16/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.58
dmi.board.name: 30CC
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 79.2E
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.58:bd06/16/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6700NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30CC:rvr79.2E:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi bp0,

Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/current/ . If the issue remains, please run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 603346

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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I also tried using with the daily live CD build of Maverick Meercat (23 July 2010) as suggested above and it didn't work either.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu development release http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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[PaiSand (paisand)]

Is not solved yet, please reopen it.

[Techie (adzinets)]

This problem started happening on my Dell XPS M1330 after upgrading to 10.10. The fix is to build and install the latest version of uvcvideo as described here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=844580