Comment 34 for bug 1433906

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Victor van der Lee (vic-vdlee) wrote : Re: [Bug 1433906] Re: Acer, Inc ID 5986:055a is useless after 14.04.2 installed.

Can someone please post the solution for someone (like me) who doesn't
write code ?

Thank you,
Victor.

2016-05-05 13:51 GMT+02:00 Reinhard Kreuzer <email address hidden>:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad E555 with Ubuntu 16.04 Unity.
> I applied the patch from Ralf Lübben and now the webcam works.
> Though, the patch didn't work at first due to wrong path '---
> a/drivers/...' and '+++ b/driver/...', but typing the full path manually
> after it asked me to worked fine.
>
> Thank you,
> Reinhard
>
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> Title:
> Acer, Inc ID 5986:055a is useless after 14.04.2 installed.
>
> Status in HWE Next:
> Won't Fix
> Status in linux-lts-utopic package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in linux-lts-vivid package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in linux-lts-wily package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in linux-lts-xenial package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in linux package in Arch Linux:
> New
> Status in Fedora:
> Unknown
>
> Bug description:
> CID : 201411-16166 Lenovo E450 (I+A) with 14.04.2 (utopic)
> CID : 201408-15472 Lenovo E555 (A+A) with 14.04.2 (utopic)
>
> Steps:
> 1. Install 14.04.2 on E450 or E555.
> 2. Log in system and open a terminal.
> 3. $ gst-launch-0.10 v4l2src ! xvimagesink
>
> Expected result:
> Camara is activated
>
> Actual result:
> $ gst-launch-0.10 v4l2src ! xvimagesink
> Setting pipeline to PAUSED ...
> ERROR: Pipeline doesn't want to pause.
> ERROR: from element /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0: Cannot
> identify device '/dev/video0'.
> Additional debug info:
> v4l2_calls.c(497): gst_v4l2_open ():
> /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src0:
> system error: No such file or directory
> Setting pipeline to NULL ...
> Freeing pipeline ...
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: linux-image-3.16.0-30-generic 3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1 [modified:
> boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-30-generic]
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
> Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Thu Mar 19 02:21:31 2015
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-16 (2 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
> (20150218.1)
> SourcePackage: linux-lts-utopic
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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