vx-1000 green screen in ubuntu 9.04 tested with cheese

[linuxnoob18]

i had my microsoft vx-1000 lifecam workin in ubuntu 8.10 using this method http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=942915&highlight=microsoft+vx-1000 worked in 8.10 however when i did a fresh install of 9.04 and applied the same instructions it loads ok but when i tested with cheese and checked the output in the terminal i get

 libv4lconvert: Error decompressing JPEG: unknown huffman code: 0000ffd9
 libv4lconvert: Error decompressing JPEG: fill_nbits error: need 3 more bits
 libv4lconvert: Error decompressing JPEG: fill_nbits error: need 2 more bits
 libv4lconvert: Error decompressing JPEG: fill_nbits error: need 1 more bits
 libv4lconvert: Error decompressing JPEG: fill_nbits error: need 1 more bits

my kernel info:

Linux Liam 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

liam@Liam:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

[Richard (richpaulfahey)]

Confirmed. Have same issue myself. Would love to get this webcam working

[jordg (gbj)]

Confirmed.
Same green screen.
Same error

[PAFS123 (paulofrota88)]

i have the same problem and same webcam, it worked fine with kernel 2.6.28-11-generic, i updated to kernel 2.6.28-12 version and now it doesn't work, it shows that same error message.. and the green screen...

[kispityu (kispityu)]

Same problem. Green screen on cheese. Tried with skype also. The video test doesn't work, it close the skype, when I want to start it.

[Liel Fridman (lielft-deactivatedaccount)]

Solution: Complie the kernel yourself with or without KernelCheck.

[Stephen (sjspams)]

Problem still exists with Karmic alpha 3

[EPx (elvis-pfutzenreuter)]

Problem continues in 9.10 as of Aug 6.

[alex (1alex)]

Confirmed as of September 23rd 2009, using Karmic 9.10 up-to-date (also rebooted)

[Daniel Kutik (danielkutik)]

Problem is still there... 9.10 up-to-date

[PAFS123 (paulofrota88)]

i solved my problem updating my Kernel
at first i installed ubuntu 8.10, and my web-cam (microsoft vx-1000) didn't work, i tried updating to 9.10, but still didn't work
so... i went back to 8.10, and updated my kernel to the 6.12.29 version. My camera started to work, not as good as on vista, but it was good enough.
On the time that i was using my pc (i had some hardware problems and it's not with me right now) i had no problems after updating my kernel, and ubuntu was as stable as possible.

you can find a lot of info about how to update your kernel, on google. It's as simple as possible.

i don't have the exact tutorial that i used. This is the link of one tutorial that i found, and i think it's very similar to the one i used:
http://www.ramoonus.nl/2009/06/10/linux-kernel-2-6-30-installation-guide-for-ubuntu-and-debian-linux/

and this is the link of the different kernels that you can download from ubuntu: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

after updating the kernel i don't remember if i had to re install/compile all the drivers that i had downloaded previously, i probably did.
ps.: I only had one problem. When i updated my kernel it asked me to install one program, that i didn't have and i don't remember what was, but i just searched for it on the synaptic, installed, and it installed the kernel after that.

[PAFS123 (paulofrota88)]

and another simple tutorial:
http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2009/03/11/howto-update-ubuntu-with-latest-kernel/

sorry for the big post =]

[Stan (stan-linstal)]

Problem is still there in Ubuntu 9.10 RC.
- I tested it on 28-Oct-2009
- I'm using Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop
- Only operating system insatlled is Ubuntu 9.10 RC
- Only 2 additional application installed after the default installation were Cheese and Skype 2.1 beta.
- I tried to open Skype using: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype but it did not help
- Both Cheese and Skype detect the webcam but they both disply 'green screen'

[Stan (stan-linstal)]

I've just installed Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit) and the 'green screen' problem is still there

- I tested it on 30-Oct-2009
- I'm using Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop
- Ubuntu 9.10 is the only OS installed on the laptop
- Only 2 additional application installed after the default installation were Cheese and Skype 2.1 beta.
- Both Cheese and Skype detect the webcam but they both disply 'green screen'

[Richard (richpaulfahey)]

Problem exists with 64-bit Karmic Koala

[Paul Harkink (paul-paulharkink)]

Confirmed, bug still exists in Karmic Koala amd64 (clean install) with 2.6.31-14-generic.
Have a /dev/video0, but is shows a green screen with some static in the top. The LED in the VX1000 is turning on when you try a video preview though, so something is working.

[noreturn (w-platzer)]

Solved!

I followed instructions posted by SuperMau and can confirm that it is working. Tested with Skype 2.1.0.47 and Cheese.
See http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8238570

[EPx (elvis-pfutzenreuter)]

I can confirm that 'noreturn' hint works. For the first time, I had vx-1000 working in Linux.

I am still curious about 1) when this solution is going to be integrated into Ubunto; 2) exactly what does it fix

[twinkel (twinkel-zonnet)]

same issue with camera 0c45:612a green string with a few lines of random (not static as in moving) on the top
module loaded is gspca_sonixj
dev = /dev/video0

[Liel Fridman (lielft-deactivatedaccount)]

It works at Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1.

[Kabup (kabup2)]

I did upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04, and 0c45:0612a still not working, same issue as twinkel, cheese give me jpeg errors...

[Josepa (josepablo)]

Hi there... I have the same problem. Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid... and the solution provided by "noreturn" doesn't exists. The link doesn't work. Please, post the solution here. Thnx a lot.