I am running an HP ProBook 4730s with an HD web cam. Here is the error when I run cheese from a terminal:
(cheese:4664): Gdk-WARNING **: The program 'cheese' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
(Details: serial 148 error_code 1 request_code 154 minor_code 19)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cheese 3.4.1-0ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic-pae 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 24 10:55:09 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 4730s
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_ZA:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
cheese 3.4.1-0ubuntu2.1
cheese-common 3.4.1-0ubuntu2.1
SourcePackage: cheese
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68SRR Ver. F.28
dmi.board.name: 167C
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 22.23
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SRRVer.F.28:bd06/26/2012:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook4730s:pvrA0001D02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn167C:rvrKBCVersion22.23:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 4730s
dmi.product.version: A0001D02
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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