Webcam not working on Cheese

[Jason Odoom]

It worked previously on Saucy but not on Trusty.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: cheese 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Apr 11 22:22:31 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-04 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cheese
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-11 (1 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[anthony wildman (theanthonywildman)]

I has this problem and I simply re-installed v4l driver and the v4l control panel, and now my webcam is now working. :)

[Magus (davdeclerck)]

Hi, I don't know if this can help since I'm on a different distribution, but I had a similar problem which was caused by a too high default webcam resolution under cheese. Lowering the webcam resolution settings in cheese and restarting the application solved the problem.

[Jason Odoom (jasonodoom)]

Thanks for the suggestion Magus. It still doesn't work for me. My webcam
may be broken then.

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Magus <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi, I don't know if this can help since I'm on a different distribution,
> but I had a similar problem which was caused by a too high default
> webcam resolution under cheese. Lowering the webcam resolution settings
> in cheese and restarting the application solved the problem.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306862
>
> Title:
> Webcam not working on Cheese
>
> Status in cheese package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> It worked previously on Saucy but not on Trusty.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: cheese 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8
> Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Fri Apr 11 22:22:31 2014
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-04 (7 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64
> (20131016.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: cheese
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-11 (1 days ago)
>
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[PabloAB (pabloab777)]

Tried sudo cheese, or cheese -d "/dev/video0" with no luck.
guvcview works with internal webcam. With an external work but VERY laggy.