Cheese crash on startup : cheese_camera_device_get_uuid: assertion `CHEESE_IS_CAMERA_DEVICE (device)' failed

[Mossroy]

On my computer, cheese crashes on startup.
When launching it from command-line, it gives the following error message :
** CRITICAL **: cheese_camera_device_get_uuid: assertion `CHEESE_IS_CAMERA_DEVICE (device)' failed

I have 2 video input devices on this computer :
- an USB webcam Hercules Dualpix Exchange, that I already tested on Ubuntu 10.04 : it was perfectly supported, without any extra drivers
- a PCI device to convert video from an analog source : Winfast TV 2000

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cheese 3.3.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic 3.2.5
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 10 13:33:22 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H55/H57-UD3H
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 cheese 3.3.5-0ubuntu1
 cheese-common 3.3.5-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: cheese
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-10 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/20/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F10
dmi.board.name: H55/H57-UD3H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF10:bd08/20/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnH55/H57-UD3H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnH55/H57-UD3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: H55/H57-UD3H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Mossroy (mossroy)]

Same crash with Cheese recently updated to version 3.3.90-0ubuntu1 on Precise alpha

[Efrain Valles (effie-jayx)]

I can confirm this bug as 3.3.90-0ubuntu1 is still the version available in Precise.

[Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Vadim Rutkovsky (roignac)]

Thanks, sent the bug upstream.

Could you please also verify that camera works on Video tab of 'gstreamer-properties'?

[Mossroy (mossroy)]

Yes, the webcam works when I test it via gstreamer-properties