Comment 4 for bug 542042
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| Mark Schroeder (earth2mark-eeepc) wrote Re: Regression: skype webcam (Chicony CNF7129) image very dark on Asus 1000HE on Karmic (9.10) UNR | #4 |
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A fix for this issue was just checked into the uvcvideo repository by Laurent Pinchart. It should be picked up by the V4L maintainer soon. Laurent indicated it should be in 2.6.36. I was the person who tested Laurent's change for this camera, and the fix is *very* conservative, safe, and camera specific (via a new quirk). The fix affects the uvcvideo kernel module, which makes it difficult (inaccessible) for most novice Ubuntu users, as the kernel module has to be rebuilt and installed.
What is the process to argue for picking this up in Ubuntu Lucid? 2.6.36 seems a long way away today, and there are so many Asus EEE 1000HE netbooks and other Asus laptops affected by this issue that could be easily fixed in the Lucid LTS.
For additional information, look for the Chicony CNF7129 camera entry (04f2:b071) and footnotes on:
http://
I'd like to thank Laurent Pinchart here as well for working with me to address this issue.