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linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 package

  1. Bug #196811
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 196811

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Alfredo Pironti (alfredo.pironti) wrote : Re: hal does not detect Quickcam Express as v4l-device

I start supposing that we're having a different problem here. You say that the webcam isn't recognized as a v4l device, so it cannot be used by
cheese, and other hal-enabled programs.

However, as your sysfs.tar.gz file says (and as I can reproduce locally on my machine), the
/sys/class/video4linux/video0
symlink is created when the cam is connected (and deleted when it's removed). This lets me think that the webcam is actually recognized as a video4linux device.
Still, I can reproduce the bug in Hardy.

Btw, I noticed that in freedesktop, the bug is reported with low priority (and here as undecided). I would say this bug is
more than low priority, because it makes (non-fundamental) hardware unusable, so it should be at least rated as normal.

Cheers,
Alfredo