In short, you need to enable the UVC_QUIRK_PROBE_DEF quirk by following these steps:
1. Unplug your webcam
2. Unload the uvcvideo module (sudo rmmod uvcvideo)
3. Reload the module with the quirks parameter set to 0x100 (sudo modprobe uvcvideo quirks=0x100)
4. Replug your webcam
I found a solution to this bug, please see my post here:
http:// forums. linuxmint. com/viewtopic. php?f=49& t=170425
In short, you need to enable the UVC_QUIRK_PROBE_DEF quirk by following these steps:
1. Unplug your webcam
2. Unload the uvcvideo module (sudo rmmod uvcvideo)
3. Reload the module with the quirks parameter set to 0x100 (sudo modprobe uvcvideo quirks=0x100)
4. Replug your webcam