Comment 4 for bug 289546

It is invalid because there is no bug. It works as it has to at the
moment. If you are looking for a gui or something for the firmware
extraction, you should make a feature request for the ift maintainer.

Ricky

On Oct 28, 2008, at 1:25 PM, beauman <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi! The bug as described is not more valid. But it's still not working
> out of the box. You still have to do a lot of "old-skool"-linux stuff
> at the terminal to make it work. So somehow the bug should still be
> marked as active.
>
> Regards, beauman
>
> Am Montag, den 27.10.2008, 21:19 +0000 schrieb Ricky Campbell:
>> ** Changed in: mactel-support
>> Status: New => Invalid
>>
>> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>> Status: New => Invalid
>>
>
> --
> iSight on MacBook 4,1 does not work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289546
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>
> Status in Mactel Support: Invalid
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic
>
> Hardware:
>
> ~$ sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
> MacBook4,1
>
> Linux: Ubuntu 8.10 RC
>
> The built-in iSight Webcam does not work. I have tested it with
> "Ekiga", Version 2.0.12.
>
> I also tried to make it work according to the MacBook Ubuntu
> community documentation:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook
>
> I tried:
>
> sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sda2 /mnt
> sudo cp /mnt/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/
> PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/* /lib/firmware/$
> (uname -r)
>
> And in /etc/default/acpi-support:
> MODULES="isight_usb"
>
> The kernel seems to be loading the driver:
>
> ~$ lsmod | grep sight
> isight_firmware 11008 0
> usbcore 148848 10
> btusb,
> appletouch,
> appleir,isight_firmware,usb_storage,usbhid,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
>
> But still no webcam in ekiga.
>
> Maybe related to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/251838
>
> Regards, beauman
>
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