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Created attachment 438721 [details] Output of: su -c 'lsusb -v' Description of problem: My web cam, a Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000, does not work on Fedora 13. I tried running the basic test at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_webcam_basic The test failed. When I open cheese, it shows an animation that I believe indicates it is initializing the webcam, but then I just get a black image (yes, I lifted the lens cover on the webcam). :^) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): $ rpm -qa | grep v4l xorg-x11-drv-v4l-0.2.0-4.fc13.1.i686 libv4l-0.7.91-1.fc13.i686 How reproducible: Run the program 'cheese' while the webcam is plugged into a USB port. The 'camorama' program also will not display an image. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the machine and login 2. Plug in the webcam 3. Menu -> Sound & Video -> Cheese Actual results: The window that should be displaying the webcam image is completely black. Expected results: I expect to see an image of whatever the webcam is aimed at. Additional info: $ rpm -qa | grep cheese cheese-libs-2.30.1-1.fc13.i686 cheese-2.30.1-1.fc13.i686
Hi, Thanks for the bug report. I have such a camera myself, and I can reproduce this. Try starting cheese again, or unplugging and re-plugging the camera, that usually fixes it. I'm afraid I don't have an easy way to properly fix this. The pwc driver which this camera uses is not in good state and is not actively maintained atm. I've put re-writing it on my todo list. But that is something which need to happen upstream, not in Fedora. So I'm going to close this bug with a resolution of upstream. Regards, Hans