Bug 788748 - Webcam recognized but not working on sony vaio sa3
Summary: Webcam recognized but not working on sony vaio sa3
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-02-08 22:49 UTC by Daniel Mircea
Modified: 2012-02-15 21:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-02-15 21:11:25 UTC
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Description Daniel Mircea 2012-02-08 22:49:43 UTC 
Created attachment 560403 [details]
Dmesg output

Description of problem:
Notebook webcam not working - although, curiously there even is a /dev/video0 entry.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run "cheese"
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Actual results:
Webcam light turns on, cheese acts as if a camera is working fine, you can even save screenshots. However, the image is blank (black).


Expected results:
An image.


Additional info:

Smolt profile: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_b6d604da-b141-4922-b29c-498110fa4d2b
Comment 1 Daniel Mircea 2012-02-15 21:11:25 UTC 
Installing the r5u87x-firmware package solved the problem. 

It would had been great if this was installed by default.
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