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Webcam on Lenovo U300s is not recognized by 12.04 LTS

Asked by Takashi Kawashima

I have Lenovo U300s running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (64bit) and have noticed recently that the camera on my machine is no longer working. I have tried a couple of webcam applications and neither recognized the camera.

Cheese:
** (cheese:4237): WARNING **: cheese-window.vala:1624: Error: No device found

Camorama:
"Could not connect to the video device (/dev/video0). Please check the connection."

Can someone verify this issue?

Thanks in advance.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

Thanks

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Takashi Kawashima (coolshades) said : 		#2

user@U300s-108028U:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux U300s-108028U 3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 8086:0189 Intel Corp.

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Takashi Kawashima (coolshades) said : 		#3

The output said "No LSB modules are available." Am I missing something?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

No, that's normal in Ubuntu.

Can you also give the output of:

lspci

Thanks

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Takashi Kawashima (coolshades) said : 		#5

Here you go.

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user@U300s-108028U:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QS67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (rev 34)
03:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

It doesn't seem to be detected at all. Are there any bugs regarding the system?
Do you dual bot the system?

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Takashi Kawashima (coolshades) said : 		#7

My apologies... it turned out to be a user error. I just noticed that F9 key was overlooked (Fn + F9 to turn on/off) -- How embarrassing!!!

Thanks a lot for the help. :)

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Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury) said : 		#8

Hi Takashi,

There is a bug[0] filed against Precise and also exists in Quantal for your model of laptop. Are you still able to use your webcam without issue? If so, can you post what kernel you are using?

Thanks in advance!

[0] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1015480