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Ubuntu 15.04 (vivid) reached end-of-life on February 4, 2016. Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported in a currently supported version of Ubuntu? Please let us know if you do and in which version of Ubuntu otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time. Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better. Paul White [Ubuntu Bug Squad] ** Changed in: cheese (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cheese in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1491465 Title: cannot take photos in cheese Status in cheese package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When I press capture photo in cheese it shows "There was a error playing video from web cam." Photo is not stored. Terminal spits the following libv4l2: error setting pixformat: Device or resource busy (cheese:10547): cheese-WARNING **: Device '/dev/video0' is busy: gstv4l2object.c(2838): gst_v4l2_object_set_format (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:video_source: Call to S_FMT failed for YU12 @ 1280x720: Device or resource busy This bug makes cheese unusable ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: cheese 3.14.1-2ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28-generic 3.19.8-ckt4 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Sep 2 20:35:29 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-20 (13 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: cheese UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1491465/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp