Public bug reported: Cheese fails to capture video from the webcam after taking a photo. Running Cheese from the terminal prompts the following error:
libv4l2: error setting pixformat: Device or resource busy (cheese:5170): 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 @ 640x480: Device or resource busy My camera needs the r5u87x firmware from this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~r5u87x-loader/+archive/ubuntu/ppa ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: cheese 3.14.1-2ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 28 20:20:38 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-28 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422) SourcePackage: cheese UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: cheese (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1449829 Title: There was an error playing video from the webcam after taking photo. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cheese/+bug/1449829/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs