David , thanks for following up.
Closing bug report since this is a driver issue and not a problem with cheese.
I also found Bug #120434 which seems to be about you webcam issue , you
could comment on the bug mentioning that the downloaded driver fixed
your webcam.
** Changed in: cheese (Ubuntu)
@Vish: There was no image. But I was able to solve the problem.
I googled around and found out there are deb packages out there for most
Sony computers like mine that uses the Sony Visual Communication Camera
as the webcam. Apparently, certain oem webcams (like my Sony VGN-SZ330P
laptop) uses the
Attaching the extracted debug log.
The log says it cant find your webcam.
Could you open up a terminal and enter the following command:
gstreamer-properties
Once you enter the command , a window will popup , with the title "Multimedia
system selector" ,
- select the "Video" tab
- Test the D
apport information
** Tags added: apport-collected
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: cheese
I'm not quite sure what the problem is but Cheese hangs when I start it
up. I don't know if the application is buggy on my computer or if it's
the webcam. The webcam doesn't turn on
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will
automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 606051
Remember to select the first option when prompted with a dialogue , it will
start
