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[Ross Gammon <retail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Christopher,
Unfortunately, when you follow the link given to the Packard Bell website, and enter your serial number, click on the latest BIOS, you are offered a choice of Windows or Windows. I downloaded the zip file anyway. Step 1 of the readme file says "Create a DOS disk", boot it, and run something_flash.bat. I no longer have Windows (yuck) on the machine, and cannot create a DOS disk.
Any ideas how to do this with Ubuntu? I assume it is the 93AP1P06.ROM file from the zip file that I need to use somehow.
The output of "sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date" gives:
P01-A3
08/21/2009
Regards,
Ross

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Title:
  041e:4065 Creative VF380 Live Webcam not working

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Camera worked fine when I was running Debian 6. It also worked during
  the installation routine for Ubuntu 12.10 when I successfully took a
  picture of myself for the login screen. The camera works in Cheese if
  I spin up a Fedora 17 Live DVD. But in Ubuntu 12.10 in cheese, skype,
  or Google+ all I ever get is a black screen.

  Running hwinfo --usb gives:
  ....
  16: USB 00.0: 0000 Unclassified device
    [Created at usb.122]
    Unique ID: FKGF.Dya+SKJZTL9
    Parent ID: pBe4.3f5c44ENLJ9
    SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0
    SysFS BusID: 2-1:1.0
    Hardware Class: unknown
    Model: "Creative VF0380 Live! Cam Optia Pro"
    Hotplug: USB
    Vendor: usb 0x041e "Creative Technology, Ltd"
    Device: usb 0x4065 "VF0380 Live! Cam Optia Pro"
    Revision: "1.00"
    Driver: "uvcvideo"
    Driver Modules: "uvcvideo"
    Device File: /dev/input/event3
    Device Files: /dev/input/event3, /dev/input/by-id/usb-Creative_Technology_Ltd_VF0380_Live__Cam_Optia_Pro-event-if00, /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:13.2-usb-0:1:1.0-event
    Device Number: char 13:67
    Speed: 480 Mbps
    Module Alias: "usb:v041Ep4065d0100dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc01ip00"
    Driver Info #0:
      Driver Status: uvcvideo is active
      Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe uvcvideo"
    Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
    Attached to: #15 (Hub)
  ....

  Running lsmod gives:
  .....
  uvcvideo               76750  0 
  videobuf2_core         32852  1 uvcvideo
  videodev              120310  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
  videobuf2_vmalloc      12861  1 uvcvideo
  snd_hwdep              17699  2 snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio
  videobuf2_memops       13405  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
  ....

  Running ls -l /dev/video0 gives:
  crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Apr 20 20:51 /dev/video0

  Running mplayer -tv device=/dev/video0 tv:// gives:
  MPlayer svn r34540 (Ubuntu), built with gcc-4.7 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
  mplayer: could not connect to socket
  mplayer: No such file or directory
  Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

  Playing tv://.
  TV file format detected.
  Selected driver: v4l2
   name: Video 4 Linux 2 input
   author: Martin Olschewski <olschewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   comment: first try, more to come ;-)
  v4l2: your device driver does not support VIDIOC_G_STD ioctl, VIDIOC_G_PARM was used instead.
  Selected device: VF0380 Live! Cam Optia Pro
   Capabilities:  video capture  streaming
   supported norms:
   inputs: 0 = Camera 1;
   Current input: 0
   Current format: YUYV
  v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument
  v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument
  v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument
  tv.c: norm_from_string(pal): Bogus norm parameter, setting default.
  v4l2: ioctl enum norm failed: Invalid argument
  Error: Cannot set norm!
  Selected input hasn't got a tuner!
  v4l2: ioctl set mute failed: Invalid argument
  Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_r600.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  [vdpau] Error when calling vdp_device_create_x11: 1
  ==========================================================================
  Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video
  Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
  VO: [xv] 640x480 => 640x480 Packed YUY2 
  Selected video codec: [rawyuy2] vfm: raw (RAW YUY2)
  ==========================================================================
  Audio: no sound
  Starting playback...
  v4l2: select timeout
  V:   0.0   2/  2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 
  v4l2: select timeout
  V:   0.0   4/  4 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0...........^C

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic 3.5.0-27.46
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46-generic 3.5.7.7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC2:  ross       2782 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  ross       2782 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  ross       2782 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
  Date: Sat Apr 20 21:32:56 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2a7632d5-38d0-4a51-a060-4ac37244a40a
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-01 (49 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  IwConfig:
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
   
   lo        no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: Packard Bell ixtreme M5120
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-27-generic root=UUID=b904d693-0a8e-488a-97e0-ae44536f5a3a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-27-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-27-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.95
  RfKill:
   
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/21/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: P01-A3
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: RS740
  dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP01-A3:bd08/21/2009:svnPackardBell:pnixtremeM5120:pvr:rvnPackardBell:rnRS740:rvr:cvnPackardBell:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: ixtreme M5120
  dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell

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