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I found some bugs in Ubuntu 11.04 beta 2. This one is about my
integrated webcam not being detected.

My netbook is the new MSI wind U270. This one:
http://www.laptopshop.nl/product/127746/msi-wind-12-u270-004nl.html

I found a number of links, like this one:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1629538
which mentioned I could find information about my webcam with commands like lsusb, lsmod, dmesg.
If I run gstreamer properties in the terminal, it opens the "Multimedia Systems Selector". I can then test the video input, and get the following message:
[quote]
Video for Linux 2 (v4l2): Cannot identify device '/dev/video0'
[/quote]

And this is the output from the terminal:
[code]
~$ gstreamer-properties
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'artsdsink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'esdsink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sunaudiosink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'glimagesink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sdlvideosink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'v4lmjpegsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'qcamsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'v4lsrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'esdmon'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sunaudiosrc'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Error running pipeline 'Video for Linux 2 (v4l2)': Cannot identify device '/dev/video0'. [v4l2_calls.c(493): gst_v4l2_open (): /GstPipeline:pipeline0/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src1:
system error: No such file or directory]
gstreamer-properties-Message: Error running pipeline 'Video for Linux 2 (v4l2)': Cannot identify device '/dev/video0'. [v4l2_calls.c(493): gst_v4l2_open (): /GstPipeline:pipeline7/GstV4l2Src:v4l2src2:
system error: No such file or directory]
[/code]

This is the output from lsusb:
[code]
~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c521 Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse Receiver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
[/code]

This is the output from lsmod | grep video:
[code]
lsmod | grep video
video 19438 0
[/code]

After installing cheese, it either gives me a message that it can't find a camera (no '/dev/video0') or it just doesn't open at all, and I have to force quit it.
I posted this is a forum, and was told to file this as a bug report, I hope this is useful.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Incomplete

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webcam not detected in ubuntu 11.04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/763977
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