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Re: camera is not working with yesterday s update

 

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Jim Hodapp <jim.hodapp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 4:55 AM, Olivier Tilloy <
> olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Brendan Donegan <
>> brendan.donegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> I saw this recently and just had to reboot the phone
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>> It happens to me from time to time on my e4.5 running rc-proposed. I
>> haven’t been able to find a reliable way to reproduce it though. When it
>> happens, it seems that only a reboot is able to make the camera work again
>> (it’s always happened while I was on the go without a laptop and cable to
>> properly debug the issue).
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> I'm curious, does this ever happen to you right after a reboot as well, or
> does the reboot always seem to fix the issue? I'm trying to get a feel for
> if this is a timing issue or not. Also, someone should file a bug for this
> against qtubuntu-camera here:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtubuntu-camera/+filebug
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtubuntu-camera/+filebug>
>

It never happened just after a reboot. IIRC it always happened after using
the camera app, then switching to some other task, then switching back to
the camera app.
I haven’t filed a bug yet as I haven’t found a reliable way to reproduce it
yet. Will file one anyway.

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