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Re: camera is not working with yesterday s update

 

Just a guess, but for instance, starting uTorch, or Authenticator's QR
code scanner (and all other apps that somehow use the camera) breaks the
camera. Could it be you guys have something like that running when it
breaks?

On 09.09.2015 14:45, Jim Hodapp wrote:
> Awesome, thanks Olivier.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Olivier Tilloy
> <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>     On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Jim Hodapp <jim.hodapp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:jim.hodapp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>         On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 4:55 AM, Olivier Tilloy
>         <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         <mailto:olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>             On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Brendan Donegan
>             <brendan.donegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>             <mailto:brendan.donegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>                 I saw this recently and just had to reboot the phone
> 
> 
>             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).
> 
> 
>         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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