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[Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Michael Zanetti
<michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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?

I do use uTorch and Authenticator occasionally, although never used
the QR code scanner part of the latter. I don’t recall whether I had
those apps running when the issue happened.

Is the fact that using an app that makes use of the camera breaks the
camera app a known issue, tracked by an existing bug report?


> 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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