Webcam Causing Mint 12 to Freeze

[cwwgateway]

I have a Logitech C270 Webcam, and (at least I think) it is causing Mint 12 to freeze. By freeze I mean I just can't click on anything. The reason I think that it's my webcam is because if I press ctrl+alt+f2, it says

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[2091.900198](This number is one of many I've had) 3:3:4: cannot set freq 4800 to ep 0x86

I did a google search for this error and apparently it has something to do with my webcam. I unplugged my webcam about 3 minutes ago, and it hasn't frozen yet, but I would like to be able to use my webcam.

[xenopeek]

A day later, was unplugging the webcam in fact the solution to your crashing?

[cwwgateway]

Sorry for not getting back sooner, but I got sick . I'm better now, though, and unplugging it did stop it from freezing. I'd still like to actually use the webcam without freezing.

[xenopeek]

Plug it in, then share the output of:

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lsusb

So we know for sure what webcam it is.

[cwwgateway]

Here is the line for the webcam:

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Bus 002 Device 007: ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270


[RadonCyesBeta]

Hi,

as I am experiencing a very similar problem with the same hardware (Mint slowing down, pulseaudio disfunctional, same error message), I was wondering if a resolution for this problem has been identified already.

What I can do is

- Plug in the camera only after I have logged in, but then the internal microphone is not functional
- Try to unload snd-usb-audio, because that stops the problem, but also renders the internal mic disfunctional

Any advice would be appreciated, I am also willing to test,

Thanks!

[cwwgateway]

Hi,

as I am experiencing a very similar problem with the same hardware (Mint slowing down, pulseaudio disfunctional, same error message), I was wondering if a resolution for this problem has been identified already.

What I can do is

- Plug in the camera only after I have logged in, but then the internal microphone is not functional
- Try to unload snd-usb-audio, because that stops the problem, but also renders the internal mic disfunctional

Any advice would be appreciated, I am also willing to test,

Thanks!

I still haven't figured out how to make the webcam to work. I've mostly given up on finding a solution, so sorry . I got a new laptop with hybrid graphics, so I've been focusing my efforts on trying to make that work.

[chamillo]

I also have a webcam C270 and the video works, but the microphone doesn't. It used to work fine with LinuxMint 11, but it is unusable with version 12. I can't use Skype anymore and I have a premium account with Skype. I hope someone is working on a solution.

[RadonCyesBeta]

Hi,

what has turned out to be most successful on my machine in the following:

• Plug the camera only once once needs it, i.e. after booting, logging in, and starting Skype. It will work maybe 50% of the times I do it.
• If that does not help, launch the following script:
  
  

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  #!/bin/sh

sudo rmmod -w snd-usb-audio
sleep 10s
sudo modprobe snd-usb-audio


  
  
  That will it bring up to 90% total.

I know this is not entirely satisfactory, but it's the best I can come up with at the moment ...

[chamillo]

In the couple of times that I got my computer to recognize the microphone, the recording sounds like I'm an extraterrestrial. Still no luck