[Bug 897792] Re: webcam led is on when camera is not really used

[Martin Pitt]

I'm afraid there's not much we can do here, for the same reasons as
stated in the Fedora bug.

** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #615589
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615589

** Also affects: linux (Fedora) via
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615589
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Package changed: udev (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  webcam led is on when camera is not really used

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Fedora:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  After I had upgraded from Natty to Oneiric I found that sometimes the
  led of my webcam was on after boot (ASUS K52 laptop). It makes me a
  bit nervous because I really don't want to have my webcam on while
  using laptop :)

  I tried to find out which program uses the webcam (lsof /dev/video0)
  but failed. Today I've found that led becomes active while any USB
  device is connected to laptop: USB flash drive or photo camera.

  This information helped me to find the problem on Fedora forum:

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615589

  so I know that even `sudo udevadm trigger --action=add` leads to led
  flash

  Unfortunatelly they have no solution, me either.

  I believe the problem is somewhere in new udev rules because I never
  noticed this problem in Natty before

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: udev 173-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov 29 21:19:43 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K52F
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=4e4cc7d6-9f02-49c1-8151-15b191c8c4c5 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: udev
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-09 (19 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/12/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: K52F.218
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: K52F
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK52F.218:bd07/12/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK52F:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK52F:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: K52F
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

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