webcam type : GEMBIRD usb webcam
webcam ID : 1908:2311
Program Used: cheese
error message:
libv4l2: error turning on stream: Input/output error (cheese:6118): cheese-WARNING **: Could not read from resource.: gstv4l2bufferpool.c(1023): gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_poll (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:video_source: poll error 1: Input/output error (5)
I also get a black screen with the sentence
there was an error playing video from the webcam
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1908:2311 GEMBIRD
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
uvcvideo 73728 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 16384 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 16384 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 49152 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_common 16384 1 videobuf2_core
videodev 139264 3 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core
media 24576 2 uvcvideo,videodev
cfg80211 462848 0
snd_intel8x0 40960 2
snd_ac97_codec 106496 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 16384 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 94208 2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0
snd_seq_midi 16384 0
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 28672 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 57344 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 28672 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
serio_raw 16384 0
vboxvideo 16384 0
snd 69632 11 snd_ac97_codec,snd_intel8x0,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
drm 286720 2 vboxvideo
vboxguest 229376 0
soundcore 16384 1 snd
8250_fintek 16384 0
i2c_piix4 20480 0
video 20480 0
mac_hid 16384 0
parport_pc 32768 0
ppdev 20480 0
lp 20480 0
parport 40960 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
autofs4 40960 2
psmouse 106496 0
ahci 28672 2
e1000 122880 0
libahci 32768 1 ahci
pata_acpi 16384 0
$ ls -l /dev/video*
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 Aug 12 10:17 /dev/video1