Integrated webcam no longer working after latest system update (April 13, 2022).

Bug #1968938 reported by Kevin Scobey
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linux-hwe-5.13 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The 'Cheese' application states "no device found". This problem has happened before. It seems like sometimes system updates fix the issue; however, the most recent update seems to have re-broken the webcam.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: webcam (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-39.44~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Apr 13 19:39:41 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-02-16 (56 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xawtv
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Kevin Scobey (kmscedarwood) wrote :
affects: ubuntu → linux-hwe-5.13 (Ubuntu)
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