I have no idea how or why it happened. The video portion of the webcam works but not the microphone which used to work before.
Microphone works on Windows by the way, just stopped working on Ubuntu 12.10.
Webcam is a LifeCam VX-5500.
Here's some log files for now:
dmesg Log
Jan 3 15:47:17 dnb kernel: [ 901.502555] usb 2-1.7: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd
Jan 3 15:47:17 dnb kernel: [ 901.683560] usb 2-1.7: New USB device found, idVendor=045e, idProduct=072d
Jan 3 15:47:17 dnb kernel: [ 901.683566] usb 2-1.7: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Jan 3 15:47:17 dnb kernel: [ 901.683570] usb 2-1.7: Product: Microsoft® LifeCam VX-5500
Jan 3 15:47:17 dnb kernel: [ 901.683573] usb 2-1.7: Manufacturer: Microsoft
Jan 3 15:47:17 dnb mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 5: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.7"
Jan 3 15:47:17 dnb mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 5 was not an MTP device
Jan 3 15:47:17 dnb kernel: [ 901.690746] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Microsoft® LifeCam VX-5500 (045e:072d)
Jan 3 15:47:17 dnb kernel: [ 901.692781] input: Microsoft® LifeCam VX-5500 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.7/2-1.7:1.0/input/input18
Here's my:
lsmod | grep snd_
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32007 4
snd_hda_codec_realtek 127949 1
snd_hda_intel 33277 5
snd_hda_codec 126899 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 45541 0
snd_seq_oss 34148 0
snd_mixer_oss 22414 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 96369 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 61521 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29370 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14497 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd 82952 22 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
And last but not least:
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c31c Logitech, Inc. Keyboard K120 for Business
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1241:1166 Belkin MI-2150 Trust Mouse
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 045e:072d Microsoft Corp.
Let me know what I can try or if you guys need more information to rectify this issue.
Thanks in advance!
