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eduedix

Member

Registered: 2011-02-08

Posts: 35

lockup due to camera usage

i have been experiencing hard lockups due to camera usage such as whilst using skype or googletalk.
PC suddenly freezes and there is no other way to do anything other than holding down the power button to force shutdown. Does anyone else have this issue? How to resolve it?

Linux lenovo 3.2.9-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 1 09:31:13 CET 2012 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Thanks for your help.

tomegun

Developer

From: France

Registered: 2010-05-28

Posts: 661

Re: lockup due to camera usage

Sounds like a kernel bug. You are probably best off reporting it to the developers of your webcam module.