Forgot to mention, this is only an issue with Skype. In both guvcview and firefox, the webcam just works. On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 9:19 PM, Marc Ranolfi <marc.2377@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I use skypeforlinux-stable-bin-8.18.0.6-1 and an USB webcam. > > Upon updating to the 4.16 series kernel, I noticed my webcam was not > working in Skype, but instead a black screen was shown. > > Then, after checking 'ls -ltrh /dev/video*' I found these: > > crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 Apr 21 21:11 /dev/video1 > crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Apr 21 21:11 /dev/video0 > > This suggested that a "second" device was being detected. I launched Skype > again and found it was possible to actually change the input video device > to this, and it worked. > > > Any clues on why the new kernel is creating two video devices for one > hardware? >
