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ubiquity package

'Choose a picture' generates shifted picture when using 'Take Photo'

Bug #981644 reported by iGadget
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Just take a look at the attached screenshot.
To clearly illustrate the issue, I held the cover of my copy of StarTrek First Contact in front of the webcam.

On my desktop with a separate USB webcam, I get the same result AND I am also unable to take a second shot (image freezes after the first shot). This might be related to the webcam being an old USB1 model.

If any more info is needed, I'll happily provide.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.312
Date: Sat Apr 14 16:26:13 2012
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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lp:ubiquity
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iGadget (igadget) wrote :
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iGadget (igadget) wrote :

Oh and what's more - the photo itself is not even being used in the final install (and I cannot find it anywhere either). Should this be filed as a separate bug?

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Stéphane Graber (stgraber) wrote :

The photo should end up in ~/.face and will be used by the screensaver and maybe the IM client.
Since the switch to lightdm it indeed no longers show up on the login screen.

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iGadget (igadget) wrote :

Stéphane, thanks for your comment. So in which screensaver is it used? Because by default the screen just blanks and when resuming the login prompt appears. I noticed the photo was not used there either. There is also no ~/.face (perhaps that is the root issue in this case).

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.13.17

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ubiquity (2.13.17) raring; urgency=low

  * Remove webcam step (LP: #1118589):
    - User testing showed people are not expecting to be photographed and
      raise privacy concerns as to where the picture will be uploaded to.
    - Provides limited benefit, as avatar only ever shown on multi-login
      systems in the switch user indicator / pkexec.
    - Crashes the installer or doesn't work with certain webcams.
    - Miss detects camera presence, when it's just a sensor.
    - The recommendation is to move webcam test to checkbox / hw testing,
      as video conferencing is very popular these days and should work
      reliably out of the box.
    - LP: #924419 , LP: #981644 , LP: #987392, LP: #1152254, LP: #843354,
      LP: #1008204, LP: #1021449, LP: #1082458, LP: #1103780, LP: #1142751
  * Do not count optional pages, when updating the progress dots. This
    fixes "Porgress dots, well don't progress after partman step"
    LP: #1152746
  * Do not mark explanatory text on "Installation Type" screen
    insensitive, as otherwise it's ineligible (LP: #1074386)
 -- Dmitrijs Ledkovs <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:17:51 +0000

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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