Bug in uvcvideo kernel module makes Fedora 16 LiveCD unusable for part of users

[Adam Williamson]

On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 00:41 +0200, Marcin Zajączkowski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Due to a kernel bug in uvcvideo module [1] Fedora 16 doesn't work
> properly with specific web camera model(s) (at least available in Asus
> N43S series). It's required to blacklist that module in
> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf (boot parameter rd.blacklist doesn't
> help) which is impossible with LiveCD (without ISO modification).
> 
> Maybe it would a good workaroud to temporarily blacklist that module in
> Fedora 16 (+ make a note in common bugs how to enable that module to use
> web camera) to allow those people to test further Fedora 16 version from
> LiveCD)?
> 
> [1] - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734963

Unless a lot more hardware is affected we likely wouldn't do that for a
pre-release, though a common bugs note is certainly a good idea.

I'd expect this to be fixed fairly quickly...
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