[Bug 2927] System Freezes up on webcam use

[Marc Thomson]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/2927

Comment:
Same problem with Logitech Quickcam Communicator STX. Tried gnome-meeting and my entire system froze. Also noticed the same problem when accessing XSane. The camera's power light never turns off as expected.
I noticed during boot up that I receive a number of messages like this:

[   62.724973] usb 1-4.2: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[   62.853902] usb 1-4.2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 9
[   67.865183] usb 1-4.2: device descriptor read/8, error -110
[   72.973399] usb 1-4.2: device descriptor read/8, error -110
[   73.102328] usb 1-4.2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 10
[   78.112598] usb 1-4.2: device descriptor read/8, error -110
[   83.220818] usb 1-4.2: device descriptor read/8, error -110
[   83.469689] usb 1-4.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 11
[   86.494042] usb 1-4.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  101.609812] usb 1-4.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  101.738745] usb 1-4.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 12
[  104.763099] usb 1-4.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  119.879867] usb 1-4.3: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[  120.008800] usb 1-4.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 13
[  125.019072] usb 1-4.3: device descriptor read/8, error -110
[  130.127292] usb 1-4.3: device descriptor read/8, error -110
[  130.256225] usb 1-4.3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 14
[  135.266496] usb 1-4.3: device descriptor read/8, error -110
[  140.375716] usb 1-4.3: device descriptor read/8, error -110