According to the gnome bugzilla report, this is a bug in the r5u870 driver not making the webcam known to HAL in the correct manner. You can update your HAL info manually though, by following the instructions here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531835#c16
-- [Hardy] webcam stopped working after last kernel update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219252 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
