<resolved> no longer detecting camera

[cj123]

Hi, I have been using my built-in webcam with skype successfully for a few weeks, but this morning it is no longer detected. I checked to see if it would work with camorama but I get the error: "could not detect video device (/dev/video0)." Not sure what changed overnight. I installed dvd:rip. Maybe it changed some video settings? No clue. If someone could link me to some info about how to troubleshoot I would be thankful. I'm at a loss and need some place to start (should I be uninstalling and reinstalling firmware or programs?)

I have a 2007 macbook 3,1 with isight camera. I'm running Mint 14 xfce.

lsusb

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Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05ac:8501 Apple, Inc. Built-in iSight [Micron]
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05ac:8205 Apple, Inc. Bluetooth HCI
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 05ac:8242 Apple, Inc. IR Receiver [built-in]
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 05ac:0229 Apple, Inc. Internal Keyboard/Trackpad (MacBook Pro) (ANSI)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub



I already tried this (posted elsewhere):

Go into Control Centre, then Users and Groups. Then Advanced Settings, and enter your password. Go to User Privileges Tab, and scroll to bottom of list and check "use video devices". Then reboot or log out and back in again.

no luck. Can't find much else.
Thanks!

edit: Problem solved even though I don't understand how. I did three things and one of them fixed this weird problem (or none of them and it fixed itself!) 1) Someone said on the ubuntu forum that there is some sort of conflict between it and pulse or Alsa. Directions were to unmute everything and reboot. 2) I had forgotten that I made one other change: setting up splash in <startup and sessions>. I set this back to no splash. Not sure what effect it would have but I figured it was not my usual boot routine so best revert. 3) In <startup and session> I also selected mounthelper in the autostart tab, figuring that might help if something wasn't being automounted. But I'm not sure if that is even what mounthelper does.