Yay, I fixed the B&W issue. I downloaded setpwc from the repositories and ran ~$setpwc -x to restore the factory defaults.
Now Skype, cheese and ekiga are in full Technicolor! Hats off to Loïc Minier. -- cheese and other webcam software malfunctioning with PWC webcam (was cheese doesn't work with my webcam (Philips PCVC740K ToUcam Pro)) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282473 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