Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you ... i had the same errors as you did, but this command does work for me:
sudo rmmod gspca_spca500 sudo rmmod gspca_main sudo modprobe gspca_spca500 after plugging in the camera ... got the same dmesg output. haven't tries skype yet though -- GSPCA webcam no longer working: no /dev/video0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255678 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