It turns out that the webcam stopped working altogether, even on other operating systems. I believe Ubuntu fried the webcam firmware. So i returned it while my receipt and warranty were still valid and forgot to update this bug report. My apologies.
-- webcam not detected in lsusb, strange dmesg https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132857 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs