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Black MacBook Webcam not working

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http://askubuntu.com – I have a 2006 13 inch macbook that I put Ubuntu on after buying a new hard drive. Everything is working great, however, I can't seem to get the webcam to work. I was pretty sure I'm missing a driver for it, but when I looked into it, it looked like the driver was already there. Maybe the file got corrupted or something? Any suggestions? (HowTos)

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