I installed ubuntu 12.04 on my imac G5 and I need help detecting my internal camera, help!

Can you please give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

Thanks

Hi,
Thanks for responding. My output from "lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb" is :
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux jessica-iMac 3.2.0-25-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 20:33:05 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 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 001 Device 002: ID 05ac:1006 Apple, Inc. Hub in Aluminum Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:8300 Apple, Inc. Built-in iSight (no firmware loaded)
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 05ac:0304 Apple, Inc. Optical USB Mouse [Mitsumi]
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05ac:8240 Apple, Inc. IR Receiver [built-in]
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 05ac:0220 Apple, Inc. Aluminum Keyboard (ANSI)
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05ac:8206 Apple, Inc. Bluetooth HCI

Good so far, does it work in cheese? What have you tested the webcam with?

No, it does not work with cheese, or skype or gmail. When I try to open cheese it says, "no device found".
Thanks.

ok run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mactel-support/ppa
sudo apt-get install isight-firmware-tools

Reboot and retest

Alright, I performed the above actions, rebooted and retested and I'm still getting the same "No device found" message on cheese.

ok reboot and run:

dmesg | grep -i sight

What is output?

Input of "dmesg | grep -i sight" is :
[ 12.256497] Unable to load isight firmware
[ 12.257326] usbcore: registered new interface driver isight_firmware

Try:

sudo ift-extract -a /lib/firmware/AppleUSBVideoSupport -f /lib/firmware/isight.fw

Source:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=764616

This is my output from "sudo ift-extract -a /lib/firmware/AppleUSBVideoSupport -f /lib/firmware/isight.fw" :
Error: Unknown option -f/lib
Usage:
  ift-extract [OPTION...] - built-in iSight firmware extractor and patcher

Help Options:
  -h, --help Show help options

Application Options:
  -a, --apple-driver Path to the AppleUSBVideoSupport driver file.
  -d, --output-directory=/lib/firmware Output firmware directory
  -f, --output-filename=isight.fw Name of the output firmware file

AppleUSBVideoSupport driver is usualy found in /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/ in your Mac OS X root volume.

If you have a non-working Apple driver file, please send it to https://bugs.launchpad.net/isight-firmware-tools/+filebug withmachine description and OS X version.

Did you read the rest of the page I linked...

Yes I read the link and followed the steps, still not working.