iMac iSight problem!!

[h.chua]

This is regarding the built in iSight in my iMac. For the longest time I haven't been able to use it because it always says this when I run PhotoBooth: Photo Booth cannot open because no camera is attached or the camera is in use by another application. I tried quitting everything, but still to no avail. I figured that I may have installed something, but I can't track it anymore. I used the activity monitor in utilities to quit all the apps which I think can be stopped, but I still can't run it. I've also tried restarting it and running Photobooth first. Any thoughts?

738 pmTool root 0.70 1 1.19 MB 36.46 MB Intel
737 Activity Monitor Chua 0.70 3 10.03 MB 251.51 MB Intel
724 Shiira Chua 0.00 6 53.79 MB 287.45 MB Intel
265 AppleSpell Chua 0.00 1 1.89 MB 37.75 MB Intel
257 Adium Chua 0.10 9 26.13 MB 271.86 MB Intel
255 translate Chua 0.00 5 10.16 MB 116.28 MB PowerPC
245 slpd root 0.00 6 1,004.00 KB 30.16 MB Intel
234 mdimport Chua 0.00 4 4.11 MB 40.30 MB Intel
216 automount root 0.00 3 1.06 MB 28.72 MB Intel
200 Stickies DashboardClient Chua 0.00 3 6.38 MB 226.59 MB Intel
192 automount root 0.00 3 1.11 MB 29.01 MB Intel
189 rpc.lockd root 0.00 1 188.00 KB 26.66 MB Intel
180 nfsiod root 0.00 5 184.00 KB 28.61 MB Intel
166 ntpd root 0.00 1 404.00 KB 27.07 MB Intel
150 lookupd root 0.00 2 1.36 MB 28.50 MB Intel
144 System Events Chua 0.00 1 3.45 MB 215.90 MB Intel
142 Microsoft AU Daemon Chua 0.00 2 8.37 MB 284.07 MB PowerPC
139 Finder Chua 0.00 3 13.96 MB 250.74 MB Intel
137 SystemUIServer Chua 0.00 2 5.89 MB 229.25 MB Intel
134 Dock Chua 0.00 2 6.34 MB 209.92 MB Intel
130 pbs Chua 0.00 2 2.23 MB 54.72 MB Intel
127 qmasterd root 0.00 2 4.81 MB 105.58 MB PowerPC
119 loginwindow Chua 0.00 3 4.19 MB 218.36 MB Intel
116 translated root 0.00 1 252.00 KB 36.36 MB Intel
115 mds root 0.00 8 5.39 MB 42.89 MB Intel
112 qmasterd root 0.00 2 6.92 MB 103.95 MB PowerPC
111 ATSServer Chua 0.00 2 7.49 MB 97.03 MB Intel
105 AppleFileServer root 0.00 2 4.17 MB 33.39 MB Intel
69 crashreporterd root 0.00 1 224.00 KB 27.10 MB Intel
61 coreservicesd root 0.00 3 13.20 MB 49.86 MB Intel
60 blued root 0.00 1 2.00 MB 36.95 MB Intel
59 distnoted root 0.00 1 912.00 KB 27.01 MB Intel
58 WindowServer windowserver 0.20 3 42.71 MB 242.81 MB Intel
49 update root 0.60 1 224.00 KB 26.60 MB Intel
45 DirectoryService root 0.00 3 2.62 MB 29.75 MB Intel
42 notifyd root 0.00 2 472.00 KB 27.20 MB Intel
41 securityd root 0.00 1 2.18 MB 28.68 MB Intel
40 memberd root 0.00 3 636.00 KB 27.64 MB Intel
39 diskarbitrationd root 0.00 1 1.15 MB 27.14 MB Intel
38 coreaudiod root 0.00 1 2.53 MB 32.23 MB Intel
37 configd root 0.00 3 1.94 MB 29.13 MB Intel
35 syslogd root 0.00 1 420.00 KB 26.63 MB Intel
34 netinfod root 0.00 1 568.00 KB 26.92 MB Intel
33 mDNSResponder root 0.00 4 1.11 MB 28.38 MB Intel
32 KernelEventAgent root 0.00 2 624.00 KB 27.18 MB Intel
27 kextd root 0.00 2 1.02 MB 27.54 MB Intel
23 dynamic_pager root 0.00 1 168.00 KB 26.61 MB Intel
1 launchd root 0.00 3 532.00 KB 27.67 MB Intel
0 kernel_task root 0.60 44 77.41 MB 1.07 GB Intel




Here's a list of my processes after quitting those that I think I can do without for now. I just want to know why the iSight isn't working. I also disabled all of my widgets except for the Stickies widget..

[icetraxx626]

Have you tried repairing permissions?

[h.chua]

yes, i have. i really have no clue on why this is happening. i even checked startup items and disabled the apps i think would be using the webcam.

[elbert]

have you tried using an alternate user account?

[Theus]

could be one of your external usb devices conflicts with it (check under system profiler if built-in i-sight is there).

[h.chua]

checked under system profiler.. under hardware.. there's no isight there.. what do i do? under the usb device tree.. these are the thigns connected.. one usb bus has the bluetooth hcl and ir receiver, while another is usb high speed bus --usb2.0 hub--apple optical usb mouse and hub in apple pro keyboard--apple pro keyboard.. what do i do?

[h.chua]

have you tried using an alternate user account?

yup.. still to no avail.

[mikeygar]

any update on this? I have a macbook core 2 duo and have the same problems. No isight listed in the system profiler and have found little help on the web. It was suggested that I reset my PMU and my PRAM but it didn't help.

My isight works in windows via bootcamp btw so its not a hardware problem. Is there a way to force refresh the USB detection in Tiger?

[surgfish]

HOw bout reformatting everything

[rudeboy]

reformatting everything sounds harsh. i hope there is an easier solution. i have the same problem on my black macbook, isight is being used by another application even if it is not. it happened right after i updated to 10.4.10. when i use old "powerPC" programs like "camgrabber" the isight works. but when i use photobooth or ichatAV it says the isight is in use by another application even if it is not.

i've tried resetting PRAM, rebooting in safe mode, repairing permissions, re-updating 10.4.10, and creating another user profile. still no isight for photobooth or any "universal" programs.

help!