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[Ricky Campbell <cyberdork33@xxxxxxxxx>]

You have to use the iSight-Firmware-Tools package to extract the
firmware from the file you copied and place the resulting isight.fw file
in /lib/firmware

** Also affects: mactel-support
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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iSight on MacBook 4,1 does not work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289546
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic

Hardware:

~$ sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name
MacBook4,1

Linux: Ubuntu 8.10 RC

The built-in iSight Webcam does not work. I have tested it with "Ekiga", Version 2.0.12.

I also tried to make it work according to the MacBook Ubuntu community documentation:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook

I tried:

sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sda2 /mnt
sudo cp /mnt/System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBVideoSupport.kext/Contents/MacOS/* /lib/firmware/$(uname -r)

And in /etc/default/acpi-support:
MODULES="isight_usb"

The kernel seems to be loading the driver:

~$ lsmod | grep sight
isight_firmware        11008  0 
usbcore               148848  10 btusb,appletouch,appleir,isight_firmware,usb_storage,usbhid,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

But still no webcam in ekiga.

Maybe related to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/251838

Regards, beauman