Are you using System> Preferences> Sound> Default sound card to select the new webcam? What happens if you select it after hotplugging it (do both gxine and totem play audible volume correctly)?
-- totem won't start after new audio device is added https://launchpad.net/bugs/44596 -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
