after talking with apw on IRC he believes these error messages are related (I'm getting them on all 3.5 kernels)
[ 56.371296] 5:-1:3: cannot set freq 32000 to ep 0x86 [ 56.375416] 5:-1:3: cannot set freq 32000 to ep 0x86 [ 56.379552] 5:-1:3: cannot set freq 32000 to ep 0x86 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1021261 Title: Web Cam No Longer works with 3.5.0-3-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1021261/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs