History Brush won't work

It's an 8-bit PSD file. One layer (current, preferred edits) needs some pixels from the original (layer 0). I make sure to get just layer0 showing, make new snapshot, mark that for the Hx brush. Target the top layer/visible and go to where I want to repair the pixels. Paint with the Hx brush. NOTHING!
It was occasionally flakey in CS3 and CS5, but this is CS6 and should be rock-solid because I just upgraded.
Nope.
Any advice from history brush gurus?
Win7, maxed on RAM, huge HD, Quad core running at 3GHz each, graphics card enabled etc.

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