Lenovo usb webcam problem

I have a Lenovo usb webcam.  I believe all was fine out of the box until I started also using Logitech usb headset.  Now not working with or without headset.  No idea why headset would matter, but that's the only relevant event I can think of.
dmesg | tail
yields
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
gspca: probing 17ef:4802
vc032x: check sensor header 20
vc032x: Sensor ID 143a (3)
vc032x: Find Sensor MI1310_SOC
gspca: probe ok
gspca: probing 17ef:4802
And
cat /dev/video0
cat: /dev/video0: Input/output error
And
mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0 -fps 15 -vf screenshot
MPlayer SVN-r29411-4.4.0 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
137 audio & 299 video codecs
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing tv://.
TV file format detected.
Selected driver: v4l2
name: Video 4 Linux 2 input
author: Martin Olschewski <[email protected]>
comment: first try, more to come ;-)
Selected device: Lenovo USB Webcam
Capabilites: video capture read/write streaming
supported norms:
inputs: 0 = vc032x;
Current input: 0
Current format: unknown (0x4745504a)
tv.c: norm_from_string(pal): Bogus norm parameter, setting default.
v4l2: ioctl enum norm failed: Invalid argument
Error: Cannot set norm!
Skype, for example, knows that I have a lenovo usb webcam in preferences but can't test the webcam.
This problem is robust to reinstalling the system.

Hello davidoff!
Did you read this ?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webcam_Setup

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