No camera connected to this computer

I should add that iChat CAN find the microphone that's built-in to the camera, but still can't find the video. It still says "There is no camera connected to this computer."
ichat does not recognize my camera. ichat v3.1.9 New HUEhd camera. The camera shows up when I check "About this Mac", under "Hardware", USB. And the camera works, I can watch myself in the video shot using the camera's program. I just can't get ichat to recognize it. Any suggestions??
Thanks

Well, I've been plagued by this issue for months. I believe it was the 10.4.10 upgrade that essentially wiped out any compatibility between OSX and third-party webcams that had previously worked perfectly well.
My webcam with ichatusb works okay on my home machine, finally, but I'm writing this on my mom's machine in Iowa and ichatusb does NOT help at all, even after uninstalling, reinstalling the newest version, restarting, etc. etc. The webcam audio works fine, but iChat says there is no camera attached to the computer.
It is inexcusable that Apple continues to refuse to address this widespread issue. In lieu of any shred of support from them, does anybody have another idea? I'm on a plane tomorrow morning so my time here is short..
Many thanks,
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