"There is no connected camera" error

After updating to 10.9.2, I can no longer access the camera built in to my Cinema Display and connected to my 2009 Mac Pro. It fails to work in all applications I tried, such as Skype, FaceTime and Photo Booth. Typically, I get an error that says "There is no connected camera."  I can’t say for sure that the update caused the problem, but I became aware of it shortly after doing the update. The camera in my similarly-updated MacBook Pro works just fine.
Here’s all the relevant diagnostic info I can provide:
• The camera is still listed as “Display iSight” in System Information
• The problem affects all user accounts, not just my main account
• Resetting the SMC had no effect. Restarting had no effect.
• Trying to kill VDCAssistant, either via the Terminal killall command or via Activity Monitor had no effect. In fact, it appeared that neither command successfully killed the two VDCAssistant processes I had going.
• Console is showing a steady stream of VDCAssistant crashes. A key part of the crash report states: “Client is attempting to access a display by index (1) instead of display ID. abort () called.”
• ONE THING DID WORK: If I restarted via a Safe Boot, the camera worked! This confirmed my suspicion that the camera itself (or its connection) is not broken. A software fix should be sufficient. I’m just not sure what to fix.
When I did a normal restart after the safe boot, the camera failure returned.
• I used Cocktail to clear the System Cache. It too had no effect.
If anyone can figure this out, I would be most grateful.

Hmmmm.... The camera is working properly on my 24" LED Display connected to my 2009 Mac Pro!
Did you try both:
(1) a restart Mac, repair permissions, 10.9.2 Combo Update, and another permissions repair and,
(2) OS X Mavericks: Reinstall OS X via the built-in recovery disk?
This thread may give you some ideas (if you've not already seen it):
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread/5939338
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
Mac Pro Quad Core (Early09) 2.93Ghz OSX 10.9.2   24" LED Cinema Display

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