Quote Originally Posted by zsd
... and then unplug it during the session, ..... I am creating a CD for non-techie people, and I don't want to restrict them to plugging in the webcam after the system is booted.
Granted the problem should not be happening and you don't want to tell the non-techie people to plug in the web cam after booting, but should they be unplugging the web cam either? It sounds like the problem doesn't happen if they just leave the web cam alone. Hope you find a fix though.