iSight not recognized because of secondary monitor as primary?

[iBlue]

As the title would suggest, my iSight is not being recognized because my iMac is not the primary (using a 20" dell thingy as my primary because it's bigger)

I feel like it's stupid to force me to use the iMac as primary just because of the damn iSight. (photo, for the hell of it)

Any way around this?



(edit for newcomers to this thread, resolved by resetting SMU)

 

[iToaster]

You've gone through all the preference panes and such trying this out, right? Other than using the iMac as the main monitor (it can't hurt) I see no way around this.

 

[bigandy]

i'm using a 20" LG204WT with my MBP, and the internal iSight gets recognised fine when the external monitor is primary (basically whenever it's plugged in).

does it show up in system profiler under USB?

 

[iBlue]

i'm using a 20" LG204WT with my MBP, and the internal iSight gets recognised fine when the external monitor is primary (basically whenever it's plugged in).

does it show up in system profiler under USB?

No, should it? (under USB? it's an internal iSight in the iMac... just making sure)

 

[bigandy]

No, should it? (under USB? it's an internal iSight in the iMac... just making sure)

yup. iSight was only firewire externally, all the internals are USB2.

see the attached pic:

 

[iBlue]

Hmmmm... what would cause it not to show? (I know it functions without the secondary monitor aspect)

 

[bigandy]

Hmmmm... what would cause it not to show? (I know it functions without the secondary monitor aspect)

did it work until you moved your office around? there could be a loose connection in there.

that's about all i can think of right now, so i'll start thinking and see what i can come up with.


edit: have you tried working through this?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93240

 

[rdowns]

Is it recognized if you don't use the external monitor?

Have you tried unplugging other USB devices in case there's a conflict?

 

[iBlue]

Yes it did work yesterday before office got rearranged. (it wasn't manhandled or anything, the thing flew thousands of miles from the US damn it, surely it can move 2 feet to the right)
Now even with iMac being primary it doesn't "see" the iSight. Unplugged the secondary, switched users... still nothing. (not application specific either)

Just fab.



edit:

Freaking YES! I reset the SMU and it worked. (even with the secondary monitor primary)

I admit it, I was wrong to doubt it.

Thanks guys

 

[bigandy]

I admit it, I was wrong to doubt it.

yay

good for you.