I think I have finally arrived at an insolvable equation:

Chromium v.7 + Ubuntu 10.04 + Sun Java 6 + Webcam + Facebook + Flash 10 = non-functional

All of those items listed above are potential points of failure in this situation, and any help narrowing them down would be fantastic. I am simply trying to enable webcame support directly through Facebooks website.

Forum searches and the usual googling turn up few posts related to this specific equation. Two of the major suggestions include:

1) Installing the Sun (I refuse to say oracle sob)-provided Java implementation instead of the OpenJDK normally installed in Ubuntu. And yes, after installing it, I did update all my default supports to use the sun commands over the openjdk.

2) Somehow enabling Facebook as a permitted site to access my webcam using Flash settings.

I have not been able to explore option 2 because I cannot find a way to adjust the Flash settings in chromium 7.

Other factors that do not help include the fact that I am pretty sure facebook changes its webcam interface every 10 seconds just to keep troubleshooters and support personnel on their toes. If anyone has a OTP that informs us of the next shift in the app, a leak would be greatly appreciated!