ZM not working with my cameras

[saturn]

neither my built-in camera nor the USB Microsoft LifeCam HD 3000 work with ZoneMinder.

Lots of errors in the log.

Cameras both work flawlessly in Cheese on Ubuntu 14.10.

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2014-12-23 15:58:04.608784	zmu	6918	ERR	Failed to open video device /dev/video1: No such file or directory	zm_local_camera.cpp	1198
2014-12-23 15:57:57.375510	zmdc	6573	ERR	'zmc -d /dev/video1' exited abnormally, exit status 255	zmdc.pl	
2014-12-23 15:57:57.339586	zmc_dvideo1	6913	FAT	Failed to stat video device /dev/video1: No such file or directory	zm_local_camera.cpp	669
2014-12-23 15:56:37.371911	zmc_dvideo1	6882	ERR	Automatic format selection failed. Falling back to YUYV	zm_local_camera.cpp	342
2014-12-23 15:56:37.225859	zmc_dvideo1	6882	ERR	Automatic format selection failed to open video device /dev/video1: No such file or directory	zm_local_camera.cpp	1116

[tcg]

So are any /dev/video* devices being created at all? I've had problems in the past with cams getting assigned different /dev/video* entries each time the system boots. I ended up making some udev entries to create symlinks that I could rely on to be there regardless of what actual /dev/videoX device name got assigned to a particular camera.

[saturn]

yes

they work elsewhere on the system (in cheese, for example)