Does anyone know of some webcams that work on Linux along with some good webcam apps.

Thanks in advance

Logitech's Quickcams are pretty well supported. I have a webcam at home on my server and I use the webcam script that comes with XawTV successfully along with Apache. I haven't gotten it to work with any IM clients, but that's no problem as I can just point their browser to that URL and it refreshes at the rate that I want it to.

There's a lot of documentation on Logitech webcams in Linux listed in Google searches.

anything based on the cpia chipset should be fine. mine tcost me £10 and worked perfectly first time, i normally use xawtv to watch it, or motion to stream over http

same here, i am using a logitech too, detected by the kernel and it works fine and glitchless

I have a logitech quickcam express and am running redhat 9 and cant seem to get it to work ........
when I run xawtv I get the reply /dev/video no such image grabber found or something to that effect.

I tried installing the third party drivers found on google but I always get a pointer error when trying to compile.

any clues as to what i need to do......?

sounds like everyone has a webcam working but me....lol

ps kazuni..... how did you get the kernel to recognize it ?

My webcam is stop working too. It's a Logitech quickcam pro 3000. It has been working fine on my SuSE linux rig. Now, I cannot use xawtv / motv / gnomemeeting

When it works it was just worked without doing anything. I think the culprit is the kernel module. Somebody knows to make it work on me too? I use SuSE linux 8.2 now.

dmesg | grep usb
usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x5) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: registered new driver usblp
printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0005

oh lemme try install it now and tell u what happens

hm, it works like a click and a go.
before plugin:
--
linux:/home/kazuni # dmesg | grep usb
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 15:08:38 Apr 16 2003
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 12
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 4
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe49ca000, IRQ 10
usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.3, Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (#2)
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xc0b/0xb001) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe49dd000, IRQ 5
usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.2, Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x46d/0xc00c) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
usb.c: registered new driver hid
input0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Mouse] on usb5:2.0

---
after pluggin in:
--
linux:/home # dmesg | grep usb
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 15:08:38 Apr 16 2003
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 12
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 4
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe49ca000, IRQ 10
usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.3, Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (#2)
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0xc0b/0xb001) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xe49dd000, IRQ 5
usb-ohci.c: usb-00:02.2, Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x46d/0xc00c) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
usb.c: registered new driver hid
input0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Mouse] on usb5:2.0
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x46d/0x840) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: registered new driver quickcam

-- lsusb:

linux:/home/kazuni # lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c00c Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:0840 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c0b:b001 Dura Micro, Inc. (Acomdata)
linux:/home/kazuni #

it shows up just as normal

-- using SuSE 8.2 with usbcore.o/usb-ohci, usb-uhci loaded, of course

okie i've posted a little screenshot of what i did:
a screenshot (huge - be warned)

Hmm okay, a little bit progress -> now I can see light and dark green. LOL

Output from lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04b8:0005 Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus Printer
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:08b0 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam 3000 Pro [pwc]
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:010f Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 1250
...
looking good

Output from dmesg | grep usb:
...
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 18:27:45 Mar 17 2003
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe400, IRQ 10
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe000, IRQ 10
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x10f) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x46d/0x8b0) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner
usb.c: registered new driver snd-usb-audio
ALSA usbaudio.c:1997: 2:2:0 : AS_GENERAL descriptor not found
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 292
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:11.2-2 address 2
ALSA usbaudio.c:1997: 3:2:0 : AS_GENERAL descriptor not found
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1019
usb.c: deregistering driver snd-usb-audio
usb.c: registered new driver Philips webcam
usb.c: registered new driver snd-usb-audio
ALSA usbaudio.c:1997: 3:2:0 : AS_GENERAL descriptor not found
usb.c: registered new driver serial
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic
usbserial.c: USB Serial Driver core v1.4
...
Hmm looks better Philips webcam? LOL

Output from USB viewer:
Philips webcam / snd-usb-audio
Speed: 12Mb/s (full)
USB Version: 1.10
Device Class: 00(>ifc )
Device Subclass: 00
Device Protocol: 00
Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8
Number of Configurations: 1
Vendor Id: 046d
Product Id: 08b0
Revision Number: 0.00
...
looks good

Now the problem is to get xawtv working with the correct resolution IMHO.
xawtv -hwscan
/dev/video0: OK [ -device /dev/video0 ]
type : v4l
name : Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000
flags: capture
...
This is xawtv-3.88, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.20-4GB-athlon)
/dev/video0 [v4l]: no overlay support
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
ioctl: VIDIOCMCAPTURE(frame=0;height=120;width=160;format=7): Invalid argument
...
X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
Resource id in failed request: 0x3200067
Serial number of failed request: 550
Current serial number in output stream: 550
...
Running at 1280x1024@32bit True color???

Anybody know how to make it works at 640x320?

HUH!? your webcam runs at 1280x1024??!? u meant the desktop rite? o.O?

mine runs at 320x240 by default ... i donno how to change that too! -_-'

That's what I can read on the top of the window beside the icon in +- a second:
xawtv then changed to
1280x1024, 32 bit TrueColor (...) then
??? and stays like this with green green grass of death :-(

I think that's not the real output, because when I change the desktop resolution to 1152x864 it'll show that.

I don't know how to make it work yet. I've tried kernel module recompile (to get a new pwc.o and copy it to the working kernel's module dir.) and enable all usb type (ohci, uhci,...) detection in the kernel with no success :-(

I can see the three question marks on your screenshot too ;-) That's not good enough -> it should say Logitech Quickcam ... No?
You must shot that using a nice digital camera.


Seaking more fun :-)

I works, using new pwc module:

dmesg | grep cam
pwc Philips PCA645/646 + PCVC675/680/690 + PCVC730/740/750 webcam module version 8.10 loaded.
pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30,
usb.c: registered new driver Philips webcam
pwc Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 USB webcam detected.


Have fun :-)

aherm, is there anyplace specific you placed the module? I'm using 8.2, and the logitech 3000, and I haven't been able to get past the dark green/light/green in XawTV, any help would be appreciated.

Keisa