Will my Logitech 9000 Pro webcam (still) work with Ubuntu?

11.04 webcam

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If you are talking about the Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 then i can confirm it works perfectly because i have the same one ;)

The following things work perfectly:

Microphone (Although you need to specify in the sound configuration that you want to use the Mic from the Webcam if you have another Mic connected)
Changing Brightness, Contrast and Focus.
Taking Pictures (With Cheese for example).
Video Recording (If you get slow video then just point the Webcam to some BRIGHT light source then slowly point it to the place you want to record or take a picture. The webcam will auto correct itself)
Very good lighting (Even in Dark places it does a good job, at least for a Webcam)
You can change resolution in programs like Cheese (It has very high Resolutions but it lags a little on the higher ones.)

In my case to make it work in Ubuntu 11.04 was this:

Install Ubuntu 11.04
Connect Webcam
OMG IT WORKS!!

EDIT - Confirmed again i even used the Motion Tracker program motion and it detected my brother sloooooowly entering the room GOTCHA!!

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volvoguy

Professional musician (mostly guitar), graphic and web designer, currently disabled due to an injury at work. I spend most of my time watching tv and movies, and geeking out with Linux (Ubuntu, of course!). I'm open to working on small music, audio, web or graphics work though if you want to get in touch with me.

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

volvoguy over 1 year

It USED to work - maybe around version 8.04 or earlier. Now all the video apps I used to use just tell me that they can't find a video device.

Even with xscreensavers configured to grab video images, it tells me there's no video device at /dev/video0.

Previously I didn't have to DO anything to make it work. Apparently that's changed?

Thanks in advance!

Aaron
volvoguy almost 13 years

Ok. In gstreamer-properties, under video > default input, it's set to v4l2. Device is greyed out and pressing test results in an error box that says, "Video for Linux 2 (v4l2): Cannot identify device '/dev/video0'" V4l2ucp reports, "Unable to open file /dev/video0 No such file or directory" FWIW, I checked the logitech page and this IS a UVC cam, which I think is more widely supported these days.
volvoguy almost 13 years

I wish it was that easy for me. It USED to be. I can't imagine what changed. I actually was hoping to use it with motion actually. This is a slightly older computer (~2.8Ghz P4). If it only has USB1 ports could that cause a problem? I think the device is only USB1.
Luis Alvarado almost 13 years

Nice, another WebCam problem. Can you provide the last lines of dmesg when you connect the webcam?
mvario almost 13 years

If you run lsusb is the camera listed? Also in /dev is there a "video0" or "video"?
volvoguy almost 13 years

Nope - I don't have anything "video" in my /dev directory, and there is no camera listed when I run lsusb. Here's it's output if it helps: Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 045e:0745 Microsoft Corp. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:5406 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro U3 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub can't format text?
mvario almost 13 years

Hmmm. I'll look into it some more. Also, reply to CYREX's question below, he might have an idea.
Jorge Castro almost 13 years

@volvoguy Welcome to ask ubuntu, the way this site works is you need to put this information in your question, not buried in a comment. You can just click edit and add the information there.