The next step is to test the webcam video input. A working webcamĪfter all this is done, the webcam is detected properly:ĭec 7 02:26:19 machine kernel: usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7ĭec 7 02:26:19 machine kernel: usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choiceĭec 7 02:26:19 machine kernel: uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device (046d:0990)ĭec 7 02:26:19 machine kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideoĭec 7 02:26:19 machine kernel: USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0) Also, on Ubuntu based distributions you want to enter sudo su instead of the plain su. Of course this requires installed kernel development packages and other general development packages (compiler, etc.). LD /home/liquidat/tmp/linux-uvc/trunk/uvcvideo.ko LD /home/liquidat/tmp/linux-uvc/trunk/uvcvideo.oĬC /home/liquidat/tmp/linux-uvc/trunk/ Make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.8-63.fc8-i686'ĬC /home/liquidat/tmp/linux-uvc/trunk/uvc_driver.oĬC /home/liquidat/tmp/linux-uvc/trunk/uvc_queue.oĬC /home/liquidat/tmp/linux-uvc/trunk/uvc_v4l2.oĬC /home/liquidat/tmp/linux-uvc/trunk/uvc_video.oĬC /home/liquidat/tmp/linux-uvc/trunk/uvc_ctrl.o $ mkdir linux-uvc cd linux-uvc svn checkout The kernel module must be compiled manually. I fyou plug in a uvcvideo device, the kernel cannot load the right driver:ĭec 7 02:14:06 machine kernel: usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4ĭec 7 02:14:06 machine kernel: usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choiceĭec 7 02:14:06 machine kernel: Linux video capture interface: v2.00ĭec 7 02:14:07 machine kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio

The problem is however that the uvcvideo driver is not yet part of the mainline Linux kernel. It is a higher class webcam with a 2MP sensor and a Carl Zeiss lens – and, according to Logitech’s Linux page it is supported by the uvcvideo driver.

I recently got the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000. While the howto is focussed on Fedora 8 it should work on all distributions. This howto shows how to install the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 under Linux.

Logitech quickcam pro 9000