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= Logitech Webcam Support =

You can check if your Web Camera is supported in Linux by looking at the [[http://www.quickcamteam.net/hcl/linux/logitech-webcams|official compatibility]] list on the Logitech website. Linux support does not guarantee support for your webcam in Ubuntu.
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|<rowbgcolor="#d9bb7a">'''Make''' || '''Model''' || '''Driver''' || '''Supported''' || '''Works?''' || '''Ubuntu Version''' || '''Comments''' || '''Last Updated''' ||
|| Logitech || QuickCam Chat || spca5xx || Yes || Yes || v6.06 (Dapper) & v6.10 (Edgy) || USB ID 046d:092c || 2006-Nov-11 ||
|| Logitech || QuickCam Express || qc-usb || Not out of the box || After compilation of the module using [http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/misc/qc-usb-source qc-usb-source] || || USB ID 046d:0850 Make sure the build-essential package and the correct linux-headers package are installed. Install the package qc-usb-source, uncompress the archive /usr/src/qc-usb-modules.tar.gz and execute /usr/src/modules/qc-usb-source/quickcam.sh (Note: The driver is reliable and included in other distributions like Mandriva, it could be included in Ubuntu as well) || 2005-Jun-14 ||
|| Logitech || QuickCam Express || quickcam || Yes || Out of the box || v5.10 (Breezy) || USB ID 046d:0870 (046d:0840 and 046d:0x850 should also work) || 2005-Nov-22 ||
|| Logitech || QuickCam Express || spca5xx || Not out of the box || After compilation of the module using [spca5xx] || || USB ID 046d:0920 || 2005-Apr-22||
|| Logitech || QuickCam Messenger || qc-usb-messenger || Not out of the box || I had it working with the steps [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=980f126584356cd552208af1420b68ec&t=191770 here]. The [http://home.mag.cx/messenger source] of the driver however is down so I got qc-usb-messenger1.1.orig.tar.gz from somewhere else via Google|| || USB ID 046d:08f0 || 2006-Aug-17||
|| Logitech || QuickCam Express LOG0431 (refresh II) || spca5xx || Not out of the box || Ubuntu Hoary doesn't autodetect, but I have got the camera working by doing the steps listed [http://dvlinux.blogspot.com/2005_03_13_dvlinux_archive.html#111101610927602822 here]. || || USB ID 046d:0928, Image has blue taint with default gain levels. Has anybody got better colors using GRed,GBlue and GGreen parameters? || 2005-Mar-17||
|| Logitech || Webcam Mini/Plus PD0040 || ov511 || No || Not out of the box, but can be made to work. || || Warty and Hoary both detect and load the ov511 driver included with the kernel, but neglect to load the image decompressor kernel module. This is evidenced in dmesg by the line "drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: No decompressor available." To get things running, load the kernel module "ovcamchip" at startup. Driver home page is http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/, and problem solution is from [https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-July/msg03162.html here]. USB ID: ID 05a9:0518 Omnivision Technologies, Inc. OV518 WebCam || 2005-Apr-17 ||		 ||<rowbgcolor="#d9bb7a">'''Make''' || '''Model''' || '''Driver''' || '''USB ID''' || '''Supported''' || '''Works?''' || '''Ubuntu Version''' || '''Comments''' || '''Last Updated''' ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Chat || gspca || 046d:092c || Yes || Yes || 10.04 (Lucid) || Works with gspca driver (which replaced spca5xx) in 10.04 (Lucid), but required some effort. Was detected but not working; now works fine. || 2010-Jun-14 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Chat || spca5xx || 046d:092e || Yes || Yes || 7.04 (Feisty) || || 2007-Aug-19 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Chat || gspca || 046d:092e || Yes || Yes, Out of the box || 7.10 (Gutsy) || Ekiga (V4l), Skype 2.0 (fail on test, but works on video call) || 2008-Jun-12 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Chat || gspca || 046d:092e || Yes || Yes, Out of the box || 8.04 (Hardy) || Tested with Ekiga (V4l)|| 2008-Jun-08 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Connect || gspca || 046d:08d9 || Yes || Yes || 7.04 (Feisty) || || 2007-Jun-02 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Express || qc-usb || 046d:0850 || Not out of the box || After compilation of the module using [[http://packages.ubuntu.com/hoary/misc/qc-usb-source|qc-usb-source]] || || Make sure the build-essential package and the correct linux-headers package are installed. Install the package qc-usb-source, uncompress the archive /usr/src/qc-usb-modules.tar.gz and execute /usr/src/modules/qc-usb-source/quickcam.sh (Note: The driver is reliable and included in other distributions like Mandriva, it could be included in Ubuntu as well) || 2005-Jun-14 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Express || quickcam || 046d:0870 || No || None available yet || 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) || Used to work in Breezy 4 years ago... || 2009-Mar-01 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Express || spca5xx || 046d:0920 || Not out of the box || After compilation of the module using [spca5xx] || || || 2005-Apr-22||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Express || Unknown (no needed to know) || 046d:092f || Yes || Out of the box || 7.04 (Feisty) || || 2007-Nov-13||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Express Plus || gspca || 046d:092f || Yes || Yes || 7.10 (Gutsy) || Same ID as previous entry, but since name on the box is different, I'm adding it here. || 2007-Dec-23 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Express Plus || gspca || 046d:092f || Yes || Yes || 8.04 (Hardy) || Camera is detected, but needs package xawtv installed to hook it to /dev/videox. || 2008-Jul-26 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Express LOG0431 (refresh II) || spca5xx || 046d:0928 || Not out of the box || Ubuntu Hoary doesn't autodetect, but I have got the camera working by doing the steps listed [[http://dvlinux.blogspot.com/2005_03_13_dvlinux_archive.html#111101610927602822|here]]. || || Image has blue taint with default gain levels. Has anybody got better colors using GRed,GBlue and GGreen parameters? || 2005-Mar-17||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam IM || spca5xx || 046d:08a0 || Not out of the box || After compilation of the spca5xx module || 6.10 (Edgy) || These [[http://scottabbey.org/node/12|installation instructions]] worked admirably. However, color is a bit off. || 2007-May-28 ||
|| Logitech || Web``Cam Mini/Plus PD0040 || ov511 || 05a9:0518 || No || Not out of the box, but can be made to work. || || Warty and Hoary both detect and load the ov511 driver included with the kernel, but neglect to load the image decompressor kernel module. This is evidenced in dmesg by the line "drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: No decompressor available." To get things running, load the kernel module "ovcamchip" at startup. Driver home page is http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/, and problem solution is from [[https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-July/msg03162.html|here]]. Omnivision Technologies, Inc. OV518 Web``Cam || 2005-Apr-17 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Pro5000 || uvcvideo || 046d:08ce || Yes || Requires updated uvcvideo driver, easy to get from http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/). uvc makefile: Change INSTALL_MOD_DIR := kernel/ubuntu/media/usbvideo. || 7.04 (Feisty) || || 2007-Mar-22 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Pro9000 || uvcvideo || 046d:0990 || Yes || Yes, but crashes in Skype unless update uvcvideo. works with Ekiga|| 7.10 (Gutsy) 8.04 9.04 || The webcam works out of the box but not the focus control. To get the focus control working see [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6881424#post6881424|this tread in the forum]] or [[http://anticameradelcestino.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/quickcam-pro-9000-su-ubuntu-810/|this tutorial]] in Italian language || 2008-Jan-8 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Pro9000 || uvcvideo || 046d:0990 || Yes & No || Yes & No || Ubuntu 9.04 || It worked before, but now it causes my usb wireless adapter not working, see http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ || 2009-Oct-16 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Messenger || spca5xx || 046d:08da || Yes || Gutsy: Works out of the box with amsn. / Edgy: Requires updated spca5xx driver, easy to get with module-assistant. Only works with amsn or luvcview not ekiga or camorama or gqcam. || 7.10 (Gutsy) || || 2007-Dec-31 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Communicate || gspcav1 || 046d:08d9 || Yes || Requires gspcav1 driver, from http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html || 6.06 (Dapper) || Download and unpack with right-mouse click. Move gspcav1-versionnumber to /usr/src/ . Install gcc and make . Install linux-headers-`uname -r` linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` build-essential . Change directory to /usr/src/gspcav1-versionnumber. Do make then make install ||2007-Apr-04||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Communicate MP Plus || uvcvideo || 046d:09a1 || Yes || Requires the latest uvcvideo driver。 But very easy to compile and load. || 7.10 (Gutsy), 8.04 (Hardy) || See instructions:http://narnia.cs.ttu.edu/drupal/node/171 ||2008-Jul-20||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Communicate STX || gspca || 046d:08ad, 046d:08d7 || Yes || Out of the box || 7.10 (Gutsy), 8.04 (Hardy) || No activity light. [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gspca/+bug/291723|Does not work with Ubuntu 8.10]] ||2008-Nov-09||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Communicate Deluxe || uvcvideo || 046d:0992 || Yes || Out of the box || 8.04 (Hardy) || ||2008-Oct-15||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Pro 4000 || pwc? || || Yes || Out of the box||6.06 (Dapper), 6.10 (Edgy), 7.04 (Feisty), 7.10 (Gutsy)|| Just need a program like Camorama etc. to use it. My preferred program to use this with is wxCam. ||2007-Dec-12||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam for Notebooks || gspca || 046d:08ae || Yes || Out of the box || 7.10 (Gutsy) || ||2008-Feb-14||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam for Notebooks Deluxe || gspca on 8.04, uvcvideo on 10.04 || 046d:08d8, 046d:09c1 || Yes || Yes, out of the box || 10.04 (Lucid) || Tested with gnome-sound-recorder 2.30 (for the microphone), cheese 2. 30 (for video) and skype 2.1.0.81 (both video and microphone) || 2010-Jul-02 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam E1000 / Quick``Cam Easy/Cool || gspca || 046d:08af || Yes || Out of the box || 8.10 (Intrepid) || Doesn't work with skype, works with cheese, works with ekiga 2.0.12 under 8.04 Hardy Heron, select V4L, NTSC in USA, Channel 0 || 2009-May-24 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam E3500 || uvcvideo || 046d:09a4 || Yes || Out of the box || 8.10 (Intrepid) || Works with skype, doesn't work with cheese, unknow with ekiga || 2008-Nov-28 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam E3500 Plus || uvcvideo || 046d:09a4 || Yes || Out of the box || 8.10 (Intrepid) || Works with skype, cheese and ekiga 3.2.0 || 2009-Apr-18 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam S7500 || uvcvideo || 046d:0912, 046d:09a2 || Yes || Out of the box || 9.04 (Jaunty), 9.10 (Karmic) || Worked perfectly with skype, great picture quality. Built in microphone also worked over USB || 2009-Nov-29 ||
|| Logitech || C120 || uvcvideo || 046d:080f || No || No || 9.10 (Karmic) || Tested with Ubuntu 9.10. Doesn't work || 2010-Jun-12 ||
|| Logitech || Webcam C200 || uvcvideo || 046d:0802 || Yes || Partly || 9.04 (Jaunty) || Works partly with Cheese and luvcview. Unable to take photos in resolution higher than 640x480, cam supports 1.3Mpx. Video recording works in both Cheese and luvcview. In-built microphone does not work. VLC does not work. So if you can by another model, do it. || 2009-Oct-07 ||
|| Logitech || Webcam C250 || uvcvideo || 046d:0804 || Yes || Yes, Out of the box || 10.04 (Lucid) || Works perfectly with Skype and Cheese (microphone too) || 2010-May-22||
|| Logitech || Webcam C500 || uvcvideo || 046d:0807 || Yes || Yes, out of the box || 10.04 (Lucid) || Works perfectly with gnome-sound-recorder 2.30 (I tested the microphone), cheese 2.30 (tested video) Skype 2.1.0.81 (tested both video and microphone) || 2010-Jul-02 ||
|| Logitech || Quick``Cam Connect || gspca || 046d:089d || Yes || Yes || 9.10 (Karmic) || Image very dark in Cheese, likely need to set autoexposure=0 in module settings, but works perfectly with Skype (microphone too) || 2009-Nov-02||

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CategoryHardware

Logitech Webcam Support

You can check if your Web Camera is supported in Linux by looking at the official compatibility list on the Logitech website. Linux support does not guarantee support for your webcam in Ubuntu.

Summary

Make

Model

Driver

USB ID

Supported

Works?

Ubuntu Version

Comments

Last Updated

Logitech

QuickCam Chat

gspca

046d:092c

Yes

Yes

10.04 (Lucid)

Works with gspca driver (which replaced spca5xx) in 10.04 (Lucid), but required some effort. Was detected but not working; now works fine.

2010-Jun-14

Logitech

QuickCam Chat

spca5xx

046d:092e

Yes

Yes

7.04 (Feisty)

2007-Aug-19

Logitech

QuickCam Chat

gspca

046d:092e

Yes

Yes, Out of the box

7.10 (Gutsy)

Ekiga (V4l), Skype 2.0 (fail on test, but works on video call)

2008-Jun-12

Logitech

QuickCam Chat

gspca

046d:092e

Yes

Yes, Out of the box

8.04 (Hardy)

Tested with Ekiga (V4l)

2008-Jun-08

Logitech

QuickCam Connect

gspca

046d:08d9

Yes

Yes

7.04 (Feisty)

2007-Jun-02

Logitech

QuickCam Express

qc-usb

046d:0850

Not out of the box

After compilation of the module using qc-usb-source

Make sure the build-essential package and the correct linux-headers package are installed. Install the package qc-usb-source, uncompress the archive /usr/src/qc-usb-modules.tar.gz and execute /usr/src/modules/qc-usb-source/quickcam.sh (Note: The driver is reliable and included in other distributions like Mandriva, it could be included in Ubuntu as well)

2005-Jun-14

Logitech

QuickCam Express

quickcam

046d:0870

No

None available yet

8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Used to work in Breezy 4 years ago...

2009-Mar-01

Logitech

QuickCam Express

spca5xx

046d:0920

Not out of the box

After compilation of the module using [spca5xx]

2005-Apr-22

Logitech

QuickCam Express

Unknown (no needed to know)

046d:092f

Yes

Out of the box

7.04 (Feisty)

2007-Nov-13

Logitech

QuickCam Express Plus

gspca

046d:092f

Yes

Yes

7.10 (Gutsy)

Same ID as previous entry, but since name on the box is different, I'm adding it here.

2007-Dec-23

Logitech

QuickCam Express Plus

gspca

046d:092f

Yes

Yes

8.04 (Hardy)

Camera is detected, but needs package xawtv installed to hook it to /dev/videox.

2008-Jul-26

Logitech

QuickCam Express LOG0431 (refresh II)

spca5xx

046d:0928

Not out of the box

Ubuntu Hoary doesn't autodetect, but I have got the camera working by doing the steps listed here.

Image has blue taint with default gain levels. Has anybody got better colors using GRed,GBlue and GGreen parameters?

2005-Mar-17

Logitech

QuickCam IM

spca5xx

046d:08a0

Not out of the box

After compilation of the spca5xx module

6.10 (Edgy)

These installation instructions worked admirably. However, color is a bit off.

2007-May-28

Logitech

WebCam Mini/Plus PD0040

ov511

05a9:0518

No

Not out of the box, but can be made to work.

Warty and Hoary both detect and load the ov511 driver included with the kernel, but neglect to load the image decompressor kernel module. This is evidenced in dmesg by the line "drivers/usb/media/ov511.c: No decompressor available." To get things running, load the kernel module "ovcamchip" at startup. Driver home page is http://alpha.dyndns.org/ov511/, and problem solution is from here. Omnivision Technologies, Inc. OV518 WebCam

2005-Apr-17

Logitech

QuickCam Pro5000

uvcvideo

046d:08ce

Yes

Requires updated uvcvideo driver, easy to get from http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/). uvc makefile: Change INSTALL_MOD_DIR := kernel/ubuntu/media/usbvideo.

7.04 (Feisty)

2007-Mar-22

Logitech

QuickCam Pro9000

uvcvideo

046d:0990

Yes

Yes, but crashes in Skype unless update uvcvideo. works with Ekiga

7.10 (Gutsy) 8.04 9.04

The webcam works out of the box but not the focus control. To get the focus control working see this tread in the forum or this tutorial in Italian language

2008-Jan-8

Logitech

QuickCam Pro9000

uvcvideo

046d:0990

Yes & No

Yes & No

Ubuntu 9.04

It worked before, but now it causes my usb wireless adapter not working, see http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/

2009-Oct-16

Logitech

QuickCam Messenger

spca5xx

046d:08da

Yes

Gutsy: Works out of the box with amsn. / Edgy: Requires updated spca5xx driver, easy to get with module-assistant. Only works with amsn or luvcview not ekiga or camorama or gqcam.

7.10 (Gutsy)

2007-Dec-31

Logitech

QuickCam Communicate

gspcav1

046d:08d9

Yes

Requires gspcav1 driver, from http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html

6.06 (Dapper)

Download and unpack with right-mouse click. Move gspcav1-versionnumber to /usr/src/ . Install gcc and make . Install linux-headers-uname -r linux-restricted-modules-uname -r build-essential . Change directory to /usr/src/gspcav1-versionnumber. Do make then make install

2007-Apr-04

Logitech

QuickCam Communicate MP Plus

uvcvideo

046d:09a1

Yes

Requires the latest uvcvideo driver。 But very easy to compile and load.

7.10 (Gutsy), 8.04 (Hardy)

See instructions:http://narnia.cs.ttu.edu/drupal/node/171

2008-Jul-20

Logitech

QuickCam Communicate STX

gspca

046d:08ad, 046d:08d7

Yes

Out of the box

7.10 (Gutsy), 8.04 (Hardy)

No activity light. Does not work with Ubuntu 8.10

2008-Nov-09

Logitech

QuickCam Communicate Deluxe

uvcvideo

046d:0992

Yes

Out of the box

8.04 (Hardy)

2008-Oct-15

Logitech

QuickCam Pro 4000

pwc?

Yes

Out of the box

6.06 (Dapper), 6.10 (Edgy), 7.04 (Feisty), 7.10 (Gutsy)

Just need a program like Camorama etc. to use it. My preferred program to use this with is wxCam.

2007-Dec-12

Logitech

QuickCam for Notebooks

gspca

046d:08ae

Yes

Out of the box

7.10 (Gutsy)

2008-Feb-14

Logitech

QuickCam for Notebooks Deluxe

gspca on 8.04, uvcvideo on 10.04

046d:08d8, 046d:09c1

Yes

Yes, out of the box

10.04 (Lucid)

Tested with gnome-sound-recorder 2.30 (for the microphone), cheese 2. 30 (for video) and skype 2.1.0.81 (both video and microphone)

2010-Jul-02

Logitech

QuickCam E1000 / QuickCam Easy/Cool

gspca

046d:08af

Yes

Out of the box

8.10 (Intrepid)

Doesn't work with skype, works with cheese, works with ekiga 2.0.12 under 8.04 Hardy Heron, select V4L, NTSC in USA, Channel 0

2009-May-24

Logitech

QuickCam E3500

uvcvideo

046d:09a4

Yes

Out of the box

8.10 (Intrepid)

Works with skype, doesn't work with cheese, unknow with ekiga

2008-Nov-28

Logitech

QuickCam E3500 Plus

uvcvideo

046d:09a4

Yes

Out of the box

8.10 (Intrepid)

Works with skype, cheese and ekiga 3.2.0

2009-Apr-18

Logitech

QuickCam S7500

uvcvideo

046d:0912, 046d:09a2

Yes

Out of the box

9.04 (Jaunty), 9.10 (Karmic)

Worked perfectly with skype, great picture quality. Built in microphone also worked over USB

2009-Nov-29

Logitech

C120

uvcvideo

046d:080f

No

No

9.10 (Karmic)

Tested with Ubuntu 9.10. Doesn't work

2010-Jun-12

Logitech

Webcam C200

uvcvideo

046d:0802

Yes

Partly

9.04 (Jaunty)

Works partly with Cheese and luvcview. Unable to take photos in resolution higher than 640x480, cam supports 1.3Mpx. Video recording works in both Cheese and luvcview. In-built microphone does not work. VLC does not work. So if you can by another model, do it.

2009-Oct-07

Logitech

Webcam C250

uvcvideo

046d:0804

Yes

Yes, Out of the box

10.04 (Lucid)

Works perfectly with Skype and Cheese (microphone too)

2010-May-22

Logitech

Webcam C500

uvcvideo

046d:0807

Yes

Yes, out of the box

10.04 (Lucid)

Works perfectly with gnome-sound-recorder 2.30 (I tested the microphone), cheese 2.30 (tested video) Skype 2.1.0.81 (tested both video and microphone)

2010-Jul-02

Logitech

QuickCam Connect

gspca

046d:089d

Yes

Yes

9.10 (Karmic)

Image very dark in Cheese, likely need to set autoexposure=0 in module settings, but works perfectly with Skype (microphone too)

2009-Nov-02

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