I was at Walmart yesterday - cruising the technology aisle, as I do often. I always make it a point to checkout different retailers to see what, if any, GNU/Linux compatible products they have for sale. This time I was looking through the USB webcams for one that said "GNU/Linux" under the system requirements.
So I didn't find any boxes marked "Works with Linux", but then I saw this webcam (the Logitech E1000) for only $16.88. So then I though to myself, I could buy this webcam, take it home and test it with GNU/Linux, and if it doesn't work, I'll just bring it back and exchange it for another one to try until I find one that works. This is the beauty of shopping at Walmart, lol, they guarantee your satisfaction - even if it means you will swap out one product for another a few times.
Well so I bought the Logitech E1000 USB webcam, I took it home, plugged it in to my Dell Inspiron 530n running Ubuntu 8.10, installed cheese (sudo apt-get install cheese), and guess what? The camera works like a champ!
The lsusb command output for this particular webcam is:
ID 046d:08af Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Easy/Cool
The uname -r command output from my Dell Inspiron 530n with Ubuntu 8.10:
2.6.27-11-generic
Here are some webcam enabled programs that worked for me with this USB webcam.
Cheese 2.24.2 (simple webcam program)
ekiga 2.0.12 (VOIP client)
Camera Monitor 0.2 (Simple Program to Show if the Webcam is on)
gqcam 0.9.1 using this command to make it work:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so gqcam -v /dev/video0
camorama 0.19 using this command to make it work:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so camorama
aMSN 0.97.2 (07/25/2008)
Kopete version 0.60.4 using this command to make it work:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so kopete
Skype 2.0.0.72 using this command to make it work:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
per http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-997807.html
Here's a sample pic from the webcam:
Also checkout the links below for more information on getting your USB Webcam up and running in Linux:
http://www.linux.com/base/ldp/howto/Webcam-HOWTO/framegrabbers.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6910868
And for the Logitech webcam users that are looking for some GNU/Linux love:
http://forums.logitech.com/
http://www.quickcamteam.net
9 comments:
Thanks I have been looking out for a new web cam for my wife, when I see one of these I'll definitely get one.
dv_cool_fuel
Hi Shannon
i'm unable to locate your email id on your blog site - hence am posting this request here.
Am unable to use wireless on Ubuntu 8.1 becos the drivers for Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter are not enabled by default
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810#Atheros%20ath5k%20wireless%20driver%20not%20enabled%20by%20default
Its on a HP Pavilion dv5-1050ee AMD Turion 64 bit co-existing with Vista 32-bit (i know u don't like it- but till i get my connections correct in Ubuntu 8.1 i hv to rely on Vista)
thanks in advance
Gopal
Kuwait
agkrish@gmail.com
@Gopal,
Thanks, I updated my homepage link to point to an email form for contacting me.
I was wondering, have you tried running the Ubuntu 9.04 livecd to see if it works that way?
As for Ubuntu 8.10, checkout this article:
http://unsharptech.com/2008/10/31/atheros-wireless-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex/
Regards,
Shannon VanWagner
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Thanks for this post, it helped me get the E1000 I had just bought working, a quick edit of the menu item and bob is a close relative as they say :]
Thanks again.
i wonder what the difference is I'm running ibex and this exact web cam gives me nothing but snow, cheese doesnt work skype no dice, lsusb see's the cam, and my T uname -r command output from my Dell lattitude D820 with
2.6.27-11-generic any ideas ??
thanks
@jacob... Did you try running this command from the gnome-terminal?
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so cheese
If so, do you get any type of error message or anything?
Also, what's the specific output from your lsusb command?
ok sorry it took me so long to get back you, i got it working i rebooted and at went well, weird, but thanks for getting back to me
I haven't had much of any problems with webcams in Ubuntu. I'm using a Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 and it works with Skype/Cheese/Ekiga all really well. and that's a *Microsoft* camera. :)
The problem I have is actually Skype2 doesn't seem to get along with Jaunty very well. After anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes my sound stops working. Really frustrating.
Hi Shannon, greetings from Italy. I saw your blog by chance as I was going mad for installing a webcam on Fedora Core 9. Tried for some years without success and..bam...there's you. Bought it this morning and it works great. Thanks a lot and good luck. Alessandro, Rome/Italy
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