Webcams

Thoroughly investigate which webcams have good Linux drivers available before purchasing a new webcam. If you already have a camera, then plug it in and get its product and vendor IDs so that you can determine which driver to use. This is usually done using 'lsusb' or the HAL Device Manager.

The following is configuration information for cameras that are known to work.

Supported Camera Configuration

Logitech Quickcam Express II

• Product ID: 0x928
• Vendor ID: 0x46d
• Supported using spca5xx driver. Install the dkms-spca5xx package.

Chipsets and Drivers

spca5xx

This driver supports a large range of webcams from providers such as Creative and Logitech.

After installing the dkms-spca5xx package, you need to modify the configuration file /usr/src/spca5xx-0.57.00/dkms.conf by adding AUTOINSTALL=yes at the end, so that the driver module is loaded automatically on booting.

This page provides an excellent list of webcams supported by this driver.