webcam won't?

[eric.chadbourne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Eric Chadbourne)]

fwiw cheese works fine on my laptop's built in cam on ubuntu out of the 
box.  no config needed by me.

- eric c
http://www.linkedin.com/in/echadbourne

R. Luoma wrote:
> I am trying to get  Logitech webcam 9000
> to capture video under linux (ubuntu 9.04)
> 
> The usb driver does recognize the camera as a video source,
> but I cannot get any programs to work with the camera.
> 
> Has anyone on this list successfully used
> a webcam with linux?
> 
> If so, how did you get it to work (or was
> it just plug-in and play?)?
>