Logitech C270 webcam install.

[mliber]

How do I install? In Ubuntu 12.04. Driving me nuts!
Thanx anybody!

[nhasian]

first see if its detected by the computer with:


lsusb

if it is, then see if its working by installing cheese:


sudo apt-get install cheese

[Tom Hancox]

Hello I would like to install a Logitech c210 cam. Can anyone guide me through that?

[HunterDX77M]

I just went to the Logitech site and it explicitly says the C270 doesn't support Linux:

http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/17665/related/1

Sorry about that. I was looking for decent Linux compatible camera too.

[llamabr]

I just went to the Logitech site and it explicitly says the C270 doesn't support Linux:


That logitech does not support linux, does not entail that linux does not support logitech cameras.

To the OP: follow the first bit of advice, run cheese from cli, and paste any error output.

[HunterDX77M]

That logitech does not support linux, does not entail that linux does not support logitech cameras.

True. I suppose that was a logical fallacy on my part.

[Pablo W]

Hi you all,
I reckon this is an old post, but still...

I'm looking for a good webcam to be used in an old PC running Lubuntu 12.04 and I'm tempted to buy a C270. I wonder if you could eventually make it work in Ubuntu, despite the Logitech disclaimer.

Thanks for your feedback.
Cheers.

[shoguevara]

Hi, everybody! My c270 works out-of-the-box in Ubuntu 12.04 x64.
Didn't test the sound yet, but the pic is definitely there. Tested with Skype and cheese.

[Pablo W]

Hi, everybody! My c270 works out-of-the-box in Ubuntu 12.04 x64.
Didn't test the sound yet, but the pic is definitely there. Tested with Skype and cheese.

Thanks for your feedback, shoguevara. It would be great to hear again from you in case you test sound too.

Cheers.

[OpenMinded]

Skype audio works according to this:
http://www.goodbyemicrosoft.net/news.php?item.674.2
I like the domain name :)

[d4m1r]

Yes, I have this model too specifically and it worked out of the box...Video + audio quality is very good too!

[MrGoodguy69]

Try installing Chrome browser for Ubuntu 12.04 should work out of the box, sound as well. Don't bother trying to use it on Firefox or Chromium as it won't work.If you have sound issues use PulseAudio.

[d4m1r]

Try installing Chrome browser for Ubuntu 12.04 should work out of the box, sound as well. Don't bother trying to use it on Firefox or Chromium as it won't work.If you have sound issues use PulseAudio.

Works perfectly fine with both Firefox and Chromium...I would support either of those rather than closed source Chrome...

[firekage]

Works perfectly fine with both Firefox and Chromium...I would support either of those rather than closed source Chrome...

Can you tell me what you did in order to work with firefox? Are there some plugins for webcam in order to work with web browser or what?

[d4m1r]

Are both your video and audio feeds from your webcam not working? What version of Firefox are you using?

My first recommendation would be to get Cheese, which is a webcam program available for free in the Software Centre and see if your webcam works with it.

[sashko_s]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam#See%20also

[nortexoid]

I just bought this webcam and I'm using it on my Kubuntu 12.10 machine. I had to set the device preference order in Multimedia settings (both for audio and video, moving the webcam to the top), restart, and it worked. Not sure if the restart was necessary, but it didn't work initially in Skype until I restarted.

Video and audio quality are great. Skype says the C270 is one of the supported HD (720p) webcams, but I'm not sure if that's true for linux, or just Windows or Windows and Mac. Anyone? (I can't tell if the video is streaming 720p or not though Skype.)

[dannyboy79]

i just picked up 2 c260's refurbished from newegg, they are 720p webcam's, guess it's just like the c270 but older. going to be testing very soon with it. i am using 12.04 xubuntu 64 bit on my desktop and also have a laptop sony vaio running 12.04 ubuntu with gnome classic 32bit i'll be trying it on also.

[ojimenezo]

I just get the c270 yesterday and it worked out-the box, i have ubuntu quantal 12.10 just plugged the USB and opened cheese, even worked on skype and it works amazing, fluid, nitid and smooth, its a great camera for a really nice price :)

[ax8Zd0k]

I just wanted to add for those Googling that I just bought a Logitech C270 from Best Buy (July 2013) and I connected it to a Lenovo Twist running Fedora 18 64-bit with KDE and everything worked right out of the box (I used "Cheese" to test). I also tested it with Skype on Linux and it worked too.

[el_gallo_azul]

I installed my Logitech C270 about 10 minutes ago in Ubuntu 13.04. It didn't work at first, so I unplugged the USB plug and plugged it back in, then it worked.

On Ubuntu 13.04, the device is called:
ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270 when I use the command 'lsusb' in the terminal
UVC Camera (046d:0825) (PTLIB/V4L2) in Ekiga
UVC Camera (046d:0825) (/dev/video0) in Skype.

I haven't downloaded anything additional, so it must work with the drivers built into Ubuntu 13.04.

[dbkjohnstone]

I have a Logitech C270 and Ubuntu 12.04 (or it may be later, since I have installed all the updates). The C270 is a great little camera and works 'out of the box' with Ubuntu - except when it doesn't! The system 'derecognizes' the webcam from time to time and the only solution I have found is to reboot over and over again until it recognizes it again. I have found that when I get the message 'unable to recognize USB device...' at boot up then it hasn't recognized it (except when it has!). Usually when this happens, the system will hang when I shut down until I physically unplug the webcam. FYI this isn't a hardware problem because I have tried the C270 on another computer and it works fine. Please, please will somebody tell me how to fix this!

[Marcos_Hirano]

Cheese worked smoothly. I'm using Lubuntu 13. Thanks.

[Stu_Stone]

This tip worked great for me. Thanks!

[adiego73]

Hi there!
I've just bought a C270 camera, and it works fine when it is connected to USB 2.0 port, but when I plug it into USB 3.0 it doesn't.
When I plug it to the USB3 Ubuntu recognizes the camera, but when I start Cheese and select it, the camera hangs up.

I don't know if the camera doesn't support usb3, or if I’m doing something wrong, or If something’s disabled on my system..

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 in an ASUS Zenbook UX31E.

dmesg response when I connect the camera:



diego@R2D2:~$ dmesg
[ 7118.773254] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 7119.009928] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0825
[ 7119.009939] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=2
[ 7119.009945] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: B5352580
[ 7119.010950] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:0825)
[ 7119.101824] input: UVC Camera (046d:0825) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:03:00.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input11
[ 7119.511622] uvcvideo: Failed to query (GET_DEF) UVC control 2 on unit 2: -110 (exp. 2).
[ 7119.811946] uvcvideo: Failed to query (GET_DEF) UVC control 2 on unit 2: -110 (exp. 2).
[ 7120.111809] uvcvideo: Failed to query (GET_DEF) UVC control 2 on unit 2: -110 (exp. 2).
[ 7120.412306] uvcvideo: Failed to query (GET_DEF) UVC control 2 on unit 2: -110 (exp. 2).
[ 7120.535869] set resolution quirk: cval->res = 384
[ 7120.536394] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio


lsusb:


diego@R2D2:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:0825 Logitech, Inc. Webcam C270
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:f300 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.


usb-devices:



diego@R2D2:~$ usb-devices


T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 2
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev=03.11
S: Manufacturer=Linux 3.11.0-031100rc6-generic ehci_hcd
S: Product=EHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.0
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub


T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=480 MxCh= 8
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=8087 ProdID=0024 Rev=00.00
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub


T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=04 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=064e ProdID=f300 Rev=02.17
S: Manufacturer=SuYin
S: Product=USB 2.0 UVC 0.3M Webcam
S: SerialNumber=HF031B-J13C-SE02-VS-R02.01.07
C: #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=150mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=0e(video) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=uvcvideo
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=0e(video) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=uvcvideo


T: Bus=01 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=06 Cnt=02 Dev#= 4 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0bda ProdID=0139 Rev=39.60
S: Manufacturer=Generic
S: Product=USB2.0-CRW
S: SerialNumber=20100201396000000
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=500mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=rts5139


T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 2
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev=03.11
S: Manufacturer=Linux 3.11.0-031100rc6-generic xhci_hcd
S: Product=xHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:03:00.0
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub


T: Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=046d ProdID=0825 Rev=00.12
S: SerialNumber=B5352580
C: #Ifs= 4 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=0e(video) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=uvcvideo
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=0e(video) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=uvcvideo
I: If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=01(audio) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio
I: If#= 3 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio


T: Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=5000 MxCh= 2
D: Ver= 3.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=03 MxPS= 9 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0003 Rev=03.11
S: Manufacturer=Linux 3.11.0-031100rc6-generic xhci_hcd
S: Product=xHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:03:00.0
C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub



Hope someone can help me :)

Thanks in advance, and sorry my english :)

Diego.

EDIT:

I've recently updated the kernel version to 3.14.17 (https://github.com/pwr/Solaar/issues/153). When I connect the camera to the usb3 port, dmesg says:




[ 931.037871] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
[ 931.439632] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0825
[ 931.439644] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=2
[ 931.439650] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 65745460
[ 931.440623] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (046d:0825)
[ 931.531079] input: UVC Camera (046d:0825) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:03:00.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input22



(same as before)

I've tried to use the camera using guvcview, but the video isn't fluid.. I mean, it seems the camera is working at 3 fps, but guvcview says it is working at 45/60 fps...
At this point, dmesg result has a lot of "[ 862.441020] xhci_hcd 0000:03:00.0: ERROR Unknown event condition, HC probably busted" messages, and I find out it means that the "error will only print when there's a vendor-specific error code, or some other completion code that the xHCI driver doesn't understand" (http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg84324.html).

I've tested the camera in my work's computer (it has ubuntu 12.04 and the 3.14 kernel version, as I do), and the camera works Ok.

[mintynz]

No Problems running a C270 on a Linux Mint (17) Qiana OS. I try to setup the Logitech Software though. Using Wine it ran up the point of identifying my USB 2 port as a 1.1 on PC for some reason? So I changed it to the 3.0, made no differance to the software. Loaded Cheese, 5min later testing, Audion was off, checked in Sound preferances and changed "Recording" to the Webcam then it worked. Sweet.

[baradrae]

I ran Cheese, and this is the error message I get :

libv4l2: error turning on stream: No space left on device


(cheese:6341): cheese-WARNING **: Could not read from resource.: gstv4l2bufferpool.c(994): gst_v4l2_buffer_pool_poll (): /GstCameraBin:camerabin/GstWrapperCameraBinSrc:camera_source/GstBin:bin18/GstV4l2Src:video_source:
poll error 1: No space left on device (28)


Can anyone help me please?