I must correct myself.  It used to be pwc module that handled the
logitech cams but according to http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/ it is
now handled by uvc.

 I checked http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ and the cam is listed as supported by 
uvc driver:
046d:08c2  Logitech Quickcam Orbit MP  Logitech

Quick check after reboot shows that uvc is loaded on boot.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lsmod | grep uvc
uvcvideo               35460  0
videodev               28160  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            15236  2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_common            25216  2 uvcvideo,videodev
usbcore               134152  6 
snd_usb_audio,uvcvideo,snd_usb_lib,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

It also seems that driver supports it:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# modinfo uvcvideo
filename:       
/lib/modules/2.6.20-8-generic/kernel/ubuntu/media/usbvideo/uvcvideo.ko
license:        GPL
description:    USB Video Class driver
author:         Laurent Pinchart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
srcversion:     313ECAF48A8AEFCF31596C3
alias:          usb:v*p*d*dc*dsc*dp*ic0Eisc01ip00*
alias:          usb:v05ACp8300d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFF*
alias:          usb:v05ACp8501d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
alias:          usb:v046Dp08C5d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip00*
alias:          usb:v046Dp08C3d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip00*
alias:          usb:v046Dp08C2d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip00*
alias:          usb:v046Dp08C1d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFisc01ip00*
depends:        v4l1-compat,v4l2-common,videodev,usbcore
vermagic:       2.6.20-8-generic SMP mod_unload 586
parm:           trace:uint

device is created:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -al /dev/video0
crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 2007-02-22 01:37 /dev/video0


However I still cannot get the cam to work.  I tried to open the cam using lvc 
client and camorama.  Camorama run from command line says:
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ camorama
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
  Major opcode:  144
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
  Major opcode:  144
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: not found
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/esd: not found

It also shows the dialog saying "Could not connect to video device
(/dev/video0)".

xawtv fires up the viewer window and manages to turn the red light on a camera 
for a few seconds then sigfaults, here is the output from the command line:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xawtv
This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.20-8-generic)
/dev/video0 [v4l2]: no overlay support
v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-ledfixed-medium-r-*--39-*-*-*-c-*-*-*" to 
type FontStruct
ioctl: VIDIOC_G_STD(std=0xb7d3a450b7f3de42 
[PAL_B1,PAL_D1,PAL_N,PAL_Nc,PAL_60,NTSC_M,?,?,SECAM_B,SECAM_D,SECAM_K,SECAM_K1,SECAM_L,?ATSC_8_VSB,ATSC_16_VSB,(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)]):
 Invalid argument
ioctl: VIDIOC_G_CTRL(id=134217736;value=1): Input/output error
ioctl: VIDIOC_S_CTRL(id=9963778;value=0): Input/output error
ioctl: VIDIOC_S_STD(std=0x0 []): Invalid argument
v4l2: oops: select timeout
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Hope this helps.

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[feisty 2.6.20-8-generic] pwc module not working with Logitech QuickCam Sphere 
MP 
https://launchpad.net/bugs/86754

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