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Comment 14 for bug 293176

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Vítor E. Silva Souza (vitorsouza) wrote : Re: Ubuntu 8.10 doesn't support logitech and labtec webcam

Check this comment: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/287336/comments/4

This program worked for me and I also have a Quickcam Express.

I suggest downloading his C program, compiling and placing it /usr/local/bin. Then create the script quickcam-start.sh in the same directory, with the following contents:

#!/bin/sh
if [ -c /dev/video0 ]; then
        /usr/local/bin/set_cam_exp /dev/video0 2000
fi

Now, create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules with the following contents:

# Adjust camera parameters upon insertion.
KERNEL=="video0", RUN+="/usr/local/bin/quickcam-start.sh"

You will need to sudo to create those files. Don't remember if rebooting is required, but I don't think so. Plug in your camera and the set_cam_exp program should be run automatically to set the brightness. Worked for me...