Well i’ve had my webcam for 2 years or so, Its a Logitech something… its from the 3000 series anyway 
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but when i use Camorama it doesnt pick it up? Anyone got info that could help me?
The Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000 uses the Phillips webcam driver (pwc) which should already be present in lucid
BUT
I’m finding conflicting reports on the Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000
Some say the camera doesn’t work if plugged in when the computer is switched on, and must be plugged in after the PC has finished booting.
Others say the opposite… It MUST be plugged in at boot time.
I’m also finding reports that it will NOT be detected properly if plugged into a USB hub, but works if plugged directly into a USB port.
You could try this… Unplug the camera, then in a terminal:
sudo modprobe -r pwc
then plug the camera back in… give it a few seconds, then to check the driver module has loaded… in a terminal:
lsmod | grep pwc
and see if anything is returned… if it does return something, try your camera
if nothing is returned, in a terminal:
sudo modprobe pwc
now try the camera.
If still nothing post the results of:
lsusb | grep Logitech
and:
lsmod | grep pwc
you might also want to install setpwc (CLI tool for changing the settings of cameras based on the Phillips webcam) either through your package manager (Synaptic) or from a terminal:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get setpwc
and change the cameras settings back to default with:
setpwc -x
then set the frame rate to 30 frames a second with:
setpwc -f 30
and white-balance to outdoors if you are in a light room with:
setpwc -w outdoor
if you want to see all the settings that can be made with setpwc:
man setpwc
your far too brainy mark 
i’ll give this a go. i’ll report back after ive tried everything…
results of “lsusb | grep Logitech”
*@:~$ lsusb | grep Logitech
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 046d:09a4 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam E 3500
results of “lsmod | grep pwc”
*@:~$ lsmod | grep pw
pwc 83150 0
videodev 40518 2 pwc,uvcvideo
The E 3500 uses the uvcvideo drivers which you already have installed.
It is also a v4l2 device… apparently Camorama doesn’t support v4l2 devices
Try using it in either luvcview, cheese or ekiga instead of camorama… all available in synaptic.
Ekiga definitely supports v4l2 devices, but you may have to change the video device from v4l to v4l2 somewhere in its settings.