Comment 7 for bug 56090

OK. I checked out the driver version 10.0.12-rc1 from http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/ and that one works. The colors are a bit pale but I think it's tolerable. So using that would also be an option.

The v4l2 issue mentioned above is fixed with this driver as well.

Probably somone should look into this patent situation though...

In the meantime for those who just want to get their camera working:
1) Install build-essential and the kernel-headers for your kernel (linux-headers-2.6.17-6-686 for me).
2) Download latest driver from http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/ (http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/files/pwc-10.0.12-rc1.tar.bz2 for me)
3) Unpack and go into extracted directory
4) make
5) modprobe -r pwc
6) sudo cp pwc.ko /lib/modules/2.6.17-6-686/kernel/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc.ko.saillard
7) cd /lib/modules/2.6.17-6-686/kernel/drivers/media/video/pwc
8) sudo mv pwc.ko pwc.ko.ubuntu
9) sudo ln -s pwc.ko.saillard pwc.ko
10) sudo depmod -a
11) modprobe pwc
12) Enjoy! :)