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#1 2009-05-12 15:06:30

freakyzoidberg
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From: Paris
Registered: 2009-04-21
Posts: 13

Problem with Ricoh Webcam

Hi Archmates,


migrated to Arch last month, so far im very pleased with this distro smile

so far i just encounter one problem, its with my webcam.

lusb | grep cam
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:1870 Ricoh Co., Ltd Webcam 1000

i downloaded r5u87x-hg from aur
but loader fail to find any webcam,

i digged more and found out that for 05ca:1870 i have to uncomment this line in loader.h (of r5u87x package)

{ 0x05CA, 0x1870, 0x0112 },  // Used for HP Pavilion dv1xxxx (1870.fw)

compiled again, modprobed uvcvideo, run the loader and have this result

r5u87x firmware loader v0.2

Searching for device...
Found camera: 05ca:1870
Camera reports positive microcode state.
Camera reports microcode version 0x0112.
Not doing anything - camera already setup.

Successfully uploaded firmware to device 05ca:1870!

however, there is no /dev/video

i dont know where to look for now sad

has anyone of you run into this problem, and hopefully fixed it ? smile
thanks

Zoidberg


Zoidberg

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#2 2009-05-14 14:17:23

smarcher
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From: Calcutta
Registered: 2003-12-12
Posts: 42
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Re: Problem with Ricoh Webcam

Hi
Since no one has replied I will take a shot at it. I have a Sony Vaio CR (VGN-CR23G).

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:1839 Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC6 [R5U870]

The webcam worked before the kernel changes. Googling I found this site:
http://www.palmix.org/r5u870-en.html

This site clearly says this Cam does not work with 2.6.28 or newer.

Hope this helps. Very strangely there is not much info on the Sony Vaio webcams. Wonder how many Vaio guys run Gnu/Linux on them? Thinkpad guys have a site www.thinkwiki.org. Now what does this say about Sony Vaio owners?
tongue

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#3 2009-05-14 14:56:46

folletto
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From: Poland
Registered: 2009-03-31
Posts: 26

Re: Problem with Ricoh Webcam

Hi,
I've got Sony Vaio VGN-FZ38M with camera working (Skype and Cheese)

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ca:183b Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC8 [R5U870].

This made it work:

hg clone http://bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/
cd r5u87x
make
make rules
sudo make install
sudo ./loader
sudo modprobe -r uvcvideo
sudo modprobe uvcvideo

maybe it will help you.
BTW check this page: http://www.nepherte.be/arch-linux-on-a-sony-vaio-sz-6/, it helped me to get touchpad to work properly.
Cheers.

Last edited by folletto (2009-05-15 21:44:08)

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#4 2009-05-15 20:01:05

smarcher
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From: Calcutta
Registered: 2003-12-12
Posts: 42
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Re: Problem with Ricoh Webcam

Hi folleto
Works like a charm. There is just one problem, http://bitucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/
should actually be http://bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/
This is the first time this webcam is working with cheese. Does one have to modprobe everytime one boots?

Thanks a million!
Sudeep

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#5 2009-05-15 21:56:39

folletto
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From: Poland
Registered: 2009-03-31
Posts: 26

Re: Problem with Ricoh Webcam

Oooops.. typo, sorry. corrected. If you've done

 make rules

it should load without any problem at boot by itself, so no more to do. More details are in readme in /r5u87x. Skype and Cheese work fine. I had only problem with Camorama, it  doesn't see camera.

Cheers!

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#6 2010-01-11 17:23:46

neo14515
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Registered: 2010-01-11
Posts: 8

Re: Problem with Ricoh Webcam

Hello,

I have a sony vaio VGN-SZ38GP with a ricoh webcam. It is running without any problem under windows but under Linux I am unable to make it work.

Info about the webcam :
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05ca:1830 Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC2 [R5U870]

I followed what folletto mentioned above and I have followed what is toled in that page (http://www.nepherte.be/arch-linux-on-a-sony-vaio-sz-6/) also but it does not work. When I run the r5u87x-loader a have the following message :
r5u87x firmware loader v0.2                                                       

Searching for device...
Found camera: 05ca:1830
Camera reports positive microcode state.
Camera reports microcode version 0x0100.
Not doing anything - camera already setup.

Successfully uploaded firmware to device 05ca:1830!

Then I have done that :
sudo modprobe -r uvcvideo
sudo modprobe uvcvideo

Unfortunately it is not working. I do not even have  the folder  /dev/video0 created.
Could you tell me what is the problem ?

Sincerely

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#7 2010-01-22 17:24:59

neo14515
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Registered: 2010-01-11
Posts: 8

Re: Problem with Ricoh Webcam

Up !

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#8 2010-02-03 18:41:42

neo14515
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Registered: 2010-01-11
Posts: 8

Re: Problem with Ricoh Webcam

UP ! Please help. Is there anyone ?

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