Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

neo14515 · 2010-02-10 00:51:28

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 was mentioned in this post : http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=72024 and I have followed what is told 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

Last edited by neo14515 (2010-03-31 22:10:20)

neo14515 · 2010-02-19 16:27:05

UP ! Please anyone.

oGRE2080 · 2010-02-21 20:21:29

It looks like true arch roots not usind the webcam !
I've got simillar problem http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91667
try to run this

modprobe uvcvideo
mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2

samhain · 2010-03-15 13:56:34

Hi.

I had the same problem. but I got it fixed.

The r5u87x loader only works with non WDM cameras. (WDM stands for Windows Driver Model).

I turns out that most Sony Vaio Ricoh cameras are WDM.

You need to install the r5u870 driver, there is an updated version of it that works fine for the kernel I'm currently using: 2.6.31. It will probably compile cleanly for 2.6.32 too.

You can download it here:

http://www.palmix.org/download/r5u870_k … 86.tar.bz2

Just do the standard make & make install, and load the driver.

Further explanation of this WDM vs non WDM issue can be found here:
http://www.arakhne.org/ricoh/
http://www.palmix.org/r5u870-en.html

I'm thinking of making a package for the AUR. The existing r5u870 package there is outdated and orphaned.

neo14515 · 2010-03-25 06:18:28

Thank you for your reply I was beginning to wonder if one day I would have an answer.

oGRE2080 I tried what you are suggesting but it is not working this is the output that I get :

MPlayer SVN-r30886-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
150 audio & 335 video codecs
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing tv://.
TV file format detected.
Selected driver: v4l2
 name: Video 4 Linux 2 input
 author: Martin Olschewski <olschewski@zpr.uni-koeln.de>
 comment: first try, more to come ;-)
v4l2: unable to open '/dev/video0': No such file or directory
v4l2: ioctl set mute failed: Bad file descriptor
v4l2: 0 frames successfully processed, 0 frames dropped.


Exiting... (End of file)

samhain thank you for the links. I already found palmix website but I was unable to compile the package since I have the kernel 2.6.32 and the package is made for kernel 2.6.30. Could you tell me how do you manage to bypass this. I also would like to create a PKGBUILD to make a proper install can you guide me. Or if you put a new version on AUR let me know.

Last edited by neo14515 (2010-03-25 06:19:10)

samhain · 2010-03-31 15:22:16

neo14515 wrote:

samhain thank you for the links. I already found palmix website but I was unable to compile the package since I have the kernel 2.6.32 and the package is made for kernel 2.6.30. Could you tell me how do you manage to bypass this. I also would like to create a PKGBUILD to make a proper install can you guide me. Or if you put a new version on AUR let me know.

I haven't tried to compile it for 2.6.32, so far I need to stay with kernel 2.6.31 due to some issues with the video card of my Vaio.
The r5u870 driver compiles cleanly with 2.6.31. What error are you getting with 2.6.32

neo14515 · 2010-03-31 22:09:23

Finally I managed to make it work with palmix firmware. I don't know what I have done to make it work, but this time when I tried to compile, it just work right away. It might be related to the kernel headers that were not correctly installed in my previous attempt. Any way thank you samhain. I don't know if you are still interested in making an AUR package otherwise I think I will try to create one in order to help future people in the same situation.

samhain · 2010-04-13 09:50:15

You are welcome

At the moment, I lack the time needed to create and maintain another AUR package. If you feel like it, go ahead and do it!!

funkmuscle · 2010-08-15 17:35:18

neo14515, please make a driver for this... I can't get it to work

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#1 2010-02-10 00:51:28

Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

#2 2010-02-19 16:27:05

Re: Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

#3 2010-02-21 20:21:29

Re: Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

#4 2010-03-15 13:56:34

Re: Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

#5 2010-03-25 06:18:28

Re: Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

#6 2010-03-31 15:22:16

Re: Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

#7 2010-03-31 22:09:23

Re: Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

#8 2010-04-13 09:50:15

Re: Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

#9 2010-08-15 17:35:18

Re: Webcam Not working Sony Vaio VGN-SZ38GP [Solved]

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