Sony Vaio ID 05ca:1839 Motion Eye Webcam

[rafttrip]

I am having a simaler problem with my webcan on my VAIO.

when I try the fix above this is what I get

svn co http://svn.mediati.org/svn/r5u870/trunk ~/r5u870
svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/svn/r5u870/trunk'
svn: PROPFIND of '/svn/r5u870/trunk': Could not resolve hostname `svn.mediati.org': No address associated with hostname (http://svn.mediati.org)

lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 05ca:1839 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c521 Logitech, Inc. MX620 Laser Cordless Mouse
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

uname -r
2.6.24-19-generic

I am using Ubuntu hardy 8.04. any help would be awesome!!!

I had this camera working in Ubuntu 7.10 before but the method I used before is no longer working.

I am using Ubuntu hardy 8.04. any help would be awesome!!!

[subaruwrc01]

Is there a missing step in that guide? I'm having trouble.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=906855

[IntuitiveNipple]

I keep the latest r5u870 driver in my Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive) so it is easy to install. It is a DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) package too, which means when the kernel is updated it will automatically be rebuilt against the new kernel headers, rather than you having to do it manually.

To use it, add my PPA to apt's sources list:

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/intuitivenipple/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main' >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/intuitivenipple.list"
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/intuitivenipple/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main' >>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/intuitivenipple.list"
sudo apt-get update

Install the driver:

sudo apt-get install r5u870-dkms

Remove my PPA from apt's sources list (to prevent Update Manager offering you all my latest backport and test packages!).

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intuitivenipple.list
sudo apt-get update

[chavita]

Thank's a lot thats do the job!, now I have my webcam working. I'm Very Glad! greets from Mexico.

[SteveMcQwark]

Okay, followed the instructions, but I keep running into errors unpacking it. This is the message:

Unpacking r5u870-dkms (from .../r5u870-dkms_0.11.1-0ubuntu1~ppa2h_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/r5u870-dkms_0.11.1-0ubuntu1~ppa2h_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/lib/firmware/r5u870_1870_1.fw', which is also in package ricoh-webcam-r5u870-firmware
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/r5u870-dkms_0.11.1-0ubuntu1~ppa2h_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The contents of '/lib/firmware' are

2.6.24-16-generic  r5u870_1832.fw  r5u870_1836.fw  r5u870_1841.fw
2.6.24-19-generic  r5u870_1833.fw  r5u870_1839.fw  r5u870_1870_1.fw
r5u870_1810.fw     r5u870_1834.fw  r5u870_183a.fw  r5u870_1870.fw
r5u870_1830.fw     r5u870_1835.fw  r5u870_183b.fw

[rcrc]

Thanks IntuitiveNipple, this worked for me, apparently.

For info:
Linux tux-laptop 2.6.24-21-generic
lsusb: Bus 006 Device 003: ID 05ca:1839 Ricoh Co., Ltd

[quini]

I keep the latest r5u870 driver in my Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive)

Hi. I've got compilation errors here... I'm using Intrepid & 2.6.27 & x86_64. Attached is the make.log file, but I'll post some output here:

DKMS make.log for r5u870-0.11.1 for kernel 2.6.27.2-627c (x86_64)
dg oct 26 19:54:00 CET 2008
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/2.6.27-7.14-627c'
  LD      /var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/r5u870.o
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/r5u870.c:867:1: warning: "V4L2_CID_SHARPNESS" redefined
In file included from include/linux/videodev.h:16,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam.h:38,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/r5u870.c:59:
include/linux/videodev2.h:868:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
  LD      /var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_dev.o
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_dev.c: In function ‘usbcam_work_ref’:
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_dev.c:779: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_fops.o
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_fops.c: In function ‘usbcam_v4l_ioctl’:
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_fops.c:1167: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_usercopy’
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_fops.c:1171: error: implicit declaration of function ‘video_ioctl2’
...
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_fops.c:1195: error: ‘v4l_compat_ioctl32’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_fops.c:1213: error: unknown field ‘type’ specified in initializer
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_fops.c:1214: error: unknown field ‘type2’ specified in initializer
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/usbcam/usbcam_fops.c:1217: error: unknown field ‘vidioc_querycap’ specified in initializer
...

I've also noticed mine is an slightly different model... but I cannot try the driver unless it compiles!
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 05ca:183a Ricoh Co., Ltd

Any idea? Help!

[mnk]

I get the same problem on intrepid.
Did anyone find a solution?

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.27-7-generic -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build.....(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.27-7-generic (i686)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/r5u870/0.11.1/build/ for more information.
0
0
dpkg: error processing r5u870-dkms (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
r5u870-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[PeppeDG]

I got the same errors of user mnk...

Does anyone solved???

I think the *solved* tag cannot be applied to intrepid ibex...

thanks for your efforts...

[2dvisio]

I got the same errors of user mnk...

Does anyone solved???

I think the *solved* tag cannot be applied to intrepid ibex...

thanks for your efforts...

Same problem here....