on my vaio tgz..., the webcam consistently works ONLY after reboot, never upon powering on. this is so since 8.04, thru recently installed 10.04:-( any ideas?
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Xavi Ivars <xavi.iv...@gmail.com> wrote: > David, I installed the ppa and the package, and now my webcam works! > I've got a vaio FE41S, with a webcam 05ca:1836 (VCC4), and it didn't > work previously with Lucid, and now it does. Thanks! > > -- > [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120434 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ricoh R5U87x: Triaged > Status in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > The driver R5U870 is being replaced by a set of R5U87x userland tools that > load the firmware for the uvcvideo supported webcams and make those work with > the standard driver. > > At this moment the WDM webcameras are only supported by the previous R5U870 > module. > > The webcams supported by the userland tools are marked as UVC by this list: > > http://www.bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/src/881dbd07a263/docs/model_matrix.txt > > Originally this bug report was intended to package the R5U870 module, but at > this moment this wouldn't be the best path to follow, as the package really > needed is the R5U87x userland tools available here: > > http://www.bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/ > > For the people in need of the original module please go to the bug #219252 > > This driver is used in Sony Vaio laptops integrated webcams, among others. > > Ubuntu should load this driver whenever the supported devices are present > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ricoh-r5u87x/+bug/120434/+subscribe > -- Prof. Israel Vainsencher ICEX-Departamento de Matemática-UFMG C.P. 702 Belo Horizonte 30123-970 MG 31-3409-5972; www.mat.ufmg.br/~israel "O Google é o meu pastor e nada me faltará" -- [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs