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Old 03-06-2011, 09:06 AM   #1
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Sony Motion Eye


Hi everyone,

I am having difficulties getting my webcam working on my Sony VGN-FW580J (running Arch linux).

lsusb
Code:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ca:183d Ricoh Co., Ltd Sony Vaio Integrated Webcam 
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c521 Logitech, Inc. Cordless Mouse Receiver
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 046d:0a04 Logitech, Inc. V20 portable speakers (USB powered)
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 044e:3017 Alps Electric Co., Ltd BCM2046 Bluetooth Device
There seems to be support through the uvcvideo kernel driver, but I have not gotten it to work (tried modprobe). Does anyone have advice?

Thank you in advance!
 
  


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