Hi,

I installed skype on my linux distribution (Linux singh-VGN-CR35G-L 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux) but when i make video calls the camera doesnt work. I checked with the lsusb command ...it confirmed the availability...even when i Tried to run Cheese..it gave me error "No device found"

$ lsusb
singh@singh-VGN-CR35G-L:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 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 005 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 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:1839 Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC6 [R5U870]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


I installed luvcview and when I Tried to run it...it gave me following error....

singh@singh-VGN-CR35G-L:~$ luvcview -f yuv
luvcview 0.2.6

SDL information:
Video driver: x11
A window manager is available
Device information:
Device path: /dev/video0
ERROR opening V4L interface: No such file or directory


Could anyone help me with this????

Thanx

Two drivers...

The internet told me that there are two drivers for an 05ca:1839 according to which kernel is used.

http://www.arakhne.org/ricoh/

You can try one of them(r5u87x) by executing the commands listed in this Italian posting.

http://www.intilinux.com/driver/570/...-ubuntu-gutsy/

Note the link.

https://bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/

https://bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/...del_matrix.txt

In the posts I have seen regarding this webcam using the r5u87x driver, it is referred to as not working with later versions of the kernel and in general is a problem to get configured. You might try the other driver first. Luck

By the way, color is not necessary for emphasis and green is actually unreadable on the blue background used on LQ.

Thanks for the reply. Yeah I will try with your comments.

By the way, I didnt realize it earlier when I selected color(green).. sorry if it forced u to dig your vision deep in the monitor...and about using colors...I will keep that in my mind...

Cheers..