Hello!
I have a laptop HP Pavilion dv9750ep. I am trying to configure the webcam built-in.
I did lsusb to find my webcam :
Code:
[root@laptop /home/kerml]# lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:0084 Microsoft Corp. Basic Optical Mouse
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 006 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 007 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Wireless (Bluetooth + WLAN) Interface [Integrated Module]
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05ca:1812 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
So my webcam is this device "Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05ca:1812 Ricoh Co., Ltd"
I started looking for drives for it.
I did google a lot and find some useful threads in ubuntu forums.
First i used this one
http://bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/, but after doing a
modprobe r5u87x, i receive a message that the device has not been found.
So i google it more and find a patch version of that drive at
http://avilella.googlepages.com/r5u870_patched.tar.bz2
That site have more info useful for the r5u870 webcam
http://avilella.googlepages.com/vaiosz
After that doing
modprobe r5u87x was successful, and I test the cam in skype.
But then I had a problem. The light of the webcam turns on, showing that is working but after it turns immediately off. I tested in amsn too and i had this messages:
Code:
[kerml@laptop ~]$ amsn
ioctl: VIDIOC_REQBUFS(count=1;type=VIDEO_CAPTURE;memory=MMAP): Invalid argument
ioctl: VIDIOC_DQBUF(index=0;type=VIDEO_CAPTURE;bytesused=0;flags=0x0 [];field=ANY;;timecode.type=0;timecode.flags=0;timecode.frames=0;timecode.seconds=0;timecode.minutes=0;timecode.hours=0;timecode.userbits="";sequence=0;memory=MMAP): Input/output error
Terminated
I dont know if is a problem of the drive or a problem of ictlc.
Anyone have successfully install and working a webcam like this one (device ID: 05ca:1812 Ricoh )?
