Help plz- Ricoh Webcam in HP DV6000

amitizle · 10-06-2008, 01:59 PM

Hey guys,
i'm currently using Ubuntu 8.04...
The only problem is that i can't operate my webcam!

Please help me-I've got HP Pavilion DV6000 series laptop.

lsusb:

Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05ca:1810 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c50e Logitech, Inc. MX-1000 Cordless Mouse Receiver
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Kingtiger01 · 10-06-2008, 04:41 PM

first things first.. Calm down, take a Deep Breath.. its not the end of the world yet..

Second, What software are you trying to run to operate youre webcam, a messenger(Kopete, Gyache), VOIP (SIP) phone software, or just Video4Linux Generic software?

Third, it is a Ricoh R5U870 Webcam attached to youre Laptop..

as http://svn.mediati.org/svn/r5u870/trunk/README covers, you need the Ricoh R5U870 Linux Driver.

or

the UVC-video driver..

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The easyiest way i believe, is to go the UVC route.

to do that(Awesuming you dont have SVN installed or little Linux knowledge..

You want to open, From youre Standard Ubuntu Desktop, applications, Accessories, Terminal. then type as follows...
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First you will need Complete control over the system.. so to start

Code:

Sudo -s

it will ask you for youre password, enter this. now you are logged in, on Terminal as ROOT.

once this is done, we can now start the process of downloading, and installing UVC.

type the following in as follows, and reply "Y" to any yes or no prompts, Respectively.

Code:

apt-get install build-essential svn
cd /tmp/
svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/linux-uvc/linux-uvc/trunk
cd trunk
make
make install
modprobe uvcvideo

From here, youre cam should work under Video4linux2, and any software that supports it. i know this works for Kopete messenger.

amitizle · 10-15-2008, 07:04 AM

It writes the following:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package svn

dauphinfay · 12-23-2008, 05:24 AM

this is a fairly old post and yet i see no resolution. being that i am having the same problem, could someone help me out, please? I have not been able to find pertinent information on the subject.

beachboy2 · 12-23-2008, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package svn

For some reason it seems as though svn (subversion) was not installed.
Either use Synaptic Package manager to install it or use the terminal and type
sudo apt-get install subversion

dauphinfay · 12-23-2008, 04:53 PM

$ sudo apt-get install subversion
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
subversion is already the newest version.

and then i sudo -s and follow above instructions to get this:

# apt-get install build-essential svn
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
E: Couldn't find package svn