[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Jörg Frings-Fürst]

last release 2009-11-25
change status to invalid

** Changed in: ubuntu
   Status: In Progress => Invalid

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[daniele.tampieri]

I tried it with Ubuntu 12.04 on my Vaio VGN-FE48M: I checked that the camera is 
working properly by using the video option menù of Skype but the computer 
freezes after a few minutes of test. Here is the result of uname --all:
Linux VGN-FE48M 3.4.0-030400-i7 #201205210521 SMP Tue May 22 13:35:55 CEST 2012 
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[David Jurenka]

05ca:18b5 is not a supported model, and r5u87x does not interact with
this camera whatsoever. Running “sudo r5u87x-loader” on your laptop
should result just in an error saying “Failed to find any supported
webcams”. It is therefore very unlikely that it was this package that
used to make your camera work on previous Ubuntu releases.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Franck]

I have a 05ca:18b5 Ricoh Co., Ltd webcam, on a Sony Vaio laptop, and used to 
need to install the package to make it work.
Under Natty, things seems to work out of the box.
So, is this tool slowly becoming obsolete, or am I missing something ?

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[David Jurenka]

Many thanks for the heads-up, Julien. Fixed in version
0.2.1+r64+dfsg1-0ppa6.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Xavi Ivars]

Julien, you saved me a lot of time with your last comment.

Thank you very much!!!

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Julien Lefeuvre]

Hi there,

I just walk someone through the installation of this ppa, good work by
the way, and a tiny problem rose up.

It seems that bitbucket changed its archive structure and that triggered
a bug in /usr/share/r5u87x/r5u87x-download-firmware.sh

line 79:
cd r5u87x

should be changed to:
cd ahixon-r5u87x-a9b2171d762b

or adding a tiny bit of code in order to prevent this to happen again if
bitbucket decide to change its archive structure again, here is a "diff
-Nur r5u87x-download-firmware.sh.old r5u87x-download-firmware.sh":

###
--- r5u87x-download-firmware.sh.old 2011-04-07 19:50:30.360790179 +0200
+++ r5u87x-download-firmware.sh 2011-04-07 20:22:52.406547732 +0200
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@
exit 1
 fi
 ${DOWNLOADER} $URL 2>/dev/null || { echo "Failed downloading firmware from 
$URL" >&2; exit 1; }
+TARDIR=$(tar -tf ${REVISION}.gz | grep -o '^[^/]\+' | sort -u)
 tar xzf ${REVISION}.gz
-cd r5u87x
+cd ${TARDIR}
 
 # copy firmware
 echo "Installing..."
###

Have a nice day :)

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[David Jurenka]

Thanks for the heads-up, Mark. I have just uploaded a new version of the
packages that should fix this issue.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Mark Wilmoth]

Well I learned something new.

Creating a script that executes after hibernates resumes (thaw) can be
done like this:

sudo touch /etc/pm/sleep.d/99_r5u87x-reload
sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/sleep.d/99_r5u87x-reload
sudo nano /etc/pm/sleep.d/99_r5u87x-reload

Add everything between the dashed lines to file 99_r5u87x-reload



#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
hibernate|suspend)
# do nothing
;;
thaw) #thaw|resume)
/usr/sbin/r5u87x-loader --reload 2>/dev/null
;;
*)
;;
esac
exit $?

---

Save and enjoy video after a thaw.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Mark Wilmoth]

Sony VGN-AR590E, Ubuntu 10.10 w/current updates.

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ca:1839 Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication
Camera VGP-VCC6 [R5U870]

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:r5u87x-loader/ppa
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install r5u87x
4. sudo /usr/share/r5u87x/r5u87x-download-firmware.sh

Works, but does not work after coming out of hibernation.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[David Jurenka]

** Changed in: ricoh-r5u87x
   Status: Triaged => In Progress

** Changed in: ubuntu
   Status: Triaged => In Progress

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Konundrum]

Just wanted to add THANK YOU!!! This worked great for me. I had been building 
from source for over a year and this is a huge timesaver. Would love to see it 
in the main repos though.
FYI, my system is: Sony VAIO VGN-CR120E running Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 
2.6.32-24-generic-pae Kernel

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[ahoms]

Worked perfectly with my webcam. The computer is vaio vgn-fe41m and OS
is ubuntu 10.04 64bits

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[David Jurenka]

** Description changed:

  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
+ 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
+ Packages for r5u87x are now ready and available from a PPA at 
https://launchpad.net/~r5u87x-loader/+archive/ppa .
+ For installation simply run:
+ 1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:r5u87x-loader/ppa
+ 2. sudo apt-get update
+ 3. sudo apt-get install r5u87x
+ 4. sudo /usr/share/r5u87x/r5u87x-download-firmware.sh

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[israel vainsencher]

on my vaio tgz..., the webcam consistently works ONLY after reboot,
but never immediately upon powering on.
this is so since 8.04, thru recently installed 10.04:-(
any ideas?

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[israel vainsencher]

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  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!
>
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> 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:
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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Xavi Ivars]

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!

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[GeorgeV]

any ideas?

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[GeorgeV]

i tried "sudo modprobe uvcvideo" but nothing happed. Still i have the issue.
lsmod:
Module  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc 8356  1 
ppdev   6688  0 
joydev 10240  0 
uvcvideo   59080  0 
videodev   36736  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat14336  2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_hda_codec_realtek   203328  1 
pcmcia 36808  0 
snd_hda_intel  26920  2 
snd_hda_codec  75708  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep   7200  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss37920  0 
snd_mixer_oss  16028  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm75296  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
arc41660  2 
ecb 2524  2 
snd_seq_dummy   2656  0 
snd_seq_oss28576  0 
iptable_filter  3100  0 
iwlagn109084  0 
iwlcore   112796  1 iwlagn
led_class   4096  1 iwlcore
mac80211  181140  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
snd_seq_midi6464  0 
snd_rawmidi22176  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event  6940  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
ip_tables  11692  1 iptable_filter
snd_seq50224  6 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer  22276  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
x_tables   16544  1 ip_tables
tifm_7xx1   5372  0 
snd_seq_device  6920  5 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse57332  0 
serio_raw   5280  0 
tifm_core   7832  1 tifm_7xx1
yenta_socket   24296  1 
rsrc_nonstatic 11644  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core36592  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
cfg80211   93052  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
snd59204  16 
snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore   7264  1 snd
snd_page_alloc  9156  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sony_laptop31972  0 
lp  8964  0 
parport35340  2 ppdev,lp
usbhid 38208  0 
fbcon  36640  72 
tileblit2460  1 fbcon
font8124  1 fbcon
bitblit 5372  1 fbcon
softcursor  1756  1 bitblit
usb_storage52768  1 
ohci1394   29900  0 
ieee1394   86596  1 ohci1394
r8169  32064  0 
mii 5212  1 r8169
i915  226120  3 
drm   160032  3 i915
i2c_algo_bit5760  1 i915
video  19380  1 i915
output  2780  1 video
intel_agp  27676  2 i915
agpgart34988  2 drm,intel_agp


and i haven't any /dev/video nodes.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Alexander Hixon]

Yeah, sounds like the module isn't getting inserted into the kernel again, 
which is, well, very odd by itself, heh.
However, the loader reports an error if it gets a non-zero return code when it 
reloads uvcvideo, so if it failed or didn't exist it would bail. We shall soon 
see, I guess.

GeorgeV, the output of lsmod and what /dev/video nodes you have (if any)
would probably also be useful.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[David Jurenka]

Thanks for the commit, Alex! The latest code has just been added to the
PPA. However, the packages have had this patch applied since February,
so the problem is probably somewhere else. Moreover, the output that
GeorgeV posted suggests that the firmware actually is in the camera
whilst it's not working. Perhaps the cause might be the uvcvideo kernel
module being unloaded.

GeorgeV, does running “sudo modprobe uvcvideo” fix the issue for you?

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Alexander Hixon]

Commited to head.
If you can give that a go and report back (either here or open a bug on the 
bitbucket repository and set me as the owner/assigned), that'd be great!

You'll need to check out r5u87x out from the repository and build it (a
good 6 steps, check out the Ubuntu quickstart at
http://www.bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/src/tip/README ), or wait for
David to generate new versions of the packages.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[GeorgeV]

οοh thank you, and i hope to fix this problem.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Alexander Hixon]

Pretty sure the issue you're seeing is because of a udev attribute we
use to detect the camera has now been depreciated, so it doesn't check
it at boot anymore.

David Jurenka sent me a patch a while back, but I had an enormous inbox at the 
time and forgot to look at it properly (sorry David!).
I'll probably commit it tomorrow morning; hopefully that'll fix the issue.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[GeorgeV]

The problem remain. Here is the outputs of your commands you want:

1)
Bus 001 Device 002: 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
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 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 045e:007d Microsoft Corp. Notebook Optical Mouse
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 054c:0281 Sony Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0d49:7450 Maxtor 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

2)
r5u87x firmware loader v0.2

Searching for device...
Found camera: 05ca:1839
Camera reports positive microcode state.
Camera reports microcode version 0x0030.
Not doing anything - camera already setup.

Successfully uploaded firmware to device 05ca:1839!
Reloading uvcvideo module...
Finished.

3)
r5u87x firmware loader v0.2

Searching for device...
Found camera: 05ca:1839
Camera reports positive microcode state.
Camera reports microcode version 0x0030.
Not doing anything - camera already setup.

Successfully uploaded firmware to device 05ca:1839!
Reloading uvcvideo module...
Finished.

4)
Karmic Koala 9.10

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[GeorgeV]

Just for now, it's working fine.The strange thing is that, if i turn off
my pc now, and open it again, camera still works fine. So I'll tell you
tomorrow, if the problem remains. Thnk you for the quick respond and for
your time. if i encounter any problem, i'll tell you right away.

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[David Jurenka]

First, please note that I renamed r5u87x-loader to r5u87x, and the old
packages might be obsolete already. Hence, run

sudo apt-get remove r5u87x-loader

sudo apt-get install r5u87x

sudo /usr/share/r5u87x/r5u87x-download-firmware.sh


If the problem persists, I would need:

1) output of command “lsusb”;

2) output of command “sudo r5u87x-loader --reload”, executed while the
camera doesn't work;

3) output of command “sudo r5u87x-loader --reload”, executed while the
camera works fine;

4) what version of Ubuntu you are running.

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[GeorgeV]

I have created a PPA, and used those commands:
sudo apt-get install r5u87x-loader
sudo /usr/share/r5u87x-loader/r5u87x-download-firmware.sh

I though, i found the solution, because my camera worded fine, but when
i turned off my pc, and opened it the other day, my camera didn't work.
So i did the same steps again. My camera worded again, but as soon as i
turned off, and opened my pc the other day, i had the same problem. it's
like an infinity loop. what can i do?

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Michael Doube]

David pointed out to me that the firmware / microcode stays in the
camera over a ´warm´ restart, so that is why it looked like my webcam
worked in Lucid.  r5u87x is still needed in Lucid.

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[Michael Doube]

Testing today's Lucid ISO image in a live session and find that my
webcam 'just works': this is in a Vaio SZ650 that previously needed
r5u870.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Shannon VanWagner]

#16 above works perfectly for Sony Vaio SZ670N (installed the 2 .deb files)
$ lsusb |grep Ricoh Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:183a Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual 
Communication Camera VGP-VCC7 [R5U870]
Of course I had to install build-essential, linux-headers-generic for it to 
work.
Thanks!

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[israel vainsencher]

I wish the info in ubuntu forum were also for the common human-user-being.
Funny: upon boot at power-on, cheese (or skype) will not find the cam; 
however, after reboot, it does. It beats me why...

manzdagratiano wrote:
> Uhhh I wish this package eventually finds its way into the repository...
> I REALLY have no stomach left for manually compiling packages and
> sorting out compile errors one by one (the reason why I could not
> realize the ideal desktop dream with Debian)
>
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[Michael Lustfield]

** Changed in: ricoh-r5u87x
 Assignee: Michael Lustfield (mtecknology) => David Jurenka (jurenka)

** Changed in: ubuntu
 Assignee: (unassigned) => David Jurenka (jurenka)

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[manzdagratiano]

But indeed... David's PPA is phenomenal!!! Many thanks... This one fixed
it for me after a plethora of trials and tribulations from all over! Now
to just nurture the fantasy that this finds its way into the Lynx.

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[manzdagratiano]

Uhhh I wish this package eventually finds its way into the repository...
I REALLY have no stomach left for manually compiling packages and
sorting out compile errors one by one (the reason why I could not
realize the ideal desktop dream with Debian)

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[Michael Doube]

David

This package and included script downloads and works for me.  Would be
nice to have it included in time for Lucid.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[David Jurenka]

I have created a PPA with r5u87x-loader but without any non-free pieces. The 
firmware with unclear copyright and license status has been removed as is not 
part of the binary or even the source packages. On the other hand, a new shell 
script is now included that can download and install all the necessary firmware 
directly from the upstream repository. Upon execution the script explains what 
it is going to do and asks the user for confirmation. I hope this a clean 
enough solution.
Packages for Intrepid, Jaunty, Karmic and Lucid are available.

https://launchpad.net/~r5u87x-loader/+archive/ppa

As explained above, the installation now breaks into two steps:
sudo apt-get install r5u87x-loader
sudo /usr/share/r5u87x-loader/r5u87x-download-firmware.sh

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Francus]

Hi,

the package is still not working for me even after reboot.

Best

Francesco

2009/12/9 Michael Lustfield 

> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> For my own system I:
> Added the repository
> sudo aptitude update
> sudo aptitude install ricoh-r5u87x cheese
> sudo r5u87x-loader
> reboot
> cheese
>
> Everything seemed to work fine. It seems that after running
> r5u87x-loader a reboot is necessary for the changes to matter.
>
> I intend to write a man page before trying to get this included into
> the universe. Once I have all the input I'll go after this.
>
> On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:13:36 -
> Francus  wrote:
>
> > I installed the package for ubuntu and everything worked ok, but skype
> and
> > cheese do not find the webcam.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > 2009/12/8 Michael Lustfield 
> >
> > > I created the packages for this. Could you please try to download them
> from
> > > the PPA and see how they work for you.
> > > https://launchpad.net/~ricoh-r5u87x-devs/+archive/ppa
> 
> > >
> > > Keep in mind that I did now write this source code and only packaged
> it.
> > > This was the first package I ever created so it could be wrong. I'm
> sure
> > > before including this in the Universe i should also be equipped with a
> > > man page and a more appropriate name.
> > >
> > > Feedback welcome.
> > >
> > > ** Changed in: ricoh-r5u87x
> > >   Status: In Progress => Triaged
> > >
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> > > 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
> > >
> >
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> 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
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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Anders]

@Michael and others - several other bits of code / firmware where the
license is unclear are included in Ubuntu, but at least in some of those
cases, the issue is solved by Ubuntu not hosting the actual, "dubious"
elements. Take a look at how for example libdvdread4 fetches bits & bobs
from non-Canonical servers & try to replicate this behaviour?

Reference:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

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:(

I thought the GPLv2 License in the source code your wrote meant that
there wasn't an issue with doing this. If I had the knowledge to
decompile the microcode I'd go for that approach. Heck, if you can get
me started I'd try..

There are some packages that require the user to agree to install
software that is is closed source. Like sun-java6-bin which as you
mentioned is in multiverse instead.

On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:44:48 -
Alexander Hixon  wrote:

> Hi Micheal,
> 
> Nice work with the packaging! :)
> Some comments:
> 
> > sudo r5u87x-loader
> > reboot
> > cheese
> 
> Rebooting is not necessary.
> If you read README, you will note that it's suggested you run it as 
> r5u87x-loader --reload instead.
> 
> I should probably also note two other things:
> 
> r5u87x has already been packaged before, so you can always want to have
> a peek at the existing dscs and stuff. You might be able to contact
> wvengen to see if he still has them (see earlier in this bug report).
> 
> Secondly, and most importantly; we do not have copyright on the
> firmware. This means it is impossible to redistribute this legally
> (comment #66) without permission (including in the PPA). As such you
> won't be able to include this in universe, from my understanding.
> Multiverse perhaps. Even then, we would also need some mechanism for
> users to know that they need package xyz from multiverse. What would you
> (or any Canonical folk) suggest?
> 
> There are two options re firmware:
> a) re-implement the firmware from scratch - can be done, in fact, we've 
> successfully decompiled the microcode to assembler. It'd be probably insanely 
> time consuming to redo it all, though.
> b) see if there's anything in the click-through EULA's provided with the 
> drivers that allow us to redistribute it.
> c) get permission from the copyright owner(s) - AFAIK this is Ricoh, except 
> several people (including myself) have attempted to get in contact with them 
> and failed. Sales has never contacted me, ever, even after being assured they 
> would. If somebody in the right timezone is willing to give them a ring...
> d) create a tool that extracts the firmware from Windows firmware files, 
> however this is probably the least ideal solution. There is code that assists 
> in this process, however it's not quite automated at the moment.
> 
> Ideally, I'd still be like to be able to include something based off the
> old r5u870 module in the kernel based on gspca. However, I really just
> don't have the time that I'd like to be able to develop something like
> this. If someone is feeling adventurous, a free beer is up for grabs. :)
> This would also mean we can support WDM based cameras, too - which is a
> limitation with the current approach; we only work with UVC-based
> cameras (and then again, not completely correctly, either - controls are
> not accurately recognised - yay non standards).
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex Hixon
> 


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[Alexander Hixon]

Hi Micheal,

Nice work with the packaging! :)
Some comments:

> sudo r5u87x-loader
> reboot
> cheese

Rebooting is not necessary.
If you read README, you will note that it's suggested you run it as 
r5u87x-loader --reload instead.

I should probably also note two other things:

r5u87x has already been packaged before, so you can always want to have
a peek at the existing dscs and stuff. You might be able to contact
wvengen to see if he still has them (see earlier in this bug report).

Secondly, and most importantly; we do not have copyright on the
firmware. This means it is impossible to redistribute this legally
(comment #66) without permission (including in the PPA). As such you
won't be able to include this in universe, from my understanding.
Multiverse perhaps. Even then, we would also need some mechanism for
users to know that they need package xyz from multiverse. What would you
(or any Canonical folk) suggest?

There are two options re firmware:
a) re-implement the firmware from scratch - can be done, in fact, we've 
successfully decompiled the microcode to assembler. It'd be probably insanely 
time consuming to redo it all, though.
b) see if there's anything in the click-through EULA's provided with the 
drivers that allow us to redistribute it.
c) get permission from the copyright owner(s) - AFAIK this is Ricoh, except 
several people (including myself) have attempted to get in contact with them 
and failed. Sales has never contacted me, ever, even after being assured they 
would. If somebody in the right timezone is willing to give them a ring...
d) create a tool that extracts the firmware from Windows firmware files, 
however this is probably the least ideal solution. There is code that assists 
in this process, however it's not quite automated at the moment.

Ideally, I'd still be like to be able to include something based off the
old r5u870 module in the kernel based on gspca. However, I really just
don't have the time that I'd like to be able to develop something like
this. If someone is feeling adventurous, a free beer is up for grabs. :)
This would also mean we can support WDM based cameras, too - which is a
limitation with the current approach; we only work with UVC-based
cameras (and then again, not completely correctly, either - controls are
not accurately recognised - yay non standards).

Cheers,
Alex Hixon

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Michael Lustfield]

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For my own system I:
Added the repository
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install ricoh-r5u87x cheese
sudo r5u87x-loader
reboot
cheese

Everything seemed to work fine. It seems that after running
r5u87x-loader a reboot is necessary for the changes to matter.

I intend to write a man page before trying to get this included into
the universe. Once I have all the input I'll go after this.

On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:13:36 -
Francus  wrote:

> I installed the package for ubuntu and everything worked ok, but skype and
> cheese do not find the webcam.
> 
> Best
> 
> 2009/12/8 Michael Lustfield 
> 
> > I created the packages for this. Could you please try to download them from
> > the PPA and see how they work for you.
> > https://launchpad.net/~ricoh-r5u87x-devs/+archive/ppa
> >
> > Keep in mind that I did now write this source code and only packaged it.
> > This was the first package I ever created so it could be wrong. I'm sure
> > before including this in the Universe i should also be equipped with a
> > man page and a more appropriate name.
> >
> > Feedback welcome.
> >
> > ** Changed in: ricoh-r5u87x
> >   Status: In Progress => Triaged
> >
> > --
> > [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
> >
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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Francus]

I installed the package for ubuntu and everything worked ok, but skype and
cheese do not find the webcam.

Best

2009/12/8 Michael Lustfield 

> I created the packages for this. Could you please try to download them from
> the PPA and see how they work for you.
> https://launchpad.net/~ricoh-r5u87x-devs/+archive/ppa
>
> Keep in mind that I did now write this source code and only packaged it.
> This was the first package I ever created so it could be wrong. I'm sure
> before including this in the Universe i should also be equipped with a
> man page and a more appropriate name.
>
> Feedback welcome.
>
> ** Changed in: ricoh-r5u87x
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> 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:
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> http://www.bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/src/881dbd07a263/docs/model_matrix.txt
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> 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:
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> 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
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[Pablo Marchant]

I just tested this on lucid. Webcam woks perfectly with cheese

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Michael Lustfield]

I created the packages for this. Could you please try to download them from the 
PPA and see how they work for you.
https://launchpad.net/~ricoh-r5u87x-devs/+archive/ppa

Keep in mind that I did now write this source code and only packaged it.
This was the first package I ever created so it could be wrong. I'm sure
before including this in the Universe i should also be equipped with a
man page and a more appropriate name.

Feedback welcome.

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[Michael Lustfield]

I will attempt to make a package from this that can be included in
Ubuntu.

** Also affects: ricoh-r5u87x
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Changed in: ricoh-r5u87x
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: ricoh-r5u87x
   Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: ricoh-r5u87x
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Lustfield (mtecknology)

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[TJ]

Work-around for this using the latest userspace tools is detailed in

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8388142#post8388142

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Francus]

Using jaunty I installed the pagackage  disper and installation went OK, but 
skype does not see the webcam ricoh. Result of lsusb is the following:
~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05ca:1830 Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera 
VGP-VCC2

I also checked `dmesg` command  (or /var/log/messages), but found
nothing reporting the names ricoh or camera.

Any idea?

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Vladimir Durán]

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:1839 Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication
Camera VGP-VCC6 [R5U870]

There's not a lot of people going over the trouble of compiling modules
to video-chat with they friends :)

I *think* this must have more importance for the average user than a
"whishlist".

Thank you.

BTW, took me a while to figure out why my VGN-CR240F's integrated webcam
did not work in Jaunty/Karmic by default.

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[Anders]

Perhaps someone could package this for medibuntu or GetDeb?

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[David Monniaux]

Works on HP Pavilion tx1219us, device 05ca:1810.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[wvengen]

Thank you for the review. Package has been removed from PPA. I'll
discuss the license with upstream and will look into the other remarks.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Martin Pitt]

I did a quick package review:

 - orig.tar.gz contains microcode extracted from Windows drivers. README
says

   The files located under the 'ucode' directory were derived from
   usbsnoop/sniffusb tracing of various Windows drivers, including some named
   Mvc25u870.sys, 5U870CAP.sys, and R5U870FLx86.sys.

 There is no license statement at all, thus these are unredistributable.
Please delete the package from your PPA as soon as possible, since it
makes us a target for a copyright infringement lawsuit.

  If these files can indeed be redistributed freely (as in beer), please
refer to the license and provide a copy in the package as well.

   I advise to repack the orig.tar.gz to not include the firmware, and
instead provide some scripts to automate the extraction from a Windows
driver CD as much as possible.

 - orig.tar.gz does not have a copy of the licenses (GPL 2 in
particular). README refers to "COPYING" which does not exist.


** Changed in: ubuntu
   Status: Fix Committed => Triaged

** Changed in: ubuntu
 Assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) => (unassigned)

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Tim Penhey]

** Changed in: ubuntu
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Daniel Holbach]

Andres: if you read the page you linked to closely you'll see that the
package needs two ACKs before it can be uploaded by sponsors.

Unsubscribing sponsors for now.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Andres Mujica]

@wvengen: Thanks a lot for your effort, you can take a look into
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages to learn more
about the get a package into Ubuntu process.

I've suscribed ubuntu-universe-sponsors in order to get your package
reviewed.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[wvengen]

I uploaded an updated package to my PPA
http://launchpad.net/~wvengen/+archive . Please report any problems
introduced since the previous package.

@tim you could try the new version, it has some bug fixes. If it doesn't
work, please look at the bottom of the output of the `dmesg` command to
see if it found anything (or /var/log/messages).

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Tim Penhey]

On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:57:50 Franck wrote:
> @tim
>
> what I did is install the package from
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/wvengen/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main, reboot and
> use the device... Did you try any other software appart from skype
> (cheese, ekiga, ...) to see if they see you device ?

Hmm didn't work for me.  Checked skype, webKam, and cheese.  None of them 
detect a webcam.

from lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05ca:1830 Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera 
VGP-VCC2

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[Franck]

@tim

what I did is install the package from
http://ppa.launchpad.net/wvengen/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main, reboot and
use the device... Did you try any other software appart from skype
(cheese, ekiga, ...) to see if they see you device ?

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Tim Penhey]

On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:26:03 wvengen wrote:
> I see that upstream has updated the Makefile. It is my turn to update
> the package again and rely on that since it now works correctly if I am
> correct. I'm a bit short on spare-time right now but I'll try to find
> some. Then the package should be ready to get into Ubuntu. I'm not too
> experienced in that, though, so if anyone can help me with that please
> drop me a note.

What do I need to do to get the webcam working through the PPA?  I've 
installed the debs but skype still says "no devices found" for webcams.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[wvengen]

I see that upstream has updated the Makefile. It is my turn to update
the package again and rely on that since it now works correctly if I am
correct. I'm a bit short on spare-time right now but I'll try to find
some. Then the package should be ready to get into Ubuntu. I'm not too
experienced in that, though, so if anyone can help me with that please
drop me a note.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Franck]

@tomd123

The package found on http://ppa.launchpad.net/wvengen/ppa/ubuntu
intrepid main works for me on Jaunty.

So basically, I'd say the packaging work is done already, thanks to Willem, 
unless there are problems I don't see.
The only point would be to push it from Willem's PPA to universe (so find a 
maintener, etc... I don't really know about the process).

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[tomd123]

Keeping this alive...
Hopefully there will be a package before jaunty releases.. I really hate 
compiling the r5u87x drivers myself (especially since I don't do any 
development on this machine) and installing build-essential/libusb dev is just 
extra bloat for the non developer[box]..
I might take a look at it when I have some free time (fingers crossed). having 
a package for this would be a lot more beneficial while the udev kinks are 
being worked out.

libusb | grep Ricoh
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:1836 Ricoh Co., Ltd

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[LucaScarpantonio]

I sorted the problem for my 05ca:1870 in Intrepid.
I found the proper way in this discussion on ubuntu forum, I copy here just in 
case someone needs it.

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1014025.html

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[LucaScarpantonio]

None of this solutions are working for the ricoh 05ca:1870 integraated
in HP pavillion dv6000. do you have any suggestions?

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[israel vainsencher]

unfortunately this fix didn't do it. i still get doubled :(ugly) face 
with skype, though cheese&xawtv are ok. any other hint are veryvery 
wellcome!
cheers
i
PS: sony vaio vgn-tz170n
2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux


JGJones wrote:
> Video showing strangely in Skype?
>
> This is due to the codec running only in 640x480 - there's a bug with
> the resizing of video size I believe but there is a workaround for
> Skype.
>
> Go to ~/.Skype and in your username folder - there is a file -
> config.xml.
>
> Make a backup copy of it.
>
> Now edit the file and add this:
>
> 
> 480
> 640
> 
>
> Put it in between the  section (I put it at the bottom in my
> case)
>
> Start up Skype. This might fix it for you if your video is strange. As a
> workaround, I'm happy enough with this until things improve.
>
> Cheers
>   

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[JGJones]

Video showing strangely in Skype?

This is due to the codec running only in 640x480 - there's a bug with
the resizing of video size I believe but there is a workaround for
Skype.

Go to ~/.Skype and in your username folder - there is a file -
config.xml.

Make a backup copy of it.

Now edit the file and add this:


480
640


Put it in between the  section (I put it at the bottom in my
case)

Start up Skype. This might fix it for you if your video is strange. As a
workaround, I'm happy enough with this until things improve.

Cheers

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Nickolai]

wow! at last i get something out of my webcam. Skype gets the image
upside down though. Must be a completely dumb line i have to add
somewhere, but I have no clue as to what or where. could someone help
please?

VAIO vgn FZ18m

lsusb 
...
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 05ca:1837 Ricoh Co., Ltd
...

lsmod |grep videodev
videodev   41344  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat22404  2 uvcvideo,videodev

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Franck]

Cheese works for me also now.
I don't know what changed since last time, maybe a kernel update ?


Le lundi 05 janvier 2009 à 15:55 +, israel vainsencher a écrit :
> waw! at long last, the webcam works fine in my sony vaio
> thanx to   JGJones  wrote on 2008-11-20:  (permalink)  
> at least using cheese.
> check next with skype.
> uh-uh, no, it duplicates image, doesn't look good. but it did work fine under 
> 8.04:-(
> 
> 
> ** Attachment added: "webcam sony intrepid skype not ok"
>http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20921779/i
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[israel vainsencher]

waw! at long last, the webcam works fine in my sony vaio
thanx to   JGJones  wrote on 2008-11-20:  (permalink)  
at least using cheese.
check next with skype.
uh-uh, no, it duplicates image, doesn't look good. but it did work fine under 
8.04:-(


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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[wvengen]

Ah, now I understand the config thingy, thanks! I'll contact you off-bug
for some questions about the Makefile. Or is there a devel mailing list?

A tiny thing about DESTDIR that may be useful to know in general: please
use PREFIX for to set the prefix in the Makefile, and don't set DESTDIR
(but do use it) so that one can install the files in a temporary
directory without changing the prefix. This is explained shortly in
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-prefix.html
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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Alexander Hixon]

@wvengen: Awesome! Works as advertised!

However, please change the system firmware path in config.h rather than
in loader.c (just change UCODEDIR as appropriate).

Also, you don't need #include "loader.h" again; it's already included in
the file (otherwise you end up including it twice).

Make sure the compiler passes -DHAVE_CONFIG to get it to include the
config file (which the current Makefile already does, but I'm not very
good at writing them, so dh_build might invoke it differently).

I'll then include the debian/ directory and udev script upstream.
Thanks, by the way! Turned out much better than my package! :)

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Cédric Vivier]

I also happen to have Franck's problen with Cheese and Ekiga.
Interestingly with Skype the video shows up (but distorted weirdly).

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Franck]

My problem might be related to this bug :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libv4l/+bug/260918

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Re: [Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Franck]

Hi Willem,

I have installed your package, and it seems to work.
If I run the loader manually, everything seems fine :

fra...@franck-laptop:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/r5u87x-loader --reload
r5u87x firmware loader v0.1
Searching for device...
Found camera   : 05ca:1835
Firmware   : /usr/share/usb/r5u87x/r5u87x-05ca-1835.fw

Camera reports positive microcode state.
Camera reports microcode version 0x0107.
Not doing anything - camera already setup.

Successfully uploaded firmware to device 05ca:1835!
reloading uvcvideo kernel module


But when I come to really use the webcam, I get this error with Cheese :

(cheese:8468): GStreamer-WARNING **: pad video_source:src returned caps
which are not a real subset of its template caps
libv4l2: error converting / decoding frame data: v4l-convert: error
destination buffer too small

With Ekiga (--debug=6), the error I get is :

2008/12/22 14:47:08.216   0:33.916ekiga Detecting
V4L2 devices
2008/12/22 14:47:08.217   0:33.917ekiga PV4L2Plugin
detected device metadata at /sys/class/video4linux/
2008/12/22 14:47:14.076   0:39.777   GMVideoTester:019c6640 PVidInDev
Open()  videoFd:-1
2008/12/22 14:47:14.077   0:39.777   GMVideoTester:019c6640 PVidInDev
Close() videoFd:-1  started:0
2008/12/22 14:47:14.078   0:39.778   GMVideoTester:019c6640 Detecting
V4L2 devices
2008/12/22 14:47:14.079   0:39.779   GMVideoTester:019c6640 PV4L2Plugin
detected device metadata at /sys/class/video4linux/
2008/12/22 14:47:14.231   0:39.931   GMVideoTester:019c6640 PVidInDev
Open()  devName:/dev/video0  videoFd:-1
2008/12/22 14:47:14.231   0:39.931   GMVideoTester:019c6640
VideoInputDeviceS_STD failed : Argument invalide
2008/12/22 14:47:14.231   0:39.931   GMVideoTester:019c6640
VideoInputDeviceS_INPUT failed : Périphérique ou ressource occupé
2008/12/22 14:47:14.231   0:39.931   GMVideoTester:019c6640 PVidInDev
Close() videoFd:60  started:0
2008/12/22 14:47:14.231   0:39.931   GMVideoTester:019c6640 PVidInDev
Close() videoFd:-1  started:0

In both cases, the little green led on the right of my camera lightens
up. But I can't get any picture to show...

Any idea ?


Le lundi 22 décembre 2008 à 13:01 +, wvengen a écrit :
> Ok, I uploaded a package to my PPA at http://launchpad.net/~wvengen/+archive 
> . After adding the repository, install the package r5u87x-firmware. A couple 
> of notes regarding packaging:
>   * udev rules are automatically generated from parsing ucode/*.fw
>   * there is a -firmware package containing only firmware and a 
> -firmware-loaders package with loader software
>   * it works for me after (cold) booting, but suspend/resume still gives 
> problems
>   * the loader is installed as /usr/sbin/r5u87x-loader with a wrapper that 
> adds the command --reload to reload the uvcvideo kernel module afterwards
>

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[wvengen]

For the interested is the udev file attached.

** Attachment added: "90-r5u87x-loader.rules"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20634520/90-r5u87x-loader.rules

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[wvengen]

Ok, I uploaded a package to my PPA at http://launchpad.net/~wvengen/+archive . 
After adding the repository, install the package r5u87x-firmware. A couple of 
notes regarding packaging:
  * udev rules are automatically generated from parsing ucode/*.fw
  * there is a -firmware package containing only firmware and a 
-firmware-loaders package with loader software
  * it works for me after (cold) booting, but suspend/resume still gives 
problems
  * the loader is installed as /usr/sbin/r5u87x-loader with a wrapper that adds 
the command --reload to reload the uvcvideo kernel module afterwards

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Ozzyprv]

I sincerely apologize for the confusion.

What I meant was that the webcam was NOT working on my HP dv9005ca
running Ubuntu 8.10

The output from terminal were correct:

from lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05ca:1810 Ricoh Co., Ltd

lsmod | grep videodev
videodev 41344 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 22404 2 uvcvideo,videodev

PS: I wish I could delete/edit my previous post.

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[Bug 120434] Re: [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

[Andres Mujica]

@wvengen thanks for your report, as this bug now is intended to package
those userland tools, it would be great if you can attach or publish via
PPA the package that you've made.

Thanks a lot for your help

** Summary changed:

- [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U870 Webcam Driver
+ [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools

** Description changed:

- The Ricoh R5U870 Webcam Driver available here
- http://wiki.mediati.org/R5u870 (formerly
- http://lsb.blogdns.net/ry5u870/) is not included in current releases of
- Ubuntu which makes it difficult for end user to enjoy their integrated
- webcams. This driver is used in Sony Vaio laptops integrated webcams,
- among others.
+ 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

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