** 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
-- [needs-packaging] Ricoh R5U87x Webcam userland tools https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120434 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
