Confirmed. The driver is absent as of kernel 2.6.38-8-generic on 64-bit Natty, and the provided stkwebcam kernel module does not support the webcam on my Asus F5N laptop.
$ lsusb | grep -i syntek Bus 001 Device 003: ID 174f:6a31 Syntek Web Cam - Asus A8J, F3S, F5R, VX2S, V1S -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/757040 Title: stk11xx web-cam driver should be included in the kernel -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs