Built-in webcam RICOH not detected

[alfredo10]

Hi!
After installing Skype 2.1.0.81-fc10.i586.rpm (skype.com: fedora 10+) I could see and hear
my friends, but they only hear me.
Cheese: No device found.
Terminal (parts):

[root@localhost ~]# ls /dev/video*
ls: /dev/video* ...not found

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
...
snd_hda_codec_idt      44163  1 
mspro_block            13962  0 
arc4                    1041  2 
snd_hda_intel          20435  2 
snd_hda_codec          61515  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4704  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                41359  0 
...
uvcvideo               46981  0 
iwlcore               181825  1 iwlagn
tifm_sd                 8905  0 
mac80211              163655  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
videodev               29534  1 uvcvideo
mmc_core               49357  2 mmc_block,tifm_sd
snd_pcm                59440  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              15063  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
tifm_7xx1               4300  0 
tifm_core               4713  3 tifm_ms,tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1
snd                    45127  12 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
sky2                   34493  0 
v4l1_compat            11106  2 uvcvideo,videodev
soundcore               4842  1 snd
cfg80211               97418  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
snd_page_alloc          5945  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
btusb                  12120  0 
i2c_i801                8286  0 
sony_laptop            24576  0 
bluetooth              72139  6 hidp,rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
rfkill                 12905  4 cfg80211,sony_laptop,bluetooth
...
i2c_algo_bit            3929  1 nouveau
video                  17109  1 nouveau
output                  1541  1 video
i2c_core               19731  6 videodev,i2c_i801,nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit

[alfredo@localhost ~]$ lsusb
...
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ca:183b Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC8 [R5U870]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

alfredo

[newlinuxuser2]

I am probably a bit late with the reply but just in case someone might still find it useful here is how I got my built-in video camera working on my VAIO in Fedora 15.

My laptop:
VAIO VGN-FZ21MR

My camera:
Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC8 [R5U870]

I installed the following driver from "Add/Remove Software":

R5U87x firmware and Loader
r5u87x-firmware-0.2.0-3.a9b2171d762b.fc14 (i686)

It seems that the driver is not included into the official list of available software for Fedora, add additional sources from here http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration and the driver will appear in the list of available software.

[tsbarsaa]

thanks _______

[seabird]

One of the reasons for removing fedora from my laptop was the cam quality I got on skype out of it. The misses complainting is never worth the discussion of running linux ......

Sony Vaio TZ170N