Public bug reported: I have a Sony Vaio and my built in webcam doesnt work due to missing driver. The lsusb information is Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:183a Ricoh Co., Ltd Visual Communication Camera VGP-VCC7 [R5U870]
Now on some forums people have said that in gutsy kernel it works. I have tried with jaunty and karmic and it doesnt work. So it is a REGRESSION. Please this is a somewhat old webcam whose drivers were once there and worked. PLEASE fix this. ProblemType: Bug AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3002 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc300000 irq 21' Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9872AK' Components : 'HDA:83847662,104d1e00,00100201 HDA:14f12c06,104d1700,00100000' Controls : 12 Simple ctrls : 8 Date: Sun Oct 25 09:29:04 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate i386 (20091020.3) MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-SZ79GN_C Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic RelatedPackageVersions: linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.24 SourcePackage: linux Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 dmi.bios.date: 12/19/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: R0121S5 dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A dmi.board.name: VAIO dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.board.version: N/A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrR0121S5:bd12/19/2007:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-SZ79GN_C:pvrJ0034QDZ:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VGN-SZ79GN_C dmi.product.version: J0034QDZ dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- Ricoh webcam driver missing 05ca:183a https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460290 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