It's the 'How to get the Ricoh webcam working in opensuse 10.3 on hp pavilion dv6000' post

After much faffing and hassle I finally managed to get this cam working.

Here is how I did it:

uninstall any previous versions of uvcvideo and/or r5u870 drivers open your favourite console and type:

kwrite /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

add 'blacklist r5u870' at the end of file (without quotations)

cd to any temp directory

svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/linux-uvc/linux-uvc/trunk

cd trunk

make

make install

modprobe uvcvideo

Test if it works using gqcam or something similar

open YaST

open system

open /etc/sysconfig editor

expand system

expand kernel

select MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT

type uvcvideo

click finish

Reboot and enjoy.

Any questions, feel free to post.

It's all been a bit busy.

I've finally decided to to take the plunge.

After much trying to get jobs in software engineering based on my previous it work and failing miserably. I have finally decided to go back to university. My absence from blogging is explained by this fact as I have now secured my place for September entry on a BSc Software Engineering degree.

Also, my last laptop died. Just as I had VMWare set up and it all running like I wanted it too. Typical...

This does mean, however, that I have a swanky new laptop, which, after a week of tweaking and playing, is now set up properly with Vista Home Premium, OpenSuSE 10.3 as the main OS's and Windows XP pro running in VMWare.


It's all fun! :)