Debian/Ubuntu Driver for Ricoh R5U870 Webcam
This Ricoh webcam driver is no more longer under development. It is provided for backward compatibility and source code examples.

Change Log

VersionDateDetails
0.11.6-0arakhne02011-04-16Bugfixes
  • Patching code to compile on kernel 2.6.35-28-generic, 32 and 64 bits architecture.
0.11.5-0arakhne02010-08-20Bugfixes
  • Patching code to compile on kernel 2.6.32-24-generic, 64 bits architecture.
0.11.4-0arakhne12009-12-02Release
  • Move package dependencies from Depends to Pre-Depends.
0.11.4-0arakhne02009-11-10Release
  • jaunty -> karmic.
  • Patching for 2.6.30 and higher kernels.
0.11.3-0arakhne02009-09-23Release
  • hardy -> jaunty.
  • Use the patched source code for the new kernel versions.
  • Use DKMS.
0.11.1-1arakhne12008-09-10Bugfixes
  • Update the package dependencies.
  • Add DebConf wizard to ask if the uvcvideo module must be loaded.
0.11.1-1arakhne02008-08-16Bugfixes
  • New kernel upstream release.
0.11.1-0arakhne12008-07-25Release
  • New upstream release.
0.11.0-2arakhne12008-06-09Bugfixes
  • Fix conflicts with old packages.
0.11.0-2arakhne02008-06-09Bugfixes
  • New kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
0.11.0-1arakhne12008-05-04Bugfixes
  • Add conflict with old packages.
0.11.0-1arakhne02008-05-05Bugfixes
  • New kernel 2.6.24-17-generic
0.11.0-0arakhne02008-05-01Release
  • New upstream release.
0.10.0-42007-07-26Bugfixes
  • Update the package information.
0.10.0-32007-05-28Bugfixes
  • Feisty upload: kernel 2.6.20-16-generic.
0.10.0-22007-04-23Bugfixes
  • Feisty upload: kernel 2.6.20-15-generic.
0.10.0-12007-04-16Release
  • New upstream.
  • Add support for the 1810, 1835, and 1836 UVC cameras.
  • Add support for the 1833 non-UVC camera.
  • Add basic support for UVC commands and UVC personalities of various Ricoh webcams.
  • Add DMI detection of HP Pavilion dv1000 systems. Most HP Pavilion machines with the 05ca:1870 device have a 1.3MP camera. The dv1000 machines with a device reporting that ID instead have a VGA camera that requires different microcode.
  • Fix solid blue frames on initial capture with VAIO UX webcams.
  • Use a cleaner and more concise representation for vendor control lists in r5u870_md.
  • Add experimental auto-suspend support to usbcam and r5u870, but leave it disabled.
  • Update the usbcam work queue implementation, add some APIs.
0.9.1-12007-03-25Release
  • New upstream.