Hey Larry, On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > > > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > >> Hey Larry, >> >> See my comments below: >> >> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: >> >>> Thanks Lisa, >>> >>> I had looked at most of those references, but your link: >>> >>> http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/issues/detail?id=785&q=tunneling&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Milestone%20Owner%20Component%20Summary >>> to Issue 785 (and specifically comment 12) seems the most definitive >>> answer. It also contains a link to a purported workaround: >>> http://sourceforge.net/p/rtmp2rtmpt/home/ which I cannot try as I am now >>> at home (where the port is not blocked). >>> >>> I can't get this R5U870 webcam to work right with Flash anyway. It works >>> fine with Cheese, but ... >>> >> >> Do you have the right drivers? >> >> http://www.arakhne.org/ricoh/index.html >> >> > > Yes I do. > larry@lapdog2:~$ lsusb > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c506 Logitech, Inc. MX700 Cordless Mouse > Receiver > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:1810 Ricoh Co., Ltd Pavilion Webcam [R5U870] > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > larry@lapdog2:~$ > > Your reference has a link to > https://bitbucket.org/ahixon/r5u87x/src/881dbd07a263/docs/model_matrix.txtwhich shows that ru87x supports my webcam. The relevant line is: > > 0x05CA 0x1810 R5U870 UVC HP Pavilion Webcam > > > And when I did install it I used the instructions at > https://launchpad.net/~r5u87x-loader/+archive/ppawhich also shows the same info. This is the first time the webcam has > worked in ubuntu for several years. And as I said it does work in cheese > but not for the Flash 10.2.159.1 I am using (Flash required by > BigBlueButton). Oh, and the Flash player settings shows it sees the webcam > as "UVC Camera (05CA:1810) (V4L2)". See this link (search forward for flash): https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/120434?comments=all > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > > -- (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice http://www.it-clowns.com "If Python is executable pseudocode, then perl is executable line noise."