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• Download the latest driver: svn co http://svn.mediati.org/svn/r5u870/trunk r5u870
• cd r5u870
• sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion
• make
• sudo make install
• modprobe r5u870
• sudo chmod 777 /dev/video0

Test with gstreamer-properties or xawtv or skype.

For Cheese you have to download this file and copy it to /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/20thirdparty

If you don’t know how to do this just type the following two lines in the console:

cd /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/20thirdparty
sudo wget http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~asimakis/10-r5u870-webcam.fdi

Now either restart you computer or execute this in the console:
sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart

Config, Linux Gnome, Linux, Video