Sony vaio CR11s webcam not working on ubuntu hardy

My web cam was not working in skype and I found this little solution which worked very well. The essential thing is the module r5u870 which makes the video device to work. We will first bring the latest module from the svn development trunk directly and then install it. Thats all.

1. Remove any r5u870 or the ry5u870 modules you may already have. (command:

   #modprobe -r r5u870

   )
2. Install svn if you dont have it installed already (it should be already installed)
3. Issue the folliowing commands to download, make and install the new module into your karnel.

   svn co http://svn.mediati.org/svn/r5u870/trunk ~/r5u870
   cd ~/r5u870
   sudo make
   sudo make install
   modprobe r5u870

Thats it!! Your webcam should start working now. You can check it out with skype->option->video call or with ekiga. Have fun!!!

ref: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=821343