Sony VAIO laptop camera not recognised

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Hi guys, I'm using the Sabayon flavour of gentoo as I love the polish and it always seems to work perfectly on any of my gear. However, I was trying to get the built in camera to work in kopete for MSN, I know... but others use it, what you gonna do? - And it isn't recognised.

I read about the gspca driver on the gentoo site but cannot seem to get it to work. I'm also rusty with using masked packages.

Before I get too far in and screw up the installation, can anyone give me a few pointers please?
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