Supposedly ndiswrapper can be made to run a relatively small class of non-network hardware, but I wouldn't hold my breath on loading windows drivers for a camera =/. I'm not aware of any other windows driver interfaces for Linux.
If you use lsusb and plug the hardware id and name into google and/or google code, you may be delightfully surprised to find some existing drivers (and that the product is sold under a several names). Google code is good to use because it will search things like SVN repos, wheras normal Google typically doesn't return those kinds of results. Be sure not to include the colon, or you probably won't find anything (this is an example search using the id for my webcam http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&lr=&q=05e1+0501+Syntek +Semiconductor+Co.%2C+Ltd+&btnG=Search ) On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 11:57 -0500, Jamie Salts wrote: > I'm trying to run hardware that requires the installation of a driver > on ubuntu. I've heard wine can't be used for drivers. Is this true? > Are there any alternatives to getting this running under ubuntu? > (aside from begging the manufacturer). > > the hardware is basically a usb camera used for blind people. Very > expensive so only a few people have it.. makes finding an online linux > community for it impossible.
