If the manufacturer used a standard camera, there is a small chance you'll be able to use the uvc (USB video class) generic driver, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
For more common devices, the website http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ has a searchable database of user submitted compatibility reports for USB devices on Linux. You can search by the product name or hardware id. On Feb 11, 2008 7:27 AM, Ed Kohlwey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
