Veo Advance Webcam not recognized

alan9339 · 05-30-2009, 11:40 AM

I have a Veo Advanced Webcam, but I can't find any drivers for it. Apparently, Veo went out of business and no one bought them out or is maintaining their drivers. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can find a driver that will work with this? I've searched all morning (thanks Google) but couldn't find much of anything.

Also, I'm a Linux noob. I just found the terminal the other day, but I'm not afraid to "get my hands dirty".

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 on a custom built machine.
AMD Sempron 2400+
nVidia GeForce FX 5200

I'll be glad to provide any other information that's needed.

Thanks

tredegar · 05-30-2009, 12:19 PM

This is linux so "Veo Advanced Webcam" doesn't tell us much. We need to know more.

First thing to do is plug it in. Wait for a moment, then do
lsusb in a terminal. This will tell you what is attached to your USB ports.

Here's mine:

Code:

tred@vaio:~$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 07ab:fcfe Freecom Technologies <-External USB HDD
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c03f Logitech, Inc. UltraX Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
tred@vaio:~$

The interesting part is the product VendorID and DeviceID, highlighted in green, above.

Find these IDs for your webcam, then go here:
http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html and try to match up your IDs with the lists of devices, chipsets and drivers. With luck, your cam will be supported. If not, you are out of luck

Good luck.

alan9339 · 05-31-2009, 12:00 AM

Sorry. Like I said, I'm a complete noob with Linux. Anyway, I ran lsusb and this is what I got:

al@al-linux:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 012: ID 0830:0061 Palm, Inc. Lifedrive / Treo 650/680 / Tunsten E2/T5/TX / Zire 21/31/72 / Z22
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05e3:0606 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 2.0 Hub / D-Link DUB-H4 USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05fe:0011 Chic Technology Corp. Browser Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0545:810a Xirlink, Inc. Veo Advanced Connect WebCam
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
al@al-linux:~$

I looked at the website. The closest is 0545:8333. Would that work or am I out of luck with this webcam?

tredegar · 05-31-2009, 04:34 AM

See here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/re...hp?userid=1958 [Edit] <- Sorry, this link is bad and I don't recall what I meant to paste here [/Edit on 17.6.2009]
and here: http://lwn.net/Articles/291036/
It looks like it (partially) works with the gspca module

You will have to experiment.

alan9339 · 05-31-2009, 11:59 AM

Thanks Tredegar. I'll take a look at these links today.

ProNux · 06-17-2009, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alan9339

Thanks Tredegar. I'll take a look at these links today.

Bro, we exactly have the same Veo Webcam. Have you had any success? If so, maybe you can share it to me. At Windows, I have found the right driver. I am just starting to use it on my Linux PC.

tredegar · 06-17-2009, 01:15 PM

ProNux said

Quote:

Have you had any success?

I'm re-visiting this thread.

I checked the links in my post @ #4 and the first one is wrong I think. So I have edited it as such, but the second one is OK.

An update on your progress would be appreciated.

alan9339 · 07-07-2009, 12:13 AM

Unfortunately, I haven't had any luck finding a driver that will work. I'm still looking, but am about to give up. I don;t use the webcam for much anyway, I had one and I thought there might be a driver out there somewhere.