安装摄像头驱动程序时出现问题-Linux

Question

I want to install the drivers of the video camera on my linux computer. I write the command: modprobe usbserial vendor=... product=...

what I expected to get was ttyUSB0 (or sth simmilar) in the /dev directory.

Instead what is getting installed is sg3 (whatever that is) and when I run a program that is supposed to send a command to start recording I get no results (but no errors either). (I changed what I had previously: fd = open(/dev/ttyUSB0,...) to /dev/sg3 but I guess this is not a configuration that enables sending this kind of data.

What might be the problem? (Sorry if it's a basic question)

Answer 1

cameras and linux can be tricky. Start by plugging in the camera and running

lsusb

google for the id to see if anyone has a step by step tutorial or at very least can tell you which modules are needed.

Most common drivers seem to have been migrated to the kernel, so rebulid your kernel make sure the modules are built. Some more obscure usb modules have to be built by hand.