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I have recently installed Xubuntu 16.04.

I have a camera for a microscope Bresser - MikroOcular - with driver meant for Windows. I had like to know if it is possible to find a driver for this type a camera under Xubuntu. If somebody has the answer...

UPDATE: dmesg output:

[ 6214.309512] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 6
[ 6221.627201] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[ 6221.793737] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=058f, idProduct=3822
[ 6221.793743] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 6221.793746] usb 1-1: Product: MikrOkularHD
[ 6221.797038] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device MikrOkularHD (058f:3822)
[ 6221.801171] uvcvideo 1-1:1.0: Entity type for entity Processing 2 was not initialized!
[ 6221.801178] uvcvideo 1-1:1.0: Entity type for entity Extension 6 was not initialized!
[ 6221.801182] uvcvideo 1-1:1.0: Entity type for entity Camera 1 was not initialized!
[ 6221.801534] input: MikrOkularHD: MikrOkularHD as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/input/input34
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  • Do you happen to know how it presents itself to Windows? As a camera? as a webcam? As a scanner? – jawtheshark Sep 15 '16 at 15:18
  • Seems these devices are USB. It should be listed as lsusb. First instinct would be to equate it as a webcam. Try to see whether the program "Cheese" finds it. Yes, I know cheesy suggestion. – jawtheshark Sep 15 '16 at 15:21
  • Disconnect the camera. 2. Execute the lastdmesg="$(dmesg | tail -n 1| egrep -o '\[[ .0-9]+\]')" command (to store the last timestamp in lastdmesg). 3. Connect the camera and wait several seconds. 4. Execute the dmesg | fgrep -A65535 "$lastdmesg" command. 5. Copy that output, Edit your post and add that data.
    • – waltinator Sep 15 '16 at 15:40
  • You could try to install the Windows software in Ubuntu under Wine. – mook765 Sep 15 '16 at 16:38
  • Thanks a lot for your answers. I will check each one and will come back with the outcome ! – tschip Sep 16 '16 at 10:21
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    @tschip It's 2018 and you still didn't. I was considering purchasing this camera, but want to know if it's usable on Linux as I don't want to be locked into manufacturer software. – Sergiy Belozorov Aug 13 '18 at 15:04