How to get a camera working?

[Rob Hurle <rob1940@gmail.com>]

I have a USB camera (with lenses so that it can function as a bit of a
microscope).  It comes with drivers for M$ Windows but I'd like to get
it going with my debian squeeze system:

    debianrob:~> uname -a
    Linux debianrob 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Mon Jun 13 04:13:06 UTC 2011
i686 GNU/Linux

When I plug it in a new /dev appears:

    debianrob:/home/rob# ll -t /dev | head
    total 0
    crw-rw-rw-  1 root root      5,   2 Jul 21 16:51 ptmx

and /var/log/messages shows:

    debianrob:/home/rob# tail /var/log/messages
    Jul 21 16:24:04 debianrob kernel: [27190.320511] usb 1-3: new high
speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
    Jul 21 16:24:04 debianrob kernel: [27190.456940] usb 1-3: New USB
device found, idVendor=1871, idProduct=01b0
    Jul 21 16:24:04 debianrob kernel: [27190.456944] usb 1-3: New USB
device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
    Jul 21 16:24:04 debianrob kernel: [27190.456946] usb 1-3: Product:
AVEO Cheetah3 USB2.0 Device
    Jul 21 16:24:04 debianrob kernel: [27190.456948] usb 1-3:
Manufacturer: AVEO Technology Corp.
    Jul 21 16:24:04 debianrob kernel: [27190.457038] usb 1-3:
configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

The results of lsusb are:

    debianrob:/var/log# lsusb
    Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69
Optical Wheel Mouse
    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 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1871:01b0 Aveo Technology Corp.
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

So the Aveo device is there.  However, if I try to access it I get
error messages, like this one from camorama:

    v4l2: unable to open '/dev/video0': No such file or directory

I guess that I need a driver of some sort, and that it is not in the
kernel 2.6.32-5-686.  Is this correct?  Has anyone any idea how I can
get the driver?  Web searching has not been fruitful so far.  Any help
would be appreciated.  Thanks to all.

Rob Hurle
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Rob Hurle
ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific
School of Culture, History and Language
Histories of Asia and the Pacific
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