On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 18:06, Walter Cazzola <cazz...@di.unimi.it> wrote:
> Hi, > thank you for your reply > > On Wed, 15 Jul 2020, George N. White III wrote: > > > On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 at 21:16, Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote: > > >>> Ipevo provides a version of its visualization software for linux > (ubuntu) > > >> > https://ipevo-api-cms.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/software/visualizer/download/Linux/Visualizer_linux_1.0.5.33.zip > > >> That's a last resort. :-) And won't work anyway if the device isn't > >> even connecting. > > > If the Visualizer software works in a Live Ubuntu USB system that may > > provide some insights into module versions and options. It is possible > > that the Visualizer package provides some firmware blob. > > > There are hdmi to USB dongles -- it is quite possible that the camera > uses > > the same chip as some dongle which might direct you to a module that will > > allow you to use the camera. > > > It might be useful to describe how you plan to use the camera. If you > plan > > to use video meeting tools (skype, zoom) there are forums specific to > those > > products where you may be able to get more effective help. > > As far as I can see from the error message the application is a Java > program > so it shouldn't be that difficult to have it running on Fedora. But I'm too > bad with deb files and I can't simply extract its content in order to exam > it. > If you know how I can inspect it/extract its content I will investigate a > little more in this direction. > .deb files are ar archives containing .tar.gz files, so it is easy enough to unpack on Fedora. See: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/138188/easily-unpack-deb-edit-postinst-and-repack-deb If you have trouble get it to run, grab an Ubuntu 18.04 "live" iso, create a bootable USB (I use the Fedora tool), and boot into the live distro, and install the .deb package for further study (but note that the install will be lost when you reboot). -- George N. White III
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