@geehalel:

Thanks for the tip. For the sake of the next person googling this, I need to report that I tried to add the IDs and uvcvideo reported "no valid video chain found". Relevant snippets (btw: the structure of the /sys filesystem seems to have changed a little in kernel 4.4.x)

spiffster usb # echo 0549 e004 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/uvcvideo/new_id
spiffster usb # dmesg | tail
[62262.346859] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[62262.805401] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0549, idProduct=e004
[62262.805411] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[62262.805416] usb 3-1: Product: USB2.0 Camera
[62262.805420] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: TT
[62262.807702] uvcvideo: Found UVC 0.00 device USB2.0 Camera (0549:e004)
[62262.808867] uvcvideo: No valid video chain found.
spiffster usb # lsusb
...
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0549:e004 Pixera Corp. 
...
spiffster usb # v4l2-ctl --list-devices
Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD (usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.4):
	/dev/video0

So Meade says the only software they have for it is Windows based, and that it is ASCOM compliant. I can't tell whether they're talking about their drivers or the hardware itself. Does this suggest a path forward (or suggest that I should throw in the towel?)

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Ok then. I sent a request to Meade and am awaiting the results. Thanks again.

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Thanks for your quick response!

The V4L2 CCD driver picks up the laptop's integrated webcam, but not the LPI-G. There's only a /dev/video0 in the devices directory (also the webcam) and "lsusb" does not show the LPI-G's presence at all. The only indication I have that it's connected and communicating is the "dmesg" snippet I quoted above...

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Hi,
I'm a new user of indilib/kstars/ekos. I am trying to get my computer set up to capture the solar eclipse via the monochrome Meade LPI-G as the eyepiece of my Coronado SolarMax telescope. As long as I boot into Windows and use the supplied software, everything is fine. I want a way to perform the image capture under linux if possible, preferably a way that would also work on a Pi or Odroid as well as my laptop.

The only advice I found on the web was a thread from 2005 which no longer appears to be relevant. It says to use the video for linux drivers as the LPI is a rebranded webcam and is automatically recognized by the kernel. This approach may still be valid, but at the very least the product and vendor ids are different than what they listed 12 years ago.

My status:

When I plug in the device to my USB port, the little red light starts blinking. dmesg says:

[54599.628947] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[54600.087395] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0549, idProduct=e004
[54600.087402] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[54600.087405] usb 3-1: Product: USB2.0 Camera
[54600.087408] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: TT

Linux spiffster 4.4.0-77-generic #98-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 26 08:34:02 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux