Module webcamstudio is not loaded

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I have the program installed and I'm getting the error: 'Module webcamstudio is 
not loaded. Virtual webcam will not be available. I've googled and tried all of 
the methods that i've read about, i've added my username to the video group, 
adjusted the flash settings, to no avail. i've tried .57a .57b and .56 with the 
same results. .55 doesn't give the error, but the virtual webcam still doesn't 
work. I'm using Backtrack 5, which is based off Ubuntu 10.04. Let me know if u 
need any other information to help. I appreciate any and all help/direction. 
I'm at a loss and the responses I've found on google are not doing it, so I 
figured I'd throw it out here.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jeffrey...@gmail.com on 8 Jul 2011 at 3:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

The fix for me was upgrading to the latest beta.

Original comment by roman.ve...@gmail.com on 8 Jul 2011 at 6:31

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I'm fairly certain that .57b (or .57 Beta 2) is the latest beta. Continued 
assistance appreciated.

Original comment by jeffrey...@gmail.com on 8 Jul 2011 at 8:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Latest Ubuntu gave me some trouble on the module.  I remember fixing this issue

Original comment by patrick.balleux on 11 Jul 2011 at 9:44

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by patrick.balleux on 11 Jul 2011 at 9:45

Changed state: Accepted

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I am still getting this error and i've had it since my 11.04 upgrade.
I figured it would be fixed with an update soon enough...that didn't happen.
ubuntu 11.04
downloaded from the software center, i believe.
.56 build 890
many issues arose with the upgrade and no support has been given about most of 
them, hoping this one is different.
thanks

Original comment by sadeq...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2011 at 8:37

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

followed other thread and did as you said:

sudo /etc/init.d/webcamstudio start

output:

* Starting WebcamStudio kernel module webcamstudio                             
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/webcamstudio-src 
modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.o
/tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.c:191:2: error: #error "need 
CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT"
/tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.c:215:28: fatal error: linux/videodev.h: No 
such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [/tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/webcamstudio-src] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2
install -d /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/drivers/misc
install -m 644 -c webcamstudio.ko 
/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/drivers/misc
install: cannot stat `webcamstudio.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1

 * Modprobe webcamstudio failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

Original comment by sadeq...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2011 at 8:44

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Same issue same dmesg output

Original comment by bitrub...@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2011 at 3:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Ok, I see what is happening, you're missing a header videodev.h... I'll have to 
validate against an older version of the kernel as I currently hava 3.0 kernel, 
and the file is now named videodev2.h

Let me check my Ubuntu 11.04 setup first

Original comment by patrick.balleux on 8 Oct 2011 at 4:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I have no idea what that is but OK!
Is this like a side project for you? just wondering how a developers life is 
like
thanks

Original comment by AgentAn...@gmail.com on 9 Oct 2011 at 7:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I work on this project in my spare time.

Original comment by patrick.balleux on 10 Oct 2011 at 5:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Same error, Linux Mint, (Based on Ubuntu 11.04 i believe), no solution as yet, 
worked fine when first installed, i assume some update killed it.

Original comment by thoughts...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2011 at 5:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Could you tell me if installing libv4l-0 and libv4l-dev would fix the issue...  
It is a compatibility layer with v4l.  In Ubuntu, it seems to be installed by 
default

Original comment by patrick.balleux on 13 Nov 2011 at 4:10

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

i'm using SolusOS, based on Debian Squeeze stable, and everything works fine 
with WS4GL except for one thing: webcamstudio module doesn't install ... any 
clues?

Original comment by David.An...@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2012 at 2:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

i did this:
sudo /etc/init.d/webcamstudio start
[sudo] password for XXXX: 
Starting WebcamStudio kernel module: webcamstudioBuilding webcamstudio driver...
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/tmp/webcamstudio-src modules
make: *** /lib/modules/3.3.6-non-pae-solusos/build: No such file or directory.  
Stop.
make: *** [webcamstudio] Error 2
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/tmp/webcamstudio-src modules_install
make: *** /lib/modules/3.3.6-non-pae-solusos/build: No such file or directory.  
Stop.
make: *** [install] Error 2

Modprobe webcamstudio failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why. ... failed!

no clue what to do next. worked in lubuntu 12.04. won't in what is basically 
debian squeeze ...

Original comment by David.An...@gmail.com on 28 Aug 2012 at 3:27

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Id Like to add to this,  I believe its related.  Running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit.

~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get install webcamstudio
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  webcamstudio
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 108 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/11.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 12.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package webcamstudio.
(Reading database ... 207109 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking webcamstudio (from .../webcamstudio_0.56-1~getdeb2_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up webcamstudio (0.56-1~getdeb2) ...
update-rc.d: warning: webcamstudio stop runlevel arguments (0 1 6) do not match 
LSB Default-Stop values (none)
Removing the webcamstudio module from memory
ERROR: Module webcamstudio does not exist in /proc/modules
Removing webcamstudio.ko from the modules
Restating the webcamstudio service to update the module
 * Stopping WebcamStudio kernel module webcamstudio                                                                        [ OK ] 
 * Starting WebcamStudio kernel module webcamstudio                                                                               make -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/webcamstudio-src modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.o
/tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.c:191:2: error: #error "need 
CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT"
/tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.c:215:28: fatal error: linux/videodev.h: No 
such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [/tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/webcamstudio-src] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2
install -d /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/misc
install -m 644 -c webcamstudio.ko 
/lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/misc
install: cannot stat `webcamstudio.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1

 * Modprobe webcamstudio failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why.

Original comment by boote...@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2012 at 3:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

seems this program is not working for people.

Original comment by David.An...@gmail.com on 18 Sep 2012 at 12:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I was also getting the "Could not load module" error.

When I ran "sudo /etc/init.d/webcamstudio start" in the terminal as directed 
here, I got this message:
"Starting WebcamStudio kernel module: webcamstudioBuilding webcamstudio 
driver...
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/tmp/webcamstudio-src modules
make: *** /lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [webcamstudio] Error 2
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/tmp/webcamstudio-src modules_install
make: *** /lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [install] Error 2

Modprobe webcamstudio failed. Please use 'dmesg' to find out why."

Then I figured that it was a dependency error, and install the 
"linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic" package. When I ran "sudo dpkg -i 
webcamstudio.deb" again, then I got this message:
"Preparing to replace webcamstudio 0.57beta4 (using webcamstudio.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement webcamstudio ...
Setting up webcamstudio (0.57beta4) ...
Removing the webcamstudio module from memory
Removing webcamstudio.ko from the modules
rm: cannot remove 
`/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/kernel/drivers/misc/webcamstudio.ko': No such 
file or directory
Restating the webcamstudio service to update the module
 * Stopping WebcamStudio kernel module webcamstudio                      [ OK ] 
 * Starting WebcamStudio kernel module webcamstudio                             Building webcamstudio driver...
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/tmp/webcamstudio-src modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic'
make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=/tmp/webcamstudio-src modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic'
  INSTALL /tmp/webcamstudio-src/webcamstudio.ko
  DEPMOD  3.5.0-17-generic
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic'
depmod -ae
WARNING: -e needs -E or -F
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-Wl’
cp: cannot stat `libwebcamstudio.so.1.0.1': No such file or directory
                                                                         [ OK ]
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ..."

I am running Ubuntu 12.10.

Original comment by showstop...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2012 at 7:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This is a very big problem with Ubuntu 12.10, Can you solve it fairly quickly 
(it's a tool for my job) ?

Thank You

Original comment by lgreni...@gmail.com on 31 Dec 2012 at 11:23

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This is what i made:

On a fresh ubuntu 64 installation:

I installed:

From Software Center:
- openjdk java 6 runtime
- Cheese
- Synaptic package manager
From Synaptic Package Manager:
- Openjdk-6-jdk
- linux-headers-generic (or the headers for your kernel)

Then i installed WebcamStudio057_Build217_X64.deb simply double clicking on it.

You can find it here:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxkZ_wh6t7jbNUdGcWxHSFUyUFk/edit?usp=sharing

If i start WCS i get an error "the webcamstudio module was not loaded"
So i installed the v4l2loopback device with the command:

sudo apt-get install v4l2loopback-dkms

and at the end i loaded the virtual webcam module with the command:

sudo modprobe v4l2loopback

If i start WCS i get the same error but when the interface comes up i can see 
the Dummy Video Device Video0.

I tested it with cheese and it works !!!

The only thing is that i have to reload the v4l2loopback module every time i 
reboot the machine.

Have a nice day.

PS: When i restart the VM machine i load the v4l2loopback module and then i try 
to load WCS. With my surprise i can see that also the webcamstudio module was 
On !!!

Please let me know if it works for you.

Original comment by soylent...@gmail.com on 6 Mar 2013 at 3:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This issue should be fixed in latest SVN r443
Please test and provide feedback...

For Ubuntu users, please use our Daily builds PPA

Original comment by peter.u....@gmail.com on 3 Apr 2013 at 7:32

Changed state: Feedback
Added labels: OpSys-Linux

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by peter.u....@gmail.com on 3 Apr 2013 at 7:37

Now blocking: #36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Issue 36 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by peter.u....@gmail.com on 4 Apr 2013 at 12:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by peter.u....@gmail.com on 4 Apr 2013 at 12:22

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

WCS r467 fixes all current kernel mode issues. It has been synced with the 
v4l2loopback module too...

Please use WCS versions above r467
Thanks

If the problem still persists, feel free to reopen this issue

Original comment by peter.u....@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2013 at 9:29

Changed state: Fixed

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Yup problem still exists. I did find out that webcamstudio was built with Java 
6 JDK, not 7. If you are using 7, you may run into issues.

I haven't fixed the issue yet... but working on it.

Original comment by codingsi...@gmail.com on 10 May 2013 at 12:03

mlanypitts / webcamstudio

Module webcamstudio is not loaded #32