[SOLVED] Module 'facetimehd' not loaded at startup

[arnal88]

Hi,

I use Linux Mint 17.3 64 bits on a MacBook Air 11" (early 2014 version) with the 3.19.8 kernel and I'm very happy to be able to use the webcam, thanks a lot to the developers!

I followed the instructions on the Wiki ('Get Started' section) to extract the firmware (I had to install curl to get it work). Then I used the following commands to install the module:

make
sudo make install
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe -r bdc_pci
sudo modprobe facetimehd

and I tested it using

mplayer tv://

It worked like a charm!

Problem: It no longer works after rebooting. Indeed, the module facetimehd is not loaded at startup.

After rebooting, lsmod | grep facetimehd returns nothing and I couldn't find why in the logs... I tried to blacklist bdc_pci but the webcam module still wasn't loaded at startup. Did I miss a step during the install procedure ?

Solution: I finally got it work by adding the following lines in /etc/rc.local

modprobe -r bdc_pci
modprobe facetimehd

I put "SOLVED" in the title because I eventually found a solution to my problem. I hope it will help people that might face the same issue.

[patjak]

Will close this since how you blacklist modules can be distro specific. In your case it might be that you have bdc_pci in initrd and gets loaded before rootfs is mounted (where your blacklist config sits).

[arnal88]

I've just realized that the solution to this issue had been added to the Wiki in the meantime (in the Get started section)! I simply needed to add facetimehd to /etc/modules...

I'm not familiar with Linux boot and kernel modules loading, so whatever the way (/etc/modules or /etc/rc.local) what matters to me is that it works!

Thanks again for this amazing module ;-)

[ghost]

I am using basically the same setup, and I followed the steps in the Getting Started section, but when I run mplayer tv:// or I start up anything that uses the webcam, it freezes my conouter, forcing me to restart to use it.

Do you know how to fix it?