I'm newbie with Elementary OS, and I really enjoying the speed and stability of the OS. The only thing that it's really annoying for me is the webcam and videoconferencing software with my Surface device, so I planned to install "Iriun Webcam" in order to use my cellphone camera as webcam and workaround the current limitations.
v4l2loopback is required to create a virtual video device in order to map to cellphone cam.
First problem: v4l2loopback version (0.10) in Elementary repository is outdated and incompatible with kernel 5.x. To solve, I downloaded, compiled, and loaded the module to kernel but it seems to be not working.
My video devices BEFORE modprobe
**$ ls -ltrh /dev/video**
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video1
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 2 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video2
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 3 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video3
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 8 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video4
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 12 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video8
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 10 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video6
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 13 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video9
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 14 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video10
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 11 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video7
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 9 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video5
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 15 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video11
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 17 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video13
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 16 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video12
**$ sudo modprobe v4l2loopback devices=2**
$ ls -ltrh /dev/video*
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video1
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 2 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video2
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 3 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video3
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 8 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video4
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 12 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video8
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 10 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video6
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 13 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video9
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 14 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video10
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 11 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video7
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 9 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video5
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 15 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video11
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 17 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video13
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 16 Jun 23 07:22 /dev/video12
**crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 21 Jun 23 09:59 /dev/video15**
**crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 20 Jun 23 09:59 /dev/video14**
As you see above, the video devices has been created, but any application "see" the devices. Iriunweb app says: "initialization failed. You may want to run sudo modprobe v4l2loopback exclusive_caps=1"
Any help?
Is there anybody using 5.1 with surface book device?
My Environment
Hardware model: Surface Book 1
Kernel version: 5.7.4-surface (github/linux-surface)
Distribution: 5.1 Elementary OS
