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Install the kernal module required for the facetimehd camera to work on Linux
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99-install-facetime-camera.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -e
export CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=n
export CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL=n
# For current kernel
export KERNELRELEASE=$(cat /proc/version | awk '{print $3}')
temp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
echo "Installing FacetimeHD camera for $KERNELRELEASE"
cd $temp_dir
git clone https://github.com/patjak/facetimehd-firmware.git
git clone https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie.git
cd $temp_dir/facetimehd-firmware
pwd
make
make install
cd $temp_dir/bcwc_pcie
pwd
make
make install
rm -rf $temp_dir
if [ ! -d "/etc/modules-load.d" ]; then
mkdir -p "/etc/modules-load.d"
fi
cat > "/etc/modules-load.d/facetimehd.conf" << EOL
videobuf2-core
videobuf2_v4l2
videobuf2-dma-sg
facetimehd
EOL
# Workaround for depmod being skipped above with error:
# Warning: modules_install: missing 'System.map' file. Skipping depmod
echo "Generate modules.dep and map files"
sudo depmod
echo "Adding kernel modules"
sudo modprobe -r bdc_pci
sudo modprobe facetimehd
echo "Install complete"
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It works on my Macbook Pro 13" 2015 and Linux Mint 19.3 (kernel 5.4.0-40-generic)

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ba2sai commented Jul 29, 2020

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It worked like a charm on a MacBook Pro 2015 and Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS. Thank you!

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TheLandzer commented Aug 6, 2020

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hi i need help

Installing FacetimeHD camera for 5.7.11-200.fc32.x86_64
Clonando en 'facetimehd-firmware'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1/1), done.
remote: Total 886 (delta 0), reused 1 (delta 0), pack-reused 885
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (886/886), 290.76 KiB | 167.00 KiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (585/585), listo.
Clonando en 'bcwc_pcie'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 18, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (18/18), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Total 1101 (delta 11), reused 10 (delta 4), pack-reused 1083
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (1101/1101), 377.88 KiB | 658.00 KiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (738/738), listo.
/tmp/tmp.4btMwpOpIy/facetimehd-firmware

Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio

Downloading the driver, please wait...

Found matching hash from OS X, El Capitan 10.11.5
==> Extracting firmware...
--> Decompressing the firmware using gzip...
--> Deleting temporary files...
--> Extracted firmware version 1.43.0

Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
install: no se pueden cambiar los permisos de «//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd»: No existe el fichero o el directorio
make: *** [Makefile:46: install] Error 1

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hi i need help
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Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
install: no se pueden cambiar los permisos de «//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd»: No existe el fichero o el directorio
make: *** [Makefile:46: install] Error 1

If I understand correctly /usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd directory doesn't exist.
On my OS (Linux Mint 20) it's copied to /lib/firmware/facetimehd.

What Linux distro and version do you have?
Maybe try creating /usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd manually before running the script?

@jungx148

jungx148 commented Sep 18, 2020

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This script works great on a MacBook Air 2013 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Thank you very much.

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bczy commented Oct 22, 2020

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Works like a charm on a MacBook Air "Core i5-5350U CPU @ 1.80GHz × 4 " and Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Thanks a lot!

@danielemoraschi

danielemoraschi commented Nov 10, 2020

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Working fine on a MacBook 13" 2015. Camera stop working after upgrading to Mint 20 (5.4.0-52-generic).

@IAmDarthMole

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hi i need help

Installing FacetimeHD camera for 5.7.11-200.fc32.x86_64
Clonando en 'facetimehd-firmware'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1/1), done.
remote: Total 886 (delta 0), reused 1 (delta 0), pack-reused 885
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (886/886), 290.76 KiB | 167.00 KiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (585/585), listo.
Clonando en 'bcwc_pcie'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 18, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (18/18), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Total 1101 (delta 11), reused 10 (delta 4), pack-reused 1083
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (1101/1101), 377.88 KiB | 658.00 KiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (738/738), listo.
/tmp/tmp.4btMwpOpIy/facetimehd-firmware

Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio

Downloading the driver, please wait...

Found matching hash from OS X, El Capitan 10.11.5
==> Extracting firmware...
--> Decompressing the firmware using gzip...
--> Deleting temporary files...
--> Extracted firmware version 1.43.0

Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
install: no se pueden cambiar los permisos de «//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd»: No existe el fichero o el directorio
make: *** [Makefile:46: install] Error 1

I'm not sure if you are still having the problem but I hit the same error and completed the below steps to make it work.

  1. I created a facetimehd folder in the firmware directory.
  2. I ran sudo chmod +x on the .sh file.
  3. I ran the .sh file via terminal with sudo ./
  4. I restarted my machine.

*There was still an error in the output but at the very end and everything else ran fine. I had to do the restart for the changes to take effect and it works.

Machine: Macbook Pro Retina, Early 2015, MX Linux 19.3

Hope this helps!

@kelvinq

kelvinq commented Jan 24, 2022

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This works perfectly. Thanks!

If you see a:

modprobe: FATAL: Module bdc_pci not found.

Don't worry. It just means that your system did not have this module to begin with and, as such, there is nothing to unload (ie the failed command tries to unload non-existent bdc_pci)! Continue to load your newly compiled facetimehd module anyway:

sudo modprobe facetimehd

Success! :)

@giggit75

giggit75 commented Mar 22, 2022

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Hello, when I try to install it, I got the error message
./99-install-facetime-camera.sh: line 12: git: command not found

Could someone please help.

Thx

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ukn commented Mar 22, 2022 •
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Hello, when I try to install it, I got the error message ./99-install-facetime-camera.sh: line 12: git: command not found

Could someone please help.

Thx

@giggit75 looks like you don't have git installed.
Use your favorite search engine to find how to install it on your OS
If it's Ubuntu/Debian it'll be apt update && apt install git

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giggit75 commented Mar 23, 2022

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@ukn
Hello,

thank you very much, worked finally. ;-*

@xichen-de

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hi i need help
Installing FacetimeHD camera for 5.7.11-200.fc32.x86_64
Clonando en 'facetimehd-firmware'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1/1), done.
remote: Total 886 (delta 0), reused 1 (delta 0), pack-reused 885
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (886/886), 290.76 KiB | 167.00 KiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (585/585), listo.
Clonando en 'bcwc_pcie'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 18, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (18/18), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Total 1101 (delta 11), reused 10 (delta 4), pack-reused 1083
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (1101/1101), 377.88 KiB | 658.00 KiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (738/738), listo.
/tmp/tmp.4btMwpOpIy/facetimehd-firmware
Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio
Downloading the driver, please wait...
Found matching hash from OS X, El Capitan 10.11.5
==> Extracting firmware...
--> Decompressing the firmware using gzip...
--> Deleting temporary files...
--> Extracted firmware version 1.43.0
Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
install: no se pueden cambiar los permisos de «//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd»: No existe el fichero o el directorio
make: *** [Makefile:46: install] Error 1

I'm not sure if you are still having the problem but I hit the same error and completed the below steps to make it work.

  1. I created a facetimehd folder in the firmware directory.
  2. I ran sudo chmod +x on the .sh file.
  3. I ran the .sh file via terminal with sudo ./
  4. I restarted my machine.

*There was still an error in the output but at the very end and everything else ran fine. I had to do the restart for the changes to take effect and it works.

Machine: Macbook Pro Retina, Early 2015, MX Linux 19.3

Hope this helps!

This has saved my life.

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xyb commented Oct 9, 2022

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It works perfectly on my MacBook Pro Retina 13″, Mid 2014, MX Linux 21.2

I updated the script to install kernel modules as root user and also added the color calibration files. You might want to check it out here:

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on entering the bcwc-pcie directory the make command:
make -C /lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build M=/home/partha/Downloads/bcwc_pcie modules
returns the error:
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [Makefile:12: all] Error 2

Please help...

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further, when the directory /lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build was created and make run from bcwc_pcie directory there is a further error message:
make -C /lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build M=/home/partha/Downloads/bcwc_pcie modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.10.161-1-MANJARO/build'
make: *** [Makefile:12: all] Error 2

So there is some problem here with the files in the directory; please help....

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No rule to make target 'modules'.

I don't use this setup any more but have you tried searching the web for this error?
Check if you have kernel headers installed that match the current kernel version.

@Memnoc

Memnoc commented Jan 6, 2024

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I have sort of gathered all I could find on this topic and the gist itself into another repo with some more info. I hope this can be useful to someone struggling with this.
I had a particular rough time making this work on Debian 12, and then this script helped.
Hope this helps!

P.S. sometimes Cheese is picky with the drivers - test on google meet to see if the fix the worked, then tackle Cheese separately.

@BenjaminNassW

BenjaminNassW commented Jul 11, 2024

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I had 'make' error because i didnt have curl installed,
now i thought it installed correctly but cheese wont load the camera and neither will google meet, here is the termina:

sudo ./99-install-facetime-camera.sh
Installing FacetimeHD camera for 6.1.0-22-amd64
Cloning into 'facetimehd-firmware'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 902, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (17/17), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (12/12), done.
remote: Total 902 (delta 6), reused 14 (delta 5), pack-reused 885
Receiving objects: 100% (902/902), 301.25 KiB | 1.19 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (591/591), done.
Cloning into 'bcwc_pcie'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1169, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (86/86), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (44/44), done.
remote: Total 1169 (delta 52), reused 63 (delta 42), pack-reused 1083
Receiving objects: 100% (1169/1169), 421.23 KiB | 1.21 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (779/779), done.
/tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/facetimehd-firmware

Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio

Downloading the driver, please wait...

Found matching hash from OS X, El Capitan 10.11.5
==> Extracting firmware...
--> Decompressing the firmware using gzip...
--> Deleting temporary files...
--> Extracted firmware version 1.43.0

Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
/tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie
make -C /lib/modules/6.1.0-22-amd64/build M=/tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.0-22-amd64'
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/fthd_ddr.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/fthd_hw.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/fthd_drv.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/fthd_ringbuf.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/fthd_isp.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/fthd_v4l2.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/fthd_buffer.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/fthd_debugfs.o
LD [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.o
MODPOST /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/Module.symvers
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.ko
BTF [M] /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.ko
Skipping BTF generation for /tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.ko due to unavailability of vmlinux
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.0-22-amd64'
make -C /lib/modules/6.1.0-22-amd64/build M=/tmp/tmp.4UWrdtSMYi/bcwc_pcie modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.0-22-amd64'
INSTALL /lib/modules/6.1.0-22-amd64/extra/facetimehd.ko
DEPMOD /lib/modules/6.1.0-22-amd64
Warning: modules_install: missing 'System.map' file. Skipping depmod.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.0-22-amd64'
Generate modules.dep and map files
Adding kernel modules
modprobe: FATAL: Module bdc_pci not found.

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zigarojec commented Aug 29, 2024

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You guys are perfect. Works on my MacBook Pro Retina Early 2015, Debian 12 KDE Plasma.

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risugop commented Aug 31, 2024

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for some reason im getting this error

Installing FacetimeHD camera for 6.1.0-23-amd64
Clonando en 'facetimehd-firmware'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 902, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (17/17), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (12/12), done.
remote: Total 902 (delta 6), reused 14 (delta 5), pack-reused 885 (from 1)
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (902/902), 301.25 KiB | 1.53 MiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (591/591), listo.
Clonando en 'bcwc_pcie'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1169, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (86/86), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (44/44), done.
remote: Total 1169 (delta 52), reused 63 (delta 42), pack-reused 1083 (from 1)
Recibiendo objetos: 100% (1169/1169), 421.23 KiB | 1.66 MiB/s, listo.
Resolviendo deltas: 100% (779/779), listo.
/tmp/tmp.gVcNmYfViw/facetimehd-firmware

Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio

Downloading the driver, please wait...

Found matching hash from OS X, El Capitan 10.11.5
==> Extracting firmware...
--> Decompressing the firmware using gzip...
--> Deleting temporary files...
--> Extracted firmware version 1.43.0

Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
/tmp/tmp.gVcNmYfViw/bcwc_pcie
make -C /lib/modules/6.1.0-23-amd64/build M=/tmp/tmp.gVcNmYfViw/bcwc_pcie modules
make[1]: *** /lib/modules/6.1.0-23-amd64/build: No existe el fichero o el directorio. Alto.
make: *** [Makefile:12: all] Error 2

if anybody asks, i am using debian 12 with kde plasma

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lovrenco commented Sep 8, 2024

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Hello, I have latest Ubuntu 24.04.1 and when script runs I get this error. Can you help, please:

Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
/tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie
make -C /lib/modules/6.8.0-41-generic/build M=/tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-41-generic'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-23ubuntu4) 13.2.0
You are using: gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-23ubuntu4) 13.2.0
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/fthd_ddr.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/fthd_hw.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/fthd_drv.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/fthd_ringbuf.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/fthd_isp.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/fthd_v4l2.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/fthd_buffer.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/fthd_debugfs.o
LD [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.o
MODPOST /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/Module.symvers
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.ko
BTF [M] /tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-41-generic'
make -C /lib/modules/6.8.0-41-generic/build M=/tmp/tmp.UFC9QVUmI1/bcwc_pcie modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-41-generic'
INSTALL /lib/modules/6.8.0-41-generic/updates/facetimehd.ko
SIGN /lib/modules/6.8.0-41-generic/updates/facetimehd.ko
DEPMOD /lib/modules/6.8.0-41-generic
Warning: modules_install: missing 'System.map' file. Skipping depmod.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-41-generic'
Generate modules.dep and map files
Adding kernel modules
modprobe: FATAL: Module bdc_pci not found.
lovrenco@MacBuntu:~/Documents$

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Installing FacetimeHD camera for 6.8.0-1041-nvidia
Cloning into 'facetimehd-firmware'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 902, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (17/17), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (12/12), done.
remote: Total 902 (delta 6), reused 14 (delta 5), pack-reused 885 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (902/902), 301.25 KiB | 2.23 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (591/591), done.
Cloning into 'bcwc_pcie'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1183, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (56/56), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (29/29), done.
remote: Total 1183 (delta 39), reused 28 (delta 27), pack-reused 1127 (from 3)
Receiving objects: 100% (1183/1183), 432.69 KiB | 744.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (785/785), done.
/tmp/tmp.EAmA1sSuZI/facetimehd-firmware

Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio

Downloading the driver, please wait...

Found matching hash from OS X, El Capitan 10.11.5
==> Extracting firmware...
--> Decompressing the firmware using gzip...
--> Deleting temporary files...
--> Extracted firmware version 1.43.0

Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
install: cannot create regular file '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd/firmware.bin': Permission denied
make: *** [Makefile:47: install] Error

It says permission denied how do I set this? I"ve already done sudo chmod +x

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Wait it's fixed but I have encountered new error

Installing FacetimeHD camera for 6.8.0-1041-nvidia
Cloning into 'facetimehd-firmware'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 902, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (17/17), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (12/12), done.
remote: Total 902 (delta 6), reused 14 (delta 5), pack-reused 885 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (902/902), 301.25 KiB | 2.39 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (591/591), done.
Cloning into 'bcwc_pcie'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1183, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (56/56), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (29/29), done.
remote: Total 1183 (delta 39), reused 28 (delta 27), pack-reused 1127 (from 3)
Receiving objects: 100% (1183/1183), 432.69 KiB | 870.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (785/785), done.
/tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/facetimehd-firmware

Checking dependencies for driver download...
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/xzcat
/usr/bin/cpio

Downloading the driver, please wait...

Found matching hash from OS X, El Capitan 10.11.5
==> Extracting firmware...
--> Decompressing the firmware using gzip...
--> Deleting temporary files...
--> Extracted firmware version 1.43.0

Copying firmware into '//usr/lib/firmware/facetimehd'
/tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie
make -C /lib/modules/6.8.0-1041-nvidia/build M=/tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-1041-nvidia'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-11 (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu122.04.2) 11.4.0
You are using: gcc-11 (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu122.04.2) 11.4.0
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/fthd_ddr.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/fthd_hw.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/fthd_drv.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/fthd_ringbuf.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/fthd_isp.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/fthd_v4l2.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/fthd_buffer.o
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/fthd_debugfs.o
LD [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.o
MODPOST /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/Module.symvers
CC [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.ko
BTF [M] /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.ko
Skipping BTF generation for /tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie/facetimehd.ko due to unavailability of vmlinux
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-1041-nvidia'
make -C /lib/modules/6.8.0-1041-nvidia/build M=/tmp/tmp.9W88Eeglrg/bcwc_pcie modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-1041-nvidia'
INSTALL /lib/modules/6.8.0-1041-nvidia/updates/facetimehd.ko
SIGN /lib/modules/6.8.0-1041-nvidia/updates/facetimehd.ko
DEPMOD /lib/modules/6.8.0-1041-nvidia
Warning: modules_install: missing 'System.map' file. Skipping depmod.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-1041-nvidia'
Generate modules.dep and map files
Adding kernel modules
modprobe: FATAL: Module bdc_pci not found.

Can anyone fix this? I'm using pop os

@Dzmms

Dzmms commented Oct 24, 2025

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No wait it's fixed and running perfect

@R-Dew

R-Dew commented Apr 6, 2026 •
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You guys are perfect. Works on my MacBook Pro Retina Early 2015, Debian 12 KDE Plasma.

Is it still working because I read at some places that this script doesn't work anymore with newer kernels? On my MacBook 12" mid 2019 I can't get it to work. Everything compiles/installs well but camera is not working under MX Linux KDE Plasma (Debian based distro).

@kypello

kypello commented Jun 8, 2026

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works as of 2026, thank you so much!!

@R-Dew

R-Dew commented Jun 8, 2026

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works as of 2026, thank you so much!!

Please tell us what operating system and which kernel version you are using. This can help others. Thank you.

@kypello

kypello commented Jun 10, 2026

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sure! I'm on Linux Mint 22.3, kernel 6.14.0-37-generic, running on a 2017 Macbook Air.

These two comments by IAmDarthMole and kelvinq also helped, because I ran into both of those issues

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