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user2559907
user2559907

Reputation: 21

mono on raspberry pi throws DLLNotFoundException at DLLImport of shared object (.so) file

I am currently working with the mono run-time on a raspberry pi (B). I use Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop. What i basically want to achieve is to save a series of pictures from a webcam (Logitech C270) to a .jpg file.

I found a project that seems to do just what i need: http://www.raspberry-sharp.org/romain-flechner/2012/10/projects/use-a-webcam-plugged-in-a-raspberry-pi-with-mono-in-c-using-raspberrycam/ So I installed it via NuGet into my project and copied the code sample:

Cameras cameras = Cameras.DeclareDevice()
.Named(“Camera 1″).WithDevicePath(“/dev/video0″)
.Memorize();

cameras.Get(“Camera 1″).SavePicture(new PictureSize(640, 480), “/var/www/test.jpg”, 20);

As written in the instructions on the project page, I copied the RaspberryCam.so into the /lib directory (I also copied it to /Lib for that matter). Then I downloaded the built files (my.exe, RaspberryCam.dll) to my Raspberry PI.

Now here's my problem: Whenever I try to execute my program with mono I get a DllNotFoundException for RaspberryCam.so.

I added my project path to /etc/ld.so.conf and ran ldconfig but that doesn't help.

I also tried running mono in debug mode (MONO_LOG_LEVEL="debug" MONO_LOG_MASK="dll" mono /var/www/my.exe) and it appears to be searching for "libRaspberryCam.so", so I copied the /lib/RaspberryCam.so to /lib/libRaspberryCam.so, but that didn't change anything either.

BTW i changed the access rights of the .so file to 755 (read, write, execute for root and read, execute for world).

To be honest with you, I don't really know much about DLL-Import stuff so i could just be making some dumb mistake here. However I've already written a comment in the raspberrycam project page last week but I didn't get any answer yet.

Can anyone help me with this matter?

Thanks Dominik

Edit: The Code of the actual DLLImport is from the Raspberrycam project "RaspberryCamInterop.cs":

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace RaspberryCam.Interop
{
    public class RaspberryCamInterop
    {
        [DllImport("RaspberryCam.so", EntryPoint = "TakePicture")]
        public static extern PictureBuffer TakePicture(string device, uint width, uint height, uint jpegQuantity);

        [DllImport("RaspberryCam.so", EntryPoint = "OpenCameraStream")]
        public static extern IntPtr OpenCameraStream(string device, uint width, uint height, uint fps);

        [DllImport("RaspberryCam.so", EntryPoint = "CloseCameraStream")]
        public static extern void CloseCameraStream(IntPtr src);

        [DllImport("RaspberryCam.so", EntryPoint = "ReadVideoFrame")]
        public static extern PictureBuffer ReadVideoFrame(IntPtr src, uint jpegQuantity);

        [DllImport("RaspberryCam.so", EntryPoint = "GrabVideoFrame")]
        public static extern PictureBuffer GrabVideoFrame(IntPtr src);
    }
}

Edit 2: It appears to be some problem with the soft-float wheezy. I have now installed the standard hard-float raspbian (as it was written in the guide on the project page: http://www.raspberry-sharp.org/eric-bezine/2012/10/mono-framework/installing-mono-raspberry-pi/) and it works, well it isn't particularly fast but it does save a picture. I find it a bit irritating that they used the hard-float raspbian image even though mono isn't compatible with the ARM hard-float abi. In the mono installation guide they don't mention any hard-float patch either and I've even found some workarounds in the source code of the RaspberryCam project, so they did notice the bugs related with running mono on hard-float abi.

Snippet from "PicturesCache.cs"

//Timespan bug with ARM version of MONO, so we will use int in milliseconds
private readonly int duration;

However, I'm going to stick with the soft-float wheezy and just use a tool called uvccapture in collaboration with some shell scripts to do the job.

Yet I am still grateful for any advice or solution from you.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2078

Answers (3)

Haytham AbuelFutuh
Haytham AbuelFutuh

Reputation: 21

I had the same exception and it got resolved by copying RaspberryCam.so into /usr/lib (as opposed to the root /lib)

Upvotes: 0

Manu
Manu

Reputation: 11

What is working for me: I copied the lib in the .exe folder and renamed it as libRaspberryCam.so.

On my side, quality is very poor. I can't configure the camera from this lib.

Upvotes: 1

rflechner
rflechner

Reputation: 36

Did you try with

$sudo make
$sudo make install

?

Verify acces right to RaspberryCam.so and fix it a chmod.

Bye

Upvotes: 0

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