On-board webcam not cooperating

[jlittle]

And tools like Cheese and Kamoso are simply broken sometimes...

Cheese seems to have gone from 26.04, but now Kamoso works for me (it didn't some years ago).

[DezineDude]

Check this out gents!

[die.boer]

please install

sudo apt install v4l-utils

then post output of these 3

v4l2-ctl --list-devices

lspci -nnk | grep -A5 -Ei "ipu|camera|image|media"

ls /dev/video*

do not show us a screenshot ....
in terminal select all text and copy , then paste here

[DezineDude]

How's this?

[claydoh]

Just paste the text, lol

hansk@hans-hpspectrex3602in1laptop16f1xxx:~$ sudo apt install v4l-utils
[sudo] password for hansk:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
v4l-utils is already the newest version (1.26.1-4build3).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
fonts-open-sans gstreamer1.0-gtk3 libaperture-0-0 libavkys9
libllvm19 libuvc0 linux-headers-6.17.0-19-generic
linux-hwe-6.17-headers-6.17.0-19
linux-hwe-6.17-tools-6.17.0-19 linux-image-6.17.0-19-generic
linux-modules-6.17.0-19-generic
linux-modules-extra-6.17.0-19-generic
linux-tools-6.17.0-19-generic qml-module-qtquick-extras
webcamoid-data webcamoid-plugins
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
hansk@hans-hpspectrex3602in1laptop16f1xxx:~$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
ipu6 (PCI:0000:00:05.0):
/dev/video0
/dev/video1
/dev/video2
/dev/video3
/dev/video4
/dev/video5
/dev/video6
/dev/video7
/dev/video8
/dev/video9
/dev/video10
/dev/video11
/dev/video12
/dev/video13
/dev/video14
/dev/video15
/dev/video16
/dev/video17
/dev/video18
/dev/video19
/dev/video20
/dev/video21
/dev/video22
/dev/video23
/dev/video24
/dev/video25
/dev/video26
/dev/video27
/dev/video28
/dev/video29
/dev/video30
/dev/video31
/dev/media0

Virtual Camera 20260511110143 (platform:v4l2loopback-032):
/dev/video32

hansk@hans-hpspectrex3602in1laptop16f1xxx:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -A5 -Ei "ipu|camera|image|media"
00:05.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake Imaging Signal Processor [8086:465d] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Alder Lake Imaging Signal Processor [103c:891d]
Kernel driver in use: intel-ipu6
Kernel modules: intel_ipu6
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x4 Controller #0 [8086:464d] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x4 Controller [103c:891d]
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:06.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x4 Controller #2 [8086:463d] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 12th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x4 Controller [103c:891d]
--
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller [8086:51c8] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio Controller [103c:891d]
Kernel driver in use: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
Kernel modules: snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl, snd_hda_intel
00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake PCH-P SMBus Host Controller [8086:51a3] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Alder Lake PCH-P SMBus Host Controller [103c:891d]
hansk@hans-hpspectrex3602in1laptop16f1xxx:~$ ls /dev/video*
/dev/video0 /dev/video17 /dev/video25 /dev/video4
/dev/video1 /dev/video18 /dev/video26 /dev/video5
/dev/video10 /dev/video19 /dev/video27 /dev/video6
/dev/video11 /dev/video2 /dev/video28 /dev/video7
/dev/video12 /dev/video20 /dev/video29 /dev/video8
/dev/video13 /dev/video21 /dev/video3 /dev/video9
/dev/video14 /dev/video22 /dev/video30
/dev/video15 /dev/video23 /dev/video31
/dev/video16 /dev/video24 /dev/video32
hansk@hans-hpspectrex3602in1laptop16f1xxx:~$

[DezineDude]

I've already admitted I was a newbie to this O-S LOL

[die.boer]

ok you have a Intel IPU6 / MIPI webcam which are still messy on Linux supposedly. That's the bad news
run in terminal

sudo apt install intel-ipu6-dkms intel-vsc-firmware

REBOOT
then run

qv4l2

, if it's missing ,

sudo apt install qv4l2

Then in qv4l2:
Media - Open Device
try /dev/video0
then /dev/video1
etc.
One of them may finally show an image.
Also check whether this package exists on your system:

apt search libcamhal

If available ,then

sudo apt install libcamhal0

If all fails , run this diagnostic command:

journalctl -b | grep -iE "ipu|camera|ov|imx"

and post the output

PLEASE PLEASE ,post as text , it's pretty simple
1.run the command in terminal
2.right click anywhere in terminal window
3.hover over MENU - then hover over MORE then hover over EDIT then SELECT ALL, right click and copy ...
(assuming you use konsole )

[DezineDude]

I am using Konsole but neither MENU nor MORE can be found. EDIT and SELECT ALL are available. Still I'm not able to drag contents of :bash-Konsole to this window. So here is another txt file. But hey! I'm really thankful for your amazing attention to this issue!

[Snowhog]

'm not able to drag contents of :bash-Konsole to this window.

Dran-n-drop is a Windoz thing. What you do is Copy the contents of the Konsole window then Paste it into your reply here.

[die.boer]

I am using Konsole but neither MENU nor MORE can be found. EDIT and SELECT ALL are available. Still I'm not able to drag contents of :bash-Konsole to this window. So here is another txt file. But hey! I'm really thankful for your amazing attention to this issue!

so none of my earlier commands did anything ?

[die.boer]

anyway , install these

sudo apt install libcamera0 libcamera-tools pipewire-libcamera libspa-0.2-libcamera

reboot
then test

cam -l

and

cam

or

qcam

if qcam is missing ,

sudo apt install qcam-qt6

You should finally get actual video.

[DezineDude]

Well my Zuid Afrikaans friend I do thank you but I'm about done with this. Methinks I should ditch this KDE-Plasma Ubuntu and Rufus-in a Gnome on Mint version instead. I can't get any of the 32 video options toggled and Copy plus Select All works but Paste doesn't, which may upset Snowhog from Andover MN and the Kewi Claydoh. That said the forum is truly international in reach. I will stick with Linux (dual booted) in some flavor because I do need the hated Win11 for one old graphics program fully paid for that I use for my Action4Canada illustrations. I could also use Win11 for the occasional Zooms. So unless you want another txt file of all my gyrations perhaps we better file this as a valiant try! Tot ziens Hans

[claydoh]

the Kewi Claydoh.

wut?
If you mean Kiwi, that is NZ, mate lol, Some Aussies might take offense, in a joking manner, of course

But also, a location does not indicate a nationality, in this ever-shrinking world, just sayin'
I hail from Maine, more or less.

I can't get any of the 32 video options toggled

Zero clue what this means.

[die.boer]

Well my Zuid Afrikaans friend I do thank you but I'm about done with this. Methinks I should ditch this KDE-Plasma Ubuntu and Rufus-in a Gnome on Mint version instead. I can't get any of the 32 video options toggled and Copy plus Select All works but Paste doesn't, which may upset Snowhog from Andover MN and the Kewi Claydoh. That said the forum is truly international in reach. I will stick with Linux (dual booted) in some flavor because I do need the hated Win11 for one old graphics program fully paid for that I use for my Action4Canada illustrations. I could also use Win11 for the occasional Zooms. So unless you want another txt file of all my gyrations perhaps we better file this as a valiant try! Tot ziens Hans

ok ,good luck with your future endeavors , sorry nothing worked out for you regarding webcam.