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The camera not working in Ubuntu 24.04.

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Artur Meinild
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Bigyan Thanait
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6 Answers6

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Steps to solve this issue: (It works for me and should work for you also)

1) Open the Terminal CTRL + Alt + T

2) Update the package lists from the repositories

~ sudo apt update

3) Restart pipewire

~ systemctl --user restart pipewire

4) Run snapshot from terminal. The package name of this camera app is snapshot

~ snapshot

It should work from now on.

Md. Musfiqur Rahaman
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If the "Camera" app doesn't work for you...

Add yourself to the "video" group and it'll work fine.

sudo adduser $USER video

Then you MUST log out, then use this command to check if you're in the video group:

groups

If you don't show up there, then you MUST reboot.

heynnema
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You can install cheese instead of using snapshot:

sudo apt install cheese

mpboden
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user9562353
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I fixed this by installing a package for media devices:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install v4l-utils

Then check if the camera is detected:

v4l2-ctl --list-devices

Finally, open the Ubuntu camera:

snapshot
Joakim
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Dell laptops with MIPI webcams (like Latitude, Precision, XPS) do not work on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The problem? Ubuntu 24.04 doesn’t currently support MIPI webcams, nor has the drivers ready befre shipping the new version :) Dell and Canonical are working on it, but no fix yet.

Dell confirmed this problem for the following models:

Latitude XPS Precision
7340 9315 5470
7440 9320 5480
9430 9340 5490
7640 5680
5690

FIX ?
For now, if your camera is important, it's best to stay on Ubuntu 22.04 since the issue only happens after the upgrade.

Here’s the link to the Dell article: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000201043/mipi-webcam-does-not-work-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts

Krabs
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I have the same problem , camera app probably not installed , go to app center you see that not installed , if you install the app it works but there will be 2 camera apps in app center

Kamal Hosseini
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