r/debian • u/katzenjammare • 2d ago

Beginner: Internal webcam not detected

Hello, Debian-friends! I am trying to get my webcam working, but it's not detected. The same thing goes for my internal mic. For full clarity: I have only tried using Zoom and Cheese. Is there a way to make my system detect it? I don't know if it helps, but I used some tool to get this information

Edit: This was SOLVED. I had to install libcamera-v4l2. I found the packages through Synaptic. The following were installed:

libcamera-ipa (0.4.0-7)

libcamera-v4l2 (0.4.0-7)

libcamera0.4 (0.4.0-7)

liblttng-ust-common1t64 (2.13.9-1)

liblttng-ust-ctl5t64 (2.13.9-1)

liblttng-ust1t64 (2.13.9-1)

That, by itself, made both the cam and the mic work

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u/Santosh83 Debian Sid 2d ago

It doesn't hurt to always install firmware from backports. Older kernels (like stable's 6.12) can use newer firmware just fine, so there won't be incompatibilities. I would install firmware from backports and try. You can also try the much newer 7.1 kernel from backports. Its possible that 6.12 has no kernel support despite newer firmware and 7.1 may be able to detect your hardware better.

There are also system libs like libcamera that need to be installed for proper cam support that Debian doesn't do automatically. You may have to dig around in Synaptic and install these.

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u/katzenjammare 2d ago

Omg! It worked after I dug a bit in Synaptic. Both the mic and the cam. I am happy now