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April 29th, 2025 13:25

Webcam not working on Precision 5480 with Ubuntu 22.04

Hi, I initially managed to have the webcam working with ubuntu 22.04 (after installing some extra packages) on my Precision 5480, however since a few months it doesn't work (not sure if it's because of the kernel version or something else). I understood that there is no support for Ubuntu 24.04, but is there still a way to get it working under 22.04?

Running ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS, 6.8.0-58-generic.

What I tried after searching online:

  • installing oem-somerville-tentacool-meta
  • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oem-solutions-group/intel-ipu6 followed by sudo apt install linux-modules-ipu6-generic-hwe-22.04 linux-modules-ivsc-generic-hwe-22.04 and sudo apt install libcamhal-ipu6ep0

(at this point it was working until december/january but not anymore. Since then I tried:)

  • installing oem-somerville-torchic-meta
  • installing gstreamer1.0-icamera
  • commenting the line starting with v4l2 in /usr/share/pipewire/media-session.d/media-session.conf (with that cheese doesn't crash, however still no video)

I'm really desperate to still see in 2025 a webcam not working on a laptop. Any help appreciated.

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anne_droid

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April 29th, 2025 15:01

Hi

Perplexing isn't it.   The internet reports the following............

"The integrated camera on the Dell Precision 5480 with Ubuntu 22.04 requires specific drivers and configuration steps to function properly. This is due to the use of an Intel MIPI (IPU6) webcam, which is not natively supported by standard Ubuntu kernels and drivers."

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Install Dell’s OEM Driver Package:
Dell provides a driver package that enables support for the integrated MIPI webcam on Ubuntu 22.04. The recommended process is outlined in Dell’s official knowledge base for similar models and has been confirmed to work for the Precision 5480.   Dell’s Knowledge Base Article:  Reference: Dell KB 000203830

""

Short version........

WARNING WILL ROBINSON

sudo apt update
sudo apt install linux-modules-ipu6-generic-hwe-22.04 linux-modules-ivsc-generic-hwe-22.04 libcamhal-ipu6ep0










sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oem-solutions-engineers/oem-projects-meta
sudo apt install oem-somerville-tentacool-meta
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo systemctl poweroff

I cannot verify or try the above bit of code, so it is at your own risk.

'If you upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04, the MIPI webcam will not work until Canonical releases updated support, which is pending as of the latest updates.'

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