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#1 2021-07-26 00:00:24

ei
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Registered: 2020-07-16
Posts: 7

Webcam stopped working after update 2 days ago

I updated 2 days ago and my webcam stopped working.

* The following softwares do not detect my built-in webcam:
    * Zoom
    * Discord
    * Chromium
* `/dev/video` is not present.
* `/dev/video0` is not present.
* The camera works fine in MS Windows.

I've tried:

* Rebooting
* Reinstalling `v4l2loopback-dkms` and rebooting
* `sudo modprobe v4l2loopback`
    * This creates /dev/video0 corresponding to a dummy video device.
* `sudo modprobe -r uvcvideo && sudo modprobe uvcvideo`

Details:

* Laptop: ThinkPad P14s
* Kernel: 5.13.4-arch2-1

Does anyone have a clue how I can go about fixing my laptop's built-in webcam?

Last edited by ei (2021-07-26 00:07:46)

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#2 2021-07-26 02:28:08

ei
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Registered: 2020-07-16
Posts: 7

Re: Webcam stopped working after update 2 days ago

SOLVED: [Someone](https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comm … &context=3) suggested I install `upd72020x-fw`, and doing so immediately fixed my issue.

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#3 2021-07-26 07:04:34

milan
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Registered: 2007-03-20
Posts: 38

Re: Webcam stopped working after update 2 days ago

Thanks for posting the solution. Had the same issue with internal webcam on T14 AMD.

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#4 2021-07-28 20:56:00

gca
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Registered: 2021-06-08
Posts: 59

Re: Webcam stopped working after update 2 days ago

Yessssss, thank you so much.
Now working!

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