HP laptop with MIPI camera

michaeltt · May 3, 2026, 10:13am

After no success getting my laptop camera working (24.04) I installed 26.06. But still no luck. Is there any progress on this issue?

Actionparsnip · May 3, 2026, 10:23am

Does the laptop have a make and model?
What is the output of
lsusb

Norm24 · May 3, 2026, 11:31am

There are quite a few threads here dealing with this issue,some solved some not.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/search?q=intel%20mipi%20camera

michaeltt · May 4, 2026, 2:00am

My laptop is HP Spectre x360 16-f0xxx

LSUSB shows 4 root hubs, Synaptics touch pad, Intel bluetooth.

I have tried many things above my knowledge level from other threads and AI, but to no avail.

My question is basically whether it is possible or not, or should I just stick with USB cam and wait till later versions of Ubuntu sort it out.

Thanks

Actionparsnip · May 4, 2026, 1:59pm

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/Yadobler/b8f440fac8e76638f1b29b4cdeebb904

install_fix.sh

#! /bin/bash

# Thanks to https://github.com/stefanpartheym/archlinux-ipu6-webcam

LINUX_HEADER_VERSION=linux-headers-$(uname -r | awk "{gsub(/-arch/, \".arch\"); print}")-$(uname -m)

PKG_MANAGER="sudo paru"
PKG_INSTALLER="$PKG_MANAGER -S --noconfirm --needed"
PKG_INSTALLER_UPGRADE="$PKG_MANAGER -U --needed --noconfirm"
PKG_UNINSTALLER="$PKG_MANAGER -R"

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start_camera_workaround.sh

#! /bin/sh

# USE THIS to start the camera, if v4l2-relayd is not working (ie you see the camera, but it is a blank screen
# it is ugly but works.

sudo systemctl stop v4l2-relayd
sudo modprobe v4l2loopback -r
# if you get "erronous pipeline: icamerasrc" or something of that nature about icamerasrc,
# uncomment the next line. (ideally it shoud run in the folder you ran install.sh, and you haven't clean it up)
# sudo cp -fr "$(/bin/find $(pwd) -name "libgsticamerasrc.so" | grep 'work/out/install/lib/gstreamer-1.0')" /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/

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I found this but haven’t tried it. There’s a list of deps and a git clone command or two. Could get messy

michaeltt · May 5, 2026, 8:04am

Thank you. The length and complexity of this confirms my experience this is not a straightforward fix.

Of note - I tried Gemini AI, eventually going round in circles whilst convinced I didn’t appreciate the ON/OFF camera switch function.

I tried ChatGPT which more reasonably concluded I should either use Windows or a USB camera.

With so much change and clog into my system I have decided to do a fresh Ubuntu install and a USB camera.

michaeltt · May 5, 2026, 8:08am

Thank you.

The length and complexity of this aligns with my experience, and the conclusion it is not a straightforward fix.

I tried AI. Gemini eventually went in a loop of recommendations already tried whilst deeply concerned I failed to understand the camera on/off switch F10. ChatGPT fatigued and eventually recommended either Windows or a USB camera, after many ‘smoking gun’ insights.

My system was very modified and clogged. I chose to reinstall and use a USB camera for now.