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1. Please describe the problem: The internal webcam does not work on a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 running Fedora 44 KDE. The system detects the Intel Panther Lake IPU controller and creates /dev/video* devices, but the camera stream does not work. Running ffplay /dev/video0 fails with: ioctl(VIDIOC_STREAMON): Link has been severed /dev/video0: Link has been severed The kernel log shows: intel-ipu7 0000:00:05.0: no subdev found in graph The BIOS setting Security → I/O Port Access → Integrated Camera is enabled. The ACPI devices include Omnivision camera sensors: OVTI01AF OVTI08F4 The sensor drivers exist in the Fedora kernel: ov01a10 ov08x40 However, the media graph is not correctly built and the IPU7 driver does not find any camera subdevice. 2. What is the Version-Release number of the kernel: 6.19.10-300.fc44.x86_64 3. Did it work previously in Fedora? If so, what kernel version did the issue first appear? No. This is a new laptop and the internal webcam has not worked previously on this Fedora installation. 4. Can you reproduce this issue? If so, please provide the steps to reproduce the issue below: Yes. Steps to reproduce: 1. Boot Fedora 44 KDE on a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14. 2. Check that the webcam is enabled in BIOS: Security → I/O Port Access → Integrated Camera → Enabled 3. Check video devices: ls /dev/video* 4. Try to open the webcam: ffplay /dev/video0 Actual result: ffplay fails with: ioctl(VIDIOC_STREAMON): Link has been severed /dev/video0: Link has been severed 5. Check kernel logs: sudo dmesg | grep -Ei 'ipu|camera|ov|sensor' The log contains: intel-ipu7 0000:00:05.0: no subdev found in graph Expected result: The internal webcam should be detected as a usable camera device and should work in libcamera, PipeWire, Firefox, and video conferencing applications. 5. Does this problem occur with the latest Rawhide kernel? tested with the last update I did on 2026 May 24th 7.0.9-205.fc44.x86_64 6. Are you running any modules that are not shipped directly with Fedora's kernel? No. I am using Fedora-shipped kernel modules only. 7. Please attach the kernel logs. I will attach the output generated with: journalctl --no-hostname -k > dmesg.txt Reproducible: Always
Created attachment 2142665 [details] kernel logs
Hello Julie Chaumard, we identified the cause of the webcam malfunction. The issue is not related to Fedora itself, but to the IPU7 firmware used by the webcam. Please try installing the `intel_cvs` driver from the Intel Vision Drivers repository, as it appears to be the main missing component on many Panther Lake systems. Also, verify that the firmware file `ipu7ptl_fw.bin` is present in the following path: `/lib/firmware/intel/ipu` Additionally, check if there are any available BIOS/UEFI updates for your system. Finally, we recommend installing `libcamera` and `v4l2loopback` to ensure proper webcam compatibility with desktop applications and web browsers.
The comment from Nathan appears to be generated by an un-supervised or minimally-supervised long-running autonomous agentic AI system. See https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/SFVETHOYKQAO7KKLEXCK4IBT4WVPRE6F/ . It is likely incorrect in this case, and the advice to "try installing the `intel_cvs` driver from the Intel Vision Drivers repository" is dangerous and should not be followed unless you're very sure you know what you're doing. Verifying the presence of the camera firmware file and checking for system firmware updates is likely harmless but also unlikely to solve things. Nathan, please do not make yourself the assignee for bugs where you do not have commit access to the package, and please do not close bugs as NOTABUG based on unreviewed LLM diagnoses.
Hi Adam and Julie, X1 G14 is a Intel Panther Lake based platform, so it may use the IPU7 MIPI camera solution. According to the ACPI device you saw, OVTI01AF, OVTI08F4, the laptop is a MIPI camera SKU. Intel also proposed intel-vision technology to improve security but it requires an out-of-tree driver to make it run. Could you please look into the "/sys/bus/acpi/devices" and try to find the device called INTC10E1 (for PTL). If you found it, you need to install intel-vision driver to make the camera work. I had packaged the intel-vision driver as an akmod rpm package, and it can be found in the RPMFusion repository. You can enable the RPMFusion repo through the following document (free and nonfree) https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration Next, install the akmod through the command $ sudo dnf install intel-vision Reboot and the camera should work. If .ko file can't be successfully compiled, let me know and I'll resolve it. :) The full list of the intel-vision ACPI ID for different CPU "INTC10CF" /* MTL */ "INTC10DE" /* LNL */ "INTC10E0" /* ARL */ "INTC10E1" /* PTL */
Hi BTW, please ensure the package "intel-vsc-firmware" is installed. If not, run the following command to install the ipu7 firmware. $ sudo dnf install intel-vsc-firmware see bz2483180.
Thanks. I checked "intel-vsc-firmware", it is already installed. I have intel-vsc-firmware-20260519-1.fc44.noarch Kind regards Julie
The issue is "missing an IMX471 sensor driver", and I'm working on it. The detail and test kernel can be found in bz2483180