Re: Dell Latitude 7420's camera not working on new F42 install

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> On 14 Jul 2025, at 19:27, Ranjan Maitra via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I installed F42 from scratch on a Dell Latitude 7420 about a month ago, and only now have I noticed that the in-built camera does not appear to be working. I just get a black screen.
> 
> Perhaps it is missing a driver or something else. I am still runnning 6.15.4-200 kernel, though the system is up to date. (Since I hibernate,  thanks to friendly advice from here on the how, I don't always reboot   into the newest kernel.)
> 
> Anyway, just wondering what I should be looking at.

A web search for “ Dell Latitude 7420's camera linux” comes up with a number of interesting pages. Especially telling me that it’s an IPU6 camera that requires drivers that are stabilising upstream.  IPU6 has been a challenge to support with open source drivers I understand.

Barry

> Many thanks and best wishes,
> Ranjan
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