Webcam issues Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet Thin Keyboard Gen 2

Hello all,

I am new to Linux and really enjoying Linux Manjaro Plasma KDE on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet Thin Keyboard Gen 2.

Everything works except the webcam. I have done quite a bit of searching on the web but I cannot seem to find a solution to get the webcam working.

Here is the outcome of: inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.11-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64 
  root=UUID=de115ef6-6f82-459a-b603-32990e8be770 rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor resume=UUID=76f1a0a3-8ac7-4e94-b280-89a1335e179f 
  udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Detachable System: LENOVO product: 20JB0017MH 
  v: ThinkPad X1 Tablet Gen 2 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 32 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20JB0017MH v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: LENOVO v: N1OET50W (1.35 ) date: 08/06/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.2 Wh (83.2%) condition: 36.3/37.0 Wh (98.1%) 
  volts: 8.1 min: 7.5 model: SMP 00HW046 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> 
  status: Discharging cycles: 45 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.49 GiB used: 2.9 GiB (38.7%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-7Y54 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 8E (142) stepping: 9 
  microcode: EA cache: L2: 4 MiB bogomips: 12805 
  Speed: 500 MHz min/max: 400/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 500 2: 500 3: 956 
  4: 500 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art 
  avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid 
  cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est 
  f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window 
  hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm 
  mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat 
  pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts 
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep sgx smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 
  sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust 
  tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt 
  xsaves xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 615 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:591e class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 
  screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2160x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 571x381mm (22.5x15.0") 
  s-diag: 686mm (27") 
  Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 2160x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 219 size: 250x170mm (9.8x6.7") 
  diag: 302mm (11.9") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 615 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Imaging 
  Unit 
  vendor: Lenovo driver: ipu3-imgu alternate: ipu3_imgu bus-ID: 00:05.0 
  chip-ID: 8086:1919 class-ID: 0480 
  Device-2: Intel CSI-2 Host vendor: Lenovo driver: ipu3-cio2 
  alternate: ipu3_cio2 bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d32 class-ID: 0480 
  Device-3: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.11-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0 
  bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
  bus-ID: 1-9:3 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 101.02 GiB (42.4%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLW256HEHP-000L7 
  size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s 
  lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 5L7QCXB7 temp: 27.9 C scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 224.71 GiB (97.97%) 
  used: 101.02 GiB (45.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 
  label: N/A uuid: de115ef6-6f82-459a-b603-32990e8be770 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
  label: NO_LABEL uuid: FAA1-0476 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A 
  uuid: 76f1a0a3-8ac7-4e94-b280-89a1335e179f 
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found. 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-7:2 info: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet Thin Keyboard Gen 2 
  type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-multitouch,lenovo,usbhid interfaces: 3 
  rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 17ef:60a3 class-ID: 0301 
  Device-2: 1-9:3 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth 
  driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA 
  chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 65535 fan-1: 
Info:
  Processes: 203 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 8 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1234 pacman: 1229 lib: 331 flatpak: 5 
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.06 

Does any one know how to solve this issue?

Thanks in advance!

From the output provided the webcam is not visible to the system and I can think of two reasons

  • Hardware switch - a function key
  • Firmware deactivated