Internal webcam is not detected on manjaro xfce

HI folks,
I am a newbie to linux and installed it just today. I wanted to attend zoom call and I realized my webcam isnt working. After some googling I tried this command

sudo rmmod uvcvideo && sudo modprobe uvcvideo

got a blank output

After that tried this

v4l2-ctl --list-devices

Output:

Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate (usb-0000:00:14.0-5):
/dev/video0
/dev/video1
/dev/media0

My pc config:

inxi -Fazy
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.28-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=6ccaeabe-5aec-429a-81bc-54810002a8e4 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=a6f3eb6a-2206-482e-b75f-37506c8ccdd4
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1
    vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 15-3567 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 05269N v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: 2.9.0 date: 01/17/2019
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 21.1 Wh (90.6%) condition: 23.3/41.4 Wh (56.2%)
    volts: 16.8 min: 14.8 model: LGC-LGC2.80 DELL 991XP6C type: Li-poly
    serial: <filter> status: Charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-7200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake
    note: check family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xEC
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 802 high: 809 min/max: 400/3100 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 809
    bogomips: 21607
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  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: Retpolines, 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 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5916
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-5:7 chip-ID: 0c45:6a05 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2806x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 742x238mm (29.2x9.4")
    s-diag: 779mm (30.7")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1 mapped: HDMI-A-1 pos: right model: LG (GoldStar) W1742
    serial: <filter> built: 2009 res: 1440x900 hz: 60 dpi: 89 gamma: 1.2
    size: 410x256mm (16.1x10.1") diag: 436mm (17.2") ratio: 16:10 or 15/9
    modes: max: 1440x900 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: Chi Mei Innolux built: 2016
    res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.5x7.6")
    diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell 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: k5.15.28-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:6
    chip-ID: 0cf3:e009 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 33.84 GiB (3.6%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD100
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 3D scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 927.01 GiB size: 911.39 GiB (98.31%)
    used: 33.84 GiB (3.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 1 MiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C pch: 51.0 C mobo: 51.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2546
Info:
  Processes: 216 Uptime: 1h 1m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.5 GiB
  used: 4.42 GiB (28.5%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1114 lib: 321 flatpak: 0
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

Please help. Thanks in advance

Hi @husky and welcome :wink:

Judging by your information, the webcam should work. Maybe Zoom can not find the webcam?

Can you test your webcam with mpv?

mpv av://v4l2:/dev/video0 --profile=low-latency --untimed --fps=30 --no-correct-pts --opengl-swapinterval=0

Hi @megavolt thank you :slight_smile:

[ffmpeg/demuxer] video4linux2,v4l2: Cannot open video device /dev/video0: No such file or directory
[lavf] avformat_open_input() failed
Failed to recognize file format.

Exiting... (Errors when loading file)

Here is the output of that command

Try also video1 and media0 :wink: