Fred,
Have you looked at this?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/348838/how-to-check-available-webcams-from-the-command-line



On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:18 AM Keith Clemmons <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Fred,
> I noticed that there is a BIOS update for you computer
> https://support.hp.com/sg-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-elite-dragonfly-13.5-inch-g3-notebook-pc/2101012761/model/2101012775
> have you updated the BIOS?
> Have you looked at the following links?
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Webcam_setup
> https://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Web_cameras
> https://www.osradar.com/activate-the-webcam-using-the-terminal-linux/
> This Ubuntu documentation is rather old.
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam/Troubleshooting
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 4:55 AM Fred J <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Didn't work for me, elite dragonfly g3 4J044AV
>> Tried other distro and cam didn't work either.
>> Stuck with pc without webcam.
>> --F
>>
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>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1943752
>>
>> Title:
>>   cheese does not work with laptop webcam in Ubuntu 21.10+
>>
>> Status in cheese package in Ubuntu:
>>   Confirmed
>>
>> Bug description:
>>   Ubuntu 21.10 from live usb on a HP 840 G3 laptop
>>   1.Ubuntu Impish Indri (development branch)
>>   2.cheese version installed: 3.38.0-4, candidate: 3.38.0-4
>>   version table:***3.38.0-4 500
>>   3.cheese should display an image from laptop camera after being opened.
>>   4.The error has reproduced by me on this hardware at least 4 times.
>>   When opening the cheese app no image is displayed until closing and
>> reopening the app at least 3 times. The cheese app works as expected in
>> both Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04.
>>
>>   ProblemType: Bug
>>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
>>   Package: cheese 3.38.0-4
>>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-14.14-generic 5.13.1
>>   Uname: Linux 5.13.0-14-generic x86_64
>>   NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
>>   ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu68
>>   Architecture: amd64
>>   CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
>>   CasperVersion: 1.465
>>   CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
>>   Date: Wed Sep 15 17:10:23 2021
>>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Alpha amd64 (20210915)
>>   MachineType: HP HP EliteBook 840 G3
>>   ProcEnviron:
>>    TERM=xterm-256color
>>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>>    cheese        3.38.0-4
>>    cheese-common 3.38.0-4
>>   SourcePackage: linux
>>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>>   dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2021
>>   dmi.bios.release: 1.52
>>   dmi.bios.vendor: HP
>>   dmi.bios.version: N75 Ver. 01.52
>>   dmi.board.name: 8079
>>   dmi.board.vendor: HP
>>   dmi.board.version: KBC Version 85.79
>>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>>   dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
>>   dmi.ec.firmware.release: 133.121
>>   dmi.modalias:
>> dmi:bvnHP:bvrN75Ver.01.52:bd04/20/2021:br1.52:efr133.121:svnHP:pnHPEliteBook840G3:pvr:sku2FZ00UP#ABA:rvnHP:rn8079:rvrKBCVersion85.79:cvnHP:ct10:cvr:
>>   dmi.product.family: 103C_5336AN HP EliteBook
>>   dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 840 G3
>>   dmi.product.sku: 2FZ00UP#ABA
>>   dmi.sys.vendor: HP
>>   lsusb:
>>    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>>    Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b51c Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd HP HD
>> Camera
>>    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003f Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS495
>> Fingerprint Reader
>>    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 154b:0054 PNY USB 2.0 FD
>>    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>   ---
>>   ProblemType: Bug
>>   ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu68
>>   Architecture: amd64
>>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  ubuntu     5074 F.... pulseaudio
>>   CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
>>   CasperVersion: 1.465
>>   CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
>>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
>>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Alpha amd64 (20210915)
>>   Lsusb:
>>    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0781:5581 SanDisk Corp. Ultra
>>    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>>    Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b51c Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd HP HD
>> Camera
>>    Bus 001 Device 002: ID 138a:003f Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS495
>> Fingerprint Reader
>>    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>   MachineType: HP HP EliteBook 840 G3
>>   NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
>>   Package: linux (not installed)
>>   ProcEnviron:
>>    TERM=xterm-256color
>>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>>   ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
>>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
>> file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
>>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-14.14-generic 5.13.1
>>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>>    linux-restricted-modules-5.13.0-14-generic N/A
>>    linux-backports-modules-5.13.0-14-generic  N/A
>>    linux-firmware                             1.199
>>   RfKill:
>>    0: phy0: Wireless LAN
>>     Soft blocked: no
>>     Hard blocked: no
>>   Tags:  impish
>>   Uname: Linux 5.13.0-14-generic x86_64
>>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>>   UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
>>   _MarkForUpload: True
>>   dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2021
>>   dmi.bios.release: 1.52
>>   dmi.bios.vendor: HP
>>   dmi.bios.version: N75 Ver. 01.52
>>   dmi.board.name: 8079
>>   dmi.board.vendor: HP
>>   dmi.board.version: KBC Version 85.79
>>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>>   dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
>>   dmi.ec.firmware.release: 133.121
>>   dmi.modalias:
>> dmi:bvnHP:bvrN75Ver.01.52:bd04/20/2021:br1.52:efr133.121:svnHP:pnHPEliteBook840G3:pvr:sku2FZ00UP#ABA:rvnHP:rn8079:rvrKBCVersion85.79:cvnHP:ct10:cvr:
>>   dmi.product.family: 103C_5336AN HP EliteBook
>>   dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 840 G3
>>   dmi.product.sku: 2FZ00UP#ABA
>>   dmi.sys.vendor: HP
>>
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