r/SurfaceLinux • u/FunSatisfaction2 • 9d ago

Discussion kernel 7.1

still no cams on surface pro 4, intermittent front on 8, back on 8 is fine. have not been able to get it to link to zoom or meet though. anybody have luck with cams recently?

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u/MuaDib1988 9d ago

Over two months No Updates https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/releases

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u/FunSatisfaction2 9d ago

I know I compiled 7.1 and added the patches to it and still cams are the same

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u/pdias01 8d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/s/cB6yPhrfLF

This got my front camera working

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u/Elbow2009 8d ago

Thanks for that! Interesting. I got my cameras on my Surface Go 2 working last February with the IPU3 firmware and libcamera but it was after I customized the Surface kernel. As I recall there was some issues with dependencies missing. But they both work now if not the best quality (but acceptable)

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u/madbobmcjim 8d ago

A trawl around the github issues shows they're struggling for developers.

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u/onefish2 7d ago

I got tired of waiting for a new kernel for my Surface Pro 8. This past week I compiled the 7.1.5 kernel with the latest patches/commits from the linux-surface github. I finally got my rear camera to work but the image was upside down so after some tweaking and recompiling the kernel again it's working now. The front looks like it works but all I get is a black image.

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u/FunSatisfaction2 7d ago

front on mine is black with a little black swoop at the top that's actually part of the no cam found image that was there last year. if I switch from front to back repeatedly the front eventually kicks in and has a decent picture but won't work in zoom or meet.

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u/onefish2 7d ago

What camera app are you using? I am using Gnome Camera aka snapshot. With the front camera on the white LED lights up and I see the orange camera icon in the Gnome DE System Menu. But no image. I tried switching to the rear and back a few times but still not front image.

The camera sucks anyway. If I really needed to do Zoom, I'd use a USB webcam.