thank you very much I actually tried to unmask $ systemctl unmask v4l2-relayd
strangely it was removed then I installed using Synaptic and now the camera finally works this is the output of $ systemctl status v4l2-relayd ● v4l2-relayd.service - v4l2-relay daemon service Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/v4l2-relayd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2024-06-07 16:12:40 CEST; 4min 15s ago Process: 939 ExecCondition=/usr/bin/test -n ${VIDEOSRC} (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 940 ExecCondition=/usr/bin/test -n $FORMAT (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 941 ExecCondition=/usr/bin/test -n $WIDTH (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 945 ExecCondition=/usr/bin/test -n $HEIGHT (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 946 ExecCondition=/usr/bin/test -n $FRAMERATE (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 947 ExecCondition=/usr/bin/test -n ${CARD_LABEL} (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 948 (v4l2-relayd) Tasks: 4 (limit: 37938) Memory: 276.4M CPU: 7.240s CGroup: /system.slice/v4l2-relayd.service └─948 /usr/bin/v4l2-relayd -i "icamerasrc buffer-count=7" -o "appsrc name=appsrc caps=video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1280,height=720,framerate=30/1 ! videoconvert ! v4l2sink name=v4l2sink device=/dev/video0" Jun 07 16:12:40 Saddam-XPS-9320 systemd[1]: Starting v4l2-relay daemon service... Jun 07 16:12:40 Saddam-XPS-9320 systemd[1]: Started v4l2-relay daemon service. Jun 07 16:13:12 Saddam-XPS-9320 v4l2-relayd[948]: Registering meta implementation 'GstCamerasrcMeta' without init function -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2067579 Title: Webcam not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oem-somerville-tentacool-rpl-meta/+bug/2067579/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs