Internal camera not working on Dell XPS 13 9350 (Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Fedora 42)

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Hi everyone,

I recently installed Fedora 42 (fresh install) on my Dell XPS 13 9350, which has the Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake) processor. I’m running a dual-boot system with Windows, and everything works well on Fedora except for the internal camera.

The same issue occurred when I previously used Ubuntu 24.10 and 25.04 — the camera was not detected there either. However, on Windows, the webcam works without any problems.

What I’ve tried:

  • Checked output of lsusb, lspci — the webcam doesn’t appear.
  • Tried cheese, guvcview, Zoom — none detect a camera.
  • Looked through dmesg and journalctl but didn’t find anything obvious.
  • Fully updated the system using dnf update.

What I suspect:

  • This may be a driver or firmware support issue with the new Intel Lunar Lake platform.
  • Possibly the camera requires proprietary firmware that’s not yet supported in the Linux kernel or is missing from Fedora 42.

What I need help with:

  • How can I confirm whether the camera is detected at the hardware/kernel level?
  • Is there a way to check whether the required firmware or drivers are missing?
  • Has anyone else with a similar Intel Ultra 7 / Lunar Lake setup managed to get the webcam working?
  • Are there any workarounds (e.g. firmware packages, kernel parameters, or bleeding-edge kernel builds) that might help?

I’m happy to provide more logs if needed. Thanks in advance for any insights!

— Ankush