The default Gnome camera doesn't work on Fedora 43

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Hey guys

The default Gnome camera doesn’t work on Fedora 43.

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Here is the error log: snapshot crashed in lvp_BindImageMemory2

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I’d try installing Vulkan drivers:

sudo dnf install mesa-vulkan-drivers

Or starting snapshot without acceleration:

GSK_RENDERER=cairo snapshot
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snapshot
2025-12-27T20:51:16.170664Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Snapshot (org.gnome.Snapshot)
2025-12-27T20:51:16.171596Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Version: 49.0
2025-12-27T20:51:16.171614Z INFO snapshot::application::imp: Datadir: /usr/share/snapshot
2025-12-27T20:51:17.192564Z INFO ashpd::desktop::request: Creating a org.freedesktop.portal.Request /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop/request/1_136/ashpd_fYRn0Hkmgm
2025-12-27T20:51:17.195365Z INFO ashpd::desktop::request: Received signal ‘Response’ on ‘org.freedesktop.portal.Request’
2025-12-27T20:51:17.195465Z INFO ashpd::proxy: Calling method org.freedesktop.portal.Camera:OpenPipeWireRemote

(snapshot:10932): Gdk-WARNING **: 17:51:18.395: Vulkan: ../src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_device.c:2153: VK_ERROR_INVALID_EXTERNAL_HANDLE

(snapshot:10932): Gsk-WARNING **: 17:51:18.395: vkAllocateMemory(): An external handle is not a valid handle of the specified type. (VK_ERROR_INVALID_EXTERNAL_HANDLE_KHR) (-1000072003)
Segmentation fault (image of the recorded core) snapshot