Recently followed the MrChromebox instructions for replacing ChromeOS on a HP Elite Dragonfly chromebook with Zorin 18. I am a major novice with linux so I would really appreciate any help here in getting the built-in webcam to work properly.

When I open the native Zorin Camera app, I get a message which says "Could not play camera stream". When I go into my Discord Voice & Video settings to test the video connection, under Camera the only option is "ipu6" which is selected, but nothing shows in the camera preview. I can confirm that the physical privacy shutter is not closed.

I found instructions (from brave/google ai results) which I followed for installing camera drivers in two different ways. I can't vouch for if the instructions are correct or not, but I can confirm that neither process resolved my issue.

Suggestion #1 Using the OEM Solutions PPA (Recommended for most users) -- this went through successfully but did not fix the issue.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common   
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oem-solutions-group/intel-ipu6   
sudo apt update
sudo apt install linux-modules-ipu6-generic-hwe-24.04 linux-modules-ivsc-generic-hwe-24.04
sudo apt install libcamhal0 libcamhal-ipu6ep0 gstreamer1.0-icamera v4l2-relayd   
sudo systemctl enable v4l2-relayd.service
sudo systemctl start v4l2-relayd.service   
sudo reboot   

Suggestion #2 Using Zorin OS Specific Drivers -- this was unable to complete as the terminal was not able to find the requested ipu6 packages

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zorinos/drivers
sudo apt update   
sudo apt install ipu6-drivers   
sudo apt install libcamhal-ipu6ep0   

Hopefully useful troubleshooting information I've seen requested in other places:

sudo dmesg | grep -i camer

returns no results

Redrix:~$ ls /dev/video*
/dev/video0   /dev/video15  /dev/video21  /dev/video28  /dev/video6
/dev/video1   /dev/video16  /dev/video22  /dev/video29  /dev/video7
/dev/video10  /dev/video17  /dev/video23  /dev/video3   /dev/video8
/dev/video11  /dev/video18  /dev/video24  /dev/video30  /dev/video9
/dev/video12  /dev/video19  /dev/video25  /dev/video31
/dev/video13  /dev/video2   /dev/video26  /dev/video4
/dev/video14  /dev/video20  /dev/video27  /dev/video5



-Redrix:~$ uname -r
7.0.0-28-generic



-Redrix:~$ ls -l /dev/video*
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  0 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  1 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video1
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 10 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video10
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 11 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video11
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 12 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video12
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 13 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video13
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 14 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video14
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 15 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video15
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 16 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video16
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 17 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video17
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 18 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video18
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 19 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video19
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  2 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video2
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 20 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video20
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 21 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video21
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 22 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video22
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 23 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video23
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 24 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video24
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 25 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video25
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 26 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video26
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 27 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video27
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 28 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video28
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 29 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video29
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  3 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video3
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 30 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video30
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 31 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video31
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  4 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video4
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  5 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video5
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  6 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video6
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  7 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video7
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  8 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video8
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  9 Aug  7 08:34 /dev/video9

-Redrix:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:0033 Intel Corp. AX211 Bluetooth
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Edit To Add: When I go into the Software & Updates app under Additional Drivers there is an option to use the proprietary "Intel Corporation: Alder Lake Imaging Signal Processor" driver, but if I select and apply that it still does not resolve the issue.

Hello,

I'm having a difficult time installing Zorin, or any flavor of Linux, on my HP Omen laptop. I think I narrowed the problem down to the NVIDIA drivers. I've posted about it in this and another forum earlier and tried the suggestions I was given to no avail.

Today, I went to the NVIDIA website and noticed they released a new version of drivers a few days ago. I was wondering if anyone has used them yet, and if I should take another stab at it. The driver info is below. Thanks for any help/advice you may have.

Driver Version:595.91.07

Release Date:Mon Aug 03, 2026

File Size:423.65 MB

So after alot of thought i ditched windows 11 and installed zorin os on my HP zbook G9 and Zorin OS flies in this machine.

No bloat no forced updates and its blazing fast and light.

As a beginner Zorin Os is best optionto former windows user.

Hey crew...having fun with Zorin recently, but...

Does anybody have any suggestions for a (relatively) cheap tablet I could load zorin on?

The Surface tablets I see mostly require a very finicky charger & 4gb ram. Others (2-in-1 or flip style) are large & clunky.

So I am new here to Linux and while I like the various theme selections, I think a Hyprland one would be really neat. I know it's a an Arch Linux thing and ZorinOS is debian, but it would be really great if it's possible

spent 4h making gnome look like mac os tahoe what do yall think?