You can go that way - select to login as another user - then click the gear icon - select the Display Protocol you intend to use - then log in as your normal admin or user account.
This is a big reason I do not use GDM. It hides everything.
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Done that, and I'm still on wayland. Any other ideas how to solve this?
When You want test if it runs better under X11/Xorg, you can edit the custom.conf File what I mentioned above. Type in terminal:
sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
There remove the # from the Line #WaylandEnable=false so that it is:
WaylandEnable=false
Then press ctrl+o to save, Enter to confirm and ctrl+x to exit. This will force to boot into X11/Xorg. You don't have to change anything. Then check if it runs better.
Thanks, I managed to boot it into x11, but black screen issues in zoom and slack is still there. Any thoughts on what could be an issue?
After additional conversation with ChatGPT I it came to this conclusion (any thoughts?):
no somehow worked: test@tadej-Laptop-16-AMD-Ryzen-7040-Series:~$ cheese [0:15:50.597703972] [9513] WARN IPAManager ipa_manager.cpp:154 No IPA found in '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcamera' [0:15:50.597752333] [9513] INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:284 libcamera v0.2.0 (cheese:9513): GStreamer-CRITICAL **: 18:58:26.384: gst_structure_get_value: assertion 'structure != NULL' failed
Ahhh. Good. This changes everything.
That message is the key:
WARN IPAManager ipa_manager.cpp:154 No IPA found in '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcamera'
INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:284 libcamera v0.2.0
This means:
Your camera is running through libcamera
But the required IPA modules are missing
So the stream cannot initialize
This is not a hardware problem.
This is a libcamera packaging issue in Zorin.
You are on Zorin OS, which is Ubuntu-based.
Newer kernels + AMD laptops increasingly route cameras through libcamera instead of pure UVC.
Your system has:
- libcamera installed
- but not the IPA (Image Processing Algorithm) plugins
Without IPA modules → black stream.
The Fix
Install the missing libcamera IPA package:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libcamera-ipa
If that package is not found, try:
sudo apt install libcamera0 libcamera-ipa0
Then reboot:
sudo reboot
After Reboot
Test:
cheese
If Cheese works → Zoom will work.
Why This Happened
Recent Ubuntu-based systems split libcamera into:
- core library
- IPA plugins (required for actual image processing)
If IPA is missing, you get exactly this:
No IPA found
And then black video.
If That Package Is Already Installed
Run:
dpkg -l | grep libcamera
Paste output.
This is actually very fixable now.
We finally hit the real root cause.
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I'm a bit confused now ... didn't You wrote, You have Video Issues when playing a File? Why now is Cheese mentioned? And where does this Error Message come from?
With that:
You have Luck. It is available in the Repo's:
I have fixed that and now conversation shifted into black screen issues when trying to stream video ( zoom, slack etc)
What do you mean by this? Sorry I'm quite new on Linux
You have Luck. It is available in the Repo's:
It is in the repository, so you do not need to struggle to get it.
In terminal, run
sudo apt install libcamera-ipa
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Like @Aravisian wrote: You can simply install it. You don't need to search it or care about Compatibility or Dependencies or even compile it.
I have a framework 13 amd 7040. I changed settings in bios to max out video memory. Just curious if your video memory is limited. I don't seem to be having any problems with my system but I did overdo it with ram. I have 64 gb total ram. It was a good deal back before AI.
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Hi Everyone, somehow even the black screen got fixed. I'm not sure what I have done but through the conversation with AI and some testing it got fixed. Thanks a lot for your time and support and I'm looking forward being part of this community.
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