Lenovo Ideapad 3 in-built cam & microphone don't work

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I took part to my first webcall by browser, it was on Big Blue Button.

In-built webcam wasn’t recognized.

Microphone was metallic and didn’t give an audible outcome.

I’s a Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IML05 (81WB).
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

Any tip?

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f3:0c57 Elan Microelectronics Corp. ELAN:Fingerprint
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 152d:0579 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. Portable SSD
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Nano Receiver
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 174f:118d Syntek Integrated Camera
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 8087:0aaa Intel Corp. Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0951:1666 Kingston Technology DataTraveler 100 G3/G4/SE9 G2/50 Kyson

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Hi I have an old Lenovo with a built in camera & that seems to work okay with Tumbleweed.

Maybe take a look at this guide which might help you to sort it out hopefully as it seems like your camera is shown on the list you provided.

https://tutorialforlinux.com/2026/03/04/opensuse-webcam-setup-guide-step-by-step/2/

As for the audio side of things maybe have a look at this openSuse trouble shooting guide:

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Audio_troubleshooting#Microphone_/_input_issues

Hope this helps.

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thank you so much. Now audio works, at last!
Camera looks like missing, I’ll have to wonder what previous owner did :wink:

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A camera seems to be there, you may also check with inxi -Gazpossibly with the options inxi -Gaz | grep "174f:118d" or inxi -Gaz | grep uvcvideo.
Ideapads have a “privacy” slider that may cover the webcam lens, check that it is in the open position.

And, BTW, welcome to the openSUSE Forums!

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So it doesn’t work with Cheese? If not you could check privacy settings or make sure there’s no switch or Fn + another key to turn on or off, or as a last resort you could check the BIOS. Failing that if you really need a aweb cam then a USB one should work & would probably be better quality.

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Hehehe, it took me 2 days to find the thing on a friend’s 2nd hand IdeaPad Slim laptop. He had been struggling with it too on Windows, put Leap on it and turned to me in despair. The little niple to actually open the slider was made very “private”, i.e. well hidden in the design.