Public bug reported:
I've got two webcams: one of them is built in to my Lenovo T14s (running
Ubuntu 20.04.4), and the other is an external USB device. They used to
have obvious names: one was called something like "Integrated Camera C"
and the other was called something like "HuddleCamHD". Strangely, they
have both been renamed to be "Video Capture 4", which means I can't
easily distinguish between them when switching cameras in tools such as
Zoom or OBS Studio. Here's some output showing this:
$ v4l2-ctl --list-devices
Video Capture 4 (usb-0000:00:14.0-5.2.3):
/dev/video2
/dev/video3
Video Capture 4 (usb-0000:00:14.0-8):
/dev/video0
/dev/video1
Likewise, I'm seeing precisely the same issue on my desktop computer,
which is also running Ubuntu 20.04.04:
Video Capture 4 (usb-0000:00:14.0-3.4.3):
/dev/video0
/dev/video1
I'm running kernel version 5.13.0-30. This error first occurs with
kernel version 5.13.0-28. If I boot with an earlier version, it detects
the webcam names just fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-5.13.0-30-generic 5.13.0-30.33~20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-30.33~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Feb 23 07:09:46 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-08 (655 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=screen-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: linux-signed-hwe-5.13
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: linux-signed-hwe-5.13 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal
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Webcams no longer have correct names
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