SP6 camera detected, sensor ov7251 9-0060 has not format compatible with the IPU3

[Mprogramavimai]

After following all the instructions for enabling the camera in the camera support page and getting the firmware file based on this blog post (rebooting afterwards also):
https://neilzone.co.uk/2021/08/working-front-and-rear-cameras-on-debian-11-on-a-surface-pro-6-surfacebook-2-and-surface-go/
The camera on the SP6 gets detected:

$ cam --list
[0:20:09.058378430] [40050]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:325 libcamera v0.3.1+36-62760bd2
[0:20:09.181947006] [40051]  WARN IPAProxy ipa_proxy.cpp:161 Configuration file 'ov8865.yaml' not found for IPA module 'ipu3', falling back to 'uncalibrated.yaml'
[0:20:09.183479488] [40051]  INFO IPU3 ipu3.cpp:1141 Registered Camera[0] "\_SB_.PCI0.I2C3.CAMR" connected to CSI-2 receiver 0
[0:20:09.201018088] [40051]  WARN IPAProxy ipa_proxy.cpp:161 Configuration file 'ov5693.yaml' not found for IPA module 'ipu3', falling back to 'uncalibrated.yaml'
[0:20:09.201406028] [40051]  INFO IPU3 ipu3.cpp:1141 Registered Camera[1] "\_SB_.PCI0.I2C2.CAMF" connected to CSI-2 receiver 1
Available cameras:
1: Internal back camera (\_SB_.PCI0.I2C3.CAMR)
2: Internal front camera (\_SB_.PCI0.I2C2.CAMF)

But trying to test it with qcam:

$ qcam
QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
[0:20:39.654159425] [40912]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:284 libcamera v0.2.0
[0:20:39.746868925] [40924]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:248 'ov7251 9-0060': Recommended V4L2 control 0x009a0922 not supported
[0:20:39.746899864] [40924]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:315 'ov7251 9-0060': The sensor kernel driver needs to be fixed
[0:20:39.746910821] [40924]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:317 'ov7251 9-0060': See Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst in the libcamera sources for more information
[0:20:39.747160232] [40924]  WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:262 No static properties available for 'ov7251'
[0:20:39.747179987] [40924]  WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:264 Please consider updating the camera sensor properties database
[0:20:39.747193176] [40924]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:463 'ov7251 9-0060': Failed to retrieve the camera location
[0:20:39.747201499] [40924]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:485 'ov7251 9-0060': Rotation control not available, default to 0 degrees
[0:20:39.747218363] [40924] ERROR IPU3 cio2.cpp:157 Sensor ov7251 9-0060 has not format compatible with the IPU3

It fails saying that:

[0:20:39.747218363] [40924] ERROR IPU3 cio2.cpp:157 Sensor ov7251 9-0060 has not format compatible with the IPU3

Environment

• Hardware model: Microsoft Corporation Surface Pro 6
• Kernel version: Linux 6.10.3-surface-1
• Distribution: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

`dmesg` output

Too long for Github, see here: https://r2.mprogramavimai.lt/dmesg.txt

Reply if any additional information is needed, and than you for the excruciating work of bringing Linux to these great devices!

[ChrisLangley123]

Same issue here with SG2 using the 6.10.5-surface-1 kernel.

Running qcam brings up a similar list of errors for me:

$ qcam QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread [3:25:01.548652929] [27701] WARN IPAManager ipa_manager.cpp:154 No IPA found in '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcamera' [3:25:01.548751126] [27701] INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:284 libcamera v0.2.0 [3:25:01.677684060] [27713] WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:248 'ov7251 3-0060': Recommended V4L2 control 0x009a0922 not supported [3:25:01.677709367] [27713] WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:315 'ov7251 3-0060': The sensor kernel driver needs to be fixed [3:25:01.677714952] [27713] WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:317 'ov7251 3-0060': See Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst in the libcamera sources for more information [3:25:01.678057146] [27713] WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:262 No static properties available for 'ov7251' [3:25:01.678101689] [27713] WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:264 Please consider updating the camera sensor properties database [3:25:01.678110005] [27713] WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:463 'ov7251 3-0060': Failed to retrieve the camera location [3:25:01.678134858] [27713] WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:485 'ov7251 3-0060': Rotation control not available, default to 0 degrees [3:25:01.678160940] [27713] ERROR IPU3 cio2.cpp:157 Sensor ov7251 3-0060 has not format compatible with the IPU3

The folks have done such a fantastic job getting things working: this is the only wrinkle for me!

[claudinux11]

+1

[surface-enjoyer]

qcam is using libcamera 0.2

I'm on a SP5 running ubuntu 24 and I fixed this by jumping into the /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu folder and redirecting all of the libcamera 0.2 files to point at libcamera 0.3.1.

I used symlinks like sudo ln -s libcamera.so.0.3.1 libcamera.so.0.2.0

[Mprogramavimai]

@surface-enjoyer
Sorry, your solution doesn't work for me.
The default symlinks are already redirected to version 3, but after redirecting the 0.2.0 to 0.3.1, it just fails:

qcam: symbol lookup error: qcam: undefined symbol: _ZN9libcamera13CameraManager8version_B5cxx11E

[stuartm9999]

On sp4 I get similar

cam --list

cam --list
[3:53:28.976299661] [40342]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:325 libcamera v0.3.2+73-80a7ccd3
[3:53:29.098128343] [40343]  WARN IPAProxy ipa_proxy.cpp:160 Configuration file 'ov8865.yaml' not found for IPA module 'ipu3', falling back to 'uncalibrated.yaml'
[3:53:29.099870539] [40343]  INFO IPU3 ipu3.cpp:1141 Registered Camera[0] "\_SB_.PCI0.I2C3.CAMR" connected to CSI-2 receiver 0
[3:53:29.116080056] [40343]  WARN IPAProxy ipa_proxy.cpp:160 Configuration file 'ov5693.yaml' not found for IPA module 'ipu3', falling back to 'uncalibrated.yaml'
[3:53:29.117139062] [40343]  INFO IPU3 ipu3.cpp:1141 Registered Camera[1] "\_SB_.PCI0.I2C2.CAMF" connected to CSI-2 receiver 1
Available cameras:
1: Internal back camera (\_SB_.PCI0.I2C3.CAMR)
2: Internal front camera (\_SB_.PCI0.I2C2.CAMF)

Which looks fairly OK (?)
But qcam gives errors and no cameras can be selected in the dropdown.

qcam
QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
[3:50:25.070743326] [40277]  INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:284 libcamera v0.2.0
[3:50:25.184345818] [40289]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:248 'ov7251 3-0060': Recommended V4L2 control 0x009a0922 not supported
[3:50:25.184365381] [40289]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:315 'ov7251 3-0060': The sensor kernel driver needs to be fixed
[3:50:25.184369998] [40289]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:317 'ov7251 3-0060': See Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst in the libcamera sources for more information
[3:50:25.184633641] [40289]  WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:262 No static properties available for 'ov7251'
[3:50:25.184649716] [40289]  WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:264 Please consider updating the camera sensor properties database
[3:50:25.184656840] [40289]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:463 'ov7251 3-0060': Failed to retrieve the camera location
[3:50:25.184663390] [40289]  WARN CameraSensor camera_sensor.cpp:485 'ov7251 3-0060': Rotation control not available, default to 0 degrees
[3:50:25.184697481] [40289] ERROR IPU3 cio2.cpp:157 Sensor ov7251 3-0060 has not format compatible with the IPU3