Arducam B0492R no cameras available after driver install on Raspberry Pi 5

Raspberry Pi Cameras
1

Hi everyone,

I have an Arducam B0492R that has never worked on my Raspberry Pi 5 (Bookworm, 256 GB SSD). I followed the CamArray quick start guide at Quick Start Guide for Arducam CamArray HAT Kit - Arducam Wiki.

After running:

./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p kernel_driver

I tried:

libcamera-still -t 5000

and libcamera fails with these errors:

[0:00:41.611710213] [1612] INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:284 libcamera v0.2.0+46-075b54d5
[0:00:41.620249935] [1615] INFO RPI pisp.cpp:662 libpisp version v1.0.4 6e3a53d137f4 14-02-2024 (14:00:12)
[0:00:41.635084342] [1615] WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:274 No static properties available for ‘arducam-pivariety’
[0:00:41.635098768] [1615] WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:276 Please consider updating the camera sensor properties database
[0:00:41.647423417] [1615] ERROR IPAProxy ipa_proxy.cpp:149 Configuration file ‘arducam-pivariety.json’ not found for IPA module ‘rpi/pisp’
[0:00:41.652045157] [1615] ERROR IPARPI ipa_base.cpp:124 Could not create camera helper for arducam-pivariety
[0:00:41.652056768] [1615] ERROR RPI pipeline_base.cpp:804 Failed to load a suitable IPA library
[0:00:41.652063231] [1615] ERROR RPI pisp.cpp:889 Failed to register camera arducam-pivariety 6-000c: -22
Made X/EGL preview window
ERROR: *** no cameras available ***

But dmesg does see the sensor:

[ 4.662413] rp1-cfe 1f00110000.csi: found subdevice /axi/pcie@120000/rp1/i2c@88000/arducam_pivariety@c
[ 4.728756] arducam-pivariety 6-000c: firmware version: 0x10004
[ 4.958763] rp1-cfe 1f00110000.csi: Using sensor arducam-pivariety 6-000c for capture

So the hardware seems detected, but libcamera still says no cameras available. Has anyone run into this?

2

Thanks for posting the logs. The dmesg output looks normal for detection, but I need more context from your full system. Can you run the bug report tool and send me the file?

Steps:

  1. Reboot the Pi.
  2. Download the tool:

wget -O arducam-camera-bug-report https://github.com/ketai-dhr/arducam-camera-bug-report/releases/download/tools/arducam-camera-bug-report

  1. Make it executable:

chmod +x ./arducam-camera-bug-report

  1. Run it:

./arducam-camera-bug-report

That creates arducam-bug-report.txt in the current directory. Please send that file to me in a private message instead of pasting the whole thing here, since it can contain a lot of system info.

3

Just sent the bug report over PM. In the meantime, here’s the full picture of what I did and what I’m seeing.

Environment:

Commands I ran:

  • ./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p kernel_driver
  • libcamera-still -t 5000
  • sudo dmesg | grep -i arducam

libcamera-still output:

[0:00:41.611710213] [1612] INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:284 libcamera v0.2.0+46-075b54d5
[0:00:41.620249935] [1615] INFO RPI pisp.cpp:662 libpisp version v1.0.4 6e3a53d137f4 14-02-2024 (14:00:12)
[0:00:41.635084342] [1615] WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:274 No static properties available for ‘arducam-pivariety’
[0:00:41.635098768] [1615] WARN CameraSensorProperties camera_sensor_properties.cpp:276 Please consider updating the camera sensor properties database
[0:00:41.647423417] [1615] ERROR IPAProxy ipa_proxy.cpp:149 Configuration file ‘arducam-pivariety.json’ not found for IPA module ‘rpi/pisp’
[0:00:41.652045157] [1615] ERROR IPARPI ipa_base.cpp:124 Could not create camera helper for arducam-pivariety
[0:00:41.652056768] [1615] ERROR RPI pipeline_base.cpp:804 Failed to load a suitable IPA library
[0:00:41.652063231] [1615] ERROR RPI pisp.cpp:889 Failed to register camera arducam-pivariety 6-000c: -22
Made X/EGL preview window
ERROR: *** no cameras available ***

dmesg output:

[ 4.662413] rp1-cfe 1f00110000.csi: found subdevice /axi/pcie@120000/rp1/i2c@88000/arducam_pivariety@c
[ 4.728756] arducam-pivariety 6-000c: firmware version: 0x10004
[ 4.958763] rp1-cfe 1f00110000.csi: Using sensor arducam-pivariety 6-000c for capture

Other attempts:

  • I’ve also tried various online tutorials and editing /boot/config.txt, but the result is always the same ‘no cameras available’.
4

Thanks, the bug report confirms what I suspected.

Your kernel is 6.1.73. On that kernel, the Pi config file has moved from /boot/config.txt to /boot/firmware/config.txt. If dtoverlay=arducam-pivariety is still sitting in the old /boot/config.txt, it is being ignored.

First, put the overlay in the correct file:

sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt

Go to the bottom and add it under [all]:

[all]
dtoverlay=arducam-pivariety

Then reboot.

The second part of the problem is the stock libcamera build. The missing arducam-pivariety.json IPA error means you don’t have the Arducam customized libcamera. Install it with:

wget -O install_pivariety_pkgs.sh https://github.com/ArduCAM/Arducam-Pivariety-V4L2-Driver/releases/download/install_script/install_pivariety_pkgs.sh
chmod +x install_pivariety_pkgs.sh
./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p libcamera_dev
./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p libcamera_apps

After that, test again with:

libcamera-still -t 5000

Summary: move dtoverlay=arducam-pivariety to /boot/firmware/config.txt under [all], reboot, then install the Arducam libcamera_dev and libcamera_apps packages. The stock libcamera doesn’t ship the arducam-pivariety.json/IPA support, which is why the camera helper couldn’t be created.