Error installing 12MP IMX708 driver on Nvidia Jetson

Nvidia Jetson Cameras
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Hi everyone, I’m trying to get the 12MP IMX708 camera working on my Jetson with the native camera setup. I followed the Arducam quick start guide here: Quick-Start-Guide - Arducam Wiki. When I run ./install_full.sh -m imx708 I get an error and the driver never finishes installing. Has anyone run into this?

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Hi, sorry you’re hitting this. Could you share a bit more about your setup? Which JetPack / L4T version is on the Jetson right now? Also, if you can post the exact error output or a screenshot of where the script fails, that would really help narrow it down.

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Sure. It’s a Nvidia Jetson using the native camera path from the Arducam 12MP IMX708 quick start guide. Here’s the error I get when I run ./install_full.sh -m imx708:

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Thanks, that screenshot helps. Could you also check which L4T release you’re on? You can run:

head -n 1 /etc/nv_tegra_release

and paste the output here.

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Here’s what I get: R32 (release), REVISION: 6.1. So it looks like L4T 32.6.1.

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That’s the issue. There’s no camera driver released for L4T 32.6.1, so the 12MP IMX708 driver install fails for exactly that reason. The Arducam Jetson camera driver support is tied to the JetPack/L4T version, and 32.6.1 isn’t in the supported list for the IMX708 camera.

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Ah okay, that makes sense. So is there any workaround to get it working on 32.6.1, or do I need to change something?

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The cleanest fix is to burn the Jetson to JetPack 32.7.3, which is on the supported list. You can check the supported versions here:

https://docs.arducam.com/Nvidia-Jetson-Camera/Introduction-to-Arducam-Jetson-Cameras/

After you flash JetPack 32.7.3 and verify the L4T version against that list, go back through the IMX708 install steps from the quick start guide and run ./install_full.sh -m imx708 again.

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Got it, thanks. So basically 32.6.1 is a no-go and I need to reflash to 32.7.3 first, then retry the driver install?

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Correct. To sum up: the IMX708 driver isn’t available for L4T 32.6.1. Flash JetPack 32.7.3, verify the version against the supported list, then run ./install_full.sh -m imx708 following the quick start guide. If it still errors after that, post the new output and we can dig in further.