Hey everyone, hoping someone can help me out. I just got an Arducam B0310 (the IMX708 camera module) and I’m trying to get it working with my Raspberry Pi 5, but no luck so far.
Whenever I run rpicam-hello I get:
no cameras available
I checked dmesg and I can see the camera module ID “0x0301” is being picked up, but right after that I’m seeing:
arducam-pivariety 11-000c: probe failed
I’ve been following the instructions on the Arducam docs page for the 12MP IMX708 — specifically the section for Raspberry Pi Zero to Pi 3. Not sure if that matters since I’m on a Pi 5. I’ve tried installing some packages but honestly I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. The camera has never been detected since day one.
Anyone seen this before? Is there something different I need to do for Pi 5?
Welcome to the forum! A couple of things stand out to me right away.
First, you mentioned you’re following the instructions for Pi Zero to Pi 3, but you’re running a Raspberry Pi 5. That could definitely be part of the problem — the Pi 5 handles camera detection a bit differently than the older models, so the setup steps aren’t necessarily the same.
Before we dive into software fixes, let’s get a clear picture of what’s going on. Can you do two things for me?
Step 1 — Hardware photos:
Can you take clear photos of:
(a) The ribbon cable connection on the camera board itself
(b) The ribbon cable connection on the Raspberry Pi
Step 2 — Diagnostic log:
Run these commands to generate a full diagnostic report:
That last command will create a file called arducam-bug-report.txt in your current directory. Please attach that file along with the photos. That’ll give me a full view of your software configuration and we can go from there.
Okay, I’ve gone through your diagnostic report and photos — and I found the issue.
What’s happening:
Your camera is plugged into the CAM 1 port on the Pi 5, which is fine physically. The problem is all in your config.txt. You have both the arducam-pivariety overlay and the imx708 overlay enabled at the same time:
dtoverlay=arducam-pivariety
dtoverlay=imx708
These two drivers conflict with each other. When both are active, the kernel tries to probe both and they step on each other’s toes — that’s exactly why you’re seeing arducam-pivariety 11-000c: probe failed in dmesg. The IMX708 is a native Raspberry Pi camera that uses the standard imx708 overlay. The arducam-pivariety overlay is meant for an entirely different type of camera module and should not be enabled here.
The fix:
Edit your /boot/firmware/config.txt and make sure only the imx708 overlay is active. Remove or comment out the arducam-pivariety line. It should look like this:
dtoverlay=imx708
Here’s a screenshot of what needs to change:
After saving, reboot:
sudo reboot
Then test with:
rpicam-still -t 0
You should see a preview window pop up. The key takeaway here is: one camera, one overlay. Having both enabled is what’s been causing the probe failure all along.
Removed the arducam-pivariety line, kept only dtoverlay=imx708, rebooted, and the camera came right up. rpicam-still -t 0 shows the preview window perfectly.
Really appreciate the help. I had no idea having both overlays in there would cause a conflict like that. Hopefully this thread helps someone else who makes the same mistake!
