How to enable the camera

[electriclewis]

How do I enable the camera using Pidora?

It suggests running raspy-config but that doesn't seem to be part of pidora


[root@raspi ~]# raspivid -t 10000 -o /tmp/video.h264
mmal: mmal_vc_component_create: failed to create component 'vc.ril.camera' (1:ENOMEM)
mmal: mmal_component_create_core: could not create component 'vc.ril.camera' (1)
mmal: Failed to create camera component
mmal: main: Failed to create camera component
mmal: Camera is not enabled in this build. Try running "sudo raspi-config" and ensure that "camera" has been enabled

[nnod]

I am having the same issue on ArchLinux after building the userland tools [1] and modifying the /boot/config.txt [2]. The LED turns on for a few seconds when the Pi is powered up but that's about it. I've tried reseating the cable.

[1] http://www.darkoperator.com/blog/2013/5 ... n-the.html
[2] http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 43&t=44539

[jamesh]

I would definitely suggest trying the Wheezy distro if you have a spare card. This is known to work with the camera simply by running raspi-config - at least that way you can confirm if the camera is working or not.

[pepedog]

Arch may soon have its own version of raspi-config. I got everything working plus extras.

[electriclewis]

I've had it all working fine with Wheezy but I just wanted to try out Pidora as I run my Pi in headless mode and Pidora has a dedicated mode for that (not that it's really that difficult to deal with on Wheezy either). I do love my Pi telling me it's IP address when it boots up though

[lkiesow]

I got the camera module working on Pidora by borrowing some files from Raspbian.
It should be easily reproducable by following these steps:

1. Install the VideoCore libs and tools with:

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yum install 'raspberrypi-vc-*'

2. Download and extract the boot files from Raspbian (You can of cause also extract them from the Raspbian image itself):

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wget http://larskiesow.de/pyCA/piCA/downloads/pidora-boot-for-camera.tar.gz
tar xf pidora-boot-for-camera.tar.gz

3. Overwrite the Pidora boot files (I suggest to make a backup in case something goes wrong):

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cp -r /boot boot-backup
rm -rf /boot/*
cp -r boot/* /boot/

Warning: This will obviously replace your config.txt. So remember to configure your system as last step.

[codeblock]

That seems to have disabled/broken the USB ports for me.

[codeblock]

It turns out that if you use the kernel in the .tar.gz you linked, USB ports stop working. However, using all the other files you linked and the original kernel.img works fine, and allows the camera to work. Thank you for this!

[freelancalot]

I was able to get the camera working by mounting the Debian image and just copying /usr/bin/raspi-config and /usr/share/doc/raspi-config. I then ran rasp-config and enabled the camera.