[yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Using the camera

[Philipp Wagner]

Am 18.11.2013 21:37, Gary Thomas wrote:
> I have the raspberrypi camera (the one that plugs directly into
> the board) running with Raspbian.  Now I'd like to have it working
> with my Yocto based build.  I'm running the latest kernel which I
> think matches the same kernel on Raspbian and I copied the /boot/config.txt
> from my Raspbian disk to my Yocto image which I think should enable the
> camera.  I've also checked the kernel cmdline which I think matches.
> 
> However, when I try to access the camera I get this error:
>   root at raspberrypi:~# raspistill  -o /tmp/xx.jpg
>   mmal: mmal_component_create_core: could not find component
> 'vc.ril.camera'
>   mmal: Failed to create camera component
>   mmal: main: Failed to create camera component
>   mmal: Failed to run camera app. Please check for firmware updates
> 
> Any ideas what I need to do to get the camera working?

Did you also check that you are using the latest firmware (i.e. a quite
recent checkout of meta-raspberrypi)? I don't have the camera myself, so
I've never tested this feature.

Philipp