[yocto] [meta-raspberrypi] Using the camera

[Gary Thomas]

On 2013-11-18 14:10, Philipp Wagner wrote:
> 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.

I do have the very latest version of meta-raspberrypi, with the 20131113
version of the firmware (bcm bootfiles).

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