Black Screen Issue with GMSL2 Cameras (IMX490) on Jetson AGX Orin

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson AGX Orin
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Hi everyone,

I’m experiencing an issue with 8 GMSL2 cameras (IMX490 sensors) connected to a Jetson AGX Orin (running Jetpack 5.1.1).

The problem:
After running the cameras for 1–3 hours, some of them start displaying a black screen. Occasionally, frames from these cameras appear partially black (e.g., one-half of the image is black). The affected cameras are still visible in v4l2, but their images are corrupted. This issue does not occur on all cameras; some continue to function normally.
Similar setup was tested on a copy of hardware but with 4 cameras, and everything works fine under the same conditions

I would greatly appreciate any advice on:

  1. Potential causes of this issue
  2. Best practices or tools for troubleshooting

Thank you

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Hi,

For the camera basic functionality first needs to check the device and driver configuration.
You can reference to below program guide for the detailed information of device tree and driver implementation.
https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.3/DeveloperGuide/SD/CameraDevelopment/SensorSoftwareDriverProgramming.html?highlight=programing#sensor-software-driver-programming

Please refer to Applications Using V4L2 IOCTL Directly by using V4L2 IOCTL to verify basic camera functionality.
https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/r36.3/DeveloperGuide/SD/CameraDevelopment/SensorSoftwareDriverProgramming.html?highlight=programing#to-run-a-v4l2-ctl-test

Once confirm the configure and still failed below link help to get log and some information and some tips for debug.
https://elinux.org/Jetson/l4t/Camera_BringUp#Steps_to_enable_more_debug_messages

Thanks!

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Apply the patches from below to verify.

Also

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