Nvarguscamerasrc fails with "Failed to create CameraProvider" after timeout

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson Systems Jetson Orin NX
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Hi NVIDIA team,

I’m seeing an intermittent issue where nvarguscamerasrc fails to create the camera provider.

Environment:

  • Kernel: 5.15.185-tegra

Pipeline:

gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc ! \
'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=4000, height=3000, format=NV12, framerate=30/1' ! \
fakesink

GStreamer output:

(Argus) Error Timeout: (propagating from src/rpc/socket/client/SocketClientDispatch.cpp, function openSocketConnection(), line 220)
(Argus) Error Timeout: Cannot create camera provider (in src/rpc/socket/client/SocketClientDispatch.cpp, function createCameraProvider(), line 107)

Error generated. /dvs/git/dirty/git-master_linux/multimedia/nvgstreamer/gst-nvarguscamera/gstnvarguscamerasrc.cpp, execute:789 Failed to create CameraProvider

After restart the service nvargus-daemon, the issue is

GST_ARGUS: Setup Complete, Starting captures for 0 seconds
GST_ARGUS: Starting repeat capture requests.
CONSUMER: Producer has connected; continuing.
nvbuf_utils: dmabuf_fd -1 mapped entry NOT found
Error generated. /dvs/git/dirty/git-master_linux/multimedia/nvgstreamer/gst-nvarguscamera/gstnvarguscamerasrc.cpp, threadExecute:734 NvBufSurfaceFromFd Failed.
Error generated. /dvs/git/dirty/git-master_linux/multimedia/nvgstreamer/gst-nvarguscamera/gstnvarguscamerasrc.cpp, threadFunction:245 (propagating)
Redistribute latency…
Got EOS from element “pipeline0”.
Execution ended after 0:00:04.011658666
Setting pipeline to NULL …
GST_ARGUS: Cleaning up
GST_ARGUS: Done Success**

Application log:**

Error generated. ... gstnvarguscamerasrc.cpp, execute:789 Failed to create CameraProvider
[14:00:34.575] Begin at probe function for unlinking
[14:00:34.576] Unlinking: Send signal outside

dmesg:

[ 3940.181091] devA 9-0010: devA_open:
[ 3940.181198] devA 9-001a: devA_open:
[ 3955.680488] nvmap_alloc_handle: PID 66628: app_src: WARNING: All NvMap Allocations must have a tag to identify the subsystem allocating memory.Please pass the tag to the API call NvRmMemHanldeAllocAttr() or relevant.

Has anyone encountered this Failed to create CameraProvider / Cannot create camera provider timeout on kernel 5.15.185-tegra? Is this likely related to the Argus daemon, camera driver, or a known regression in the Argus userspace stack?

Any suggestions for further debugging would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Do you confirm the sensor capture by v4l2-ctl?

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Hi @Shane ,
After meet with the error above,

I cannot capture by v4l2-ctl, neither restart the nvargus-daemon service nor
sudo reboot

The only solution is:
Power off physically and then power on again.

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The symptom looks like the sensor need power cycle to unlocked the sensor state.

Suspect it could be the sensor HW problem.

Thanks

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Yeah, after reinstall new sensor, and cable, it works well. Thank you!