Camera Framebuffer error after upgrading to 13.0.5

[ednax]

The Problem

Hi,

after upgrading from 12.0.1 to 13.0.5 I'm unable to get the device to make pictures.
The log (in DEBUG-Mode) shows the following Message:

[      12] 2022-12-07T13:23:10 <ERR> [MAIN] Camera Framebuffer cannot be initialized!
[      14] 2022-12-07T13:23:12 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 5 minutes!
[     254] 2022-12-07T13:27:12 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 1 minute!
[     314] 2022-12-07T13:28:12 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart now!

I also tried to completly reinstall everything, but I still get the error.
I'm probably going back to 12.0.1, but the new Feature (Homeassistant Discovery MQTT) was the main reason to update.
Maybe someone can help me with the Problem?

Version

13.0.5

Logfile

[       8] 2022-12-07T13:41:03 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       8] 2022-12-07T13:41:03 <INF> [MAIN] ================== Main Started =================
[       8] 2022-12-07T13:41:03 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[      12] 2022-12-07T13:41:07 <ERR> [MAIN] Camera Framebuffer cannot be initialized!
[      14] 2022-12-07T13:41:09 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 5 minutes!
[     254] 2022-12-07T13:45:09 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 1 minute!
[     314] 2022-12-07T13:46:09 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart now!
[     314] 2022-12-07T13:46:09 <INF> [OTA] Reboot triggered by Software (5s).
[     314] 2022-12-07T13:46:09 <WRN> [OTA] Reboot in 5sec
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:46:18 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:46:18 <INF> [MAIN] ==================== Startup ====================
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:46:18 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:46:18 <INF> [MAIN] Branch: 'HEAD', Revision: e23c89a, Date/Time: 2022-12-06 19:34, Web UI: Release: v13.0.5 (Commit: e23c89a)
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:46:18 <INF> [MAIN] Reset reason: Via esp_restart
[       8] 2022-12-07T13:46:22 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       8] 2022-12-07T13:46:22 <INF> [MAIN] ================== Main Started =================
[       8] 2022-12-07T13:46:22 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[      12] 2022-12-07T13:46:26 <ERR> [MAIN] Camera Framebuffer cannot be initialized!
[      14] 2022-12-07T13:46:28 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 5 minutes!
[     254] 2022-12-07T13:50:28 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 1 minute!
[     314] 2022-12-07T13:51:28 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart now!
[     314] 2022-12-07T13:51:28 <INF> [OTA] Reboot triggered by Software (5s).
[     314] 2022-12-07T13:51:28 <WRN> [OTA] Reboot in 5sec
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:51:41 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:51:41 <INF> [MAIN] ==================== Startup ====================
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:51:41 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:51:41 <INF> [MAIN] Branch: 'HEAD', Revision: e23c89a, Date/Time: 2022-12-06 19:34, Web UI: Release: v13.0.5 (Commit: e23c89a)
[       4] 2022-12-07T13:51:41 <INF> [MAIN] Reset reason: Via esp_restart
[       8] 2022-12-07T13:51:45 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       8] 2022-12-07T13:51:45 <INF> [MAIN] ================== Main Started =================
[       8] 2022-12-07T13:51:45 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[      12] 2022-12-07T13:51:49 <ERR> [MAIN] Camera Framebuffer cannot be initialized!
[      14] 2022-12-07T13:51:51 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 5 minutes!

Expected Behavior

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Screenshots

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Additional Context

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[marc4s]

same error here. could not get it running even with new hardware. then I cleaned up the sdcard. setup process is great. everything looks perfect. reference image could be updated. marks etc. then reboot. and again:

[ 4] 2022-12-07T14:04:31 [MAIN] =================================================
[ 4] 2022-12-07T14:04:31 [MAIN] ==================== Startup ====================
[ 4] 2022-12-07T14:04:31 [MAIN] =================================================
[ 4] 2022-12-07T14:04:31 [MAIN] Branch: 'HEAD', Revision: e23c89a, Date/Time: 2022-12-06 19:34, Web UI: Release: v13.0.5 (Commit: e23c89a)
[ 4] 2022-12-07T14:04:31 [MAIN] Reset reason: Via esp_restart
[ 8] 2022-12-07T14:04:35 [MAIN] =================================================
[ 8] 2022-12-07T14:04:35 [MAIN] ================== Main Started =================
[ 8] 2022-12-07T14:04:35 [MAIN] =================================================
[ 12] 2022-12-07T14:04:39 [MAIN] Camera Framebuffer cannot be initialized!
[ 14] 2022-12-07T14:04:41 [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 5 minutes!
[ 218] 2022-12-07T14:08:06 [OTA FILE] Failed to read existing file: %s

[marc4s]

so something in config.ini is bad I think

[jomjol]

The problem is not the configuration, but the camera initialization is not working anymore.

@caco3 : than could be caused by the change in the boot order?!?

[caco3]

I said I wanted to change the startup order, but then I realized that it did not solve what I wanted to do.
So in the end I did not change the startup order. But I thought that if Camera.InitCam() fails the cam is not usable, thus I trigger a reboot:
v12.0.1...v13.0.5#diff-2773902c8e6d0ea3798e839063d7b39aa9b94a2e27c405ae00cadf0ee66ca2deR252

Originally it just showed an error ("Failed to initialize camera module! Check that your camera module is working and connected properly!" but then it continues with the startup.

I have one device where it fails on this check. But since I have 2 other devices where this works without an issue, I interpreted that it is a hardware issue.

So should we revert that change and simply continue processing?
Will it still work with this error?

[ednax]

I'm not sure if the reboot is the cause of the camera not working.
But this change makes my device rebooting every few minutes.
While trying to change the config, the device just reboots - that is very frustrating...

[jomjol]

@caco3 I would go back to the old version. This part of the starting sequence was always a miracle and once I ended up with my version I never changed it.

Proven in use!

[caco3]

ok, I will revert the auto restart

[i-peter]

Hi,
just to give you an insight of the behaviour with my device:
From time to time I receive the error and restart is fixing this.
I moved from 12.0.1 to 13.0.5 yesterday. In 12.0.1 I never saw the error message.
I hope this is helping...

[       4] 2022-12-11T12:23:15 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:23:15 <INF> [MAIN] ==================== Startup ====================
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:23:15 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:23:15 <INF> [MAIN] Branch: 'HEAD', Revision: e23c89a, Date/Time: 2022-12-06 19:34, Web UI: Release: v13.0.5 (Commit: e23c89a)
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:23:15 <INF> [MAIN] Reset reason: Via esp_restart
[       8] 2022-12-11T12:23:19 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       8] 2022-12-11T12:23:19 <INF> [MAIN] ================== Main Started =================
[       8] 2022-12-11T12:23:19 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[      12] 2022-12-11T12:23:23 <ERR> [MAIN] Camera Framebuffer cannot be initialized!
[      14] 2022-12-11T12:23:25 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 5 minutes!
[     254] 2022-12-11T12:27:25 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 1 minute!
[     314] 2022-12-11T12:28:25 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart now!
[     314] 2022-12-11T12:28:25 <INF> [OTA] Reboot triggered by Software (5s).
[     314] 2022-12-11T12:28:25 <WRN> [OTA] Reboot in 5sec
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:26:53 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:26:53 <INF> [MAIN] ==================== Startup ====================
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:26:53 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:26:53 <INF> [MAIN] Branch: 'HEAD', Revision: e23c89a, Date/Time: 2022-12-06 19:34, Web UI: Release: v13.0.5 (Commit: e23c89a)
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:26:53 <INF> [MAIN] Reset reason: Via esp_restart
[       8] 2022-12-11T12:26:57 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       8] 2022-12-11T12:26:57 <INF> [MAIN] ================== Main Started =================
[       8] 2022-12-11T12:26:57 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[      12] 2022-12-11T12:27:01 <ERR> [MAIN] Camera Framebuffer cannot be initialized!
[      14] 2022-12-11T12:27:03 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 5 minutes!
[     254] 2022-12-11T12:31:03 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart in 1 minute!
[     314] 2022-12-11T12:32:03 <ERR> [MAIN] Initialization failed. Will restart now!
[     314] 2022-12-11T12:32:03 <INF> [OTA] Reboot triggered by Software (5s).
[     314] 2022-12-11T12:32:03 <WRN> [OTA] Reboot in 5sec
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:34:37 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:34:37 <INF> [MAIN] ==================== Startup ====================
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:34:37 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:34:37 <INF> [MAIN] Branch: 'HEAD', Revision: e23c89a, Date/Time: 2022-12-06 19:34, Web UI: Release: v13.0.5 (Commit: e23c89a)
[       4] 2022-12-11T12:34:37 <INF> [MAIN] Reset reason: Via esp_restart
[       9] 2022-12-11T12:34:42 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[       9] 2022-12-11T12:34:42 <INF> [MAIN] ================== Main Started =================
[       9] 2022-12-11T12:34:42 <INF> [MAIN] =================================================
[      11] 2022-12-11T12:34:44 <INF> [MAIN] Initialization completed successfully!

[caco3]

Yes, it seems the framebuffer error should not be treated as critical. In the next version we will continue operation in such case.