Troubleshooting • Camera Module 2 not detected

I cannot get a new NOIR camera module to be detected.
The camera is connected to a Raspberry PI 5. Below are the details suggested by
"What to do if your camera is not detected section", I also include the output of a working camera module 2 which I used as a test replacement for my new camera.

Raspberry Pi5

Camera is a Raspberry Pi Camera Module 2

uname –a shows:
Linux pi5 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1 (2025-09-16) aarch64 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="13"
VERSION="13 (trixie)"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.2
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

rpicam-hello --version
rpicam-apps build: v1.10.1 28-11-2025 (16:40:26)
rpicam-apps capabilites: egl:1 qt:1 drm:1 libav:1
libcamera build: v0.6.0+rpt20251202

apt list python3-picamera2
python3-picamera2/stable,stable,now 0.3.33-1 all [installed,automatic]

rpicam-hello --list-cameras
No cameras available!



I swapped this new camera with a working raspberry pi camera module 2 from another Pi. The result was:

rpicam-hello --list-cameras
Available cameras
-----------------
0 : imx219 [3280x2464 10-bit RGGB] (/base/axi/pcie@1000120000/rp1/i2c@88000/imx219@10)
Modes: 'SRGGB10_CSI2P' : 640x480 [103.33 fps - (1000, 752)/1280x960 crop]
1640x1232 [41.85 fps - (0, 0)/3280x2464 crop]
1920x1080 [47.57 fps - (680, 692)/1920x1080 crop]
3280x2464 [21.19 fps - (0, 0)/3280x2464 crop]
'SRGGB8' : 640x480 [103.33 fps - (1000, 752)/1280x960 crop]
1640x1232 [41.85 fps - (0, 0)/3280x2464 crop]
1920x1080 [47.57 fps - (680, 692)/1920x1080 crop]
3280x2464 [21.19 fps - (0, 0)/3280x2464 crop]

rpicam-hello
[0:05:34.018253776] [1755] INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:340 libcamera v0.6.0+rpt20251202
[0:05:34.031329602] [1758] INFO RPI pisp.cpp:720 libpisp version 1.3.0
[0:05:34.035338084] [1758] INFO IPAProxy ipa_proxy.cpp:180 Using tuning file /usr/share/libcamera/ipa/rpi/pisp/imx219.json
[0:05:34.046233149] [1758] INFO Camera camera_manager.cpp:223 Adding camera '/base/axi/pcie@1000120000/rp1/i2c@88000/imx219@10' for pipeline handler rpi/pisp
[0:05:34.046280445] [1758] INFO RPI pisp.cpp:1181 Registered camera /base/axi/pcie@1000120000/rp1/i2c@88000/imx219@10 to CFE device /dev/media0 and ISP device /dev/media1 using PiSP variant BCM2712_C0
Made X/EGL preview window
Mode selection for 164012:P
SRGGB10_CSI2P,640x480/0 - Score: 4504.81
SRGGB10_CSI2P,1640x1232/0 - Score: 1000
SRGGB10_CSI2P,1920x1080/0 - Score: 1541.48
SRGGB10_CSI2P,3280x2464/0 - Score: 1718
SRGGB8,640x480/0 - Score: 5504.81
SRGGB8,1640x1232/0 - Score: 2000
SRGGB8,1920x1080/0 - Score: 2541.48
SRGGB8,3280x2464/0 - Score: 2718
Stream configuration adjusted
[0:05:34.221166561] [1755] INFO Camera camera.cpp:1215 configuring streams: (0) 1640x1232-YUV420/sYCC (1) 1640x1232-BGGR_PISP_COMP1/RAW
[0:05:34.221321266] [1758] INFO RPI pisp.cpp:1485 Sensor: /base/axi/pcie@1000120000/rp1/i2c@88000/imx219@10 - Selected sensor format: 1640x1232-SBGGR10_1X10/RAW - Selected CFE format: 1640x1232-PC1B/RAW

It seems my old camera is detected and working, the new camera is not detected.
Any advice please?

Statistics: Posted by mantle — Tue Dec 09, 2025 8:10 pm

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