# Camera Server Aborts Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4052/camera-server-aborts Category: General Questions (https://forum.modalai.com/category/2/general-questions) Posted: 2024-12-23 23:40:56 UTC by Shivam Sehgal Replies: 1 · Views: 614 ## Shivam Sehgal · 2024-12-23 23:40:56 UTC voxl camera server is aborting itself, what can be the issue. I was running my ros package on the drone and also using ros mpa package and then suddenly all the topics vanished. when I restarted the drone the camera starts for some time and them stops showing stalled missing. I am running tof at 15 fps also tried running at 5 but still the same issue. hires and tracking at default fps that it is configured with. ``` voxl2:/$ voxl-version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- system-image: 1.7.1-M0054-14.1a-perf-nightly-20231025 kernel: #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 26 03:25:38 UTC 2023 4.19.125 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hw version: M0054 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- voxl-suite: 1.1.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Packages: Repo: http://voxl-packages.modalai.com/ ./dists/qrb5165/sdk-1.1/binary-arm64/ Last Updated: 2023-03-02 12:59:10 WARNING: repo file has changed since last update, packages may have originated from a different repo List: libmodal-cv 0.4.0 libmodal-exposure 0.1.0 libmodal-journal 0.2.2 libmodal-json 0.4.3 libmodal-pipe 2.9.2 libqrb5165-io 0.4.2 libvoxl-cci-direct 0.2.1 libvoxl-cutils 0.1.1 mv-voxl 0.1-r0 qrb5165-bind 0.1-r0 qrb5165-dfs-server 0.2.0 qrb5165-imu-server 1.0.1 qrb5165-rangefinder-server 0.1.1 qrb5165-slpi-test-sig 01-r0 qrb5165-system-tweaks 0.2.3 qrb5165-tflite 2.8.0-2 voxl-bind-spektrum 0.1.0 voxl-camera-calibration 0.5.3 voxl-camera-server 1.8.9.1 voxl-configurator 0.4.8 voxl-cpu-monitor 0.4.7 voxl-docker-support 1.3.0 voxl-elrs 0.1.3 voxl-esc 1.3.7 voxl-feature-tracker 0.3.2 voxl-flow-server 0.3.3 voxl-gphoto2-server 0.0.10 voxl-jpeg-turbo 2.1.3-5 voxl-lepton-server 1.2.0 voxl-libgphoto2 0.0.4 voxl-libuvc 1.0.7 voxl-logger 0.3.5 voxl-mavcam-manager 0.5.3 voxl-mavlink 0.1.1 voxl-mavlink-server 1.3.2 voxl-modem 1.0.8 voxl-mongoose 7.7.0-1 voxl-mpa-to-ros 0.3.7 voxl-mpa-tools 1.1.3 voxl-neopixel-manager 0.0.3 voxl-opencv 4.5.5-2 voxl-portal 0.6.3 voxl-px4 1.14.0-2.0.63 voxl-px4-imu-server 0.1.2 voxl-px4-params 0.3.3 voxl-qvio-server 1.0.0 voxl-remote-id 0.0.9 voxl-streamer 0.7.4 voxl-suite 1.1.2 voxl-tag-detector 0.0.4 voxl-tflite-server 0.3.1 voxl-utils 1.3.3 voxl-uvc-server 0.1.6 voxl-vision-hub 1.7.3 voxl2-system-image 1.7.1-r0 voxl2-wlan 1.0-r0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ``` ``` voxl2:/$ voxl-camera-server detected system image 1.7.1 using new imx214 defaults ================================================================= configuration for 3 cameras: cam #0 name: tof sensor type: pmd-tof isEnabled: 1 camId: 0 camId2: -1 fps: 5 en_rotate: 0 en_rotate2: 0 en_preview: 1 pre_width: 224 pre_height: 1557 en_raw_preview: 1 en_small_video: 0 small_video_width: -1 small_video_height: -1 en_large_video: 0 large_video_width: -1 large_video_height: -1 en_snapshot: 0 snap_width: -1 snap_height: -1 ae_mode: off standby_enabled: 0 decimator: 5 independent_exposure:0 cam #1 name: hires sensor type: imx214 isEnabled: 1 camId: 1 camId2: -1 fps: 30 en_rotate: 0 en_rotate2: 0 en_preview: 0 pre_width: 640 pre_height: 480 en_raw_preview: 0 en_small_video: 1 small_video_width: 1024 small_video_height: 768 en_large_video: 1 large_video_width: 4208 large_video_height: 3120 en_snapshot: 1 snap_width: 4208 snap_height: 3120 ae_mode: isp standby_enabled: 0 decimator: 1 independent_exposure:0 cam #2 name: tracking sensor type: ov7251 isEnabled: 1 camId: 2 camId2: -1 fps: 30 en_rotate: 0 en_rotate2: 0 en_preview: 1 pre_width: 640 pre_height: 480 en_raw_preview: 1 en_small_video: 0 small_video_width: -1 small_video_height: -1 en_large_video: 0 large_video_width: -1 large_video_height: -1 en_snapshot: 0 snap_width: -1 snap_height: -1 ae_mode: lme_msv standby_enabled: 0 decimator: 1 independent_exposure:0 ================================================================= GPS server Connected Starting Camera: tof (id #0) Using gain limits min: 54 max: 8000 gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm Starting Camera: hires (id #1) Using gain limits min: 54 max: 431 WARNING: Port Def 0: Count Min: 8 Count Actual: 16 Size: 0x180000 Buffers Contiguous: Yes Buffer Alignment: 0 WARNING: Port Def 1: Count Min: 4 Count Actual: 16 Size: 0x5a0000 Buffers Contiguous: No Buffer Alignment: 0 gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm WARNING: Port Def 0: Count Min: 8 Count Actual: 16 Size: 0x17a0000 Buffers Contiguous: Yes Buffer Alignment: 0 WARNING: Port Def 1: Count Min: 4 Count Actual: 16 Size: 0x5ec000 Buffers Contiguous: No Buffer Alignment: 0 gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm gbm_create_device(156): Info: backend name is: msm_drm Starting Camera: tracking (id #2) Using gain limits min: 54 max: 3451 setting ov7251 BLC register for cam id 2 ------ voxl-camera-server: Started 3 of 3 cameras ------ voxl-camera-server: Camera server is now running Aborted ``` ## Reply by Alex Kushleyev (ModalAI staff) · 2024-12-24 17:48:05 UTC @Shivam-Sehgal , it seems you are using VOXL SDK that is more than one year old, please upgrade to the latest 1.3.5. If you are not able to upgrade, then please try the following: - reduce the width/ height of hires camera large video stream to 3840x2160, if that does not help, reduce the FPS of hires camera to 25Hz - disable snapshot if you are not using that feature - try starting `voxl-camera-server` manually and assign upper cores 2-7 to the process, which helps with stability - stop camera server running in the background (if applicable) : `systemctl stop voxl-camera-server` - run camera server and assign cpu affinity using taskset : `taskset -c 2-7 /usr/bin/voxl-camera-server` Alex