Newbie: How to get something done with camera

[JohnQPublic]

I bough an Orange Pi PC set 9 which came with a camera ( https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orange-Pi-PC-set-9-Pi-PC-and-Camera-with-wide-angle-lens-not-for-raspberry/32662572137.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.dIEdek )

 

After setting up armbian running etc. how do I do something with the camera (ie to see it works)?

I have used raspberry and there I just type "raspistill -d" and a demo pops up. How do I do something like that?

After browsing around I found that "modprobe gc2035" is along those lines but I only get "command not found". Doing a linux find does not find "modprobe".

I reckon I have to install something else but what?

[gnasch]

modprobe is not accessible as a normal user, you have to execute it as root:

sudo modprobe gc2035

there is a nice tutorial at: http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/09/26/how-to-use-orange-pi-camera-in-linux-with-motion

 

and more info: https://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/1517-bird-watching-station-opi-one-and-aliexpress-csi-cam-with-armbian/#entry11783

 

good luck!