While the camera of my shiny new K2 is working fine via port :8000 and in the Creality Cloud app, the built-in Fluidd server cannot connect to it. There obviously is some kind of fix to this ( GitHub - DnG-Crafts/K2-Camera: a work around to get the camera working in fluidd ) but I’d prefer not to root my printer and I’m hoping for either an incoming firmware upgrade or a root-less approach.
Does anyone know a solution?
The K2 does not need to be rooted! It just the password you need to get access to the printers command line and files. You don not really ‘root’ the K2 like you needed with other machines because it has all applications already in place, no need for rooting!
I have DnG-Crafts/K2-Camera work around installed and it works well. I don’t believe Creality will change that because they are asking you to use Creality Print Device tab to see the camera.
I had already a chat on that with Customer service and they say it’s not their intention to use fluidd directly.
Well, but I do need root access rights to replace /usr/share/moonraker (or even ssh into the device), don’t I? So I need to hit the “you are root - your warranty is void” button in the menu, to solve the issue, correct?
The stance of Customer Service is disappointing but not completely unexpected. Well, I’d prefer if they took their “everything is there already, we’re playing well with the klipper ecosystem” advertisement stance seriously…
Aaand - good to hear that somebody had a good experience with the DnG-Crafts solution. Thanks! 
they dont intend for us to use Fluidd/Klipper - but yet it is not possible to adjust Z height offset with the controller… or check a bed mesh… ONLY thru Fluidd… and does not work with Sonic Pad.
so by them saying they dont expect us to use it is kind of ridiculous - yeah?
sounds like a Creality FAIL… that still has not been fixed - and requires US to find a work around… rather than a firmware update patch…
i think id rather keep using Fluid rather than wait for Creality to fix something. lol
The bed mesh calibration is an enormous tool that allows me to see and fix my warped bed.
Not to mention being able to check in on my printer from anywhere with an easy URL…then there are the log files, the job queue, job management and a plethora of other tools that are so helpful. Creality really messed this one up by making users feel bad for rooting their system. Besides: It’s super easy to put it back exactly as stock so what’s the big deal? They are losing face with the bad hardware right now and support is going crazy. That’s my guess
