Off topic discussion • Re: Why do people think the raspberry pi is a stupid...
Here's why I think it's a stupid idea:It's a really really bad PC. It can be used, I guess, as a really really bad microcontroller.Depends on what you're doing. I originally got Pis to act a terminal...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi4B Upgraded to Bullseye, should I go further?
I was able to (after a "lot" of headaches), get from Buster to Bullseye.Though I just got rid of connman today (the services are still in the /etc/systemd/system, but they're dead). In case anyone did...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: change crontab editor
I set the default editor on all my Pis by editing /etc/profile. At the end, add:Code: export EDITOR=/bin/viStatistics: Posted by W. H. Heydt — Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:16 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • SSD on NVME base no more recognized after update
Hello,I am using a RPi5 + Pimoroni NVME base + SSD that have been running fine since a couple of hours ago.There was an update then, that I did. It was gstreamer*, initramfs* and pyton*...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry Pi 5 Screen Blanking
Hi,I have a problem where my HDMI display doesn't turn stay turned off when the idle timeout is reached. It gets as far as the screen saying "no input connected" then it turns right back on before the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi5 16GB ?
That more to do with sucking up to the Orange one than anything else.Orange Pi? We don't discuss that here.I think James was referring to the next Orange American President.Oh. Silly me.Statistics:...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: shared drive
Thanks for all the comments, think i need to read them more thoroughly and try some more troubleshooting before i seek more advice.Statistics: Posted by deepblue12 — Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:11 pm
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 Screen Blanking
Could it be that your monitor toggles hotplug as suggested here:viewtopic.php?p=2146832&hilit=waggle+hotplug#p2146832I would have thought if it was a labwc issue then you would have found many...
View ArticlePython • Re: Unknown threads running in Python application
I have no idea, where they come from.[joke]they come in from line 34 in second file[/joke]Or post your code ?Statistics: Posted by ghp — Thu Jan 09, 2025 10:00 pm
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Beginners • Re: Viable portable power supply for RPI 5?
Thanks all very much for the advice. As I said I'm a bit new to the hardware side of things so trying to decipher your description. Here is a figure I came up with based on my understanding of what...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: How do I get around Debian not recognising architecture types?
Again, I understand that. Can I at least write it as x86-64 assembly before moving to a high-level language like C? Do you need to completely decompile the thing before rewriting it in ARM?Statistics:...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: PI 4 ATSC stream debugging with FFMPEG and azap
Did some more digging and found azap doe nothing more than tuner the tuner. trying to pipe the tuner output with/bin/cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | ffmpeg -loglevel debug -i pipe:0 -f null -Still no...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 2 new installation, no icons
I downloaded RP and installed on a new SD card. It loaded but the only thing visible on screen is this Japanese ficherman and the waste basket. What do I do to get the menu up on screen?Did you use...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Home Automation // need to use Bluetooth AND UART (for...
Hello,is there anyone around using Bluetooth AND UART (for whatever, I have a razberry 7)All I have read so far, is that there could be an issue for either.thank youStefanStatistics: Posted by...
View ArticleBeginners • Micro SSD card? With M.2 adaptor?
Last month I purchased online a Raspberry Pi SSD NVMe card for my Raspberri Pi 5. I purchased it from a chain store called PiShop Inc. When it arrived however, the note on the box said "Requires a...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Wll we get a better replacement option for desktop...
Use timeshift for system backups.deja-dup, pika backup, rsync, etc for backing up your /home data.I have used my pi400 as my desktop computer since 2021, I have had very few problems.Statistics:...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: Raspberry Camera Module 3 and /dev/video0
There are numerous examples of using libcamera with opencv via picamera2 - https://github.com/raspberrypi/picamera ... n/examplesStatistics: Posted by 6by9 — Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:37 pm
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 400 and 500 • Re: RPi 500, no M.2
If they didn't plan on using the m.2 connectors, why even have them to begin with? It must have cost money to design and use the parts they did. Doesn't make sense that they would invest some money in...
View ArticleMedia centres • Re: Peppy player
Please show the output of the commands:aplay -laplay -LHere are the outputs you requested. Thanks.pi@raspberrypi:~ $ aplay -l**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****card 0: IQaudIODAC [IQaudIODAC],...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Micro SSD card? With M.2 adaptor?
A little research was in order...The Raspberry Pi folks released an "M.2 HAT+" a while back. It connects to the exposed PCIe on the Pi5 and provides an M.2 connector for NVMe SSDs (or their AI...
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