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Beginners • Re: New 4TB SSD portable NVME drive (USB) critical target error,...
Have taken the drive apart and its has a usb connector a single chip (number removed) a micro SD card socket with on SD card installed.Oh wow! One of those. I've heard of them, but never seen one. The...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: /boot/config.txt symlink changed to file
It's an issue of some editors that do the equivalent of: load file to be edited, rename old file as file.bak, save new edited file. Then you end up with a symlink called config.bak and a file called...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: RP i5 - Audio HDMI problem - VLC Player
Assumption: if RP OS desktop runs ALSA sound system, then I suspect that the information below, found in the KODI forum may provide the reason for playback audio working on KODI and not on VLC player,...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Probs getting docker to pull images
You have some issue with your Pi's or Network's configuration.When you run docker it shows it's reaching out via IPv6. Try pinging google via IPv6 too and see if that works:Code: $ ping -c 3 -6...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: RaspberryPi5’s keep crashing
Ethernet or wireless?What have you got connected to USB?Statistics: Posted by pidd — Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:45 pm
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Off topic discussion • Re: This old software developer is tiring
I think my brain is starting to stop "swapping" (overloaded). Writing a programming language then making the API "OK for ver.1" was a mind job. And that was coming off writing a DOS 16 bit assembly...
View ArticleOther RP2040 boards • Re: Thonny Errors RP2040 Custom PCB
Do you mean ground connections as in the ground connections that on the end of the 3V3 decoupling capacitors? Or are you referring to the ground pad in the center of the chip. I’m fairly competent...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: PI 5 OR CM4?
A CM4 on its own is pretty useless. You need to budget for a carrier board too which, I suspect, will make it more expensive than the equivalent Pi 5.And likely harder to get hold of. The vast bulk of...
View ArticlePython • Re: Command in crontab runs on jessie but not bullseye
Apologies for my delayed reply.Thank you all for your responses.The typo is just in this Forum, the crontab version is spelt correctlyI have downloaded the cron guide that has been referenced.I still...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: CM4 IO board power options
Here is a CM4IO users manual which you should read!Also look at this viewtopic.php?t=364468Statistics: Posted by aBUGSworstnightmare — Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:07 pm
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: pi5 use dpi screen, xrandr --panning has...
I only want to use the dpi screen with panning and do not connect any other screens.which content do you think will you be able ro pan with a setup like this (DPI only!)?Panning shows part of a bigger...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: HowTo: Install fresh OS on Pi5 NVMe 4tb 8tb drives
I still think there is a a simpler way of doing that ...Statistics: Posted by aBUGSworstnightmare — Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:19 pm
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Moving SD card from Pi4 t o Pi5
On my RPi 4 running 32-bit Buster OS, I can find no command called "build-kernel". Building the Raspberry Pi OS Kernel : Made EasyThank you. I think I'll use the step-by-step process documented in the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • sharing connection
This is a bit of a strange request, but does anyone know how I can bridge/share the connection of wlan1 to eth0 and keep the same subnetI am running raspberry pi OS, and need to connect a wired device...
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General discussion • Re: About the 3.5mm jack missing from the Pi5...
Yep. A good quality DAC hat on a Pi feeding a tube amp to a pair of fine British floor speakers for audiophile quality FLAC streaming. One of the wins of being old, is that while I can live...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Power Management on Headless, Bookworm, RPI4
I"m having problems finding answers:1) When headless, can the HDMI port be powered off to save power? Or is already powered off? (like the old tvservice command)2) I want to turn off wifi. All lthe...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: How does Pi5 determine Power Supply capacity
Luckily I have no interest in PoE or PoE+, so am not going to wade into the specs to get a better answer that "it seems likely".Yeah, my only real interest in PoE is running passive 12V DC down the...
View ArticleOther RP2040 boards • Re: Custom RP2040 Board Can't Load From Flash
Yes, it's wrong on your schematic - you obviously decided to eliminate the no-fit R1, but replaced it with a link rather than leaving it open.Statistics: Posted by arg001 — Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:14 pm
View ArticlePython • Re: VGA from Model 4B's GPIO...
Once you have the hardware, it's just a matter of configuration in config.txt and cmdline.txt to set up the output.No C or Python code required.I've got one of the VGA666 boards and have used it with...
View ArticleSDK • Re: spi_write_read_blocking() not blocking?
I have a suspicion about what's happening here. The SPI block, you may have noticed, inserts a pause of 1.5 bit times between TX/RX of FIFO entries. I suspect that when you're running at a low clock...
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