Troubleshooting • Raspberry Pi 5 Boot Failure: "Failed to Open SSD"...
Hi everyone, I’m experiencing inconsistent boot issues with my Raspberry Pi 5. Here's a detailed summary: Setup Details:Power Supplies Used: - Official Raspberry Pi 5V/3A charger - Phone charger (25W)...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Is OS Download site down?
I opened an older version of the imager, and there are no options shown to set type of board, or to choose an OS. Cannot get the latest imager, the url seems to be inactive. Same with downloading an...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Cannot update - usrmerge contains empty filename
Hello!I need some help here. Today when I tried to update (apt upgrade) my rp pi 5 (bookworm), I got the following message:"After this operation, 25.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.Do you...
View ArticleGeneral • RP2040 uart read write
Hi, I bought a raspberry pi pico and I'm trying to figure out how to make it so that I can connect to it via com port, so that what I write to the com port is output to the uart, and what comes to the...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 400 and 500 • Can I make a dvd player using a external disc...
I have a external disc drive out of a Xbox 360 Slim, which I'm planning to connect to my RPI 400, so I hopefully can make a dvd player out of it. My plan is to connect the disc drive to the RPI 400...
View ArticleBeginners • Don't do this!
Desiring to mount my NAS to the new Raspberry Pi 5 on boot I edited the fstab and used /Home/"My account" as the mount point. I mean what could be wrong with that, when you make an SMB connection it...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • sometimes green LED blinks 8 times but no boot
Hello everyone,I sometimes have a problem when I reboot my pi5. The green LED blinks 8 times but no boot. Simply unplug and plug the power and the PI5 boot. Occurs when booting with the SD card or SSD...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 400 and 500 • RPL HD Monitor - Power Mystery
I am quite pleased with my new RPL HD Monitor. It is well designed, and it does what it was intended to do.However, the documenation is lacking. In trying to determine the power requirements for a...
View ArticleBeginners • Bullseye vs Bookworm for Zero 2W?
Some older posts recommend Bullseye for the Zero 2W, is that still true at the end of 2024?My RPi's are running Buster, the Zero 2W is running the headless 32-bit version, but remote coding from a PC...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Highspeed SPI dual slave mode or PIO @ 25Mhz
Is there a for a way to get high speed input data into the PI5 using SPI dual slave mode? i.e. PIO with DMA? or some other way to get serial high speed data into the host processor without some exotic...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Broadcast issue with an RPI accesspoint install
I needed a simple application which required me to access an RPI via wifi in an area where there is no network.Since I had a Model B lying about I installed a minimal headless Raspbian based on...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • gpio-mouse - how to increase the speed
I want to make use of the gpio-mouse driver - https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/bl ... io_mouse.c - which allows to mimick a mouse function via buttons connected to GPIO.I've implemented it using...
View ArticleBeginners • Help Needed: Using 16-bit 4-Channel ADS1115 with Raspberry Pi for...
Hello everyone,I’m working on a school project and need assistance using a 16-bit, 4-channel ADS1115 analog-to-digital converter with my Raspberry Pi. The goal is to connect an IR sensor for distance...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • mount/umount
Hi,I'm running an old motioneye distro on a Zero 2 with python 2.7. It's working fine but it has filenames read-write only.Because I'd like to run a Python script which updates a log file, I'm not...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Power supply - alternative needed to plug type
Hi all,This is an odd one. I need an alternative power supply for the RPI ( primarily pi 4’s ). It needs to be a USB C connection but with a transformer that has a separate / replaceable power lead...
View ArticleDebian • DietPi v9.9 released
v9.9 December 2024 - DietPi.com Docs - Release notesI know that some people here like it and may not have seen this. Raspberry Pi 5 support is still not quite there.Statistics: Posted by scruss — Tue...
View ArticleDevice Tree • CM5 customized device tree
I am trying to get the USB3 ports working on a CM5 in a CM4IO board. I have created an adapter from the CAM0/DISP0 to USB3 connectors. The problem is it only works in USB2 mode.I posted about this...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Google will be after me...
Evening,Is it possible to run a script every 12 hours or so that would keep me logged into gmail on a pi 5?Currently Google log me out every so often - I want to resubmit my email and password to keep...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Connect • Dual Monitor Pi
Evening,Is there a function yet to allow RPiConnect to switch between (or display both?) HDMI-0 and HDMI-1 on a Pi 4 (or 5)thanksStatistics: Posted by jondallimore — Tue Dec 24, 2024 7:51 pm — Replies...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 400 and 500 • HP27 does not work properly with rpi400
Hi I have a problem with my pi400 setup I have two monitors and one works fine but the other one flickers a lot when using. So I cant use that monitor I have tried the ports but I think its a software...
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