General • Re: Pico burnt after a few minutes , why ?
A lot of them have a linear regulator not a buck/boost. They also have an extra schottky diode in line with USB 5V and, while handy in some ways, this leads to significant voltage drop. Having an...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Comparison of Periodic Processing on RPi4 and RPi5
Why is there such a difference between lgpio and libgpiod? Both are doing the same process, also in C.Difficult to say without more detail on how you are using them.Statistics: Posted by warthog618 —...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Increase physical memory
Another solution is...write better code. I mean, 4GB isn't *enough*? What is the OP doing that's taking up that much memory? I run a full LAMP stack plus multiple other programs concurrently, plus the...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Looking for simple, but working, "notepad"...
My understanding is that gedit requires an "add on" to change font size. I didn't investigate further. The version installed on my Ubuntu system doesn't have it.Not even under Preferences → Font &...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • Re: Rpi 5 Ethernet speed - iperf3
You seem to have the magic of the IT guy that rarely came to my desk but once I reported mainframe compile kept failing and the network clocks on different hosts were slightly out he said he did...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: PI OS Upgrade: Buster to Bookworm
I wasn't going to do this originally as I didn't anticipate having to spend so much time on this upgrade. I've edited my ~/.ssh/config file so that it's even easier to log in:Code: Fifteen:.ssh...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: SSD Compatibility
Im wondering what ssd's are compatible with the RPI5 board i do have active power led but no drive activity and the drive is formatted with Ubuntu 24.10, all 3 of my ssd'sare of different make and...
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General discussion • Re: AndroidBuddy: control any smartphone from Linux...
AndroidBuddy is now featured on the Pi-Apps store.Installation is now one click.As always, PLEASE respond with feedback. I have only been able to test this on one phone still. More data is needed to...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: RPI5 to be used as a "normal" server.
Given the OP doesn't mention apache or any other service none of the above appears to be relevant.I was going from the title - normal server, I guess it could be a broader meaning than my narrow...
View ArticleSDK • Re: SDK install errors
Several errors are seen - am I missing something?You are compiling code written for libgpiod v1 against libgpiod v2. The objects are now opaque so if you do that will see errors...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: crazy issues with NFS and 2 pi's
If it happens again I'd try rebooting the Pi 4 first to see if that fixes it.It does, if I remember correctly that's how it went down last time. I had rebooted the pi5 several times (but without...
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Re: What batteries are safe?
Study chemistry and then consider how materials react. Probably the least likely secondary (that is, can be recharged) battery chemistry to catch fire would be Lead Acid, these days, usually Sealed...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: iptables vs nftables related confusion wrt my home Raspberry...
As standard It is really running nftables but has the iptables-compatibility layer built in, I've always carried on using it as though it is iptables even though it is not.Statistics: Posted by pidd —...
View ArticleC/C++ • Re: Driver (LKM) programming with pinctrl or userspace library
I'm trying to work with a rotary encoder and linux RT.The more I read, the more I think the "easy" solution would be to use the libgpiod V2. But following my first idea, I would have liked writing a...
View ArticleC/C++ • Cross compile using cmake
Hi Folks,Long preamble before the question. Necessary I'm afraid.I really shouldn't have gone down this rabbit hole considering how much I loathe xgcc environments. That said, I needed to in order to...
View ArticleBeginners • Rasp Pi Imager can't download image
I'm trying to install a new Pi image on my SD card. I set up the Pi Imager with the options I wanted, clicked OK then nothing. I thought Maybe it's just slow so I left it and went and did other...
View ArticleAI Camera - IMX500 • Re: run yolo on raspberry pi ai camera
Thank you - this is very helpful. As I mentioned in my prior response, I want to use a probe type device and use yolov8 to detect objects and beep if found. Will start with std model but in parallel...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Rasp Pi Imager can't download image
Have you updated the PI Imager?Can you access the SD card independant of the PI Imager? I ask because in the past I've had problems with SD adapters.Which image are you trying to download?What was the...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: raspberry Pi as printer server
It's maybe not exactly a turnkey thing, but there is some Linux support from HP for a lot of their printers which say they are "Windows only" on the spec sheets. I'm not exactly sure how that works...
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Beginners • Re: Pi5 Not Booting Correctly
Hi ve3hls, Would it be possible to take a picture of what you are seeing?Use a video capturing card or the easiest way, take a picture with your smartphone.You can use imgbox - fast, simple image host...
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