Off topic discussion • Re: 4mm DAT drive on a Pi
Wading through some piles of boxes in the garage I found several 4mm DAT tapes from the 1990s. A couple of the drives have useful stuff on them, and I'm hoping to be able to read them, if indeed they...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Problems with the 54Pi hat and a Kingston 256 MB NVme
I have been tinkering with Raspberry Pigs on and off for a while. I recently picked up a Pi5 and along the decided to ass a SSD drive via a Hat. I bought my Hat from 52pi, and picked up a Kingston...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: RPi 5 as a desktop daily driver?
Financial tracking (Quicken) - only available for Windows. Linux financial programs don't have nearly sufficient features to do daily automatic transaction tracking, handle stock splits, identify long...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Uploading backup .img file via Raspberry Pi Imager
In theory, yes. The image file just contains a byte for byte copy of every storage location in the card that was visible to the OS under which the backup program was run.But that means the backup file...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Overcurrent on Raspberry Pi 5
I tried the new power supply and it didn't fix the problem. So I'll just buy a new one.Statistics: Posted by bluepig600 — Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:35 pm
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Self built NAS - how to backup PC, iPhone, iPad
Your easiest option for backing up from PC is almost certainly an existing product/project that supports backups to a NAS.Sorry I don’t think I follow when you said an existing product/project. Are...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • I build a linear PSU for the RPi5 for use in high end...
John Tucker of Exemplar Audio did the work. He was taken aback by how great of a media server the RPi5 is (running LibreELEC), even when compared to $$$$ audiophile media servers. After some...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Programming six RPis to automatically take a photo...
All very doable. I take a picture of my waterfront and upload it to a web site every 20 minutes sunrise to sunset.You didn't say if you wanted to do this in a programming language or something like a...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Help Choosing the Right Raspberry Pi Zero for My LCD Screen
One observation is that the ZERO only has 512MB of memory. Personally I run ZERO with a 32bit OS that is headless (lite). If you do find out what make the LCD screen is, you may want to consider a...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Image File Utilities
How much time should it take to make a backup img? I am running it since last 10 minutes my system size is around 5700 MB It depends on the model of the Raspberry Pi, the speed of the media that the...
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Bare metal, Assembly language • Raspberry pi 4 Ethernet
Hi all,I am trying to use Ethernet on raspberry pi 400.How is the Ethernet controller connected to the SOC? Is it via gpio or usb or pci or what else?I have been through Linux, openbsd and uboot...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Ssh problem
if you run "ifconfig -a" on the rpi, what IP does it list?Statistics: Posted by cleverca22 — Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:54 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: New Raspberr Pi 5 runs hot compared to different RP5
That doesn't seem too hot. I have a Pi 5 here, with a small heatsink on, no active cooler, and it is idling around 55-56.not sure if its the cause here, but one of my pi-zero's had an accident, where...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: Raspberry pi 5 camera green/pink
Cant say my journey into the land of raspberry pi has been the best thus far. I am hoping that it will get better at some point. Some background information:1. Bought a shutter camera where everything...
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Beginners • Re: Module Error
Both python3-opencv and python3-picamera2 are available for RasPiOS Bookworm as debian packages, and can be installed via apt. You don't need a python virtual environment to install or use them.There...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • Re: Raspberry Pi blocking access to its ports
Try nmap -PnCode: nmap 192.168.0.246Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-04-24 00:58 BSTNote: Host seems down. If it is really up, but blocking our ping probes, try -PnNmap done: 1 IP...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Critical shortage of swap space - pi5
Just as I expected, when I re-booted it, the problem went away. I tried to re-create it using various combinations of VNC and Chromium, but haven't succeeded so far.Thanks to all for helpful...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Problems with the 54Pi hat and a Kingston 256 MB...
Should others encounter similar problems I would be happy to share what I learned to assist them.Statistics: Posted by Glacier991 — Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:15 am
View ArticleStaffroom, classroom and projects • Re: Using a Pi to complete Web-based...
Pi Zero hasn't got a network interface and doesn't have the memory to run a browser very well.Pi Zero 2W has got wireless so your "alternate system" needs a wireless access point.If the webpage is...
View ArticlePidora / Fedora • Re: F40
does 40-spin is lxqt-2.0 by default?Statistics: Posted by cjan — Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:39 am
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