General discussion • Re: RPi 5 as a desktop daily driver?
I wanted to post my opinion on the topic "No RPi5 for me" but it is now locked. So, I'll post here instead.Short summary of this post: Yes. RPi5 is my desktop daily driver with Raspberry Pi Desktop...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 + Google WiFi: Sounds like a NAT issue,...
I think I have wifi off but I am not entirely sure. It was during that very first boot that I used wifi in order to do basic configuration and I am not sure if I did that process at home at all as I...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: pi 5 default boot order sdcard
I have an NVME SHIELD X1002 which works well.Now I want to use Rapberry Lite on SD card again on the Pi 5 with open media fault.What is the default boot order that I should use so that it boots from...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: raspivid is not working
raspistill/raspivid are for the legacy camera stack which is not compatible with your camera.And is also deprecated even for the Pi cameras it used to support. libcamera is the route...
View ArticleOpenGLES • Failed to create KMS FB! FrameBuffer not available. Cannot flip
I recently followed a tutorial to cross compile Qt6 for raspberry pi. Found here: https://github.com/PhysicsX ... ryPi6.3.0 . When I run the script that sets environment variables and runs the...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: Wait for VBlank/VSync with /dev/fb0 and DSI Panel
All the display stack is driven via the DRM / KMS driver (vc4) on current kernels./dev/fb0 is emulated by the DRM core.Note that Pi4/CM4 will have 2 DRM cards - one is vc4 for the display pipeline,...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
Hi AlanStatistics: Posted by amoun — Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:50 pm
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Mounting Synology Shared Folder
Sorry for the delay in responding to this; I had to go out of town for work. I finally did get to try the following line of code in the fstab file:Code: //192.168.1.179/volume1/homes/ /mnt/SynPi/homes...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: RPi4 + RPICAM V1.3 no longer takes 640x480
Hi From your suggested command (thanks) I get black popup window and the below error messages (similar to before) I had also already tried libcamera-jpeg --width 640 --height 480 -o test.jpgwith the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Rock and a hard place, Wayland vs LXDE/X11
Thanks for your prompt reply. Used raspi-config to do as you suggested already, suppose I should have led with that. That's what led to the vidplayers and such crashing in full screen, so I guess it's...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Testing class A2 cards with Command Queuing on Pi 5
means ..NB: this fundamentally changes the way the block layer interacts with the SD host controller. Don't update a card that has data on that you care about. It is strongly recommended to use...
View ArticleBeginners • rpi4 enable audio output on both usb-c ports simultaneously
i would like to have my audio player (sayonara) play through both USB-C ports simultaneously for various reasons. currently, if i have it streaming to my DAC and plug in some usb speakers, the feed to...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: rpi4 enable audio output on both usb-c ports simultaneously
My Rp4B only has one USBC port, there are 4 USB A portsDo you mean both mini HDMI ports ?Statistics: Posted by amoun — Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:19 pm
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Problem with first booting raspberry pi 5
rpi4 power is not enough. the boot will stop with a message to add something to config.txt and press enter to continue.Statistics: Posted by kerry_s — Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:33 pm
View ArticleBeginners • Re: How to connect to VPN?
You need to connect to a VPN server. For that you'll have to sign up to be able to use someone's VPN server to surf the web.Once you have an account, you setup the VPN client on your Pi.there are also...
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Beginners • Re: Wiring light to pi
Hi, its one of the lights ive attached, it runs off a dc plug that is rated for 20v. The light runs more at 18v when tested with a multimeter. Or is there a mosfet driver that will just plug and play...
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Beginners • Re: Rpi 5 and Pan Tilt hat
Thank you so much for yout reply and job done!!!Didn`t try to connect servos directly to rpi 5, will order connectors and try to repeat what you did.Looks like pca9685 chip in the middle of rpi and...
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Beginners • Re: Can I run different things at the same time on a Pi 5?
Absolutely, running multiple applications shouldn't be a problem.. It might be a good idea though to keep an eye on the usage (Not trying to put you off but, just worth keeping an eye on if you are...
View ArticleGeneral programming discussion • Re: libgpiod library
libgpiod is the standard library for driving GPIOs via the GPIO character device, /dev/gpiochipN, which is the standard GPIO userspace interface for Linux.That interface is the only one that works on...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Can I create a security risk with my Pi?
Hello, can using the Pi exclusively within my private network create a security risk?Statistics: Posted by iyon — Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:55 pm
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