Beginners • Re: Plex and Pi-Hole
I had not thought about the need to have pi-hole running all the time, as far as possible. So I accept that playing around with other software may interfere in the running on my DNS server.So no Plex...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Using USB power heats up Pi 5
If you're using a Pi 5, then have a look at the PMIC ADC readout:Unfortunately, the one thing the PMIC cannot (and does not) measure is the current from the 5V input, so the figures are of limited use...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: New Raspberry Pi Products
'Official' just means that the product has been fully tested for use with the equipment supplied - you are free to spend your money on something else. Statistics: Posted by KeithMck — Sat Jul 13, 2024...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Swap memory on an M.2 storage device
An external disk can only run as fast as the USB can, even if using an M2 in an external case - using zram would likely be faster, & ram is designed for multiple read writes, whereas SSD/M2...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Copying from one Pi to another on RealVNC
Thank you to everyone who has responded to my question.It certainly does not look as easy as drag and drop on a PC!I like the sound of a Private Git server on a USB stick, so I think I will have a go...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry Pi 5/ Camera Module v3 Wide NoIR / AI Kit...
Hello!I can't get Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 running on RPi 5/Bookworm. More suspicious, that it worked properly before I installed AI Kit with Hailo.What I did:- Fresh installation of Raspberry Pi...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Copying File - Permission Denied
Best to figure out what the problem is. Look at permissions in the directory tree to the location you are trying to copy to.Statistics: Posted by DS256 — Sat Jul 13, 2024 1:23 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Fun 3D printed Pi5 case!
Hi, Just thought I'd share a fun 3D printed RPi 5 case that neatly packs an RPi5, a Pimoroni NVMe drive, a clock battery and cooling fan into a tiny spaceship Take a look ... perhaps you could share a...
View ArticleMicroPython • ViperIDE - Web-based MicroPython programming
https://viper-ide.orgA browser-based IDE for MicroPython programming - which looks like it could potentially be run locally if one wanted. More details at -https://github.com/vshymanskyy/ViperIDEIt...
View ArticleBeginners • Is it actually possible to get a snappy desktop experience from a...
Hi I have a rpi 4 4gb connected to the same screen/keyboard/mouse as my regular desktop pc meaning I can switch between the two with a single press of a button on the screen. And no matter what I do...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Pi 4B 4GB 1024x768 max resolution after update
1080p was working fine for weeks on my hdmi monitor.Last time I was using it some updates came up and I clicked ok.Today I booted it up and 1024x768 is the maximum resolution shown, and there's no...
View ArticleBeginners • Writing a systemd service to run a script that setup TPM
Hi folks, I'm writing a systemd service that I want to run it once when the raspberry PI boots, the service should run a bash script to allow TPM support, but whenever I turn the raspberry pi on I get...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Is it actually possible to get a snappy desktop experience...
I don't think its fair to compare a $50 Pi with a $500 desktop with a faster processor, a faster graphics card, 4 times as much memory etc.Running from a USB3 based SSD might make things a bit faster....
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Raspberry Pi OS is too dependent on date/time...
What sort of crazy ISP forbids use of NTP, a completely standard network time system?You could get a GPS dongle. They provide accurate time.Statistics: Posted by jamesh — Sun Jul 14, 2024 12:55 pm
View ArticleC/C++ • Re: Help with Freetype2 and Font Awesome fonts
Thanks. Actually, that's very helpful, and I have now solved both my issues.As it happens, I have the OTF files for the desktop and webfont packs for both v5.15.4 and v6.5.2, so I did a little...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Video in Raspberry start
I have a systemd service that has to run a vlc .mov video at the start of raspberry and works, but I put restart always and it runs the video at the start and after a moment it runs again. Also if I...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Connect • rpi-connect systemtray error
Hello,I've just bought my first Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and, as the Raspberry Pi imager recommended, I've installed the latest version RaspberryPiOS (64-Bit) (bookworm).After the installation I booted...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Video in Raspberry start
Post the following:OS you're running including which named releaseBooting to desktop or command line, with or without auto login?Your .service fileThe output fromCode: systemctl status...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: Camera woes migrating from raspistill to rpicam-still
Anyone have any ideas on why this is happening and how I can fix it (preferably without needing to manually run tests to find new acquisition settings that are "close enough")?Probably at least...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: How to reconcile mpich version differences between...
That part actually works OK - I do have a shared /mnt/cluster over NFS where each node is forced to put things under different specific directories (eg /mnt/cluster/project/aarch64 vs...
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