Troubleshooting • dpkg syntax error blocking install/updates?
I have a RP4 that I use as a torrent box. Every so often I VNC in there and run some updates.I upgraded it to Bookworm a while ago, and I do believe I updated it since (not quite sure though).Either...
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Beginners • Advantage of Raspberry Pi camera VS standard USB HD
Hello,working with both cameras, one USB which was very easy to integrate into Python natively VS Raspberry Pi Camera 2 NoIR, I don't see the advantage of using Pi Camera, it requires more libraries,...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Raspberry Pi 5 and M2 Hat+ Module PCIe Issue
Hello everyone,I recently encountered a problem with my Raspberry Pi 5 and M2 Hat+ module that I'm hoping to get some help with. Here's what happened:While my setup with the Lexar NM620 256GB PCIe 3.0...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • unexpected logouts when Thonny is open
Hi,I am having the same or at least similar issue that others have reported where I get randomly logged out. I haven't seen this problem in a while, but this week I started a new micropython project...
View ArticleCompute Module • Possible to use SPI and i2c with DPI??
I have taken a quick look at the CM4 datasheet and it seems that the HSYNC and VSYNC lines are shared with the normal i2c bus. Furthermore the DPI interface seems to use all the gpio pins.Is it...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • 'date' returns incorrect date/time?
I've been running a Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1/Buster to log some USB scales and other sensors, with a time stamp. Lately it's starting logging bogus dates. Relevant code that gets run by cron every 10...
View ArticleGeneral • Surprising performance disparity
Hello,I've been hacking a bit on Miroslav Nemecek's PicoQVGA (https://www.breatharian.eu/hw/picoqvga/index_en.html)While adding double-buffering support, I came across a huge performance pitfall from...
View ArticleBeginners • Sound card for Raspberry pi 5?
Hello, do you advice this sound card Raspiaudio or external USB, I would like standard speaker essentially for beeps and voices, however with good microphone to clearly understand/record...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi 3b keeps disconnecting from wifi - unable to reconnect
Hello, I'm kinda new to coding stuff, I picked up a Pi 3 years ago for a project I wanted to do be found learning python was a combination of me getting bored and wanted to jump ahead or I was above...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Console font size vs Plymouth
Hi everyone,I used dpkg-reconfiure console-setup to change the font size of my TTYs however plymouth is resetting the font size on tty1 after the size is set which I believe happens on the firmware...
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Beginners • Pi Zero 2 W stuck out of the box
Hi. I'm a noob with a problem . I got 2 PI's. I got a CanaKit RP5, and it works juste fine. I've got it playing NFS server and sharing with my MacOs machine just fine. Its on my network... I can watch...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Rpi-Pico-W not being recognized.
I have an issue with RPi Pico-WI tried connecting it to RPi5 (Raspbian) and to Windows 11 Laptop (both latest versions).It is not being recognized by either - tried different cables and no...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Very slow and Browser issues
Hey, I just got a Raspberry pi 1 B+ and when setting up I have noticed that it is very slow, to the point where I can't use it. Does anybody know a way to fix it? Also when I try to go on Chromium or...
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Bare metal, Assembly language • Using SPI3-6 on RPi4 bare metal
The BCM2711 device has five SPI interfaces: SPI0, SPI3, SPI4, SPI5 & SPI6, and two additional mini SPI interfaces (SPI1 and SPI2).I think SPI0 and SPI3-6 are the same type of device. My bare metal...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Boot/display Issue
Hello All i'm new to the Rasberry world and have recently acquired a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (1G RAM) and am having some weird boot issue only when i have a USB Flash Drive or SD card inserted that...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • pi os and zfs
HiLooking to move my rootfs onto zfsGot a pi5 with dual nvme I have done a piclone from sd to nvme0 - so I have 2 partitionsI have cloned the /boot partition from nvme0 to nvme1 - also cloned the...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Openvpn installl on Bookworm (RPi5)
Hi,I was moving along quite nicely with RPi and Debian and though I was making progress, until Bookworm, now I am struggling..I had an RPi set up as an OpenVPN server which worked fine, my family...
View ArticlePython • Python and FTP not working
As a total python beginner with zero experience, I'm trying to make a script that takes a photo with the camera module V2 every x minutes and then uploads it to FTP. So far it's a nightmare and I am...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Pi Zero 2 W: Upgrading wpasupplicant package makes...
Hello. I am a regular, run-of the mill Pi user. So, what did I do when I obtained a RPI Zero 2W? I flashed the Pi OS on a microSD card, inserted it into my Pi, and then booted it. After boot, I did...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • PICO does not execute with main.py....
1) Here from the example:Code: from machine import Pin, Timerled = Pin(25, Pin.OUT)timer = Timer()def blink(timer): led.toggle()timer.init(freq=2, mode=Timer.PERIODIC, callback=blink)2) download...
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