Graphics, sound and multimedia • Gluqlo/Fliqlo for Bookworm
I am currently using a Pi 4 running Buster and the official 7" touchscreen in a case as a clock running xscreensaver and the Gluqlo screensaver.I would like to upgrade to Bookworm, however Bookworm...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • RPi5 M.2 boot disk going offline - diagnostic help requested
I have a Pi 5 with a GeeekPi M.2 HAT and a Crucial P3 Plus 2TB M.2 card, powered from a Raspberry Pi 27W USB-C power supply. I was able to register the SSD's serial number on Crucial's web site, so I...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Audio from HDMI
Kind of disappointed that my upgrade to a Pi 5 did not include a headphone jack. So I bought an HDMI audio extractor. Supposed to be able to pass 4k at 60Hz. The audio quality was not as good as the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi5 not booting
I have read the sticky. The status led blinks 4 long - 5 short (Fatal firmware error).I do not get any output when plugging an hdmi in, with or without an sd card.I tried wiring the uart in the gpio...
View ArticlePython • remove jitter from servo?
I have some python code that works but the servo is way to jittery for my usecase, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong tho. can anywone helpCode: from gpiozero import AngularServofrom time import...
View ArticleAdvanced users • SSH fails on Pi5-8GB with USB -SSD Boot
Image created with latest Pi imager and SSH is enabled - Pi Connect works finebut SSH always says bad password regardless of what I reset it to manually.Am using a 47W power charger from Canakit with...
View ArticleCamera board • shortest quality lens for use with GS camera?
Hi, the lens I have for my global shutter camera is this one. I'm attempting to stuff this camera into the body of a dead game camera, but it isn't short enough to close the front and back of the game...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Case for Pi 5 with lots of room!
I am trying to outfit my new Pi 5 with BOTH an SSD and a DAC hat. I have already purchased a geekworm case with bottom mounted SSD, and there is reportedly room for active cooling. Does anyone know of...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Canakit Pi 5 w/ SSD Kit and heat
I recently upgraded to an RPi 5 8GB. It's a Canakit bundle with the black case. I then upgraded it with the official Raspberry Pi SSD Kit, 256GB in my case. This includes a vertical case extension...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • New Northern Meet Up / Computer Show
Hi,We're launching a new computer show in Warrington England which will have plenty of Raspberry Pi based projects and hardware on show. It's on March 29th 2025. For more information please check out...
View ArticleAdvanced users • scaling factor (-s) in grim, or another way to get a thumbnail?
I'm trying to get thumbnails out of grim. Essentially, the equivalent of scrot's -t, though I figure I will have to do TWO calls to grim to get both a full-sized image and a thumbnail, which I could...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • How to achieve this
This is an expert of my assignment. I am not very sure about what does this sentence mean and how to achieve this. Accept a command line argument write to the file with: the time tab (\t in the print...
View ArticleOther projects • Using Raspberry Pi and Tasker for home security (and other...
I've been using a couple of Raspberry Pi for home security for a short while and I'm wondering if anyone else has incorporated Tasker (Android app) in their home security project. AutoRemote and Join...
View ArticleBeginners • Why is power consumption so high?
I'm not a hardware person, so there is probably a really good explanation, but why does Pi5 use so much more power than a much more powerful notebook computer?I can recharge a notebook or run it from...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • No boot after filesystem expansion. Anyone else seeing this?
I'm having a strange issue that seems to have popped up just today. Raspberry Pi 5 and 4. I'm deploying out some Pis. I go through the following steps:Use Raspberry Imager to image a SD Card. Boot up...
View ArticleCompute Module • Will the CM5's VBAT pin charge a battery in the same way a...
Per this section of the docs, if operation of the RTC on a Raspberry Pi 5 is desired it's recommended to use the official rechargeable RTC battery. To get it to charge the battery, it seems it is...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • USB Power Issues with SSD on Raspberry Pi 4?
Hello everyone,I've noticed that my Raspberry Pi 4 sometimes struggles to properly power an externally connected USB 3.0 SSD. The disk disconnects sporadically, and occasionally the system seems to...
View ArticleCompute Module • Using eMMC as MSD after booting from NVME
CM5 and CM5IOI have been able to follow the forum advice to properly mount and configure an OS on the eMMC.I've booted off of the eMMC successfully.Next, I installed an NVMe device, adjusted my...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • How do I Restore default interpreter
A few months ago on a Raspberry Pi 4 (bookworm) I don't use that often, I tried to import a 3rd party program (unfortunately I don't remember what it was) and I opened a new environment as someone...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi Zero W WiFi woes
Good evening,I'm working on a fresh install of a Pi Zero W using the Imager and running into a couple problems with WiFi. I'm installing the 2024-11-19 Lite 32 bit image.1. After setting the SSID and...
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