Troubleshooting • Logwatch and smtp
Hey folks. I've spent a couple of days on this one and can't seem to solve it.I have a pi 5 running apache and some other odds and ends. I would like to receive daily emails from Logwatch. Logwatch is...
View ArticleCompute Module • TP List for Raspberry Pi 5?
Could anyone provide a full list of Test Pads with what their for please? I was searching all over the web but I didn’t find any lists…..Thanks!Statistics: Posted by lukaslukaslukas — Tue May 28, 2024...
View ArticleOther projects • Offline Security Camera
I want to make a security camera but since its for usage while in hotels and airbnb wont be able to access it online so need it to wrote to the sd card so i can review it later. Saw few projects using...
View ArticleBeginners • [solution] wpa_supplicant configuration for Raspberry Pi 5
Hello,Recently I bought Raspberry Pi and mostly, I utilize minimal or LFS distro, In my case instead of network-manager, I utilize wpa_supplicant from the configuration file and my configuration does...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • USB or M.2 prep
What is the best way to prepare a new USB or M.2 drive for use on the RPi?Is there a graphical utility or is the command line necessary?Statistics: Posted by NaplesDave — Tue May 28, 2024 5:46 pm —...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • screen resolution
i have just finished building my first project its the pipboy3000 from fallout.i have 2 problems that i cant seem to find the answers to.1 when i run the program python3 main.py the app screen does...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Imager is so slow it's borderline unusable
What is going on with the Raspberry Pi Imager? I have 1.8.5 on both Windows and the Flatpak on Fedora, and it takes a long time to write images now. This used to be a fairly rapid process, but now on...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Rotary Encoders, Interrupts, MCP23S17
Hey all,I have this puzzle that I just can't seem to solve. I am adding some rotary encoders to my Pi and they are connected to an MCP23S17 GPIO expander, whose INTA and INTB are connected to GPIO2...
View ArticleBeginners • Pi Usage to Display Images on TV
Community...I'm just looking for a first advice. I'm trying to undertand if a Pi4 can be used to do an idea I have. I want to have a Pi4 connected to a TV via HDMI. Running on this Pi4 I would have...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • conflicting libdatrie.so.1 ?? HELP
Running rrdtool or pango-list/pango-view I get an invalid ELF header error jansw@raspberrypi:~ $ rrdtoolrrdtool: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdatrie.so.1: invalid...
View ArticleCompute Module • Waveshare cm4-nvme-nas-box Booting CM4 from SSD via the PCIe...
The original thread on this now seems to be locked.The final couple of posts of solutions now get 404 I was able to resolve the issue by using this firmware from the stable branch:...
View ArticleBeginners • CamJam Edukit2 -LDR
Hi there, first post! I'm, very much a newbie with no programming experience since BASIC in the 80's, but now trying to broaden my mind a bit. I've got a Pi3B and got myself the first two CamJam...
View ArticleMicroPython • Estimating PIO execution time
Hello - I'm writing simple stepper driver code utilising PIO and DMA, as I want to be able to drive 8 of them I obviously needed to do some concessions, for example it seems it's rather impossible to...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Overscan on Raspbian Lite
I’m sure I’m missing something incredibly simple here. I’m trying to set up a pi5 as a server, it’s running Raspbian Lite so no desktop environment, just a command line. The only screen I have access...
View ArticleCamera board • trying Global Shutter camera with external trigger Pi
Hi,I'm using: Raspberry pi 3 model B PLUS REV 1.3Operating System: Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)Kernel: Linux 6.1.21-v7+Architecture: armI am trying to externally trigger the global shutter camera...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • what next
after you build your layout on a breadboard, what is the next step? For example, I have a Picow and a BME280 reading temp, humidity etc. I would like too "package" the Pico, bme and battery into a...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • gpiozero and pwm with a MD10C
Just posting this because the documentation was a little difficult to understand.A MD10C has 3 spots (Direction, PWM, and ground) which means the "Robot" type of controls won't work.("robot" controls...
View ArticleStaffroom, classroom and projects • Implementing missing router feature using PI
I think people running support departments can't be particularly good or are just lazy. Their favorite response is no, not possible. I just can't afford to spend time proving them wrong every time.I...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Raspberry Pi 5 on a 4K Monitor
I am currently using a 1080p monitor and I am satisfied with pi5's performance on it (With GNOME dekstop) . Would my Pi work as same performance on a 4K monitor? For example, will i see animation lags...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Appearance Settings exits prematurely
Configuration: Raspberry Pi 5 Bookworm with all updates X11 (not Wayland)Whenever I try to open the Appearance Settings, I see a quick pop-up that quickly disappears, and I never see the Appearance...
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