General discussion • Daisy chain a pc fan
I have PC fans with 2 power inputs the 3 pin for the motherboard and the molexCan I connect 2 fans together with a molex extension and then power one through the 3 pin to power both of...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: RPi 5 as a desktop daily driver?
Where a router is also the dhcp server, like most domestic networks there are some routers that allow the import / export of the configurations to a simple generic format as csv to aid the backup and...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Daisy chain a pc fan
whats the power of the fansthe pins are 3v or 5v, it'll say on the fan label 3v3 or 5v5in theory it should just work, the fans just won't run at full speed as it would be sharing the load.if it gets...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: -bash: echo: write error: invalid argument
On a Pi3+ running Bookworm 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS, those commands work OK for me, using PuTTY on Windows 10 to log in to the Pi (as user pi)Can you try the newer pinctrl command? e.g. Code: pinctrl...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Locked Micro SDHC cards
What does Windows disk management show? i.e. the partitions.(I assume you are not putting them into an SD adapter that has write protect switch set on.)Also you could try the SD card Association...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Can't connect to Raspberry Pi
I have installed Raspberry OS using the imager and when I want to connect using ssh I can find an error in Windows Network Setting "Network/Ethernet Cable Unplugged" I use Zero WH and OS Lite...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Who will post the 50000th topic in General discussion?
I like the Pi forums. Friendly. Diverse topics. The 49000 topics posted cover almost everything I find of interest. Other people are tackling problems, like Wayland, ahead of me and pioneering...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: How should I use my Raspberry Pi?
Have a look at OpenCV, it “can be used to detect and recognize faces, identify objects, ….”Okay, let me understandStatistics: Posted by joyyyy — Wed May 22, 2024 2:10 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Power Supply for RPI 3
Need a new power supply for a raspberry pi 3. I'm running latest software and MagicMirror. Enclosed with a 7" touch screen. Also using a USB wireless antenna. Internal wireless not enough.Since...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Sonic Pi No Sound
Hi. We can get sound from the RPi5, but no sound from Sonic Pi. Any idea how to fix this?Statistics: Posted by MrTech — Wed May 22, 2024 5:32 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Sonic Pi No Sound
Hi. We can get sound from the RPi5, but no sound from Sonic Pi. Any idea how to fix this?Did you install using the user-provided version mentioned here: viewtopic.php?t=369964How are your speakers,...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi-Apps deletes Librewolf!
Thank you for your response.There was an error message, which followed the uninstallation of the program. I don't recall it exactly, but the gist was that Librewolf could not be found.I am still...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
Hello! I'm Rich from New Hampshire. Now retired, but a big fan of technology. My blog is RandomNeuronsFiring.com, where I write about whatever tickles my fancy. Currently, I'm trying to install Ubuntu...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Boot over 5 mins - Very Slow
I recently picked up a Raspberry Pi Zero W (not to be confused with 2nd gen) and I have never used a Raspberry Pi and don’t have much experience with Linux but it seems awfully slow. Boot times are...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Network at boot
Hello I was working on a project and at one point I had to make it so the raspberry pi connects to the internet before it boots. I ran raspi-config but it doesn't have an option to wait for network...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Network at boot
Code: sudo nmtuiin bookworm the moved to network managerStatistics: Posted by kerry_s — Thu May 23, 2024 12:28 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Boot over 5 mins - Very Slow
rpi0 is meant more for non-gui roles like headless serveryou did read the specs, 512mb ram is not a whole lot after the os uses it's share.the first thing you need to do is increase the swap to...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • fail2ban
hiwhy fails2ban doesn't block me ?yet fail2ban is activated is it because I didn't specify anything in the pathlog in the sshd section I don't knowif I put this configuration in sshd in the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Error Reading SYSTEMD Log File
Passing this on for others that may come across it. Also for others who may have other solutions. Service definition at the end.SYMPTOM: The log file (/media/work/log/srv_reboot_button.log ) created...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Bash stopped working when changed to wayland
Afternoon,Have just switched a RPI 4 to Wayland to try out RPI Connect.I have a bash script that runs on startup. Have used ps aux | grep and the script is definitely running.However - it is supposed...
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