Beginners • Re: pi5 using 480i
AFAIk, DVD content is almost always going to be 720 x 480 but usually interlaced video when it comes to NTSC.Statistics: Posted by ColdSpike — Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:17 pm
View ArticleBeginners • How to use a Pi with Unraid
My aim:1. Automatically wake up the NAS daily2. The NAS may or may not have a list of torrents that it will look for that day3. Copy any new torrents from the NAS to the Pi4. Seed new and existing...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Is there a way to "remove secrets" from a system?
Does there exist some kind of utility somewhere that can be used to "sanitize" an image or system for distribution?No. It'll depend on what you've installed/done.Booting image to do modifications will...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Unable to boot
Download a fresh/new version of Raspberry Pi OS* or preferably use RPI Imager (again make sure it's the latest version) to create an up to date version of the OS.Be aware when you 'burn' an image to...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Pi 5 failing after most recent update
It didn't and then it did also.Seems it was the microSD card, popped in an old spare and watched it struggle slowly to an update and work fine. New decent card works fine too.Moral of the story: if it...
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Ubuntu • Re: No gfx acceleration on Ubuntu on rpi5?
the latest raspberry os does not use lxde on a rpi5, the desktop is custom wayfire/wayland. there is no raspbian.ubuntu snaps are are slow, the theming is heavy, there is no gpu hardware acceleration,...
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Troubleshooting • Re: Component lost Raspberry Pi 1 b
I think it's c21 from the schematic....Statistics: Posted by gordon77 — Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:02 pm
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Re: Boolean Algebra?
The operator I don't understand, or even see the need for, is → : material implication:Code: X Y AND OR XOR EQV IMP===== ===== ===== ===== ===== ===== =====TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE TRUEFALSE...
View ArticleSDK • Re: rp2350_chip_version assert - manufacturer ID mismatch?
We are talking about commenting and bug reporting no submitting code or PRs. I do not need to set up 2FA with Microsoft to report a bug. If someone requires I do that I don't report them. I have...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: Reliable RS485 via Python/Linux
The RS-485 turnaround is often supported in hardware; however not in any of the RPi UARTS.You should be able to find an addon card, or maybe USB to RS-485 adaptor, which implements the turnaround in...
View ArticlePython • Re: Advice on Building a Spirit Animal Finder Tool with Python for...
What’s the best way to structure the logic for mapping user inputs to a specific spirit animal?Code: resp = input("Are you First Nations?")if resp[0].upper() != "Y": print("You don't get a Spirit...
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Beginners • Re: mariadb: insert into error: thinks a variable in the values...
It's also a very good thing to get into the habit of using proper parameterized SQL statements (i.e. "… VALUES(?,?,…)"). Directly embedding variable data in SQL statements is an ancient and terrible...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Pico2 easy upgrade or nightmare?
Assuming the project being run is DarkElvenAngel's PT52-Lua (I haven't been following this thread closely), the added double precision speed of RP2350 might not lead to enormous performance jumps if...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: watchdog on 64 bit bookworm.
If you just need basic OS watchdog functionality, you don't need the watchdog package from APT. Just set your desired watchdog timeout in /etc/systemd/system.conf, e.g. "RuntimeWatchdogSec=15". The...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: I had some sort of bad crash with pi 4 / network...
Code: sudo apt -y install gnome-core gnome-tweaks gnome-shell-extension-manager gnome-console xdg-user-dirs rpi-firefox-mods firefoxCode: sudo systemctl set-default graphical.targetCode:...
View ArticleSDK • Re: IRQ handler issue
Microcontrollers are terrible at scheduling and interrupts like async are just scheduling. In order improve the time share performance you need to increase the clock speed significantly to achieve...
View ArticleSDK • Re: RP2040 inter thread synchronisation
What exactly is "TIMER_3" ?Sorry, I was being slack with my wording. Further upthread we were discussing use of TIMER_IRQ_3 (which turned out to be already in use by the SDK - evidently both we and...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Mouse cursor artifacts on third party desktop environments
I remember this being an issue also on the official RPIOS when RPI-5 was first released but it was remedied quickly. This only happens when a screen compositor is runing. Especially on wayland it is...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • MicroPython port for Build HAT
Hi!I've been working on a MicroPython firmware for Build HAT. At the moment it's just a simple adaptation of the RP2 firmware, and doesn't have a lot of features related to driving Lego components...
View ArticleBeginners • Clear Screen before launching program in CLI
Is there some way to tell the command line to clear the screen before I launch a program from the command line?I'm mostly interested in clearing out all the text in the background when I launch the...
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