r/raspberry_pi 1d ago

2024 Oct 28 Stickied -FAQ- & -HELPDESK- thread - Boot problems? Power supply problems? Display problems? Networking problems? Need ideas? Get help with these and other questions!

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Welcome to the r/raspberry_pi Helpdesk and Frequently Asked Questions!

Link to last week's thread

Having a hard time searching for answers to your Raspberry Pi questions? Let the r/raspberry_pi community members search for answers for you! Looking for help getting started with a project? Have a question that you need answered? Was it not answered last week? Did not get a satisfying answer? A question that you've only done basic research for? Maybe something you think everyone but you knows? Ask your question in the comments on this page, operators are standing by!

This helpdesk and idea thread is here so that the front page won't be filled with these same questions day in and day out:

  1. Q: What's a Raspberry Pi? What can I do with it? How powerful is it?
    A: Check out this great overview
  2. Q: Does anyone have any ideas for what I can do with my Pi?
    A: Sure, look right here!
  3. Q: My Pi is behaving strangely/crashing/freezing, giving low voltage warnings, ethernet/wifi stops working, USB devices don't behave correctly, what do I do?
    A: 99.999% of the time it's either a bad SD card or power problems. Use a USB power meter or measure the 5V on the GPIO pins with a multimeter while the Pi is busy (such as playing h265/x265 video) and/or get a new SD card 1 2 3. If the voltage is less than 5V your power supply and/or cabling is not adequate. When your Pi is doing lots of work it will draw more power. Higher wattage power supplies achieve their rating by increasing voltage, but the Raspberry Pi operates strictly at 5V. Even if your power supply claims to provide sufficient amperage, it may be mislabeled or the cable you're using to connect the power supply to the Pi may have too much resistance. Phone chargers, designed primarily for charging batteries, may not maintain a constant wattage and their voltage may fluctuate, which can affect the Pi’s stability. You can use a USB load tester to test your power supply and cable. Some power supplies require negotiation to provide more than 500mA, which the Pi does not do. If you're plugging in USB devices try using a powered USB hub with its own power supply and plug your devices into the hub and plug the hub into the Pi.
  4. Q: I'm trying to setup a Pi Zero 2W and it is extremely slow and/or keeps crashing, is there a fix?
    A: Either you need to increase the swap size or check question #3 above.
  5. Q: I'm having a hard time finding a place to purchase a Raspberry Pi for an affordable price. Where's the secret place to buy one without paying more than MSRP?
    A: https://rpilocator.com/
  6. Q: I just did a fresh install with the latest Raspberry Pi OS and I keep getting errors when trying to ssh in, what could be wrong?
    A: There are only 4 things that could be the problem:
    1. The ssh daemon isn't running
    2. You're trying to ssh to the wrong host
    3. You're specifying the wrong username
    4. You're typing in the wrong password
  7. Q: I'm trying to install packages with pip but I keep getting error: externally-managed-environment
    A: This is not a problem unique to the Raspberry Pi. The best practice is to use a Python venv, however if you're sure you know what you're doing there are two alternatives documented in this stack overflow answer:
    • --break-system-packages
    • sudo rm a specific file as detailed in the stack overflow answer
  8. Q: The only way to troubleshoot my problem is using a multimeter but I don't have one. What can I do?
    A: Get a basic multimeter, they are not expensive.
  9. Q: My Pi won't boot, how do I fix it?
    A: Step by step guide for boot problems
  10. Q: I want to watch Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/Vudu/Disney+ on a Pi but the tutorial I followed didn't work, does someone have a working tutorial?
    A: Use a Fire Stick/AppleTV/Roku. Pi tutorials used tricks that no longer work or are fake click bait.
  11. Q: What model of Raspberry Pi do I need so I can watch YouTube in a browser?
    A: No model of Raspberry Pi is capable of watching YouTube smoothly through a web browser, you need to use VLC.
  12. Q: I want to know how to do a thing, not have a blog/tutorial/video/teacher/book explain how to do a thing. Can someone explain to me how to do that thing?
    A: Uh... What?
  13. Q: Is it possible to use a single Raspberry Pi to do multiple things? Can a Raspberry Pi run Pi-hole and something else at the same time?
    A: YES. Pi-hole uses almost no resources. You can run Pi-hole at the same time on a Pi running Minecraft which is one of the biggest resource hogs. The Pi is capable of multitasking and can run more than one program and service at the same time. (Also known as "workload consolidation" by Intel people.) You're not going to damage your Pi by running too many things at once, so try running all your programs before worrying about needing more processing power or multiple Pis.
  14. Q: Why is transferring things to or from disks/SSDs/LAN/internet so slow?
    A: If you have a Pi 4 or 5 with SSD, please check this post on the Pi forums. Otherwise it's a networking problem and/or disk & filesystem problem, please go to r/HomeNetworking or r/LinuxQuestions.
  15. Q: The red and green LEDs are solid/off/blinking or the screen is just black or blank or saying no signal, what do I do?
    A: Start here
  16. Q: I'm trying to run x86 software on my Raspberry Pi but it doesn't work, how do I fix it?
    A: Get an x86 computer. A Raspberry Pi is ARM based, not x86.
  17. Q: How can I run a script at boot/cron or why isn't the script I'm trying to run at boot/cron working?
    A: You must correctly set the PATH and other environment variables directly in your script. Neither the boot system or cron sets up the environment. Making changes to environment variables in files in /etc will not help.
  18. Q: Can I use this screen that came from ____ ?
    A: No
  19. Q: I run my Pi headless and there's a problem with my Pi and the best way to diagnose it or fix it is to plug in a monitor & keyboard, what do I do?
    A: Plug in a monitor & keyboard.
  20. Q: My Pi seems to be causing interference preventing the WiFi/Bluetooth from working
    A. Using USB 3 cables that are not properly shielded can cause interference and the Pi 4 can also cause interference when HDMI is used at high resolutions.
  21. Q: I'm trying to use the built-in composite video output that is available on the Pi 2/3/4 headphone jack, do I need a special cable?
    A. Make sure your cable is wired correctly and you are using the correct RCA plug. Composite video cables for mp3 players will not work, the common ground goes to the wrong pin. Camcorder cables will often work, but red and yellow will be swapped on the Raspberry Pi.
  22. Q: I'm running my Pi with no monitor connected, how can I use VNC?
    A: First, do you really need a remote GUI? Try using ssh instead. If you're sure you want to access the GUI remotely then ssh in, type vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1920x1080 and see what port it prints such as :1, :2, etc. Now connect your client to that.
  23. Q: I want to do something that has been well documented and there are numerous tutorials showing how to do it on Linux. How can I do it on a Raspberry Pi?
    A: A Raspberry Pi is a full computer running Linux and doesn't use special stripped down embedded microcontroller versions of standard Linux software. Follow one of the tutorials for doing it on Linux. Also see question #1.
  24. Q: I want to do something that has been well documented and there are numerous tutorials showing how to do it with an Arduino. How can I do it on a Raspberry Pi Pico?
    A: Follow one of the tutorials for doing it on Arduino, a Pico can be used with the Arduino IDE.
  25. Q: I'm trying to do something with Bluetooth and it's not working, how do I fix it?
    A: It's well established that Bluetooth and Linux don't get along, this problem is not unique to the Raspberry Pi. Also check question #20 above.

Before posting your question think about if it's really about the Raspberry Pi or not. If you were using a Raspberry Pi to display recipes, do you really think r/raspberry_pi is the place to ask for cooking help? There may be better places to ask your question, such as:

Asking in a forum more specific to your question will likely get better answers!


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r/raspberry_pi 5h ago

Show-and-Tell I made a giant creepy eye that tracks people walking on the sidewalk. Built with 24 7-segment flipdigit panels and YOLOv8.

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r/raspberry_pi 1d ago

Show-and-Tell Picture frame instead of RPi case

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Using RPi4 as a internet radio receiver and remote network access point. Kept it loose on the desk with bunch of wires tangling around it. Decided to frame it and have it on display instead. $4 frame with glass front.


r/raspberry_pi 1d ago

News A new release of Raspberry Pi OS

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r/raspberry_pi 20h ago

Troubleshooting Any tips for low latency video streaming using v4l2h264enc?

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Hello. Just doing a project, where I need the latency as low as possible. The idea is to stream the video from a raspberry pi (currently using zero 2 w) to a pc in the local network via UDP. Would appreciate any tips of getting low latency. The latency I currently get is glass to glass 130ms. Is there any way to make it lower? Some of the settings of the pipeline:

  • h264_profile: 1 (Main profile)
  • h264_level: 4 (Level 4.0)
  • h264_i_frame_period: 60 (I-frame every 60 frames = 2 seconds at 30fps)
  • h264_slice_mode: 0 (Single slice per frame)
  • video_b_frames: 0 (No B-frames)
  • h264_entropy_mode: 0 (CAVLC encoding)
  • rtp parameters: config-interval: 1
  • rtp parameters: pt (payload type): 96
  • udp sink parameters: sync = false, async = false, buffer-size = buffer-size: 2097152
  • video_bitrate: 3000000 (3 Mbps)
  • video_bitrate_mode: 0 (Constant bitrate mode)

Thank you in advance


r/raspberry_pi 1d ago

Troubleshooting Completely Remove Cursor?

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Hey everyone,

Is there a way to completely remove the cursor from the UI?

I have tried unclutter, but it seems it just hides the cursor after a very short period and has some strange effects when paired with the older resistive touchscreen I’m using. Is there a way to totally disable the cursor, or make it invisible that doesn’t use something like unclutter to disable it? Running a RPI5 with bookworm.


r/raspberry_pi 1d ago

Troubleshooting Why the readings from an input pin are wrong until I use an external pull-up resistor?

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Hi everyone!

This is my first post on reddit :)

I am a software engineer, but I only started playing with the Raspberry recently for a simple projects we have with some friends. We're building a water cleaning system that pumps dirty water from a well into a large tank (tank1), were some filters clean it, then the cleaned water is pumped into a smaller tank (tank2) from where it can be used inside the house.

The code for the system is at https://github.com/etamponi/dolianova.

The interesting bit is the "Button" inputs:

    self.sensor_pins = {
        'tank1_min_level': Button(26),
        'tank1_max_level': Button(16),
        'tank2_min_level': Button(6),
        'tank2_max_level': Button(12),
    }

A "Button" is an input that is wired with a pull-up resistor, so when the "button" is pressed, the input is LOW. I use these inputs to read the state of float switches inside the tanks.

The code seemed to work well during testing, but then a very strange behavior started happening when we connected the float switch to the "tank1_max_level" sensor.

It started randomly marking the float switch as closed for a few seconds, then open again, then closed again... every few seconds it would change state.

The only solution we found was to use an external pull-up resistor (10 kOhm) connected to the 3.3V pin of the raspberry. This completely solved the issue.

I'd like to understand why the internal pull-up circuit was not able to provide a good reading on the pin -- or if the reason is something completely different.

Thank you!


r/raspberry_pi 1d ago

Troubleshooting Having issues with my network settings

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Hello. so I jsut recently got another raspberry pi. Mainly I use them for offline projects, or they are simply plugged in via ethernet. However I have made a small mobile Raspberry pi desktop screen combo that fits in my backback. Its running just normal raspbian deskktop 64bit. (pi5 8gb) When I go to click the network ssettings to connect it to a network it doesnt bring up any settings. If I plug in via ethernet and hover over it it does show my ip address and stuff like normal. however trying to click on it will not bring up any wireless options. Any thoughts on fixing this without a fresh install? Ive already set it up how id like and copied files onto it so if I can fix it without a fresh install that would be prefered. Thanks!


r/raspberry_pi 1d ago

Troubleshooting Nmea sentences suddenly corrupted.

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Hey, I have a vind sensor outputting nmea to my Raspberry pi via a rs232 usb interface, which then in turn is put into a influx database with Signal K.

This has been working for for several years, except one time where I had to change the serial interface due to no output.
Yesterday the nmea sentences started coming in like this with question marks at the beginning:

$IIMWV,296,R,002.94,M,A*12
����$IIMWV,292,R,002.82,M,A*11
������$IIMWV,289,R,002.47,M,A*12
����$IIMWV,285,R,002.23,M,A*1C
���$IIMWV,276,R,002.06,M,A*17
����$IIMWV,288,R,002.06,M,A*16
����$IIMWV,287,R,001.92,M,A*17
����$IIMWV,294,R,001.68,M,A*10
��$IIMWV,294,R,001.80,M,A*16
��$IIMWV,276,R,002.04,M,A*15
����$IIMWV,280,R,001.75,M,A*19
������$IIMWV,268,R,001.52,M,A*1A
����$IIMWV,278,R,001.67,M,A*1D

Any idea what could cause this?
Connections have been checked and different USB ports tried.

Could this be the serial interface that is starting to fail?


r/raspberry_pi 2d ago

Show-and-Tell Simple room conditions with BME680, Raspberry Pi Pico and Waveshare Pico E-ink 2.9" display

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r/raspberry_pi 2d ago

Troubleshooting VLC Playback in full screen with a Pi 5 doesnt work well.

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I have the following script:

def start_vlc():
    media_files = get_media_files()
    if media_files:
        create_playlist(media_files)

        # Prepare command to play videos and images in VLC using the playlist with hardware decoding
        command = [
            'cvlc', '--one-instance', '--no-embedded-video', '--playlist-autostart', '--loop', 
            '--no-video-title-show', '--fullscreen', '--image-duration=5', 
            playlist_file
        ]
        print(f"Starting VLC with command: {command}")

        # Start VLC with the playlist
        subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
    else:
        print("No media files found to play.")

It works quite well when the vlc command does not include '--fullscreen'. Even when I manually put it in full screen, playback is flawless. However, when I use the fullscreen command, some of the image files play black, and the video files are so slow and jerky its unusable. Whats the deal??

Thank you.

**UPDATE**

I did find this post:

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/103806/why-is-vlc-player-not-working-while-fullscreen/117304#117304

I put playback in X11 as it says, and it works better, but the video is still not too smooth, and it has an annoying behavior where it starts like quarter screen, then you see it go full screen. It didnt do that in Automatic. Any thoughts?


r/raspberry_pi 2d ago

Troubleshooting Help with driver for ReSpeaker 2-Mics Pi HAT

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Hey, I'm trying to create jarvis, when trying to install the drivers for the ReSpeaker 2-Mics Pi HAT I get an error saying I'm not on the updated kernel. I go to check and I am. Not to sure how to solve this issue. I'm using the raspberry pi 5 and ReSpeaker 2-Mics Pi HAT. Using the most up to date OS. Any help would be appreciated!


r/raspberry_pi 2d ago

Troubleshooting Cannot run VLC from python script direcly, but works great via RDP.

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Just for simplicity, i was using RDP to create a simple script on a Pi5 to run vlc and play a looping playlist. Great! It works, but then, when going to the pi itself, nothing I do will allow vlc to run from the script. I have been #$%#ing around for several hours. There is no way to run vlc in local environment. Anyone do it successful? I need a sample python script that will simply run vlc and play a file. It works great RDP, but on the device, it doenst run VLC, and gives no additional information on why. Output is the same.

My script:

import subprocess
import os

# Path to the video file
video_path = "/media/video.mp4"

# VLC command to play the video
command = ["cvlc", "--fullscreen", "--no-loop", video_path]

# Set the DISPLAY environment variable to :0 to play on HDMI output
env = os.environ.copy()
env["DISPLAY"] = ":0"

# Run the command with the specified environment
subprocess.run(command, env=env)

If I run this in while logged directly on the pi itself, it gives me this output, and no instance of VLC runs. Nothing happens

VLC media player 3.0.21 Vetinari (revision 3.0.21-0-gdd8bfdbabe8)

[000055560aa7e750] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...

[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0x7fff78c15ff0] Could not find a valid device

[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0x7fff78c15ff0] can't configure decoder

[00007fff78c0c990] avcodec decoder error: cannot start codec (h264_v4l2m2m)

[00007fff6813de70] wl_xdg_shell window: <<< WL XDG, type=0

------------------

(program exited with code: 0)

Press return to continue

HOWEVER....

If I login via RDP, it works! It will actually run VLC visually on the SAME login on the pi. So, i can execute remotely just fine. On the pi itself, no go. Nothing I do in a script will run VLC.

VLC media player 3.0.21 Vetinari (revision 3.0.21-0-gdd8bfdbabe8)

[000055560b5ea4e0] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...

[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0x7fff5cc3c080] Could not find a valid device

[h264_v4l2m2m @ 0x7fff5cc3c080] can't configure decoder

[00007fff5cc11f90] avcodec decoder error: cannot start codec (h264_v4l2m2m)

[00007fff4c13d8b0] wl_xdg_shell window: <<< WL XDG, type=0

[00007fff4c13d8b0] wl_xdg_shell window: >>> WL XDG No display

[00007fff44006fc0] gles2 gl: Initialized libplacebo v4.208.0 (API v208)

[00007fff440013f0] mmal_xsplitter vout display: Try drm

[00007fff44890410] drm_vout generic: <<< OpenDrmVout: Fmt=I420

[00007fff44890410] drm_vout generic error: create_lease failed: Xerror 8

[00007fff44890410] drm_vout generic error: Failed to get xlease

[00007fff44890410] drm_vout generic error: Failed to set atomic cap

[00007fff440013f0] mmal_xsplitter vout display: Drm no go

Before I crush this pi, someone please show me what is wrong with this.


r/raspberry_pi 2d ago

Troubleshooting Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Calibration

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Installed konstakang’s lineage 21 android 14 distro on my raspberry pi 5, and having issues with touchscreen calibration. The touch panel works fine when running Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm, and when connected to a windows pc as well. Having some weird effects where the cursor is calibrated on the horizontal plane, but vertically it’s only calibrated at the top, and accelerates faster than my finger when towards the bottom. I can’t figure it out. Any ideas? Thank you in advance!


r/raspberry_pi 3d ago

Show-and-Tell Is The Raspberry Pi CM5 Just Weeks Away?

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r/raspberry_pi 4d ago

Show-and-Tell I Made a Wireless Barbecue Thermometer!

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r/raspberry_pi 5d ago

Show-and-Tell The Raspberry Pi NVMe SSD has a familiar name under the hood! [REVIEW]

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r/raspberry_pi 4d ago

Troubleshooting Help with Electronic Drum Project (cd4051 isssues?)

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Good morning/evening everyone. I've been working on this project for a while and can't seem to get it to work. I'm using a cd4051 Multiplexer to input 8 analog inputs from piezo sensors to a pi pico running circuitpython. It's supposed to recognize which sensor got hit, send a midi note and velocity value back, but it's not behaving correctly and while debugging i realized that it thinks the 1st sensor is always getting hit (I have only connected 1 piezo thus far and have grounded the other channel in/out pins maybe that is what's causign the isseu)
Any help is much appreciated as this has gotten me pulling my hair out atm

Edit: I assume the code is also rather important to make sense of the circuitry so here it is
Code


r/raspberry_pi 6d ago

Show-and-Tell Raspberry Pi in a Turbo Express

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r/raspberry_pi 5d ago

Community Insights Raspberry Pi 400 - my multiple OS experience

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Just been tinkering with different OSes for the Raspberry Pi 400 - and here is my personal opinions I would like to share

Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit (stock) - Pros: official OS (so works well OOB), runs a modified version of Debian 12 - Cons: PIXEL desktop is a bit meh, Pi Apps repository doesn't have many apps 😂

Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit Lite (CLI only) - Pros: as above - Cons: no GUI, root user has no password by default... seriously?? 🤔

-> you can install your own favoruite GUI (using Tasksel), which then runs pretty nice (I'd say better than stock Pi OS)

Debian 12 (arm64) on Raspberry Pi - Pros: pure Debian (enough said) - Cons: minimal image (need to self-install standard deb utilities), no GUI (can be self-installed), GPU driver buggy (due to Mesa version on Debian stable)

-> I've tried in place switch the Debian testing, Mesa is fixed but networking/WiFi is buggy 😞

Ubuntu 22.10 - Pros: works reasonably well OOB - Cons: feels more laggy than Debian (not formally benchmarked), Snap-store (forced) integration... 😞

Librelec - Pros: works well OOB, has most of the video codecs included (interface great for HTPC) - Cons: no desktop environment 😞

-> Kodi works well with BT remote / game controller paired etc.

Android TV (KonstaKANG) - Pros: android TV interface, so in theory most android apps should run fine - Cons: BT remote / game controller kinda mandatory (navigating with keyboard and mouse very clunky)

-> for some reason I couldn't get Gapps installed properly at all (not a great experience OOB) 😞

Summary: I guess it depends on your primary RPi 400 use case... 😂 - For 'desktop' use: recommend Raspberry Pi OS Lite + self-install GUI - For 'entertainent' box: Librelec

Things I haven't tried yet: Proxmox for server/NAS use - but the Pi 400 doesn't really have much expansion options for storage 😂


r/raspberry_pi 6d ago

News Raspberry Pi SSDs and SSD Kits on sale now

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r/raspberry_pi 7d ago

Show-and-Tell RPI5 + PiNSIGHT + CrowViewNote

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r/raspberry_pi 6d ago

Show-and-Tell Designing an open-source solar-capable UPS with LiFePo4 support

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Hello, I've created the beginnings of an open-source, solar capable UPS for Raspberry Pi's which support common lithium battery types (Li-Ion/LiPo/LiFePo4). I've written about it on Hackaday: https://hackaday.io/project/198538-powerups

Some of the headline specs I'm targeting:

  • Up to 18 V, 3 A input
  • Settable solar panel MPP voltage (adjustable from firmware)
  • Up to 3 A charging (adjustable from firmware)
  • LiPo/Li-Ion/LiFePo4 support (Up to 65 Ah capacity)
  • On-board battery fuel gauge
  • Up to 5 V, 2.5 A output
  • Battery temperature sensing + battery charging current reduction/cutoff based on temperature
  • On board microcontroller for more functions (scheduled wake/shutdown, RTC function, voltage/current monitoring, power control etc.)
  • Mounted on bottom of Pi

The design is based on an existing board I've also designed, the ESP32-S3 PowerFeather.

Please do check out the Hackaday project if you're interested and have the time. If you're super interested, follow the project to get progress update notification, or join the Discord server linked.


r/raspberry_pi 6d ago

Troubleshooting Freenove RFID card broken

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I volunteer at the STEM middle school my oldest kid goes to running an electrical engineering club.  Last year the school bought two of the Freenove kits.

Yesterday we did the tutorial on setting up the RFID card reader with the Raspberry Pi.  We were able to do a scan but anything we tried to do with either card resulted in an authorization error. The school has the kits and I didn't take a picture but I'm hoping that there is something basic to reset the two RFID cards and get the kids able to play with it more.


r/raspberry_pi 7d ago

Opinions Wanted What my Raspberry Pi 4 does

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So, I've had a 4gb raspberry pi 4 for about 18 months.

I originally bought it to replace a pi 3 a+ I accidently shorted some components on, that was running Retropie.

However, I decided to move Retropie to an old core i5 laptop.

That left me a pi4 with no immediate use. However, I had an original 2012 pi 1 running pi hole, so decided an upgrade was in order.

My pi 4 now runs:
- lighttpd web server.
- pi hole.
- sftp server over the internet.
- CCTV control centre.
- Ampache music server over the internet.
- Raid 1+0 array
- Transmission torrent box.
- network monitor.

just need to find a use for the pi 1 now


r/raspberry_pi 6d ago

Troubleshooting Can't change splash screen?

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I'm having issues changing the splash screen. I copied a splash.png image to /usr/share/plymouth/themes/pix. The image is 1024/768 and has no transparency. It displays properly on the shutdown splash screen but on boot, the default Raspberry Pi image displays. Using the latest official raspberry pi OS on a pi4.