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Pi PICO W on batteries

The process of debugging my remote oil level sensor continues. This is based on a PICO W plus a nano timer to wake it u...

23 comments posted 4mos

posted by tnp

23 comments posted 4mos posted by tnp

Pi 4 to 5?

How portable are Pi SD cards between Pi generations? I have a current OpenMediavault system using a Pi4, system on SD c...

7 comments posted 4mos

posted by p.g.hardy

7 comments posted 4mos posted by p.g.hardy

Keyboard settings

I have a Raspberry Pi 5 where I have two users. One has the correct keyboard-settings, the other defaults to "UK". When...

9 comments posted 4mos

posted by balglaas

9 comments posted 4mos posted by balglaas

crazy problem with pi4 and ssd

Hi all. I always seem to get impossible problems.... Take a pi4 and two disks - both sata connected by a sata to usb ad...

19 comments posted 4mos

posted by usenet.16

19 comments posted 4mos posted by usenet.16

PI PICO W minimum voltage..

This is a bit of a puzzle. My oil sensor stopped transmitting last night. I replaced the batteries just now and its wor...

13 comments posted 5mos

posted by tnp

13 comments posted 5mos posted by tnp

What is an incompatible magic value?

Apropos of nothing a Raspberry Pi2B running RasPiOS reported "Incompatible magic value 1157544534 in class file sun/sec...

4 comments posted 5mos

posted by bp

4 comments posted 5mos posted by bp

Accessing files from Android phone on Pi5

Hi. I recently had cause to try getting some photos off my phone on to my Pi5. I was able to see the root folder on the...

11 comments posted 5mos

posted by news-spamtrap

11 comments posted 5mos posted by news-spamtrap

New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i'

All my pis until now allow me to get root privileges by doing 'sudo -i' without entering my password. One I have just i...

15 comments posted 5mos

posted by cl

15 comments posted 5mos posted by cl

Going to use gpio for the first time

I've been working on a project designing my very first keyboard matrix. It's not a normal setup, it'll serve as externa...

12 comments posted 5mos

posted by me

12 comments posted 5mos posted by me

Clicking a stored shortcut and being told "Sorry, you have been blocked" ?

Hello all, I just clicked an old (2023), stored shortcut(1), and was told "Sorry, you have been blocked". The explanati...

20 comments posted 6mos

posted by address

20 comments posted 6mos posted by address

Why you need a root password

...if your system fails to boot and you end up in maintenance mode there is no way out except use of the root login and...

6 comments posted 6mos

posted by tnp

6 comments posted 6mos posted by tnp

Will a 'Lite' installation provide a console display?

I have a Pi Zero 2W with a 'lite' image installed. If I connect a keyboard and display will I get a basic console diplay...

4 comments posted 7mos

posted by cl

4 comments posted 7mos posted by cl

How to wake up the WiFi on a Zero 2W (it was working but has stopped)

I have a new[ish] Pi Zero 2W running in a building close to our house (close means about 30 yards away). When I install...

8 comments posted 7mos

posted by cl

8 comments posted 7mos posted by cl

A/V problems while the Pi is doing nothing

I have a RPi5 hooked up to a TV, and I watch movies or TV programs or what have you by streaming them on the Pi and sen...

13 comments posted 7mos

posted by zsd

13 comments posted 7mos posted by zsd

Pi Zero 2W - which end is pin 1??????

This is ridiculous, I can find nowhere that tells me which end of the 40-pin header is pin 1. Can someone tell me please...

17 comments posted 7mos

posted by cl

17 comments posted 7mos posted by cl