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lightweight virtualization

Hello everyone, I'd like to create some kind of service container on rpi4b which I have, which would allow me to just i...

13 comments posted 10mos

posted by punk.book8853

13 comments posted 10mos posted by punk.book8853

SMBus startup time, is there a way to check it?

I use I2C extensively on a Pi 4B on our little boat. To do all the I2C stuff I use the smbus package (the standard pyth...

2 comments posted 10mos

posted by cl

2 comments posted 10mos posted by cl

Has gpio changed completely betwen bookworm and trixie?

I have upgraded my Pi 4B from bookworm to trixie and, while most things work fine, my gpiod code in Python is completely...

12 comments posted 10mos

posted by cl

12 comments posted 10mos posted by cl

Scanner software for Brother mfc8480dn

For the first time in recent memory I'd like to do some scanning with my Brother MFC8480DN all-in-one printer/scanner/c...

40 comments posted 11mos

posted by bp

40 comments posted 11mos posted by bp

xkbset fault

Recent new install of RPi OS 64 (bookworm, '25 May) on RPi3. I prefer to use sticky keys, and on systems which don't ha...

4 comments posted 11mos

posted by MikeE

4 comments posted 11mos posted by MikeE

RPi access point

I have a RPi 3B wirelessly in a LAN, currently located with access to gigabit ethernet. I want to repurpose it to an ac...

18 comments posted 11mos

posted by MikeE

18 comments posted 11mos posted by MikeE

Pointer display

Hi. Is it possible to change the display colour of the mouse pointer on a Pi5? Currently keeps disappearing against my p...

4 comments posted 11mos

posted by news-spamtrap

4 comments posted 11mos posted by news-spamtrap

solid state relay??

Hi - I'm working on a model railway project using pico boards, but have spotted something that ought to be improved. Th...

28 comments posted 11mos

posted by usenet.16

28 comments posted 11mos posted by usenet.16

Issue with vsftpd and camcorder on Pi4B

I'm using-or more accurately trying to use-a Pi4B as an FTP server to eventually remotely transfer clips from an intern...

2 comments posted 1yr

posted by none

2 comments posted 1yr posted by none

Can a USB camera drive a display directly with no X/Wayland GUI?

As per the subject I want to use a USB camera with a SA15 Pi and have it drive a display (HDMI presumably) directly. Th...

3 comments posted 1yr

posted by cl

3 comments posted 1yr posted by cl

How to stop cloudinit confusing me in rpi-imager?

I just created a new USB image for a 'clean' Pi 4B. What I got was a repeat of the last one I created several months ag...

2 comments posted 1yr

posted by cl

2 comments posted 1yr posted by cl

Laptop as KVM to access RasPi

If I connect the RasPi to my laptop by USB is there any software which allows my laptop to be KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mous...

22 comments posted 1yr

posted by vjp2.at

22 comments posted 1yr posted by vjp2.at

Chromium on Pi2

Just for amusement I've been trying to run the chromium browser on a Pi2. Obviously, it's slow, but it looks like the c...

16 comments posted 1yr

posted by bp

16 comments posted 1yr posted by bp

Bookworm updates killing WiFi

I've been complaining here about WiFi problems for some time and it's finally dawned on me that rfkill is a frequent vi...

8 comments posted 1yr

posted by bp

8 comments posted 1yr posted by bp

NAS Backup solution?

Hi. I've (fairly) recently become the proud owner of a Pi5 running Raspberry Pi OS. Storage is a 250 Gig NVMe drive. I...

54 comments posted 1yr

posted by news-spamtrap

54 comments posted 1yr posted by news-spamtrap