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Pi4 OK?

I've purchased each version of the RPi as it came out and at some time will get around to connecting one of them up. Is...

7 comments posted 6yrs

posted by headstone255

7 comments posted 6yrs posted by headstone255

How to check if the clock has been synchronised/set ?

Hello all, Is there a way to check if the Pi's date and time has been either synchronised with an NTP server or has bee...

19 comments posted 6yrs

posted by address

19 comments posted 6yrs posted by address

file -i vs xdg-mime query filetype

Hello all, Just now I set a python script to be executable and added a "hashbang" line to indicate its target program (...

28 comments posted 6yrs

posted by address

28 comments posted 6yrs posted by address

delayed start

On pi3 or 4 with raspbian I get a very long delay displaying: ... on demand unless shift pressed I don't know if that i...

1 comments posted 6yrs

posted by general

1 comments posted 6yrs posted by general

Simple question - how to change the icon of a script.py file ?

Hello all, "Simple question". That is how they all start. :-) But seriously, how do I change the displayed icon of, in...

8 comments posted 6yrs

posted by address

8 comments posted 6yrs posted by address

Samsung Evo + slowdown

Some months ago I bought a Samsung Evo + microSD card as a boot device for an RPI3B (under FreeBSD-current). Initially...

8 comments posted 6yrs

posted by bp

8 comments posted 6yrs posted by bp

Python - set current time ?

Hello all, Just today I connected a DS3231 Real Time Clock module to my Pi - to use when it cannot connect to the inter...

18 comments posted 6yrs

posted by address

18 comments posted 6yrs posted by address

fstab is not mounting the NAS folders

In my /etc/fstab file In have: //192.168.0.22/mnt/CCTV/xeoma /mnt/CCTV/xeoma cifs credentials=/home/pi/.smbclient,uid=p...

11 comments posted 6yrs

posted by rob

11 comments posted 6yrs posted by rob

SDCardKiller

Following a discussion on another thread about the life limits of an SDCard I thought I would write a program to write...

19 comments posted 6yrs

posted by nospam

19 comments posted 6yrs posted by nospam

Permissions problem

On the Pi 4 with xeoma, the directories or folders have been created under /mnt , and I have a line in fstab to mount t...

11 comments posted 6yrs

posted by rob

11 comments posted 6yrs posted by rob

cpu usgae 90% on Pi4

On my new raspberry Pi 4 I have just 2 programs running 24/7. One is CumulusMX weather station, and the other is Xeoma...

5 comments posted 6yrs

posted by rob

5 comments posted 6yrs posted by rob

How to keep the monitor always on

is there a setting somewhere which will allow the monitor or video to be always on and not go into standby. In ubuntu it...

4 comments posted 6yrs

posted by rob

4 comments posted 6yrs posted by rob

Migration from pi3 to pi4

I have an pi3 working with a raspbian stretch. I must migrate the full system to a pi4b. I have copied the sd of pi3 (b...

6 comments posted 6yrs

posted by user

6 comments posted 6yrs posted by user

Destruction of SD card?

I read somewhere (forgotten where) yesterday that the SD card in a RPi malfunctions because log files (which nobody rea...

36 comments posted 7yrs

posted by headstone255

36 comments posted 7yrs posted by headstone255

DSI Screen

I'm trying to find a simple DSI screen for a PI, nothing fancy, I only need to put up a couple of lines of text. After...

2 comments posted 7yrs

posted by bulleid

2 comments posted 7yrs posted by bulleid