Questions tagged [boot]
These questions refer to the initial starting up of the Raspberry PI.
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RPi 3B not booting, only a stable red light
As I said in the title, my RPi 3B just wont boot and has a stable red light.
I have tried the following:
Re-flashing using balena etcher and raspberry pi OS flasher
Using multiple different power ...
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JMicron Box issue with Raspberry PI 400
I've changed my SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2( was broken ) , with new one SSD + box
My new SSD is Lexar NS100 LNS100256AMZN (Amazon Edition) and box is TooQ TQE-2524B.
Operating System is Raspberry ...
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RPI fails to boot after reboot; ok after unplug
Four of my five Raspberry Pi boot flawlessly upon sudo reboot; one fails. This RPi, but none of the others, has a Hifiberry Amp2 mounted on the GPIO header.
I suspect for the below reasons that the ...
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power failure - 2b1.1
a few weeks ago, my pi 2b failed to detect usb wireless adapter.
yesterday, red power indicator flashed sporadically, but booted.
today, it failed to boot.
checked connections, tried different ...
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Does Raspberry Pi 4 support boot medium other than SD card
Does Raspberry Pi 4 support boot medium other than SD card.
Can I boot raspberry Pi from EMMC or NOR flash ?
Thanks,
Swapnil
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Does Raspberry PI 4 support Secure boot
Just wanted to know if Raspberry PI 4 supports secure boot ?
Thanks,
Swapnil
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Raspberry pi 4 1 short 1 long blinks
I have a Raspberry pi 4 model B, have been using it for more than a year. A few days ago it started having problems. After 10/20 seconds from startup it gives an error pattern that looks like 1 short ...
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RPi Camera V2 not detected with Raspberry Pi4 running Ubuntu 20.05 LTS
I am running into a problem in which I am unable to have my Pi detect my new RPi Camera V2. I am running on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) since I am working on a robotics project that requires ROS2(foxy).
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BOOT Error: end Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
I did sudo halt and then power off the raspberry pi, then power off. And the next time I power on the pi, I can't boot the system anymore, and got this error.
I successfully run the commands fsck -y /...
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Can not create a file in bootscript.sh at boot
I am on a Pi Zero 2W running headless with SSH.
I modified crontab to run bootscript.sh on reboot and bootscript.sh runs on startup successfully except for the writes to a file. However, if I run ...
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Mysterious Raspberry 4B boot issue - all official tips followed
I have a weird problem with my Raspberry Pi Model 4B.
When I put USB-C power to it, the red LED is solid on and the green LED at the exact moment of putting power to the Pi flashes very briefly but ...
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What is wrong/what did I do wrong on boot? Raspberry Pi 4 [closed]
I just got my Pi on Christmas and I mostly use it for Discord bot hosting and now I am interested into turning it into a NAS.
I followed Network Chucks video after I installed the Open Media Vault my ...
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If I start a script using audostart where do my logs go?
I've added an entry to my /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart file as follows:
@lxpanel --profile LXDE-pi
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE-pi
@xscreensaver -no-splash
@/usr/bin/python /home/pi/...
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Boot RaspberryPi 3B/3B+/4 from SD card but have everything else on SSD
I have some Raspberries (3B/3B+/4) that I want to boot from SSD, but I also want to attach an HDD to them (the classic SSD for OS and HDD for data)
The thing is that this setup has give me a lot of ...
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Logging output from autostarted program (LXDE-pi/autostart)
So I have a headless Pi CM4 running standard Raspbian, its only function is to auto-start an application at boot which is invoked from /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
I would like to log the ...
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Pi zero W 2 - bringing back from dead
i had for a long time dead RPI Zero 2 Wifi, and i did a few modifications - soldered pins to I2C, +5V and GND, and put a mini RF connector for pigtail antenna. Tried overclocking it.
However Pi got ...
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execute a line of code in the terminal after Pi is booting
I need to write this line of code on my Pi terminal in order to make my music software to work
sudo systemctl restart my_puredata.service
How can I make Pi automatically execute this line of code ...
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Why two bootloaders for the same OS? [duplicate]
I’m currently playing with openSUSE on my RPi4. This distribution installs Grub for apparently kernel version fallback and btrfs snapshots recovery management.
I’m puzzled by the presence of U-boot at ...
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Raspberry pi 4 shows solid red light
My raspberry pi 4 is showing a solid red light, the green light stops blinking shortly after I power on. Everything was working fine up until last night, I have the raspberry pi power adapter, 64GB ...
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Raspberry Pi not booting automatically after a power outage
I have an RPI4 (Buster) with SD Card for root storage as a home server.
Recently I noticed that it does not boot up automatically after power outages.
When the electricity is turned back, all lights ...
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Raspberry Pi 3/Raspbian 11 : Network Manager not working properly
My Raspberry Pi 3 running Raspbian 11 has been acting up for several weeks now:
I managed to set up the wireless LAN at boot, but now, whenever I boot it, there's a 90% chance that the desktop top bar ...
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Boot drive shows empty after reboot
I just inserted the SD card of my Raspberry Pi into the card reader and I added a wpa_supplicant.conf file because it was not connected to the internet.
However when I inserted the SD card in my ...
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Is it possible to boot Raspberry Pi 4 model B from USB without touching SD cards at all? [Broken SD card slot]
My SD card slot broke off (as in only pins are left and I would have to hold down an SD card for it to boot). 1
I've written Raspberry Pi OS to a USB drive, I was told the Raspberry Pi 4 B could boot ...
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RPI not connecting the wifi
As written I am unable to connect my RPI to the internet.
What happened is I took the RPI from the office (where it was working) and took it home (to a new wifi).
To save myself the headache, before I ...
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1-Wire internal pullup isn't enabled on boot, but can be enabled after boot
On a Pi 4 I have the following lines in /boot/config.txt:
dtoverlay=w1-gpio
gpio=4=op,pu
This should enable 1-wire on the default GPIO pin, which is 4, and then enable the internal pullup resistor.
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Raspberry PI 4: green led 4 long flash followed by 4 fast blinks
Im trying to install octoklipper onto my Pi 4. I have a 32gb SD card and after the writing of octoklipper my sd card gets split into 3 partitions. one of three partitions is unallocated. I have tried ...
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virtually boot my rpi-disk in mac env
I have an SSD disk with Raspbian on it. When I plug it into my MAC it only shows the boot partition (not the filesystem that you get once booted into the actual raspbian).
Is there a simple way to ...
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New install: black screen and no keyboard after boot sequence
I've dusted off my old Raspberry Pi, flashed Raspberry Pi OS Lite to a new SD card, and tried to get it going again.
It boots, runs through the startup sequence, and then goes to a black screen. ...
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Run py script on boot
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I moved on to a different question since I had not accurately spotted the problem. The problem is that cv2 module can not be found when the script is triggered either ...
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Moving RaspberryPi OS to a larger SD card [duplicate]
I am using RaspberryPi OS Lite on my model 3B on a 8Gb SD card, but ran out of space. I tried copying the old SD card using
dd on the whole SD Card
dd on both partitions separately
balenaEtcher (...
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(Solved) RPi4 boot failure w/ dmesg prompt: `Give root password for maintenance`
My raspberry was fine a few days ago. At one point it just vanished from the network. After connecting monitor and keyboard I discovered that during initialization of network it drops do maintenance ...
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Black screen until turning TV off and on again (Rpi OS 64-bit only)
When booting Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit on a Pi 4 (4 GB) the boot process is visible and normal until the "Welcome to Rpi OS" screen — after that the screen turns black (TV still detecting a ...
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Can't boot to root shell
I added init=/bin/sh to my cmdline.txt in an attempt to troubleshoot this problem, but upon booting I land at the normal credentials prompt.
I'm using a MicroSD adapter to edit the file with a Windows ...
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Boot on Live Linux (USB) with command line of SD Card Raspbian
I would like to be able to boot on a live linux contained in a usb key connected to my Raspberry PI, from the terminal of my primary Raspbian contained on the SD card.
The goal is to be able to ...
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Raspberry pi 4b won't boot. Red led lights up but green led dead
So I've been using my pi4b for a couple of days and I was trying to run some open cv python programs on it when it suddenly go disconnected(I use the pi via putty and VNC viewer). Ever since that the ...
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raspberry fails to mount root filesystem on boot
After an upgrade of raspbian I rebooted the system and it printed the following message:
"mounting /dev/mmcblk0p2 on /root failed: No such device"
After that an emergency shell (busybox) ...
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Using Run Pin for Startup on pi zero w and v2
I'm planning on running a pi zero 2 connected to an arduino over uart for a personal project, but I'm using a pcb and I want to power it on and off without using any cables.
My current plan is to ...
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OSMC boots to scrolling sad face
Following an update freeze, I disconnected my Pi 3 and now just get a scrolling sad-face: anyone got a re-boot recipe?
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System binaries fail with "Exec format error", apt-get fails with "117: Structure needs cleaning"
Most system commands fail with "Exec format error" and apt-get upgrade fails with "117: Structure needs cleaning". Does this sound like an SD-card corruption? If not, what could ...
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Detect if a raspberry zero is turned on
I would like to use an old raspberry zero 1.3 to share files in my home network, but I wish I could shut down the connected hard drives as the system shuts down.
Initially I thought that it was enough ...
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python script does not start at boot
I follow this blog to the t to start a python script on startup.
(Rasperi pi4B OS 64bit)
my launcher.sh works fine she trying sh launcher.sh
the file looks like:
cd /home/pi/Documents
PYTHONPATH=/home/...
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launcher.sh behaves differently @reboot than calling with sh
I was send here from Stackoverflow. Thank you for your help.
I am using a launcher.sh for a raspberrypi 4B with Raspi os x64 to start a python script in a python env on startup. But setting the ...
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What does this authentication failure mean with OpenMediaVault on raspberry pi, and is it the reason pi is slow to connect to network
I recently migrated my raspberry pi openmediavault server device to a new case (geekworm's naspi gemini). I installed a script by geekworm to run a pwm fan on the pi, then rebooted. After this, the ...
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Trying to Connect RaspberyPi4 to my monitor
LG monitor LCD 22" max res: 1680x1050 60Hz(without overclock)
Using microHDMI to VGA
hostOS: w10 64bit guestOS: raspberypiOS 32bit
whenever adapter is connected to my monitor underscore(_) symbol ...
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Root partition encrypted with LUKS and Yubikey to Decrypt (problems with initramfs)
I am working on a Raspberry Pi 3B v1.2, and I have already encrypted my root partition of the OS with LUKS.
The problem is that I would like to decrypt it or have the appropriate password to decrypt ...
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What is the byte content of Raspberry Active Source hdmi-cec message?
When a Raspberry Pi is connected to a CEC bus with HDMI it sends an active source cec message on boot. This can be modified in /boot/config.txt with setting hdmi_ignore_cec_init either 1 or 0 as ...
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ACT Light of Raspberry Pi is not ON continuously
I am having problem while working with Raspberry Pi Model B 4GB.
When I turn on the power of Raspberry Pi the power LED (red) turns on but the ACT LED (green/yellow) just flashes two times and ...
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Is there a way to flash and make changes in micro sd card through pc which was flashed on raspberry pi
I installed ubuntu 22.04 on micro sd card and flashed it on raspberry pi zero.
I installed in headless mode. So I don't have monitor and other peripherals. I was able to connect with it through ssh. ...
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Boot ups but display rainbow screen on Raspberry Pi 3
I'm new in RPi, so can't resolve an problem. How can I fix a Raspberry Pi with Rainbow screen? I'm using Raspberry Pi 3 B with Raspian 10 (show below)
Linux raspberrypi 5.10.103-v7+ #1529 SMP Tue Mar ...
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RPI 4 and creation of scripts from buildroot
I want to know if it is possible to allow my system created by buildroot, to automate the execution of script which would allow for example,
to switch from qwerty to azerty (maybe this option exists ...
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