Questions tagged [driver]
Questions about software drivers for external peripherals as well as drivers for the system components. This is NOT for questions about "driver boards", e.g., for motors; use 'dc-motor' instead.
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Using a KS0108 type screen for a portable terminal
I would like to use a KS0108 type for a terminal (it is desirable for its low power use, around 5-7 amps), I cannot seem to find drivers and would like to know where to start on writing my own drivers ...
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Unable to install the driver for "AVerTV Volar HD Nano - A867R" (a DVB-T dongle)
I downloaded the driver (for linux) from the AVerMedia site, unpacked it into an xyz directory, and from that directory I gave the command
make.
I got the following output
Missing files that required ...
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RPI2 and RPI3 docker and usb support
I am working with my RPI2 device where is minibian with Docker where is Alpine linux for controll which is for work...
I receantly using cython-hidapi for communicate with HID device (python3 lib). ...
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How to compile printer driver?
I installed CUPS on raspbian but while adding The printer the driver/ppd file for Epson L210 series is not available and neither on epson website the driver/ppd file for armh is available , I guess ...
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3.5mm jack with GL driver
I've installed the GL driver (with full KMS) on my Raspberry Pi 3, but now it doesn't output to the 3.5mm jack, except for the rainbow screen. How could I get the GL driver to output to the 3.5mm jack?...
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Raspberry Pi 3 Bluetooth issue
Similar to Raspberry Pi 3 Bluetooth "No default controller available" however that fix doesn't work (already have that package installed)
Running latest Raspbian and have run rpi-update, ...
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piTFT 2.8 TouchScreen capacitive display TOUCHSCREEN feature does not work
On Raspberry PI 2 Model B, I am using 2.8 piTFT capacitive display. Plus, I used DIY installer helper on the adafruit website. Everything seem to have installed correctly and the screen comes up ...
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Recognize and Install Raspberry as a Printer [duplicate]
I want my raspberry to be recognized as a printer by Windows when somebody connects it via usb.
I don't really want to print anything, I just need it to receive data when somebody selects it as a ...
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driver for Ethernet Adapter: cdc_ether: no symbol version for module_layout
I want to use TP-LINK USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter on my pi, but I have an error about the driver:
cdc_ether: no symbol version for module_layout.
dmesg:
[ 210.182816] usb 1-1.4: new high-...
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Why did my stepper motor drivers fry my Raspberry Pi 2
Just fried a raspberry pi 2 using 4 of Big Easy Driver's from Sparkfun. Would love to know why it happened and how I can fix it.
Here is a link to the stepper motor drivers I'm using. This page links ...
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problem with driver when upgrade to jessie
I upgrade my Raspbian from Wheezy to Jessie. now when I want use Gstreamer, I face the following error:
libva info: VA-API version 0.36.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1
libva error: ...
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Set up on Adafruit Motor Hat
I recently bought the Adafruit Stepper Motor Hat, installed the software as per the instructions, and while it works flawlessly when running the DC motor, it will only turn the stepper motor in one ...
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Problems FT5306 USB Touchscreen
First of all, sorry for my terrible languache.
I bought 7" display with usb touchscreen from Eleduino. It works fine with Raspibian distros presented by vendor, but I want to connect it to my RPi B+ ...
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Developing drivers for HATs: is this a good practice?
I have designed a few HATs. Now about driving it, does this sounds like a good way doing it? The architecture described below is the driver layer designed for my custom kernel, but a stripped down ...
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Using motionPie: I'm stuck trying to install a camera driver
I'm trying to set up a raspberry pi for these tasks:
streaming video over a network
listening to commands (I'm not yet sure how to do that) over network
parse commands and control a slave connected ...
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Motion works on one PI, but not on another
I'm trying to migrate Motion from one PI (IP51) to another (IP61) and I'm running into problems getting all the functions working.
I'm testing if Motion is working by seeing if I can access the ...
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What's the difference between Rpi kernel source and Rpi distro kernels?
I need a specific kernel module (driver for a USB grabber), which is included in kernel 3.12. So, I went for Pidora, which features kernel 3.12 but was surprised, that the module wasn't included in ...
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Driver for these SPI TFT displays?
I have some old SPI TFT screens with the uncommon chipset like SPFD5408A and EPSON S1D15G10.
I want to use it as a main screen. (if possible)
Can i use/modify from the fbtft(notro) or anyway i can do ...
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Issues with rtl8192cu drivers
The Problem:
I am currently having trouble with WiFi drivers on the Raspberry Pi. I am using PiBang which is built on top of the Wheezy distribution. I have an Edimax nano USB WiFi
dongle which ...
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USB webcam showing green screen
I am trying to get my usb webcam working with pi, but apparently there is a problem with coding or driver, as the camera output is showing only green screen with some crazy pixels at the top (as the ...
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How do I know that a Dual-Band USB WiFi dongle will work on Raspbian or other Linux distrobution?
How do I know if a Dual band USB WiFi dongle will work on a Raspberry Pi running Linux?
I know that Linux must have a driver that supports the wifi chipset used in the dongle. But with the number of ...
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Help Patching a driver
I've been tasked with updating a driver on a Raspberry Pi 4 running Raspbian. I'm told I need to apply this patch https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/4/1/1050 in order to get my USB modem to work.
When I run ...
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How to Write Device driver for Raspberry Pi?
I have recently started playing with raspberry pi and want to write device driver for it.
Already installed cross tool chain in development PC (having Ubuntu), compiled and downloaded application code ...
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Connecting a SainSmart 9-in HDMI Touchscreen?
What's involved in connecting a SainSmart 9 inch HDMI touchscreen to a Pi? There seems to be a lot involved in getting any touchscreen working, with not much information out - and some of that ...
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How to manage with raspberry pi two L298N H-bridge drivers
I connected to my Raspberry pi 3b+ two L298N H-bridge drivers and 4 motor (two for each driver) and i tried the code below:
Assumption: I purposely used this script because I wanted to test the ...
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omnikey 5421 contactless driver for Raspberry pi
I am new to Raspberry Pi and I want to use an HID Omnikey 5421 with a Raspberry Pi - it is a dual interface contact and contactless reader. After some research I was able to communicate with the ...
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which driver can control 4-5 motors, different types of sensors, speakers?
I am planning to make a robot car with various functions and I want to control 2-3 DC motors with hall sensor, 2-3 servo motors, sensors like these and some electronic components like a speaker, ...
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DWA-171 using 8812au.ko does not seem to work on Linux kernel version 3.18.8+
I have already tried the procedure described in (Drivers for dwa-171 wifi usb dongle) on several RPi's without success. Each attempt fails at the end of the process with "ERROR: could not insert '...
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Do we need to put i2c code into kernel?
I see codes to make i2c device (e.g. i2c sensors) work in user space, just need kernel to support /dev/i2c-0 or /dev/i2c-1.
But whether do we need to put the codes into Linux kernel? For example, if ...
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Disable USB driver on RPi Zero W
I am using a Raspberry Pi Zero W running Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) Lite (Aug 2020).
This is an IoT project where, I have a USB modem that makes my internet connection. When the modem is powered on it ...
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GPIO Pins as digital LO/HI
To preface the question, my hook up works just fine, I only wish to understand a little better or if I am doing it wrong.
I am working with a Pi, a stepper and a driver board for the stepper.
https:/...
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How to reverse engineer a USB controller and read raw serial data in Linux
I have a generic USB controller from a Brazilian brand based on a Chinese layout (Shanwan) that, despite installing the driver that comes with the Retropie and correctly configuring the digital inputs,...
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Compiling driver for raspbian jessie 4.4.21-v7+
I'm trying to compile the driver of rtl8812AU (github.com/diederikdehaas/rtl8812AU).
I've downloaded and installed the last version of raspbian.
The following is written in the change log, among ...
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Running a application made for Ubuntu 12, 14 or Windows on a Raspberry Pi
I need to install an ebeam edge which need driver. It only works on Windows / Ubuntu. How do I know if I can make it run on Ubuntu Mate or Windows IOT on my Raspberry Pi? Do you think it is possible?
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Problem in 'make' for installing CP210x driver to my Raspberry Pi
My kernal version is 3.18.11-v7+. Since the kernels from the Raspberry Pi Foundation kernels don't ship with a build directory, I installed the Debian-style package, which should include the build ...
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Stepper motor ROB-09238 & RPi2 what driver do I need, really need one?
I am a bit noob with all kind of stuff. I have seen that the ROB-09238 is 'famous' and I want to manage it with the RPi2.
Technically do I really need that, two L9110H can make the work?
and what ...
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How to get temperature and humidity data from a Sensiron SHT3X
The more I read, the more confused I become...
I have a SHT30 Temperature And Humidity Sensor. I bought it from Adafroot some time ago, but never found a real use for it. Now that Raspberry Pi has ...
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DC motor always on
this is my first time working with Pi and I'm trying to control a single motor (closely following this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV0S_3KMj2A).
Specs are:
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
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OpenCL on rPi 400
I have an rPi 400 running Raspbian (Debian GNU/Linux 11.)
If I run clinfo on it, I see 0 platforms.
I have no /etc/vendor/ directory either.
How do I run OpenCL on my rPi400?
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'/dev/v4l-subdev1' node not created anymore for 16 MP Arducam with autofocus (IMX519 based) with Rpi 4B
/dev/v4l-subdev0 and /dev/v4l-subdev1 nodes used to be created before when booting up the Rpi with the ArduCam plugged in (via MIPI CSI-2 port). Now only /dev/v4l-subdev0 shows up, and I'm not sure ...
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edt_ft5x06 touchscreen probe failed with code -121
I am trying to get ER-TFTM070_5 display with capacitive touch screen to work. I hae gotten as far as getting the screen it self to work. Now I am facing a challenge to get the touch screen digitiser ...
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How to lower the power of an RT2870 USB Wlan adapter on Raspbian
I have to lower the range of a wlan adapter to limit the area I'm capturing data in. I'm using the newest version of Raspbian, Pi 4 and the adapter is ralink rt2870
I've tried adjusting the txpower ...
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SD to USB Adapter: Will the SD card appear as a USB device?
My colleague and I are writing an endurance test for SD cards (running read/write/erase block cycles). We're considering using an Raspberry Pi 3 to run the tests on.
The issue is we will be using ...
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How to read data from an NI DAQ USB-6259?
I have a sensor for which I'm forced to use a NI DAQ to read data from. And I have a USB-6259 to do so.
I don't want to connect the DAQ directly to my laptop because it has messed it up before.
I ...
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Drivers for USB/MIDI device
I am new to Raspbian. I managed to get Pure Data to run, but now I am trying to get this MIDI device running: http://www.m-audio.com/products/view/uno
Does anyone have any advice for how to install ...
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Failed on installing TPLINK Archer T1U WiFi dongle on Raspbian Jessie
The driver download page is here, http://www.tp-link.com/us/download/Archer-T1U.html#Driver.
In the .pdf instruction it says that I need to edit configuration in makefile.c.
However, there is no ...
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How do I install drivers for a wifi antenna onto my Pi?
I have been following this guide and am at the point of entering the following:
sudo /usr/sbin/hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
This should setup the wifi network however my Pi returns the ...
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Is a motor driver required for BO Motors?
I have heard that motor drivers are required for DC Geared motors, or they may get damaged but is a motor driver needed for BO Motors?
Can they be directly connected to the GPIO pins of the ...
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Alfa AWUS036NHA not recognized as interface
Since today my wireless network adapter refuses to work. Yesterday everything worked perfectly fine but for some unknown reason it stopped working. When I plug in the device I get a very limited ...
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Where do i get drivers for a BCM 43143 dongle
I have a WiFi dongle which has a BCM 43143 chipset
I'm running Raspbian Wheezy on my raspberry pi and I've tried everything I found on the internet to fix it the WiFi connection problem
I can find the ...
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