Questions tagged [noobs]
Questions involving the New Out Of Box Software (NOOBS). Use this tag if you are having trouble using NOOBS to boot your Pi, having trouble with using NOOBS to install an OS, or your question involves NOOBS, such as how to configure an installation from within NOOBS.
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Automatic OS provisioning on raspberry pi
I am doing some testings on RPi3 and I need a way to have clean OS installation after each testing.
I am currently using NOOBS to deploy my OS and by default, after reboot, RPi will go into OS instead ...
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Buying a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ [closed]
I am working on a (time-sensitive) project using an RPi3 Model B, but I require as much computational power (for computer vision application). I heard that the new RPi3 Model B+ is out and has a ...
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How to install NOOB's onto SDcard on Chromebook
I only have a chromebook. I have a RaspPie 3 B. I want to install NOOB's onto it. There is this guide here but it shows how to install an .img.
Is there a way I can convert my NOOB's folder ...
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Cannot fetch from mirror nus.edu.sg [duplicate]
I just start using rpi and quite a newbie
i run
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
The update thing is successful, however , i cannot do the upgrade part,
there are some package they fail to ...
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Adding OSMC to my SC card without destroying my loaded Raspbian OS
I reinstalled Raspbian OS many times trying to get the OpenCV libraries up and running. Now I'd like to add OSMC in a seperate partition without lossing the Raspian partition and the previously added ...
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WaveShare 7-inch Touch Screen driver for PINN / NOOBS
I have a Raspberry Pi 3, with 3 systems installed on it (Raspbian, recalboxOS, Android) using PINN. I have done the installation with a monitor, all of the systems work fine, the screen can display ...
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Camera not working with script started with .bashrc
Running NOOBS
Raspberry pi 3b
Standard Camera from Pihut
So, my grand idea is to have a camera taking still images (raspistill) that I can then stitch together later, to make a short movie seen out ...
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end kernel not syncing: vfs: Unable to mount root fs on unknown block (179,2)
I'm new into the Raspberry world and in need of some help. Looking to see if anyone shed some light on the above message I'm receiving.
I have new RPI3, erased 32gb card using SD formatter & ...
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Can I install a pre-downloaded image of Raspbian Stretch with NOOBS Lite?
I have downloaded Raspbian Strech OS and also I have downloaded NOOBS Lite. Can I install Raspbian Stretch through NOOBS Lite offline?
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Can I install additional operating systems with NOOBS without overwriting data?
I'm new to Raspberry Pi and bought a Pi 3 B model with a WD PiDrive.
I note that to install additional operating systems I need to use the NOOBS boot and overwrite existing data... Can this be done ...
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VGA to HDMI adapter - modifying config.txt
I have a pre-installed micro SD card with NOOBs. But the instructions on the internet say to use a HDMI to VGA cable, I need to un-comment two lines of code in the config.txt file:
#...
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Installing OS on SD card will not work
I know at first glance that this question has been asked many times, but I have seen no one with the same problem as me so far. I also was really excited to start using my raspberry pi 3 model B v1.2 ...
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Raspbian-NOOBS Install slow
System Specifications:
Raspberry Pi 3
SanDisk Ultra 16GB Micro SD Class 10
NOOBS 2.4.4 - Raspbian
I have formatted the SD card as FAT32 and copied the OS contents onto the SD card. Once I plugged ...
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I need php5, what version of NOOBS shall i download
I just installed NOOBS onto the SD card but I have just messed it up, it wasn't right for me anyway since I needed php5, and the latest NOOBS comes with php7. How can I install NOOBS so that I can ...
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NOOBS install menu options greyed out
I am trying to install Arch Linux using NOOBS. I have put it onto a 16GB SD card and applied power to the Pi (Pi 2, model B) and it started with no problems. However, all the menu options (Edit config,...
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NOOBS bootloader doesn't use composite video
I created a dual-boot setup on my Pi 1B today and have it hooked up to an old NTSC CRT TV. When I first installed the OSes, I pressed "4" on my keyboard to get composite video out, and NOOBS prompted ...
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Problem reallocating space to root after transferring 32GB NOOB to 64GB SD Card
I've seen some other threads out there but I can't seem to get any of the suggestions to work. Maybe its because I can't seem to get GParted Live to run on my NUC. I'm trying to resize the ...
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How to update NOOBS using a Raspberry Pi without removing the NOOBS sd card
I have an old version of NOOBS (1.4) installed on my Raspberry Pi, and I want to update to a newer version.
I don't have a way to plug my micro SD card into a computer to install the new version of ...
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I have installed Raspbian from latest NOOBS, but it doesn't appear to be latest Raspbian version
I configured a RPi B+ using the latest NOOBS found here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/noobs/, which I assumed had the latest Raspbian on it (Stretch, as of November 2017).
But after ...
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Black Screen after Changing NOOBS Skin
I installed NOOBS on my Raspberry Pi 3 and it worked fine until I decided to change the skin, which caused a system crash.
After restarting, the only thing visible is a black screen. However, I can ...
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Password resets on shutdown
First point I am completely new to the Raspberry Pi.
Having purchased a Raspberry Pi with the NOOBS SD card, I completed the basic install and have access to the Pi.
I wanted to have this accessible ...
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Attempt to reformat rpi 3 by wiping the SD card clean
I am trying to factory reset my rpi 3, to continue using it for a new application. I have searched around on ways to do this and it seems like downloading NOOBS or Raspbian on the card is the way to ...
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Is there a setting on Raspberry Pi 3 to remember the PSK?
I am a new Raspberry Pi 3 user. The system was exceptionally straight forward to initialize, including initial connection to WiFi and getting access to internet. However, when the connection drops ...
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Raspberry PI Zero W browsers (Chromium, Midori, Kweb, Epiphany) choppy playing videos. Any better options?
Basically, my project includes displaying high-quality
images
videos
different files like text, pdf etc..
on raspberry pi zero W. What is the best OS suitable for this application?
I have used ...
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pip install flask not working
Raspberry Pi 3
OS - Noobs
Default Python Version - 2.7.9. I have also installed Python 3.6
I want to use the Flask Web Framework for a project on my RasPi 3. I have installed the latest version of ...
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How to change Noobs
I'm very new when it comes to the raspberry pi as i got it as a present. It had a pre-built sd card with it, with Raspian Wheezy already installed. However i want to change it to Raspian Jessie. ...
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Raspberry Pi 3 Initial Setup Failed
I am trying to install Raspbian into Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, but failing every time. I tried to do it in two ways:
NOOBS way:
First I copied the contents of the NOOBS folder into my Brand new Micro ...
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Alarmpi login problem with raspberry pi after initial startup [duplicate]
Am stuck. What is the password for Alarmpi login. My raspberry was working fine with username pi and password raspberry. But just found it not working now cause my adorable children tried to log in. ...
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Is there a way to do a "factory rest" on RPi?
I have recently installed Jessie on my HDMIPi, and the first thing I have tried to do is to install simplecv, but every attempt so far has failed. Now there is most likely a load of rubbish in there ...
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Now that Raspbian Stretch has been released, should Jessie users rush out and do the upgrade? Is it safe?
It has taken a while, but RaspberryPi.org has now announced the official release of Stretch to replace Jessie.
Does this mean everybody should start changing their repos and doing the upgrade?
Myself, ...
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Why does NOOBS only list two operating systems to install?
So I downloaded NOOBS on my 32 GB SD card, but I only have Raspbian and some movie watching OS to choose from.
When I look at other people's NOOBS online, they have a whole list—why is that? Do I ...
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Raspberry Pi SD card and OS compatibility with the different board versions
What is the basic information I have to consider when using an SD card in a Raspberry Pi?
Are there any compatibility considerations regarding the Pi and the OS? Do I also need to consider the board ...
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Boot Into OS Depending on physical switch position
Does anyone know of a boot-loader existing, or if NOOBS can interpret the position of a switch/read GPIO pins at boot then pick the partition to boot into based on what it reads? E.g. Switch in ...
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How To Get Wifi Password With Connecting via ethernet cable
I just got the raspberry pi 3 and i wanna know if its possible to get the wifi password via connecting with a ethernet cable
p.s. its noobs 2.4.2
p.p.s. sorry if its a dumb question i am a beginner
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What is the SETTINGS directory in /media and how can I get rid of it?
I have a Raspberry Pi 3 running Raspbian. It's my first one, so please forgive a lot of ignorance. I used NOOBS to install the system, which seems to have left its micro SD card littered with various ...
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How to disable the OS selection screen?
I have installed Raspbian via NOOBS.
So this is the one and only OS in my SD card.
But I always found myself at the OS selection screen every boot, and I have to wait 10 second to boot to Raspbian.
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SSH: Access denied
I'm trying to access my RPi 3 via Putty from a Windows 10 laptop.
When it prompts me to choose the user I type in pi.
I have tried typing in raspberry as the password, resetting the password with sudo ...
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How to mount SD card if I installed with NOOBS?
I installed Raspbian with NOOBS. However, when I try to read the files on my SD card using a card reader, I just get all the NOOBS stuff and not my Raspbian files.
Is there a way to get to the ...
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What is the solution to this error of OpenCV with video.capture() and it not correctly reading with video.read? (Completly new to raspberry pi)
I'm completely new to the raspberry pi and am looking for help with this same error I've been trying to solve for the past few days. I completely reinstalled OpenCV twice now from two methods on a ...
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RPI not responding to SD card
I have a Raspberry PI 3 and I want to install Kali Linux onto it. I downloaded the RPI image file from https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-arm-images/. Then, using Win32 Disk Imager, I wrote ...
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Harddrive install with Noobs?
I just got a Raspberry pi 3 with a WD usb external pi hardrive. The hardrive comes with a bootberry sd card with really confusing and contradictory instructions that installed (old outdated versions ...
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No menus of any type availab
How do I open terminal without menu bar? No menu bar is visible so I can't get there to try anything suggested online.
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Run Linux executable on Raspbian Jessie 4.4
I try to install the linux headers by:
sudo apt-get install raspberrypi-kernel-headers
But the file still has no recognizable format.
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Error trying to download NOOBS
I have been trying to download NOOBS. But the downloads keep failing. Not on my RPI. But on my computer. I've tried so many things. But it keeps failing. Is there another way i can download it?
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Why is NOOBS not showing me all the operating systems?
A week or two ago I dropped NOOBS 2.3 on to a 32 GB SD card, booted it in my Raspberry Pi Zero W, configured the network, and was then presented with a nice long list of OSes that I could install, ...
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How to replace a kernel on the raspberry pi to duplicate systems on sd cards?
I have a fully working system which is on one of my SD-cards(#1). I would like to copy everything to another sd card(#2). There are a few problems here:
1) I don't know which version of NOOB or ...
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Raspberry PI keeps on rebooting
I am a new Raspberry Pi user. I bought a Pi 3 recently. I installed Rasbian on it by using NOOBS and SD Card Formatter. After completing the installation i set a root password by using sudo passwd.
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Can't SSH to rPi
I just installed a fresh SD Card with Noobs 2.3, changed to silentinstall in recovery.cmdline and did all the other steps in Installing Raspbian from NOOBS without display but now it doesn't work. The ...
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How do I add the nightly Risc Os build as an option to the NOOBs / PINN OS list?
The latest NOOBs image contains the RISCOS boot binary, but the option to install it dosen't appear on a Pi-3. I guess as the official release only supports Pi-1 + Pi-2, while the nightly build ...
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OCR using pi and pi cam
I am working on an OCR project. I use raspberry pi 3(model b) for OCR.
Can pi cam be used to detect texts?... Does pi cam provide sufficient clarity to detect texts clearly in an image? If so how ...