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Rebooting refers to an operating system or hardware level reset without cutting power from the pi.

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Headless Rpi 4 reboots when changing resolution [closed]

I hope someone can help me, I've bought my first Rpi a few months ago and I haven't been able to use it at all because of this issue. Specs: Raspberry Pi 4 - 4GB OS: Raspberry Pi OS with desktop Fully ...
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Ways to automatically reboot Raspberry Pi daily

My Raspberry Pi restarts daily, but I don't remember how I set it up. And I need to change the schedule. There is nothing in crontab: crontab -l What are other ways to automatically restart Raspberry ...
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No HDMI after retropie restart, every time, multiple micro sd cards?

So I install the latest image of retropie, and boot it up on my rpi3. Plug it into my hdmi arcade cab, connect to wifi, add games from pc via wifi, force audio to 3.5 or I'd have no sound, restart, ...
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Cronjob not executing when raspberry pi reboots

The following is the Python script that I want to execute every time Raspberry Pi reboots. When I run this Python script directly from the terminal it works. Not only does IP gets stored in the file ...
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Raspberry Pi always reboots when trying to shutdown

I've been facing this issue for a long time and I haven't been able to find a working solution for it. I've found a few different posts online of people having the same issue but none of the solutions ...
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Writing bash script to reboot pi 10 times and log output

I have written a Python script and scheduled it to run @reboot using cronjob. Sometimes this script throws an exception sometimes it works perfectly. I want to write test scripts for this. Preferably, ...
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My raspberry pi 4 won't boot

I have OMV installed on my Rasberry pi 4. I also have Portainer installed, I wanted to install Nginx Proxy Manager on a docker container so I though I should uninstall nginx that I had on my rpi4. I ...
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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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Raspian continuously reboots after reaching autologin console

I'm a pretty experienced Raspberry Pi / Raspian / Raspberry OS user and can't figure this one out. Background: I started encountering this issue about a month ago on two varieties: RPi4 and RPiZero2. ...
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Automatic execution of a Python script using a Raspberry Pi 4

Im programming on a Raspberry Pi 4 and trying to make a python script start automatically, when powering on. The python script is working and has no errors. I tried to insert a starting command in /....
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shutdown/reboot raspberry using GPIO - doesn't work for me

I need my raspberry Pi to turn OFF automatically when I press a button, so I've forked the Adafruit-GPIO-halt project and created a slight modified version of it here. I've modified the C code and the ...
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Investigating Random Crashes/Reboots - RaspberryPi 3B

We have a Raspberry Pi 3B running a custom Buster image (PiSignage 3.2.0 - Its for digital signage). I have recently noticed that the Pi has been crashing periodically and my troubleshooting knowledge ...
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halt the raspberry when power supply connected but not when GPIO3 is shorted to ground

For context I am using a raspberry PI3 but in the end might use a PI4 (but docs says they should behave the same). I changed config.txt to allow my raspberry to wake from a halt state (with GPIO3). ...
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Desktop icons position lost after logout / reboot

Environment Debian (Raspbian) distro (64-bit) on either 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, or Raspberry Pi Desktop (32-bit) on HP x86 laptop. Fully updated with apt. Problem After reboot or logout/login from the ...
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How to reboot/restart a Raspberry Pi using its GPIO pins through another Pi?

I have a cluster of Pis that sometimes one of them fails and I cannot access it remotely until I come to the device and unplug and plug it again. I want a solution that if a Pi fails, I can remotely ...
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Why is my Raspberry Pi booting an infinite number of times when I turn it on?

I recently got a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board in 2022, and I did not use my Raspberry much. When I put the OS in the Raspberry, it works. But When I tried using it now with a new OS and a new sd card. ...
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Imported CA Certs Disappear After Reboot

We've got some Pis at work that just display some dashboard stats on some TVs on the main office floor. The dashboard runs on our own internal self-hosted intranet site that the Pis are supposed to ...
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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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Raspberry Pi 4: Black screen after boot both local and via vnc

I have a Raspberry Pi 4 that I have had running for at least half a year as a Plex server. I used Raspberry Pi Imager to create the os, and then I connected via vnc from either my mac or my pc, the ...
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Powering Raspberry Pi via battery pack and buck converter - how to solve low voltage reboot issues

I'm trying to power a Raspberry Pi 4 via a 6-AA battery pack via buck converter which steps it down to 5V but it gets stuck in a reboot loop on boot up. Watching the display on the buck converter, the ...
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Why do i suddenly need "reboot --force"?

Since recently i need to issue sudo reboot --force in order to reboot my raspberry pi 2 (buster). In the past i could use sudo reboot. How can I find the reason? When calling sudo reboot without "...
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Can't Reboot from pishutdown GUI after renaming pi user

I didn't check for shutdown, only reboot, because the pi is remote ATM and no easy way to wake it up back. I renamed the pi user, everything seems OK but this. Here're info I gathered after reading a ...
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The Raspberry Pi 4 fails to reboot

I have a Raspberry Pi 4 running Ubuntu Server 18.04. I usually SSH into it and reboot the system. However, I noticed that sometimes the pi does not successfully boot up again after shutdown, so I have ...
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Reboot and password issues

My son got a raspberry PiTop at a class at the Centre for Computimg History in Cambridge last week. We have had some issues rebooting since attempting to download recommended software. However, the Pi ...
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Raspberry pi very slow boot

I have a very slow reboot of raspberry pi 4 (8gb ram). It wasnt always like this, but the last days i realized it's extremely slow. I use it for Home assistant (with Docker), pihole and plex, and i ...
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Watchdog and autologin - raspberry pi zero-

Hi I have turned on watchdog and configurate them at my raspberry. I tested at my raspberry with fork-bomb and watchdog work - fork-bomb ( I wrote this command to console ) :(){ :|:& };: freeze ...
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Not booting after shutdown [duplicate]

We are putting rpis in one of our products and we have a few dozens of units already in use. We currently observe a very annoying problem - whenever it shuts down or is issued reboot it won't boot ...
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Why does my RPi reboot every ~15 minutes?

I installed on my RPi 3 the latest Raspberry OS (Linux rpi-datacenter 5.10.63-v7+ #1488 SMP Thu Nov 18 16:14:44 GMT 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux) and I have no idea why it reboots on its own every ~15 ...
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Reboot on using Microsoft remote desktop

I have a raspberry Pi 4 running Ubuntu. Most of the times I connect to it using Microsoft remote desktop, it hangs and then reboots after some time. Has anybody seen this? How can I find out why the ...
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How to find out what process is using Raspberry Pi camera?

Some background: Hi. I've recently been experimenting with the Raspberry Pi Camera through node.js and other languages. But, even with none of those scripts running, Pikrellcam (a live security camera ...
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Raspberry pi with HDD and SSD not booting on reboot

I have a Raspberry Pi 4 B with 2 disks connected via usb. One is an SSD and the other is an HDD. Both of them are in SATA to USB cases that have their own power supply each. I've configured the Rpi4 ...
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raspi3 qemu wont reboot

I finally got raspian to boot in quem by following these instructions. https://github.com/dhruvvyas90/qemu-rpi-kernel/tree/master/native-emulation The only problem is that I can't figure out how to ...
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Pi resets state after every reboot

my Raspberry Pi 3 (Raspbian Stretch) is behaving oddly for about 5 days now. What's happening: I create a file on my Desktop and modify another file at another location. Now I reboot the pi. Once I ...
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SSH remote connection working "every other reboot"

Latest raspberry pi os lite installed on a raspi4 4gb, customized to my needs. I can normally SSH into it, everyhing works. I then reboot (sudo reboot) and raspi won't respond to SSH connection ...
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pi4 Only 4B fails to reboot

I have a Raspberry Pi 3B and 4B. It operates 24 hours a day. Reboot once a day. Only 4B fails to restart about once a week. The screen goes black. The lamp on the Raspberry Pi 4B is normal, so it's ...
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raspberry pi 4 is constantly rebooting after stalled upgrade

I had sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade'ed my raspberry pi 4 with raspberry OS. The upgrade process stalled while unpacking. or at least I thought it did. nothing happened for minutes while ...
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reboot raspberry pi supplied after shutdown

My Raspberry Pi is connected to the supply, and after shutting down, it is still connected to the supply and the red led is on. Is it possible to reboot the pi without removing the supply and without ...
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Modbus to USB stops working after a few days

I monitor 10 Modbus devices with a Raspberry Pi 3B. Each modbus device sits about 20-30cm from the Pi and sends signal to the Pi through a Modbus RS485 to USB converter, which is shown here: https://...
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RaspberryPi 2 can not be restarted (sdhost-bcm2835 timeouts, print_req_error)

I have a relatively simple setup: One Raspberry Pi 2 is directly connected to my home router, running Debian 10 and PiHole with an Unbound rDNS service. That's it. I have set this system up two times ...
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Problem with resetting Screen Resolution using cron job

I am running a cron job with @ reboot bin/sleep 60 /path/to/script. I know the job runs 60 seconds after reboot but I get an error. The script is: #!/bin/sh -e sudo xrandr --newmode "2560x1440_60....
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Troubleshooting cron job to restart broken internet connection

I have a pi zero 1.3 running on an ethernet connection (using this hub hat). I am running it headless, so I can only access it via ssh. Every once in a while, the internet connection drops, and I have ...
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How to automatically run a script on boot / startup?

I have trying to get a script to run at startup to mount a flash drive and change ownership on dynamically created files. I have not been successful in getting the script to run. It only runs when I ...
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Problem with crontab -e. Does not saving photos using autorun

Does not save photos using auto-launch in crontab. I use Python 3 or raspistill, they work well for photos when a monitor is connected. #!/usr/bin/python3 # BEFORE USING THIS SCRIPT. # ...
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Why is my systemd script not working, while reboot pi my app not receiving signal(SIGTERM, SIGINT )

[Unit] Description=+++++++++++App start/stop+++++++++++++++++ After=network.target [Service] User=root Group=root StandardOutput=null ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/app_start > /dev/null Restart=always ...
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Jessie lite reboot hang on Rpi 3

I've got an rpi3 (Linux raspberrypi 4.9.35-v7+ #1014 SMP Fri Jun 30 14:47:43 BST 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux) that intermittently hangs on reboot. I'm a bit vague on how to track down the cause since the ...
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new pi & new hdd ext4 messes up permissions and owner on reboot

I have a new hdd powered with external power plug It is attached to the usb 3.0 (new Pi from shop also) hdd is ext4 problem: I mount the hdd on the pi, fine. then I write some files, fine. then I ...
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Pi 3 reboots when GPIO 13 is given 3V

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab I am taking the 3V from Pi and giving it to COM of a relay. The NO goes to GPIO 13 of the same Pi. I have a 120V line that triggers ...
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Raspberry Pi seemed to have rebooted

I let my RPi on yesterday with several scripts open and running. But when I came back today, all the scripts were closed, like if the RPI rebooted. I read that Raspbian, contrary to Windows, is not ...
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pi4 won't return after reboot connected switch?

I have PI4 that connected to router after I reboot ONLY the router , I can see the pi is still connected to the router - but I can't reach it. The pi have static ip. No ping to the pi , disable \ ...
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How to clear the screen and auto-mount device on startup?

I have a Raspberry Pi connected to my TV, which I use to read videos stored on an external hard drive. I have 2 commands that I run everytime the Raspberry Pi reboots: This one, to clear the prompt ...