Questions tagged [rpi-update]
A tool to update the firmware and kernel of an SD card, usable while the Pi is running. WARNING you should only use this with a good reason it gets you the latest bleeding edge kernel/firmware.
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RPI4 fails to transmit nor receive data within the Keyboard&Mouse
I am facing a critical problem with my Raspberry Pi 4 B(8GB) after using rpi-update (which installed a bugged kernel and kept on overloading the processor and the Green LED kept on lighting ...
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Weird load averages, want to downgrade firmware
I have a bunch of raspberry pis
Two of them show a vcgencmd version of (a Pi4, and a Pi3A):
Jul 4 2022 14:41:54
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 01db5c05be1b3594c8f040ed7c1ac2748890c2c8 (clean) (...
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Libcamera does not work on the latest OS
I bought the new HD RPi camera and want to connect it to my RPi 3. I checked on the Rpi website that raspistill is being replaced by libcamera, so I updated the OS to the most recent build (Bullseye) ...
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Black screen when trying to boot from SSD on a Raspberry Pi 4B
When I try to boot the Raspberry Pi 4B from my SSD, the screen goes black and the system does not start.
This is my current hardware setup:
Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB RAM.
Crucial MX500 1TB SSD Hard Drive ...
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dphys swapfile error while updating
So I recently got a new raspberry pi 4 and I went to update it and ran the following commands:
sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade. The update command ran perfectly fine but when I ran ...
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sudo apt-get update have error
i have error on updating raspberry pi
pi@TechTSDHacking:~ $ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://deb.playonlinux.com stretch InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease
Hit:3 ...
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Is older Raspberry Pi safe? When is the end of software support for them?
I am not asking about the discontinuation of manufacturing or selling of the hardware; I am talking about only the software.
There are famous old Android devices that the manufactures have abandoned a ...
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Does a firmware update remain when changing the OS?
If I do a firmware update via sudo rpi-update on Raspbian Buster on the Pi 4 and then flash another OS (e.g. LibreELEC) to the SD card, will the firmware still be up-to-date?
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Pending kernel upgrade even after reboot my RPi4
Every time I update my Pi4, it runs needrestart which complains that I'm using an old kernel version and I should reboot, but rebooting doesn't change anything.
First, I have to precise that:
I ...
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Unstable rPi 4B after rpi-update
My raspberry pi model 4B was having frequent WIFI issues.
I read that a firmware update was made to address this, so I thought I would upgrade the firmware.
After doing sudo rpi-update I now have ...
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OTA update on Raspberry PI?
I want to do OTA (Over The Air) updates in my Raspberry Pi. I have seen a lot of services on the internet like mender.io, but they are all quite expensive. Is there any easy/less expensive way to do ...
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Raspberry Camera Module not working on Raspberry Pi 3 B+ (octopi)
I am trying to use a new Camera Module V2 (8MP) on my Raspberry Pi 3 B+, but it seems that the Raspberry couldn't see the camera.
So I started to investigate. Checking the octopi version that is ...
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Pi 2B won't update TeamViewer
I've recently tried to log into my Raspberry Pi (2B with 1GB running Jessie) using TeamViewer and found that my TV software is out of date. I needed to update TV to version 14. When I downloaded ...
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rpi-update Error
What I need to do is PXE boot:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/net.md
however I did not get 17:3020000a,
If found another link : https://blockdev.io/...
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Rpiboot - Failed to claim interface
I'm using usbboot/rpiboot with Raspberry Pi 0.
Usually when I try to discover device the device is found without a problem and the booting process succeeds, recently I upgraded the firmware (bootcode....
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How to revert from rpi-update to stable build
I have been using a RPi3 for the last year without any issues. I have had rpi-update as part of a regular update process (cron job).
Lately I have been experiencing crashes. I started to investigate, ...
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Image rollback using Raspberry Pi Bootloader
I'm using Yocto framework based RPi build and have created My SD card partition as follows,
======================== SD card with 3 parts ========================
| 68MB(bootloader) | 4GB(...
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sudo apt-get update isn't working / networking problem
I am getting following errors repeatedly upon using apt-get update command :
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get update
Err:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch InRelease
Cannot ...
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"sudo apt-get update" gives "0% [waiting for headers]
As the title indicated, that is my problem.
Currently running an Rpi3 with Jessie, tried Stretch and the same problem occured.
when sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list, I have:
deb http://...
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Should I use use `rpi-update` for kernel upgrading on Ubuntu Mate v16.04.3 LTS for RaspBerry Pi 2 B+?
According to the GitHub rpi-update site:
This is only intended for use with Raspbian. If you are using a
different distribution then check with the maintainers if using
rpi-update is safe.
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rpi-update seemed to have stopped spi and one wire
I had two programs, one using DS18b20 sensors and the One-Wire and the other using SPI. On another pi, I had a program using the camera which had an error(still not sure what the error was) fixed by ...
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Duplicate sources.list message appears after apt-get update
After running apt-get update, I get this message:
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/ trusty/main armhf Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad....
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rpi-update SSL certificate problem
Rpi-update fails due to some certificates errors:
rpi-update
*** Raspberry Pi firmware updater by Hexxeh, enhanced by AndrewS and Dom
*** Performing self-update
*** Relaunching after update
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Can't rpi-update
I can't update the kernel of my pi anymore. When I try I have those errors :
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo rpi-update
*** Raspberry Pi firmware updater by Hexxeh, enhanced by AndrewS and Dom
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Pi3 stuck on rainbow screen after a kernel downgrade
I've a Raspberry Pi 3 running Raspbian with the kernel 4.4.38-v7+. I want to downgrade to version 4.1.X to have full support for xboxdrv.
I used the script rpi-update:
apt install -y rpi-update
rpi-...
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Check most current RPI-Firmware available from Git Repo?
I'm trying to to retrieve most recent master version from the Hexxeh/rpi-firmware which is used by Ubuntu Mate 16.04.
The rpi-update update script exist on this page but I'm unable to fishout how ...
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New kernel doesn't load after rpi-update
I'm a noob and want to update the kernel of my raspberry pi 2. I used the rpi-update utility but after I reboot I still see the old kernel under uname -r
ls /lib/modules/
4.1.17+ 4.1.17-v7+ 4.1.19-...
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Why can't I update my Pi?
Whenever I try the command sudo apt-get update it outputs this error:
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found.
N: Is the package apt-transport-https installed?
I couldn't ...
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Why did my kernel version rolled back after rpi-update and apt-get update? Should I only use one of them?
I'm currently using Raspbian (Jessie).
Yesterday I've done rpi-update. I've checked the kernel and it's up-to-date (from 4.4.27-v7+ to 4.4.30-v7+).
After reboot I did apt-get upgrade but ...
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Rpi-update fails with SSL (self-signed) error
I'm trying to run sudo rpi-update to make sure I'm on the latest firmware. It ran correctly on 4 other identical systems. I'm running wheezy for compatibility reasons, raspi 1A, raspbian. The network ...
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Multiple segmentation faults
I am trying to upgrade my Raspberry Pi Zero and have been fighting a multitude of segmentation faults, and I am at a loss as to how to fix this. When I enter sudo apt-get upgrade, this is the output:
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Why is there a frown icon on the screen when I re-boot my Rpi 2 with Windows IoT
So, when I boot my RPi-2 which is running Windows IoT, the computer screen displays 2 gears and a progress bar. Earlier, the progress bar made it all the way to completion and the RPi-2 rebooted. ...
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Pi freezes while "Updating SDK" with ACT light on steady
I've been following a guide for setting up an LCD touchscreen on the Raspberry Pi 2 B, but whenever I run
sudo REPO_URI=https://github.com/notro/rpi-firmware rpi-update
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how to swap dbus versions in rpi/linux?
DBus version installed: 1.10.6
Programs look at 1.1.1.
How to get rpi to look at newest DBus?
RPI Project/programs: alertR Home Alert System via github.
Current status:
12/30/2015 14:26:08 INFO: [...
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Cannot find package openjdk-7-jre
I am trying to install JDownloader on my raspberry pi who have osmc (debian) as a OS. I am trying to install run below command
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
and it says
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Version for `uname -r` remains despite successful rpi-update
I did install my Raspberry PI using debian-pi/raspbian-ua-netinst like described in this SO Post
Now uname -r returned
3.18.0-trunk-rpi
When I ran rpi-update it seemed to have successfully ...
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What firmware version will rpi-update install?
How can I determine what version of the firmware will be installed by running rpi-update, without making any modifications to the installation?
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Upgraded installation from Wheezy to Jessie; unable to SSH into Pi now
I have hit a wall with regard to this issue and I have no inkling whatsoever as to what might have happened. Any help regarding this matter will be greatly appreciated.
I connect to my Raspberry Pi 2 ...
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RPi A+ and Pi noIR: How to update just the camera driver NOT OS
I have a SD card, with Raspbian and lots of programs installed on it. I want to run it on model A+ and use the pi noIR camera module. The problem is that the OS firmware version is quite old. I know ...
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Update using apt-get failed: "Connection timed out"
I want to update my Raspberry Pi, but I was not successful. This is the message when I try to update my device:
> pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get update
Errhttp://mirrordirector.raspbian.org ...
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PiTFT doesnot work after rpi-update
I updated the firmware with command :
sudo REPO_URI=https://github.com/notro/rpi-firmware rpi-update
This install the kernel 3.18.5+
After reboot, the PiTFT is no more showing console as before (...
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sudo rpi-update freezes, help
I am in the process of a sudo rpi-update, but it appears to have frozen at *** Updating kernel modules
This is the output from the ssh screen since the update command:
sudo rpi-update
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