General discussion • CM5 USB Boot Clarification — USB-C vs USB-A Pendrive...
Hi everyone,I am using Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 (CM5) with the official CM5 IO board and would like to clarify USB boot behavior.I currently use the USB-C port with nRPIBOOT / EMMC-DISABLE jumper...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: CM5 USB Boot Clarification — USB-C vs USB-A Pendrive...
1. Is normal USB boot from a bootable pendrive possible using the USB-C interface on the CM5 IO board?No. USB-C is boot order 0x5 aka BCM-USB-MSD and is listed as not available for Pi 5.2. Is USB boot...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Cosmetic flaw on the Imager UI with the mouse
I noticed the same thing. The fonts are really small on large screens, and the mouse navigation seems buggy after device selection. Keyboard works, but it shouldn’t have to be that wayStatistics:...
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General discussion • Re: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
Hello my Name is Barry. I am up to my neck in trying to understand this lot. So far I have Pi on an old PC I'd had buried in the bedroom. Come payday, i'll be getting some stuff from the Pi Hut in...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • AP Mode on Raspberry Pi CM4 – Unstable in Noisy 2.4/5...
Hello Team,I am using a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (Broadcom BCM43455 Wi‑Fi, brcmfmac driver) in AP mode, running on a Yocto (Poky 4.0 – Kirkstone) Linux build.In a noisy RF environment (both 2.4...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: AP Mode on Raspberry Pi CM4 – Unstable in Noisy...
I’ve worked with the CM4 (BCM43455 + brcmfmac) quite a bit, and honestly, what you’re seeing is more or less expected behavior in a very noisy RF environment. The CM4 Wi-Fi is functional as an AP, but...
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General discussion • Re: uptime on raspberry pi zero 2W
I was mostly curious why my need restart every 1-2 month.What I notices is, if it is far away from wifi origin it get stuck quicker and more offten. Anyway I have added uptime table to my...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Thinking about getting a Pi 500+
Only the Pi500+ is not some sort of building; It comes with OS pre-installed, so similar to a MACmini, plug in power and attach HID (monitor) and it should work.Before the Pi500 or Pi500+ started...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Shall or not and if so to OS upgrade, dist-upgrade -y?...
I seen that end support for bullseye is june 2026. right around the corner.RPI4 8GB.I ran and usually keep it updated n upgraded but not dist-upgraded.Code: sudo apt update -y && sudo apt...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Shall or not and if so to OS upgrade, dist-upgrade...
I would get a spare microSD card and install Trixie on that, then add your favourite packages etc.Statistics: Posted by neilgl — Thu Jan 22, 2026 2:05 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Pi4 and Pi5 USB3.0 port location compatability
Currently I use Raspberry Pi4 with attached board at the bottom, connected with "U" shape USB3.0 adapter.I want to migrate my setup to Raspberry Pi5.I know that the form factor changed and Ethernet...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi4 and Pi5 USB3.0 port location compatability
To my untrained eye, they be appear to be offset by a mm or 2 (nearer the ethernet connector on the pi5).Statistics: Posted by MarkDH102 — Fri Jan 23, 2026 2:42 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Request advice on choice of SSD for Pi5
I would like to get a 500GB NVME SSD for a Pi5, but I have availability and budget constraints.My concern is that I've been told to stay away from NVMe 3 drives and ones that use Phison controllers...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: RPi5 swap increase solves stuttering and lockup
To - CraigevilThanks so much for advice to use zram instead of swapfile. At first I thought to myself to leave well enoguh alone since I was getting results I liked. But, your suggestion had to be...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: RPi5 swap increase kinda solves stuttering and lockup
I changed the title of this topic by adding the word "kinda" to be more accurate and less boastful as I detailed in the note just above this one.Statistics: Posted by shore — Sat Jan 24, 2026 5:41 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • RP 0 2 W won't boot
I just bought a Canakit RP 0 2 W. I flashed my SD card with RP OS lite 32 bit. When I tried to power up the RP, it repeatedly blinks 7 times. (Flash warning code "Kernel image not found"). Any...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: RP 0 2 W won't boot
Which version of Raspberry Pi Imager did you use to flash the microSD card?Statistics: Posted by neilgl — Sat Jan 24, 2026 10:30 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
Hi there,I'm Jacques, a retired programmer, a Frenchman still interested in computers, preferably Linux. I'm also a photographer and mostly a biker.Statistics: Posted by alderande — Sun Jan 25, 2026...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • using RPI4 model b with YOLO model
I used this code for detection using the yolo model using laptop: This code can save the image with a border on the detected objectCode: from ultralytics import YOLO # Load a pretrained YOLOv11n...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: IR-cut doubt for raspberry pi 5
What camera is attached?Statistics: Posted by neilgl — Mon Jan 26, 2026 7:30 pm
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