General • Re: Pico W send a text?
There are several ways of sending a text, including, but not limited to, connecting to a phone and having it send the text. But I expect you want your Pico W to connect to some service over the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Desktop not showing task bar, desktop items not opening
I have determined that it was a corrupt SD card. Having just repaired the OS by reinstalling a fresh Bullseye and getting full desktop control again, I will test the GPIO tomorrow. I do know that the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 drops Wifi connection
I have the exact same problem. But it is also not connecting to 5Ghz. How to make it do that!? I made it forget the 2.5Ghz WiFi, and still it is not connecting.Statistics: Posted by richardlittle —...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • Re: "Fake" WiFi Captive Portal on Zero W?
Previously when I tried this, I was able to get an access point. However, when I try to connect to it (default password), my devices would refuse to connect. They would not give any sort of error...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry PI 3 can't rotate the screen
Hi, I recently installed the latest os (raspbian 12, armv7l) on my rpi 3. I also have one of the old 7 inches touchscreens.Out of the box everything is upside down, I changed the screen orientation...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry Pi Connect not working
Okay so I was able to turn Raspberry Pi connect on and sign in. It's added to my devices list under my account and everything. However, I do not see a button next to it that says "Connect VIA." I've...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Making a desktop alias/program for an "sh" command
Well, I never figured out how to do this using shebang, but I achieved my goal by simply replicating the launcher.ph script on the desktop, changing the path in it to an absolute path, and making it...
View ArticleBeginners • Changing/adding QT code to make windows fit screen?
I built a book scanner, following the instructions by a Japanese maker (https://note.com/fynote1009), and I installed their SimpleBookCapture program...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: terminal font needs emoji
oh, I missed the *console* detail.Wow, someone still uses that thing? It's terrible! No scroll-back. Bitmap fonts. BlecchStatistics: Posted by scruss — Mon Nov 11, 2024 3:32 am
View ArticleBeginners • Running a program at startup
I followed the instructions in the sticky, latest Raspberry Pi OS, ...pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ps -ef | grep LXpi 1016 1 0 03:34 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/lwrespawn /usr/bin/pcmanfm --desktop --profile...
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General discussion • Re: Automotive 12V power source for RPi5
With all due respect to @thagrol and @MikeDB, both of whom have contributed a lot of useful advice on this forum over the years (edit: far more than I have!), your answers here were not the...
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General discussion • A project for learning English while playing games
Hi,I'v open-sourced a project based on raspberry pi 5, and it helps people learn English by playing video games.I tested it in Chinese and it should also work for any other language by modifying 3...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: Benchmark Pico 2
No, I run all my tests using an equivalent of "mpremote run file.py". Also the timing is only after it's been compiled to bytecode. I wouldn't have thought that would matter much, though it would be...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Connect • Re: Raspberry Pi Connect not working
I was not running the Raspberry Pi Connect commands as SudoStatistics: Posted by TheFixrUppr — Tue Nov 12, 2024 1:54 am
View ArticlePython • Re: adafruit-circuitpython breaks lgpio on Raspberry pi
I have been using the replacement Rpi.GPIO library lgpio on a pi zero 2w, but eventually I will be switching to a Pi 5. I belive lgpio is installed by default on BookwormmFull disclosure, I'm not...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: Traffic_Lights.py example error
Force of habit from house-style of names not starting with uppercase needing to be quoted.Statistics: Posted by hippy — Tue Nov 12, 2024 2:19 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: MQTT explorer (or alternative) for Raspberry Pi OS?
Hi, Newbie here. If I should post this in software section please let me know.I am starting a MQTT project and I have installed Mosquitto MQTT broker on my Rpi4. I see all the online broker has...
View ArticlePython • Re: Send email from python
do any email clients allow you to send emails from command line?you would authenticate at setup, then emails could be sent without authenticationor any alternate ways to get emails from crontab?All...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: Core1 slows down Core2?
This might not match micropython very well. I assume that there is one instance of the bytecode interpreter, which means that both CPUs run from the same memory block, and thus stall each other.but at...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: USB ports not working after reinstall to newest Bookworm
You sait that the way USB serial chips are treated has changed in Linux at some point in time. Where can I find some more info about this? ?This might give me some ideas. I've looked into serial port...
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