On Wednesday 18 September 2019 16:57:14 Thomas D Dial wrote: > On Wed, 2019-09-18 at 09:04 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 September 2019 07:46:38 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 17 September 2019 22:05:28 David wrote: > > > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 08:17, Gene Heskett > > > > <ghesk...@shentel.net> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 17 September 2019 15:07:30 ghe wrote: > > > > > > On 9/17/19 11:01 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > > And that results in exactly the same effect, partitiuon 1 > > > > > > > is an iso9660 image, and I don't believe the rpi-3b > > > > > > > supports > > > > that > > > > > > > > > for a boot medium. dos/fat32 only I believe. Obviously I > > > > > > > got those images from the wrong place in the debian file > > > > system. > > > > > > > > > So I need to remove these, but where do I get the correct > > > > > > > versions? > > > > > > > > > > > > From https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Use the damn NOOBS and quit fighting with your Pi(s)! NOOBS > > > > > > takes a while, and it doesn't install things the way you > > > > > > want them to be, but it does work -- you end up looking at a > > > > working > > > > > > > > Buster desktop. No confusion or cardio stress involved. > > > > > > > > > > > > There are a lot of recipes on the web to make things all > > > > better. > > > > > > > > And 'rm' works pretty well, too. > > > > > > > > > > I'd luv to give it a try, since I've never tried it, but > > > > unpacking > > > > > > > the NOOBS to an sd card seems to be a secret, so what linux > > > > > command will unpack the .zip and put it on the card? > > > > > > > > Hi Gene, > > > > > > > > I suggest a first step is just get your Pi 4 running > > > > the simplest way possible. Just to see it working first > > > > before starting to customising it in any way. > > > > > > > > You don't need NOOBS, just Raspbian. > > > > Note: Raspbian is not Debian. > > > > > > > > Just do this: > > > > > > > > 1) get the zipped image > > > > $ curl -L -o raspbian_latest.zip > > > > downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_latest > > > > > > > > 2) verify the download > > > > $ sha256sum raspbian_latest.zip > > > > 6a1a5f20329e580d5161a0255b3d4163db6f56c3997e1c3b36bdd51140bd768e > > > > > > > > 3) write the SD card > > > > (replace my /dev/sd_ with your SD card device, > > > > without any partition number): > > > > > > > > # unzip -p raspbian_latest.zip | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sd_ > > > > status=progress conv=fsync > > > > > > This last is what I was looking for, thank you, and I'll give it > > > all > > > > a > > > > > shot later today. In fact, card is written. > > > > > > > and that will produce a SD card that > > > > will boot a Raspberry Pi 4 hardware into a Raspbian desktop. > > > > > > If I can get video out of it, I am about convinced that the only > > > micro-hdmi adapter I have is a $16 dud I got from Wallmart. > > > > > > Banggood says 2 more adapters and the big, whole top heat sink > > > won't be here till around the 3rd. > > > > > > So if this doesn't work, I'll just shelve it till then. Maybe > > > forever, I'm about burned out on this. I've written several cards, > > > without ever seeing a single byte of video on a monitor that works > > > fine when driven by a pi-3b. > > > > > > 2 possible differences. Its not powered correctly when powered > > > from gpio pin 6=gnd, and 2=5.11 volts. A pi3b has been running > > > that way > > > > for > > > > > 2+ years and the gpio is said to be 100% pi3b compatible. Argue > > > > with > > > > > me on that, this rp-4 came with no docs. > > > > > > I do not have a psu with an OTG connector. Or this $16 wallmart > > > adapter is duff. > > > > > > Does anyone have some typical scope waveforms pix that would show > > > > what > > > > > a working hdmi socket has for signals? > > > > > > Now its morning locally, time go see about some caffiene for me > > > and the missus. Thanks all. > > > > Now I have a puzzle, that rpi-4 is powered and is on my local net, > > was at > > a duplicate address because the card was at one time in the rpi-3, > > but a > > login from here didn't look like I was looking at the same machine, > > so > > from here I went trolling thru proc and discovered it was an > > rpi-4!!! > > > > So I changed its ipv4 address, hostname, domainname, added itself at > > its > > new address to its /etc/hosts file and rebooted it. Added it to my > > hosts > > file and ssh -Y pi@rpi4, fixed my known_hosts file, and I am now > > logged > > into it at its new address. A cat /etc/issue says its running a > > raspbian 9 (stretch). > > > > And there's still no video on the monitor its feeding. So I am > > encouraged, but where the heck is the video? > > The instructions that came with mine insisted that the HDMI cable be > attached using the HDMI0 port, on the left looking at them with the > board top up. The IDs are stenciled on the top of the board but the > letters are about 1/32" high. > Which is how I have it.
> If that's the way you have it, I would suspect a defective cable or > rpi board. Humm, cable was swapped once. But I'll try a different one tomorrow. Unless I feel extra froggy after dinner. I am caretaker for the wife, and chief cook and bottle washer here too. Keeps me out of the bars. :) > Thanks, Tom Dial Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
