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Problems with Raspberry Pi B+

mikedavis
mikedavis over 10 years ago

I have been having some problems with the Raspberry Pi B+, and I could really use some help, since I am supposed to train some teachers on them relatively soon.  I have them listed below.

 

  • When I use the Micro SD cards I got from Element14, I saw that they had NOOBS 1.3.8 on them.  When I booted with that the USB ports were unresponsive, and I couldn't proceed with a keyboard or mouse.  I formatted the card and downloaded NOOBS 1.4.0 and got it to work.
  • When I booted with NOOBS 1.4.0 I got a pop up that said that Raspian would not load properly on this revision of the RPi B+.
  • After getting the OS loaded successfully I tried to get a temperature probe running, and I found nothing in the /sys/bus/w1/devices folder (a problem I had earlier and solved with a kernel from Frank Buss).
  • After downloading the kernel, and rebooting I got a lot of error messages during the boot and couldn't get to to the command line.

 

I feel like I am doing something very basic, and I don't understand the problems I am encountering, since I haven't really changed anything from the box. 

 

If there is a resource I am missing, I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Thank you,

 

Mike Davis

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  • mikedavis
    mikedavis over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1 +2
    Well I don't want to be banned. I poked around and found this, and IT WORKED!!! http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=683141#p683141 All I had to do was add a line to my config.txt file and…
  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 10 years ago +1
    Mike mikedavis The NOOBs 1.4 is the latest version, so it should install. I haven't tried it yet on Pi2 but have on a B+. The lastest version does render some things 'troublesome' (inc a B+) It seems that…
  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to mikedavis +1
    Great One question/request can you copy your /boot/config.txt file to here so others can ensure theirs is the same. Cheers Mark You're fairly unlikely to be banned here ...but that other site ... .
  • gadget.iom
    gadget.iom over 10 years ago

    Hi mikedavis

     

    I don't have any specific NOOBS experience, are you looking to install Raspbian?

    Could you try bypassing the NOOBS installer and installing a Rasbian image directly. It is available here: Downloads | Raspberry Pi

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 10 years ago

    Mike

    mikedavis

    The NOOBs 1.4 is the latest version, so it should install.

    I haven't tried it yet on Pi2 but have on a B+.

     

    The lastest version does render some things 'troublesome' (inc a B+)

    It seems that the GPIO driver is the issue.

     

    I have had a quick look at some threads, but don't have time at the moment to follow them (works calls).

    If you have a search for 'Pi2' (or variations) and 'One Wire' or 'GPIO' you might find your answer.

     

    Unfortunately the headstrong people at RPi land didn't release hardware for the developers of the extra bits that makes the features of the RPi why it useful.

    They now seem to be playing catchup, while the users are struggling with "why doesn't it work" (as you've found out).

     

    Feel free to vent your disappointment at the Raspberry Pi .org site ...BUT be warned the post will probably get closed down and you might get banned.

    That seems to be their method of 'support' for issues.

     

     

    Mark

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  • mikedavis
    mikedavis over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

    Well I don't want to be banned.image

     

    I poked around and found this, and IT WORKED!!!

     

    http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=683141#p683141

     

    All I had to do was add a line to my config.txt file and I was good to go. 

     

    dtoverlay=w1-gpio

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to mikedavis

    Ok, but why does it work? Ummm???

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to mikedavis

    Great

     

    One question/request can you copy your /boot/config.txt file to here so others can ensure theirs is the same.

     

    Cheers

    Mark

     

    You're fairly unlikely to be banned here ...but that other site ....image

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  • gadget.iom
    gadget.iom over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

    mcb1 wrote:

     

    Feel free to vent your disappointment at the Raspberry Pi .org site ...BUT be warned the post will probably get closed down and you might get banned.

    We've received a few refugees from the Raspberry Pi forums.

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  • mikedavis
    mikedavis over 10 years ago in reply to clem57

    Wish I knew.  I am a chemist, so at some point, I start thinking this is all due to magic.

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to mikedavis

    LOL ok

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to mikedavis

    I start thinking this is all due to magic

    IT IS ! image

     

    Have you not heard that electronics is about magic smoke.

    Whenever the little black things with legs let out their magic smoke, they don't work.

     

    Mark

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  • dragonstyne
    dragonstyne over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

    Absolutely right,  FM to be exact.  :-)

     

    -Steve

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