Your Raspberry Pi Projects

[Willie Trombone]

For me it is not an issue, still get +-5MB/s download speeds

OK, that'll do just fine for LTE!
Also a nice solution if you want to use another provider and then switch to Telkom after midnight for your big downloads.
The main reason I ask is I was thinking of a pfsense, smoothwall or ipcop box with RPi.... I wonder if those images are around...

 

[minkukel]

OK, that'll do just fine for LTE!
Also a nice solution if you want to use another provider and then switch to Telkom after midnight for your big downloads.
The main reason I ask is I was thinking of a pfsense, smoothwall or ipcop box with RPi.... I wonder if those images are around...

zeroshell was the only one for RPi I could find, rest were all x86. Specifically one that supports the failover/lb.

 

[Quey_Quick]

What I have had, although on Armbian on my orange pi's, was that the partition created for logging (/var/log ) is too small and a simple or very repetitive error clogs it up making it hang.
Easy to fix if you know about it, but not so easy to figure out if you don't, as it could be an obscure log file.
Rasbian might do the same, I'm not sure though.

Flashing your backup image does not have all the junk there and therefore works fine until it fills up again.

What also helps me sometimes is to make an image of the "broken" card and then compare it to the working image, diff works well for that as it filters out the clutter.

But as @Tinuva pointed out, a bad SD card does funny things as does a bad power supply.

I used log2ram to help reduce this issue.

See here:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=237735

 

[mh348]

Has anyone tried installing freePBX on their Pi? Its for a small home setup with 2 phones and a cellphone using Zoiper

I've got an issue where after a week or two the installation corrupts itself... Super annoying as I need to rewrite the image file to the SD card, never mind the phones stop working

Obviously compared to a dedicated installation on a PC the Pi version is VERY slow when using the UI, but considering the power saving, and the fact I hardly need to use the UI this isn't really an issue for me

Any ideas?

Do you have a link for the guide you followed? I would like to also get FreePBX setup.

Regarding your issue, what class SD card are you using? I usually only use Class 10 cards, or UHS (Ultra High Speed) cards, you can get them from Esquire.

 

[MavChat]

I have 2 usb ethernet ports on it connected to the RAIN and Telkom routers. The LAN is connected to the Pi ethernet port. And yes it becomes the gateway/dhcp server/dns server on the lan.

Thanks you answered my next question. I ordered som new pi Zero's with USB Ethernet adapters already so I will use those.

I finally got the software set up and accessible from a pi2 that is just laying around.

 

[Segg]

Do you have a link for the guide you followed? I would like to also get FreePBX setup.

Regarding your issue, what class SD card are you using? I usually only use Class 10 cards, or UHS (Ultra High Speed) cards, you can get them from Esquire.

This guy has some excellent videos on FreePBX in general, use this guide but you can cut out one or two of his steps regarding obtaining the IP address in the installation

Yes, I do use a class 10 card

 

[Segg]

I used log2ram to help reduce this issue.

See here:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=237735

Thanks going to try this, hoping it solves the issue... Is there any way to expand the partition? Or just use one partition for everything?

 

[Quey_Quick]

Thanks going to try this, hoping it solves the issue... Is there any way to expand the partition? Or just use one partition for everything?

I expanded the SD Card partition using raspi-config, so essentially one partition for everything.

 

[Düber]

Is there any way to expand the partition? Or just use one partition for everything?

The sentiment on the OPI forums is that you need to solve the problem by fixing what is causing all the log entries. But that is easier said than done.
I try to solve the errors and then as @Quey_Quick indicated use log2ram if needed, but most times I have a script or code error that when fixed resolves the problem. ( Or be naughty and use a cronjob to delete the overflowing log file every now and then.)

 

[Quey_Quick]

The sentiment on the OPI forums is that you need to solve the problem by fixing what is causing all the log entries. But that is easier said than done.
I try to solve the errors and then as @Quey_Quick indicated use log2ram if needed, but most times I have a script or code error that when fixed resolves the problem. ( Or be naughty and use a cronjob to delete the overflowing log file every now and then.)

Thats what's nice about log2ram, it runs a cron job every hour to write the data to SD card, so better than constantly writing to the SD card.

 

[Segg]

The sentiment on the OPI forums is that you need to solve the problem by fixing what is causing all the log entries. But that is easier said than done.
I try to solve the errors and then as @Quey_Quick indicated use log2ram if needed, but most times I have a script or code error that when fixed resolves the problem. ( Or be naughty and use a cronjob to delete the overflowing log file every now and then.)

This is exactly what I'm after - its for a very basic home setup, couldn't be bothered about logs

Going to try expand that partition first

 

[Düber]

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/62533/how-can-i-reduce-the-writing-to-log-files

This is what I followed.

 

[Pseudonym]

If anyone gets a RPi4 please let us know the method, be it bought locally, grey import or running it over the border with a coyote.

 

[HeftyCrab]

This might he of some interest here:

https://lb.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1485576

Seems the Rpi4 has Eeprom that you can program to boot from ssd. You cant do it at present, but the functionality will be added later.

For now you can always have the boot partition on the sdcard and the filesystem on a flashdrive, which might be more robust (see the last posts in that link).

Edit: here it is
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44177

 

[Tinuva]

Raspberry Pi admits to faulty USB-C design on the Pi 4
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...usb-c-design-wont-work-with-some-chargers/#p3

Whether your USB-C charger works with the Pi 4 has to do with whether it uses an "e-marked" cable. E-marked cables are fully featured USB-C cables with chips inside that negotiate power management, accessory modes, data rates, and other communication specs. Since the Pi 4 USB-C port is wired incorrectly, these smart cables will detect the Pi 4 as an "Audio Adaptor Accessory" and refuse to charge them. Usually, e-marked cables are more expensive and come with larger, higher-powered items, like a USB-C laptop

 

[K3NS31]

Raspberry Pi admits to faulty USB-C design on the Pi 4
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...usb-c-design-wont-work-with-some-chargers/#p3

Don't worry, by the time ICASA finally certifies this thing for use in SA, the new revision of the board will be out, with the fixed USB C port. (I'll bet).

 

[P924]

Don't worry, by the time ICASA finally certifies this thing for use in SA, the new revision of the board will be out, with the fixed USB C port. (I'll bet).

By that time, the Pi 6 might be out already.

 

[rrh]

By that time, the Pi 6 might be out already.

My thoughts exactly

 

[dualmeister]

Don't worry, by the time ICASA finally certifies this thing for use in SA, the new revision of the board will be out, with the fixed USB C port. (I'll bet).

Unless the new revision has to be re-certified

 

[K3NS31]

Unless the new revision has to be re-certified

Nope, it's the wifi / BT chip which needs to be certified. New revision will be 99% the same with minor tweaks like an extra resistor on the USB C port. It'll still be the "same" board as far as ICASA's concerned. (Just like the Pi Zero WH didn't have to be redone cos the W only was already certified)