[arm-allstar] Won't Boot - tried all the usual stuff

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I have an older Samsung LCD with an HDMI to DVI adapter and I have an older
TV that only does 720p.  When I plugged into my 4k Desktop Computer screen
it worked fine.

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:45 PM "David McGough via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Out of curiosity, what type of HDMI monitor were you using??
>
> 99% of HamVoIP systems are "headless," only using ssh or a web browser to
> access via a network.
>
> 73, David KB4FXC
>
>
> On Thu, 20 May 2021, "Temporarily Offline via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>
> > Wrapping this up for future searches.  The RPi2-3-4_V1.6-14_Allstar.img
> > boots up in a higher resolution and doesn't try to autodetect what it is
> > attached to.  I think its trying for 1920x1080 which would be fine for a
> > modern TV, I just didn't have any to test with until I tried an extra-old
> > monitor that said "resolution out of range" and that got me to
> thinking...
> >
> > So try at least a 1920x1080 screen and if that doesn't work, try a bigger
> > screen!
> >
> > I'm up and running now with no changes to the pi or the image - just a
> more
> > expensive screen.
> >
> > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 6:10 PM Temporarily Offline <
> > temporarilyoffline at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > No Joy.  That's in the instructions and it comes Much further down -
> they
> > > actually want you to do that from the pi running instead of before it
> boots.
> > >
> > > Tried it on existing image and a fresh burn.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 5:21 PM "Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar" <
> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> You intend to use this for a SHARI hat? Have you modified cmdline.txt
> as
> > >> instructed on the SHARI website? If so, there was (still may be) a
> > >> documentation error, in which there is an uppercase P instead of a
> lower
> > >> case p in cmdline.txt. If you haven't yet made this change, no idea.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 5/10/2021 6:09 PM, "Temporarily Offline via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> > >> > Hardware: Pi4 4GB, Latest Firmware
> > >> >
> > >> > Working: I've downloaded the latest image, all the checksums match.
> > >> >
> > >> > Broken: I've used etcher to burn the .img.xz and the .img also.
> Neither
> > >> > boot. The pi initializes and it goes to the rainbow screen after
> finding
> > >> > the SD card... or it doesn't make it to the rainbow screen.
> > >> >
> > >> > Working: I've used etcher to burn the Raspbian image, boots fine
> > >> >
> > >> > Working: I've used the Arch method to create an Arch SD card
> > >> >
> > >> > Working? I've tried a 3a and 3.5am power supply both work with
> Raspbian
> > >> and
> > >> > Arch
> > >> >
> > >> > Working:  I've used 2 different Sandisk branded SD cards to boot
> Rasbian
> > >> >
> > >> > Working: I've used an RPi4-8GB model
> > >> >
> > >> > I have gotten the image to boot once on 8GB model with 3.5a power
> > >> supply,
> > >> > but that wasn't its intended home and needed to move it back.  I
> moved
> > >> the
> > >> > 3.5a power supply to the Pi4x4 and tried to boot it up bare (no
> Shari
> > >> hat)
> > >> >
> > >> > I'm trying `dd` to burn the image now, but I'm not sure that will
> help.
> > >> >
> > >> > Thoughts?
> > >> > - TO
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