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Naomi Pi 'WiPi Netbooter' - compatible with Pi 3&4

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Big_P Big_p said:
Is there any reason you need more than 3.5A for a RPI4B? That should be plenty unless you are running so power hungry hats. At idle the 4B draws 0.51A (2.5W) under load maximum draw is 1.52A or 7.6W at 5V. The CN12 connector (or is it CN2 I forget) draws off the 5v rail so it should be fine. I looked at this when creating this to run my set-up. Should have spares available in a week or so if anyone is interested.
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would be keen for one if you have any left!

I'm in Perth so shipping won't be crazy.
 
So, i still can't get the wifi to work, i just tried with the pi connected to my monitor. If you have a keyboard plugged in during boot and hold any key down you can watch the install/ loading process happen.

The very first line of code that starts on screen says Failed in red.

failed to activate swap /var/swap.
see 'systemctl1 status var-swap.swap" for details.

I then looked for a swap file "dietpi-set_swapfile"
Swap_Enable(){

local swap_dir="${SWAP_LOCATION_TARGET%/*}/"
local fs_type=$(findmnt -no FSTYPE -T "$swap_dir")

# Exclude devices
# - BBB
if (( $G_HW_MODEL == 71 )); then

G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 1 "Disabled swapfile generation for: $G_HW_MODEL_NAME"

Then i looked in the "hw_model" file which my pi b3+ is listed as below
G_HW_MODEL_NAME='RPi 3 Model B+ (armv7l)'

does anyone know what im doing wrong or is my pi no good?

I just loaded a current rasberry os on it and everything worked fine and it downloaded a heap of updates over the net. same issues though afterwards.

sorry for the long post.
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cheers
 
nipple said:
So, i still can't get the wifi to work, i just tried with the pi connected to my monitor. If you have a keyboard plugged in during boot and hold any key down you can watch the install/ loading process happen.

The very first line of code that starts on screen says Failed in red.

failed to activate swap /var/swap.
see 'systemctl1 status var-swap.swap" for details.

I then looked for a swap file "dietpi-set_swapfile"
Swap_Enable(){

local swap_dir="${SWAP_LOCATION_TARGET%/*}/"
local fs_type=$(findmnt -no FSTYPE -T "$swap_dir")

# Exclude devices
# - BBB
if (( $G_HW_MODEL == 71 )); then

G_DIETPI-NOTIFY 1 "Disabled swapfile generation for: $G_HW_MODEL_NAME"

Then i looked in the "hw_model" file which my pi b3+ is listed as below
G_HW_MODEL_NAME='RPi 3 Model B+ (armv7l)'

does anyone know what im doing wrong or is my pi no good?

I just loaded a current rasberry os on it and everything worked fine and it downloaded a heap of updates over the net. same issues though afterwards.

sorry for the long post.

cheers
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Might want to try this image instead, if you haven't already: https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/improved-wipi-netbooter-sd-card-image.34484/
 
tried it, exact same issue no wifi and the swap fault at start of bootup.

Im going to bin that Pi and get a newer one maybe 2017 is a bad version.

cheers
 
Ok quick update, I have tried burning the image atleast 20 times on different pc’s cards and readers and no joy. Even the 8 gig image and camoyoshi’s aswell. Gave it one last chance last night and still did not work. So brought a new pi4 4gig today, and inserted the card that would not work in my 3b+, and it started instantly. The netbooter wifi was alive !!!

So maybe the problems people are having is hardware based. My pi 3b+ worked perfectly with a genuine pi os image and wifi worked etc. but for some reason doesn’t like the wipi image.

Anyways I thought this may help someone stuck like I was.

Cheers
 
ok, sorry to be a pest, I have the WiPi working well on the new pi. I can load games and they work well and everything is fast.

Except the Wi-Fi screen wont load in the network configuration screen, i was trying to put it in home Wi-Fi direct mode. when i click Wi-Fi setup it goes to scanning Wi-Fi then kind of crashes and the webpage doesn't render properly. It goes back to a menu in random text with no formatting.

every single other page in WiPi works flawlessly. even when i ssh in there is no option in the dietpi config to change wireless modes away from hotspot.

Not sure what to do next. it is usable in hotspot mode but would be way easier if it just sits on my network.

thanks
 
Orakelschaf said:
Besides a working static ip you need an getaway (= router) and DNS (= router ip) . If you can't get it working by the ui: you can always login over sshd to your wipi - it is just a dietpie linux installation - and configure stuff there.

Right now i am not on my wipi setup and it is way too early for a working brain: If you cant figure it out please let me know
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Finally got around to looking at this again, no matter what I did it wouldn't update while connected to my router over wifi. I went ahead and moved to using a router setup, ethernet to the naomi and wipi and it updated normally after that.
 
grendelrt said:
Finally got around to looking at this again, no matter what I did it wouldn't update while connected to my router over wifi. I went ahead and moved to using a router setup, ethernet to the naomi and wipi and it updated normally after that.
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Thanks for the reply, i think something is broken in the image. Even when I ssh in dietpi-config does not have any option to set to wifi mode to anything barring hotspot. i have updated the wipi over lan through my router so i know that its configured.

I have seen a few other posts around on other forums but haven't seen a fix. The image is a few years old now so maybe it is broken.
 
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