Unable to connect to RPI4B after installing MainsailOs | Mainsail | Page 1

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 4:09 PM

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I did the setup for the SD card using raspberry pi imager, set all the required userid, hostname and password but when i try to connect using the HTTP://xxxx.local, it never return the mainsail screen

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proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 6:42 PM

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what log file? mainsail does not even start on my web browser (safari/ macosx)

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i can see on the PITFT50 screen that the PI is statrted but i am unsuccessful whentrying to do ssh on a termuinal window

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 6:55 PM

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This is an automated message

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#readme tells you to use the #NoLogsNeeded tag in such cases.

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are you using wifi or an ethernet cable on your pi? did you verify your wifi credentials?

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:01 PM

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i am using WIFI. no cable

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yes i verify and redo the raspberry imager setup multiple times

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:11 PM

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ok did you try connecting using the ip instead of the hostname?

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:35 PM

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no i cant find the ip address in macosx

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:39 PM

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you can either check your router: if the pi is connected and if which ip it obtained.
the otherthing would be attaching a keyboard to you pi (since you already have an display) and check the status of the network connection there.

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:42 PM

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what is the command to get ip address directly on the ptTFT50 screen?

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:42 PM

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ifconfig

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:42 PM

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ipconfig?

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:43 PM

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ipconfig is used on windows on linux its ifconfig

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:44 PM

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macosx is unix based. the terminal window is a unix interface. when i used ipconfig it does not return any address but list a bunch of options...

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:45 PM

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but your pi is running on linux

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and thats where you should type in the command.

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:46 PM

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of course...

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i will try that from there but for mainsail, it start from the web browser. it dont seem to communicate with the pi

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when i try to login on the pi, it return login incorrect after entering the password that was define when creating the image on the pi imager...

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:49 PM

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thats what we're trying to figure out here.
you said you can't access mainsail using the hostname.local you don't know the IP either. So we need to check the status of the pi's network. you can either check your router or check the pi itself using a keyboard. so there is no webbrowser right now.

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:51 PM

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i can redo the image again but i did it ten times without success. It is not the first time i setup raspberry pi but it is the first time i struggle like that...

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:51 PM

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using the rpi imager and selecting the mainsail image is just as plain simple as setting up a pi.

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:51 PM

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i wonder if there could be a problem with the raspberry pi 4B

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:52 PM

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raspberry 4 has no issues as far as I know

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:53 PM

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i agree with you the using the reaspberry pi imager is quite dumb and simple but i really dont know what happens this time. This same pi was working a month ago...

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:53 PM

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proud cosmos when i try to login on the pi, it return login incorrect after entering the pass...

maybe you use a different keyboard layout then the pi?

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 7:56 PM

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when i type the user name and the password, i can see what is typed so i know what should be the user and password but if i click on the passwor after on the pi imager, it look like it is encrypted... is this correct?

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i use Other specific purpose os for 3d printing then 3D printing , then MAINSAILOS , then mainsail OS 1.3.2 - raspberry pi 64 bits package

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 7:58 PM

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proud cosmos i use Other specific purpose os for 3d printing then 3D printing , then MAINSAIL...

thats correct

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 8:00 PM

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on the Service tab, i select theActivate SSH and click on the first option to use a password. i guess the password is the one i defined in the general page.

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:01 PM

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its the password of the user that tries to login... so yeah thats correct.

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:02 PM

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proud cosmos when i type the user name and the password, i can see what is typed so i know wh...

you can see the letters while typing but then its hidden.

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on the pi shell you can see just your username... the passwords is not shown while typing

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 8:03 PM

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at the end i click yes to write the SD card. it is difficult to miss anything in this imager so far.

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:03 PM

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yep...

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the first boot takes a while to setup everything in mainsail and then usually its rebooting once before beeing ready

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did that happen?

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 8:07 PM

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when i slide the SD card into the rpi 4b, i the plug it and the reading start for about 5 minutes. after that i can see the reboot is complte whe the login prompt appear in the tft50 screen

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:08 PM

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then logging in with your credentials should be possible

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 8:10 PM

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the user name and password must be the ones i set in the imager as far as i know...

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:10 PM

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again correct

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 8:11 PM

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i redo the image right know.

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:11 PM

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try something simple this is noting very critical here. go with idk vincent as user and a simple password without any special characters.

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 8:12 PM

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i agree with you... i did use very simple user/password combination...

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:12 PM

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since i dont know where you're from the keyboard layout could be in an issue to. eg differences between a QWERTY and QWERTZ layout.

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 8:14 PM

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good point! i use a french keyboard but i avoid to use accents or specials characters such as è é. is only use basic characters.

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:16 PM

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you can type your password into the username field to check if the characters appear as you expect.

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 8:19 PM

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it is rebooting rigth now. as far as i see, it is OK for each obk=ject installe

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you were right... the A and the Q are inverted ont the usb keyboard i use

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i map the correct key but still have login incorrect message...

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i will redo the image again with a very short password an see what happens

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:26 PM

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👍

proud cosmos Dec 16, 2024, 8:41 PM

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unfortunately, it did not work 😕

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now i really dont know what to do...

fickle copper Dec 16, 2024, 8:53 PM

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which version of rpi imager are you using?

proud cosmos Dec 17, 2024, 3:24 PM

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i reload the latest version yesterday with no better results

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what is weird is i cannot connect using ssh from terminal window on my computer... it was working before

fickle copper Dec 17, 2024, 3:32 PM

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you wrote you cant ssh into the pi earlier and even then you would have the same user issues as when you try to login locally with the keyboard.

proud cosmos Dec 17, 2024, 3:36 PM

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i change the raspberry pi i was using and on this one it work...

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but i cannot ssh fro a terminal window and when i enter http://mainsailos.local in a web browser, it does not open anything. normally, Mainsail should start.

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a couple week ago, i was able to SSH and open mainsail in my web browser...

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it remain like this forever

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when i click on the link from Mainsail web page, Safari return the message that it cant find the server.

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Actually, i am logged in the RPI4B and i sse that all the components are properly installed.

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see picture above. it is a simple print screen

fickle copper Dec 17, 2024, 6:49 PM

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check the status auf the nginx webserver with sudo systemctl status nginx.service

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but wait... you cant open mainsail with http://mainsailos.local when you changed the hostname to zerog.local

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you need to open http://zerog.local

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also try a ping from your mac with ping zerog.local

proud cosmos Dec 17, 2024, 8:26 PM

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i try the command.it seems to work... the ping command run 64 bytes packets from local host. how can i stop it?

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if i put http://zerog.local on my web browser, nothing happen

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happens

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the web browser start to load and then stop rigth away.

fickle copper Dec 18, 2024, 9:03 AM

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proud cosmos i try the command.it seems to work... the ping command run 64 bytes packets fro...

ctrl + c stops the ping

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whats the status of nginx?

proud cosmos Dec 19, 2024, 3:31 PM

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i will have to restart the process. i come back with the info. Thanks for your help!

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 2:23 PM

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I re-install everythihg and run the nginx command as you mentionned. the picture show the results. I ran the command directly on the pi4b since i can not access it via ssh

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here is the picture

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here is the ping command result

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it look like it work ok

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 3:27 PM

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proud cosmos

That's run on your pi, not on the mac

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 3:28 PM

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proud cosmos it look like it work ok

You basically confirmed that your Pis network interface is working correctly. You just pinged yourself.

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So run the same ping command on your mac again

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 4:58 PM

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the problem is that i cannot ssh using the command ssh [email protected]

lyric tartan Dec 23, 2024, 6:45 PM

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proud cosmos the problem is that i cannot ssh using the command ssh [email protected]

you should ping your pi from your client pc! you should check the connection between mac/pc and your pi and not pi<>pi (this is just useless)

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 7:09 PM

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So instead of typing ssh [email protected] on your Mac terminal, type in ping zerog.local

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 7:37 PM

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it return message ping: cannot resolve zerog.local: Unknown host

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So obviously the raspberry pi is not connected to my network. I will redo the Raspberry imager again...

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 7:43 PM

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Did you check the ip address directly?

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And no need to run the installer again, if you have a screen connected

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 7:44 PM

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When i select activate SSH, i also click on use password for authentification. is it going to be the same password i use to access the network? or the one i use to acces MacOSX? or the raspberry pi?

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 7:45 PM

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It's the password you typed in during setup. The one you are right now using to login on the screen of the pi

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But there is no need to reflash....

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Just chill a few seconds and let us debug correctly

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 7:46 PM

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i try to find the IP adress of the raspbberry but i dont find the proper command to give me the adress. I also used LANScan software on my mac but since it does not connect i dont get it

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 7:47 PM

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The command on the pi is ip ad

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 7:51 PM

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i get an inet 127.0.0.1 adress . I think that normally on my network it should start like 192.168...

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i also get a mac adress

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 7:53 PM

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You should get something like that:

3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether d8:3a:dd:89:8d:f7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.3.85/24 brd 192.168.3.255 scope global noprefixroute wlan0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
.....```So the ip for me would be 192.168.3.85

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If you only see 127.0.0.1, you are not connected to the wifi

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So run sudo rasp-config and under System Options try to set your wifi

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 7:56 PM

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This is what i get from ip ad

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solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 7:59 PM

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Then try sudo rasp-config

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 8:00 PM

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When i run sudo rasp-config it return "command not found"

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i am running the raspberry pi imager on another sd card to reinstall again the whole setup. It is not the first ime i setup a raspberry pi but it is the first time i encounterd so much problems...

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 8:03 PM

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proud cosmos When i run sudo rasp-config it return "command not found"

Sry I forgot an i twice now: sudo raspi-config

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 8:04 PM

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proud cosmos i am running the raspberry pi imager on another sd card to reinstall again the w...

Reinstalling just takes longer, but you can ofc do what you feel more comfortable with

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 8:05 PM

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sound better now. io have the configuration panel. What is the option to set the wifi network?

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3 i guess

solar oracle Dec 23, 2024, 8:07 PM

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System Options

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And then Wireless LAN obv

proud cosmos Dec 23, 2024, 8:10 PM

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i set the network id and password. now i just exit?

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Finish?

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Should i reboot the pi?

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now on LANScan, i see the raspberry pi!

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I can access it via ssh . Iit does not work if i go to my web browser and type http://xerog.local

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after two or three try, zerog.local work.

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i will have to reconnect the RPI4B to my printer to continue. Grateful thanks for your help.😀

proud cosmos Dec 24, 2024, 7:15 PM

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i reconnect the rpi4b and the PITFT50 to my printer... Now, it is like it is not connected to network again. i rerun the command sudo raspi config and reset network name and password and the rpi4b connected but i cannot see it from my web browser or LANScan.

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I dont understand why the network and password define when preparing the SD card using the raspberry pi imager does not work. i re-do the image many time without success. is there a possible bug with the pi imager?

proud cosmos Dec 24, 2024, 7:48 PM

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I finally connected the pi to Mainsail but the display for my PITFT50 ia not the good one. it is identical to the previous pictures i post. i have no touch screen.🙁

violet crown Dec 24, 2024, 11:51 PM

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fickle copper the first boot takes a while to setup everything in mainsail and then usually it...

Btw. if the username changed also, I am pretty sure you know but for the sake of complettness, it can take upto 3 Restarts and roundabout 20mins time consumption depending on SDCard specs.

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