Ryde First Start Query

[Nick]

Hello,

I have just installed the Ryde software on a SD card as per instructions and loaded it in a Pi4.

The build appeared to go OK, but when I used Kitty it would not accept "raspberrypi" in the Host name box as stated in the Wiki. When I entered the IP address in the Host name box I could get in and access the Menu screen as described in the Wiki.

I have not yet built the boards, but thought I could test if the Pi loads OK. It was connected to a TV monitor using HDMI. On power up the screen started loading the software, and towards what I assume was the end of the sequence a brief message, in large type appeared "Longmynd not installed" I think - the message was so brief I am not sure of the exact words.

The boot sequence ended with a prompt.

Is this correct ?

I was thinking that the Ryde screen should appear.

Regards,

Nick.

[G8GKQ]

Hi Nick

The raspberrypi in the host name box is dependent on having only one raspberry Pi on your LAN recently. I suspect your router had already allocated the name to your Portsdown. If you got in with the IP address, all is well. That's the method that I always use (with typically 4 out of 8 Raspberry Pis connected at any one time).

The message was probably "LongMynd not Loaded". It should then have changed to "Not locked" before displaying any valid signal. If it then went to a prompt, then there could be a problem, but not necessarily. Did you have anything connected to the GPIO pins? The symptoms that you report could be caused by the "Power" button GPIO line being pulled low (it would only need 47K or some electrical noise).

Dave

[g0mjw]

It tends to do that if there is no minitiouner plugged in, or if it's plugged in but not powered up.

Mike

[Nick]

Dave/Mike,

Thanks for the replies.

That explains the issue with raspberrypi in the host name box. Like with the Portsdown, I have used Bind IP to MAC with the Pi4 for the Ryde.

There was nothing connected to the GPIO pins, and the Minitiouner was not plugged into the USB. It was just the PI4 on its own that was powered up.

I have the parts for the 2 boards, and of course a Minitiouner, so will get on with building the boards and testing again.

Regards,

Nick.

[Nick]

Hello,

Both boards built and fitted. Minitiouner connected via USB.

However, still fails to start up. I still get the "LongMynd Not Loaded" message before the screen reverts to console mode.

Any idea what I can try next ?

Regards,

Nick.

[G8GKQ]

Nick

Have you checked that the MiniTiouner PCB works with Portsdown or MiniTioune on Windows?

Dave

[Nick]

Yes - the minitiouner is OK. Watching Oscar 100 now with minitioune on Windows right now.

Nick.

[G8GKQ]

Hi Nick

Try logging in by ssh. Then:

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cd ryde
python3 -m rydeplayer /home/pi/ryde/config.yaml

You should get an error message of some sort. Copy and paste that here.

Dave

[Nick]

ve,

Hope I have done this correctly.


pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd ryde
pi@raspberrypi:~/ryde $ python3 -m rydeplayer /home/pi/ryde/config.yaml
pygame 1.9.4.post1
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
Namespace(**{'Config File': '/home/pi/ryde/config.yaml'})
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
"__main__", mod_spec)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "/home/pi/ryde/rydeplayer/__main__.py", line 20, in <module>
player.run()
File "/home/pi/ryde/rydeplayer/player.py", line 643, in run
newplayer = player('config.yaml')
File "/home/pi/ryde/rydeplayer/player.py", line 475, in __init__
self.theme = Theme(pydispmanx.getDisplaySize())
File "/home/pi/ryde/rydeplayer/player.py", line 41, in __init__
self.displayWidth = int(displaySize[0])
TypeError: 'bool' object is not subscriptable
pi@raspberrypi:~/ryde $ pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd ryde


Does that look correct ?

Nick.

[G8GKQ]

Hi Nick

Yes, that's the error report. Tim could perhaps tell us exactly what is going on, but my first suggestion would be for you to go into the console menu (type menu and press enter) and then set the video output mode to HDMI safe mode and then reboot.

What display are you using?

Dave