No video output, no WiFi connection, no log files
Ahndalu opened this issue · 17 comments
Preliminary Docs
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motionEyeOS Version
I am running motionEyeOS version: (motioneyeos-raspberrypi3-20200606.img.xz)).
Board Model
I am using the following board/model: (Raspberry PI 3A+).
Camera
I am using the following type of camera: (Raspberry Pi Camera Module NoIR 3 Wide, connects
to Pi by ribbon cable ).
My camera model is: (it has a 1.14 on it).
Network Connection
My motionEyeOS unit is connected to the network via: (attempting to connect to WiFi. It has
failed. It has never connected successfully. This model of Pi has no wired ethernet).
Peripherals
I am using the following peripherals that I consider relevant to this issue:
- Nothing relevant.
- I have a wired USB keyboard plugged into the board that isn't yet useful.
- I have a regular HDMI monitor plugged into board
- I have power supply plugged into board
- I have the camera ribbon cable plugged into the camera ribbon cable connector on board
- That's it
Log Files
I consider the following log files relevant to this issue:
- /var/log is empty. No files at all
I have created the image on SD card several times. I have created and place in the boot partition
the wpa_supplicant.conf file shown in screen shot. I created wpa_supplicant.conf and placed it
in /boot prior the first boot of the card on the pi. I placed copies of wpa_supplicant.conf into
/boot into /data/etc and into /etc (I wasn't sure I was supposed to do that or not). I have tried many variations of the wpa_supplicant.conf syntax. While the red LED goes on, on the Pi, and the green LED blinks a lot,
I get no video output to a monitor, and I get no connection to the WiFi network. I verified that I can connect
to the WiFi network using same credentials with a laptop. I am a newbie. I have tried a large number
of things to make it work, reading docs and trouble reports. The SD is 256GB. The board is stamped 2022.
There is nothing in the /var/log directory - no files at all, zero. Prior to installing MotionEye, I had the conventional Rapsberry Pi OS on the board and was able to view video with the camera.
Don't know what to do next.
only thing in /data is what I created and put there. (I am accessing files by pulling the card out of the pi and sticking it into a laptop to view) /etc/network contains only directories, no files.
DO NOT USE RPiImager! Use Win32DiskImager, Balena Etcher, or dd. RPiImager does NOT support 3 partition images like motionEyeOS, and does not work with mods made by using the presets created by RPiImager.
There are good instructions here to get a good image.
Using a 256 GB drive will take a long time (up to several minutes) for first boot, as it will take a long time to expand and format the data partition.
Also, the max standard size for the Pi3s is 32GB unless you expand the partition and format it in another machine first. And motionEyeOS doesn't support that.
Thank you for these tips. I will have to go buy either 32GB or 64GB cards. 64GB is too big?
I don't have a 3a+ to test. Works on a 3B.
Trying a 64GB. Do I need to put wpa_supplicant.conf in /etc /data/etc and /boot
or just in /boot partition?
Sorry, typo. I mean:
Do I need to put wpa_supplicant.conf in
/etc
and
/data/etc
and
/boot
or just in
/boot
partition?
just /boot prior to first power on
I used gnome-disk-utility 42.0
UDisks 2.9.4 (built against 2.9.4)
in linux ubuntu,
screen shot attached,
to write the image to a 64GB SD card. I placed wpa_supplicant.conf
in the boot partition in /boot
and
/etc in main partition and
/data in main partition.
It didn't work. Results were the same.
Please let me know the next step?
Thank you
![image](https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneyeos/assets/173562645/e115c3dd-856d-40a7-9606-49def54be127/
Try this image
Only place the wpa_supplicant file in the /boot partition. Do not touch the other 2 partitions.