Hello,
this may be one of those questions that is very quickly answered, but I have just installed my HiFiBerry Digi + and effectively once I have altered the /etc/modules file, the next time I boot up, my network and USB start (disco lights), and then die just as the raspbmc logo comes up a second time...
I can see the Digi in audio outputs, but as my keyboard is USB, I cant do much with the menu... (Can't use Yatse either as network is down) so I use the TV remote... but as the network is now down, I cant play any music... hahaha. I cant operate via USB wifi either. (Just FYI, I completely reinstalled Raspbmc again, as I couldn't use SSL or anything to get to the command line so that I could undo the module file modification to check that... USB and network worked, tried modification of modules again.. same pain!!!)... hmmm maybe I should mount the SD card on my PC... but I'm not sure how I'd go about that...
Would I be right in assuming that this is related to my power supply not being gutsy enough? It is a 5.15V 1A unit (I have two identical ones... and all the other ones I have are rated at 5V or less...). I thought 5.15V should cut the mustard, although that's what's printed on the thing, and perhaps not what is actually there. I'll admit to not having a multimeter or pretty much anything else useful in debugging electronics, so measuring things is perhaps a bit beyond me.
If my suspicion is correct, and there is a recommendation for a PSU and where I could buy it in Switzerland, that'd be pretty handy. If on the other hand, something more sinister is at play... any ideas? (and please excuse me if this was a huge waste of time and I've gone done something stupid, as I'm a noob... hehe).
Cheers!
Bryan.
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Martin Taylor There isn't enough current margin in a 1A power supply for the RPi and peripherals like a keyboard and the voltage may be dropping at the point in the boot sequence where USB is enabled. I suggest you find a 5V 1.5A or greater supply. Many phone chargers can do the job as they already have the micro-USB plug. I power mine from a phone extender battery - you could then use your 1A power supply as a charger, it would simply take longer to charge up. -
HiFiBerry team Hi Bryan,
one user reported, that having LIRC enabled could also result in this problem. Have a look here, maybe it is the same issue in your setup
http://www.hifiberry.com/forums/topic/hifiberry-dac-crashes-raspberry-pi/
Best regards
Daniel -
mchristnach1 Hi folks,
I have exactly the same problem. Did you find a solution for this already ?
Thanks alot
Mike -
HiFiBerry team Have you updated the Kernel on the system?
Best regards
Daniel -
mchristnach1 Kernel Update did the Trick... :-)
Thanks Daniel -
hifi Could you post here the details how to make kernel update
for those who will do that for the first time?
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HiFiBerry team The update process is documented here: http://www.hifiberry.com/guides/updating-the-linux-kernel/
Best regards
Daniel -
hifi Is there OpenElec release with Digi+ support?
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HiFiBerry team Hi Hifi,
as posted in the other treat you need OpenElec 4.1.5 or higher.
Best regards
Daniel -
Bryan Morris Evening all!
So I finally got around to getting a new PSU, which turns out wasn't necessary... haha... but anyway, it's a nice one capable of giving upto 2.4A per output (there's 5 of them). So now I have a fancy charger to power my Raspberry Pi, My old Galaxy note that is my remote, and a few other things too!
Anyway, just thought I'd say that I did the following and it is all now working nicely! :0)
1. I unplugged my Digi+
2. Reinstalled Raspbmc on microSD
3. Did the whole long winded kernel updating approach as the instructions seemed to know my system was going to have every error single message possible ;0) Rebooted. (nice instructions by the way...!)
4. Went to command and Modified etc/modules
5. Rebooted into raspbmc, allowed external soundcards.
And boom, it worked... So thanks for all the help guys, I'm very happy... now just gotta wait for my library to get refreshed, and I'll be away. Well, that and design a case and get it CNC'd... but that can wait a few days.
Cheers!
Bryan.
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