For questions that apply specifically to the Raspberry Pi 4 and not other/all models.
Questions tagged [pi-4]
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64-bit OS on Raspberry Pi 4
Looking for a 64-bit version of Linux for the Raspberry Pi 4.
I'm aware that support under Ubuntu Mate is in the works, apparently Ubuntu Server works but it limited to using 1 GB of RAM.
Are there any other options that are working now?
Rasjid Wilcox
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How to disable wifi in Raspberry Pi 4
How to disable WiFi in Raspberry Pi4, possibly keeping the chip powered off.
jb.
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Does the Pi 4 resolve the Ethernet+USB bottleneck issue of past versions?
The Pi 3 (and previous models) had an issue of bottlenecked bandwidth when using Ethernet and USB simultaneously. Is this resolved in the Pi 4?
Wolf
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Choosing a Pi4 power supply
I'm trying to decide what is the best option for powering a Pi4. The specs mention for a minimum of 3A. Let's consider we would also like to connect a 2.5" drive to the Pi4. Could someone more experienced with power supplies help me with the…
m000
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RPi 4 running Ubuntu Server 20.04: can't connect to WiFi
I'm trying to run my Raspberry Pi 4 on Ubuntu Server 20.04 (64bit) following this tutorial. When I reached 4. Boot Ubuntu Server, my RPi had no IP address (I switched to using a monitor when doing a headless setup failed, and calling hostname -I…
Drake P
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How to emulate Raspberry Pi in QEMU?
A few years ago, people were saying they were able to emulate a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 in QEMU.
However as of late 2020, I am unable to do so.
Can anyone let me know what the correct command line arguments are to emulate a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 in…
wudude
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Can the Pi 4 power 2 external USB 3 HDDs?
I would like to connect two external 2.5 HDDs a Pi 4. Can the Pi 4 power two of them at once?
This is the model I have in mind: WD 2TB Elements
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Fix error "Failed to start DHCP Client Daemon" after upgrade to "Bullseye" remote?
This is a non problem. DO NOT attempt "upgrade" - follow the advice to do a fresh install, NOT a kludge to "fix" the "problem".
I did an upgrade to Bullseye and rebooted. I can't login with ssh (also he does not answer ping) and on screen I see…
Sybil
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How much temperature is normal temperature for Raspberry Pi 4
I am running a haarcascade based face detection and face recognition on Raspberry Pi 4. The CPU temperature rises to 83-84C. So I have installed a heat sink and 5v pi fan. After installing this, I have noticed that temperature is always below 70c.…
S Andrew
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Powering the Pi 4 - safe voltage levels and current requirements
How to safely power the Pi 4, more specifically:
What voltage levels are safe to power the Pi 4 via the USB-C connector or via the GPIO header?
What are the current requirements?
What Power Management ICs / voltage regulators are used by the Pi 4?…
Ghanima
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Pi 4 maximum power consumption
What is the maximum theoretical power consumption of Pi 4? I had expected that I would be able to find some sort of specification table for that, but I could not. The only things I could find were third-party benchmarking results like this which…
Damn Vegetables
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Best way to power multiple Raspberry Pi 4s?
I ordered a few Raspberry Pi 4s, still under way, each with their own power supply, and I plan to get more, but when I have been previously able to power RPis with USB-hub, there's apparently no USB-C-hubs, beyond few expensive 2 usb-c-port-hubs, in…
Roger
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What is the correct way to connect serial console on RPi4 Model B?
My config.txt has:
dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt
enable_uart=1
at the end and my cmdline.txt has:
root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait console=tty1 console=ttyAMA0,115200
And here's how I've connected it:
I followed this based on some other examples on this…
Unmanned Player
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Why raspberry pi 4b claims that it's processor is armv7l when in official specification it's ARM v8? How to change it?
I need to run MongoDB docker container on Raspberry Pi 4B. My Raspberry has preset (already installed) Raspbian on SD card, I didn't install OS by myself.
MongoDB docker image supports arm64v8. But when I try to run container, it claims that there…
Piotrek
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Where is Raspberry Pi "wastebasket" located in the file system?
I am trying to understand the Raspbian file system better. I opened properties on the Raspberry Pi's "Wastebasket" hoping to find out where it is located in the file system and I found trash:///.
Can anyone explain this, please?
I expected to find…
Susan
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