Help with new install on CM4 GPI Case 2
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@G30FF said in Help with new install on CM4 GPI Case 2:
@rasp_renegade How are you connecting your keyboard to the case? Using the dock, or using a USB Type A to Type C connector?
Using the dock. Do you think the USB-A port inside the case will work? Ill need to but an adapter but willing to try anything.
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@rasp_renegade The Micro USB port inside the cartridge cover does not work for anything other than upgrading the case firmware and accessing the EMMC on the Pi CM4.
When I set up my GPi case 2, I found that I couldn't use the dock at all (HDMI or USB) until after I'd installed the case script. If I wanted to use a keyboard, I had to plug it in directly to the case's USB-C port, and ignore the dock until the case script was installed. I'd recommend getting a USB A to USB C adapter and plugging your keyboard in through the USB C port on the bottom of the case, and working with the case screen.
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@G30FF said in Help with new install on CM4 GPI Case 2:
@rasp_renegade The Micro USB port inside the cartridge cover does not work for anything other than upgrading the case firmware and accessing the EMMC on the Pi CM4.
When I set up my GPi case 2, I found that I couldn't use the dock at all (HDMI or USB) until after I'd installed the case script. If I wanted to use a keyboard, I had to plug it in directly to the case's USB-C port, and ignore the dock until the case script was installed. I'd recommend getting a USB A to USB C adapter and plugging your keyboard in through the USB C port on the bottom of the case, and working with the case screen.
Sounds like a winner and I will give it a shot. Question though, when I connect the case to my PC and run rpiboot, there is a partition accessible in Windows. Can I put the script and run it there?
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@rasp_renegade Good luck! I hope it works for you like it did for me.
When mounting it in Windows, you should have access to the /boot partition. The GPi Case Script does not go there, but you need to place the Retroflag patch in there. It comes with a batch script you should run in order to swap the config.txt file for the case. Follow the instructions that come with the ZIP from Retroflag's website.
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@G30FF said in Help with new install on CM4 GPI Case 2:
@rasp_renegade Good luck! I hope it works for you like it did for me.
When mounting it in Windows, you should have access to the /boot partition. The GPi Case Script does not go there, but you need to place the Retroflag patch in there. It comes with a batch script you should run in order to swap the config.txt file for the case. Follow the instructions that come with the ZIP from Retroflag's website.
Well darn. I assumed that directory was invalid since the content didnt look right. Placing the script there and running it this thing works now!!! I setup my WIFI by putting the case into the dock and blindly typing the SSID and password since HDMI is not displaying now. LOL I will iron those little things out in time.
Thank you so much it is time to donate again. =)
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@G30FF slightly off topic, but just very curious- the usb-c port you mention plugging the keyboard into, that works like a regular usb port in the OS? On the product page they just list it as a power supply port, so wondering if it does in fact also supply data as well? I have a teensy I'd like to plug in if it will work.
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@briwil78 It does supply data as well. That's how the dock works.
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@briwil78 I found this thread lately https://www.reddit.com/r/retroflag_gpi/comments/ryqph1/gpi_case_2_dock_alternatives/
Where someone said that the case does not support "DP Alt Mode" (whatever that is), so it seems to be somehow limited. -
@EctoOne Yeah, I've seen that thread too. It's saying that the dock is using a unique way of wiring up the HDMI port, and that other docks besides the one it came with don't seem to work because they don't support the oddball standard RetroFlag chose. The port does work as a regular USB-C port though.
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