PowerBlock RPI4

[gerb45]

Is it possible to use PowerBlock on my RPI4 with Batocera? I have tried to install it and receive the following errors:

ere is what I got: The fact that it states the service is not running makes me think it didn't work:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock/master/install.sh

--2024-02-22 04:58:12-- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock/master/install.sh

Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com... 185.199.108.133, 185.199.109.133, 185.199.110.133, ...

Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com|185.199.108.133|:443... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 2394 (2.3K) [text/plain]

Saving to: 'install.sh'

install.sh 100%[=====================================>] 2.34K --.-KB/s in 0.003s

2024-02-22 04:58:13 (834 KB/s) - 'install.sh' saved [2394/2394]

[root@BATOCERA /userdata/system]# chmod +x install.sh

[root@BATOCERA /userdata/system]# ./install.sh

./install.sh: line 11: apt-get: command not found

Error during installation of APT packages

--2024-02-22 04:58:46-- https://github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock/archive/master.zip

Resolving github.com... 20.29.134.23

Connecting to github.com|20.29.134.23|:443... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found

Location: https://codeload.github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock/zip/refs/heads/master [following]

--2024-02-22 04:58:47-- https://codeload.github.com/petrockblog/PowerBlock/zip/refs/heads/master

Resolving codeload.github.com... 20.29.134.24

Connecting to codeload.github.com|20.29.134.24|:443... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: unspecified [application/zip]

Saving to: 'petrockblock_powerblock_master.zip'

petrockblock_powerblock_m [ <=> ] 10.89K --.-KB/s in 0.01s

2024-02-22 04:58:47 (950 KB/s) - 'petrockblock_powerblock_master.zip' saved [11155]

Archive: petrockblock_powerblock_master.zip

1723c9b4b86e9fd1b930c30706a29f4a79f581c8

creating: PowerBlock-master/

inflating: PowerBlock-master/.gitignore

inflating: PowerBlock-master/README.md

inflating: PowerBlock-master/install.sh

inflating: PowerBlock-master/install_libreelec.sh

creating: PowerBlock-master/scripts/

creating: PowerBlock-master/scripts/libreelec/

extracting: PowerBlock-master/scripts/libreelec/autostart.sh

inflating: PowerBlock-master/scripts/libreelec/powerblock.sh

inflating: PowerBlock-master/scripts/powerblock

inflating: PowerBlock-master/scripts/powerblockservice

creating: PowerBlock-master/supplementary/

inflating: PowerBlock-master/supplementary/powerblockconfig.cfg

extracting: PowerBlock-master/supplementary/powerblockswitchoff.sh

inflating: PowerBlock-master/uninstall.sh

./install.sh: line 51: update-rc.d: command not found

/etc/init.d/powerblock: 32: .: Can't open /lib/init/vars.sh

Installation of PowerBlock service done.

[SUCCESS] The PowerBlock driver executable is installed

[ERROR] The PowerBlock service is not running

You can find the configuration file at /etc/powerblockconfig.cfg.

[frodojj]

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[frodojj]

@gerb45 I did a little bit of testing with Raspberry Pi OS on a Pi Zero 2w and a PowerBlock. This should work for a RPi4. You can add the following to config.txt to emulate the driver. (This way you don't have to worry about startup scripts.)

dtoverlay=gpio-poweroff,gpiopin=17,active_low=1,inactive_delay_ms=0
dtoverlay=gpio-shutdown,gpio_pin=18,active_low=0,gpio_pull=down

It seems to work identical, except that it indicates boot finished before boot actually finished. (Can anyone confirm this please?)