Piforce Tools Support Thread

TravistyOJ

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Yeah, it should output to HDMI, its built on top of ArchLinux, with some small modifications to make the file system read only, but nothing that would disable video out. I would try to make a clean image of Raspbian on a different SD, and see if that outputs video at all, just to make sure its not the SD card causing an issue.
 

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Yeah, it should output to HDMI, its built on top of ArchLinux, with some small modifications to make the file system read only, but nothing that would disable video out. I would try to make a clean image of Raspbian on a different SD, and see if that outputs video at all, just to make sure its not the SD card causing an issue.

Alright, I'll give that a shot before I punt this. Good time for it to happen I suppose, it would seem the model B's are being phased out for the B+ now which seems to have a different Jtag connector.
 

TravistyOJ

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Good call, I think I can do that. It was one of those things I told myself to revisit later, and totally forgot.
 

leonk

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B+ compatibility is coming soon, BTW :) Any features requests folks?

?!? Oh. You mean is a downloadable image. :)

I've been running on B+ for probably over a year now or so. Very easy to use build in package manager to upgrade to B+ compatible kernel / latest distro.
 

TravistyOJ

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Yup, just updating the image with B+ drivers. I've had a lot of requests for it, but life has just been insane, so I didnt have the chance to actually update the image itself. Also going to add more filenames for Atomiswave conversions, and potentially other minor updates.
 

aoiddr

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I can't recall... did Melty Blood Actress Again get patched to work on a 256mb net dimm or does that game only work on a 512mb version?
 

Sp33dFr34k

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Okay, I'm at a loss here, but I think the solution should be rather simple.

Done everything as per tutorial, but can't seem to establish a connection.

It's not my net dimm/Naomi, as I can transfer games from my PC perfectly fine, it's also not the PIC (tried 2 of them, work fine with PC).

Tried to connect via a router, also no connection. Noticed that the lights of the ethernet port don't light up. Though using Raspbian, the ethernet port works perfectly fine.

What's going on here, any ideas?

I'm using the B+ btw, is that the issue?

EDIT: and indeed, it's not compatible with B+ yet. For those interested, somebody created a compatible script for it, can be found here.
 
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d7onr8

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Try re-imaging the sd card. Maybe it got corrupt somehow. For me, I know when adding in new games titles, it wouldn't boot at all if I used incorrect syntax.
 

sparksterz

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Figured out what was up I believe. net-config somehow got corrupt with a ton of garbage data. Re-imaged it and it seems to be working fine. Is v1.2 beta the recommended version for a Model B?
 

kuze

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Nice work dude. I'm sure this will come in handy for a lot of folks.

Might not be a bad idea to have the game list as a separate hosted file for easy updating on existing setups.
 

TravistyOJ

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Yeah, im going to update to actual files in github tonight. No need to reimage after you get to 1.3, you can just replaced the updated python scripts in the piforcetools directory.
 

ReplicaX

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Thanks for the hard work. I'll reimage my original B Pi over the weekend.
 

kuze

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I've got a feature request :)

It would be awesome to be able to set a default image if no selection is made in 'x' seconds. Or no input is detected on the up/down/select buttons in that time.

Another option would be to have it default to the 'last selected image' if no selection/input is detected in a given time.

Certainly not a necessity, but would be cool to see!
 

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I've got a feature request :)

It would be awesome to be able to set a default image if no selection is made in 'x' seconds. Or no input is detected on the up/down/select buttons in that time.

Another option would be to have it default to the 'last selected image' if no selection/input is detected in a given time.

Certainly not a necessity, but would be cool to see!


Oh, this would be an awesome feature to have and I know that I'd use it!
 

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Update! Version 1.4 is now available. This version supports B, B+, and the new B Model 2's. If you have a B+, no need to upgrade because boot times are actually a bit slower. I went back to raspbian, because the same image can support all raspberry pi models, but since it uses init.d instead of systemd, it boots a bit slower. I figured that would be easier than managing multiple images. You can download the latest image at http://downloads.capane.us/piforcetools.img.zip
 
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Update! Version 1.4 is now available. This version supports B, B+, and the new B Model 2's. If you have a B+, no need to upgrade because boot times are actually a bit slower. I went back to raspbian, because the same image can support all raspberry pi models, but since it uses init.d instead of systemd, it boots a bit slower. I figured that would be easier than managing multiple images. You can download the latest image at http://downloads.capane.us/piforcetools.img.zip

What are you using to zip this file? On my mac I can't seem to unzip it.

Double clicking creates the infinite loop archiving issue:
piforcetools.img.zip -> piforcetools.img.zip.cpgz -> piforcetools.img.zip ...

http://osxdaily.com/2013/02/13/open-zip-cpgz-file/

Similarly from the terminal:
% unzip piforcetools.img.zip
Archive: piforcetools.img.zip
warning [piforcetools.img.zip]: 76 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile
(attempting to process anyway)
error [piforcetools.img.zip]: reported length of central directory is
-76 bytes too long (Atari STZip zipfile? J.H.Holm ZIPSPLIT 1.1
zipfile?). Compensating...
skipping: piforcetools.img need PK compat. v4.5 (can do v2.1)

note: didn't find end-of-central-dir signature at end of central dir.
(please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the
appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly)
 

TravistyOJ

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I used WinRar. It either compressed it wrong, or uploaded wrong. I'll fix it tonight, thanks man!
 

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i'm keep getting "connection failed" error with my raspb+ and piforcetool 1.04
fact is the very same rasp+img works on other netdim setup but mine

could be cause i'm on 3.03 dimm firmaware?
 

ReplicaX

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i'm keep getting "connection failed" error with my raspb+ and piforcetool 1.04
fact is the very same rasp+img works on other netdim setup but mine

could be cause i'm on 3.03 dimm firmaware?

If I remember it was 3.03 or higher regarding Netbooting in general.
 

sparksterz

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If I remember it was 3.03 or higher regarding Netbooting in general.

In order to upgrade the firmware via a computer you'll need 3.17 or higher though. Otherwise you'll have to flash the chip or find an upgrade disc IIRC.

I remember when I was creating my setup I some connection problems when I tried 4.01 and I had to upgrade all the way to 4.02 which I thought wasn't necessary, but YMMV.
 

TravistyOJ

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i'm keep getting "connection failed" error with my raspb+ and piforcetool 1.04
fact is the very same rasp+img works on other netdim setup but mine

could be cause i'm on 3.03 dimm firmaware?
Have you set netboot jumper, and IP address/netmask in settings?
 
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