Bookworm 6.12.y for the uConsole and DevTerm

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UPDATE: 6.12.16 Image

Updated image, firmware, kernel! Raspberry Pi will soon be moving over to the 6.12.y kernel so here we are. I had to make some small tweaks to the backlight driver to compile in 6.12.y but I’ve made it so we don’t need the backlight.service for the CM5. If you find any problems let me know!

If you have a CM5 lite and are having problems with the sd card booting. Try this solution by @paragonnov Your CM5 lite has to have updated firmware that was released after 2025-01-06. Check using vcgencmd version to update sudo rpi-eeprom-update
sudo rpi-eeprom-config -e To edit the eeprom.
backup current config, then replace with:

[all]
BOOT_UART=1

# Switch off PMIC outputs on HALT
POWER_OFF_ON_HALT=1

# Try boot on SDCard repeatly
BOOT_ORDER=0xf1
SD_BOOT_MAX_RETRIES=2

# Slow down SDCard SDR Mode on bootloader
SD_QUIRKS=1

Features: ClockworkPi-Bookworm-6.12.y

  • Desktop and Lite images available.
  • Image built using Pi-Gen.
  • Dark mode for all screens (first boot, login, desktop)
  • Sane charging defaults applied.
  • External WiFi antenna already set in config.txt.
  • A few clockworkpi images for wallpapers.
  • Activate 4g card by uconsole-4g enable and uconsole-4g disable
  • linux-headers included with kernel
  • Works with both DevTerm and uConsole.
  • Updated driver overlays - easier config.txt management.
    • Just follow the instructions at the bottom of the config.txt

Raspberry Pi Imager will cause image not to boot if you apply custom settings.

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I have added a few working/testing images and kernels with the *.deb files to install in the mega folder if you want for different OSs. I will be adding updated images with CM5 support soon. If it doesn’t have CM4 in the image name it’ll work on the CM5.

Google Drive link for the main image if Mega doesn’t work for you.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tw2uPVPsFDhQ5Onx4mlllYexUDmDp0eK?usp=sharing


Here’s my Github with the rpi-6.12.y branch if you’d like to compile yourself. All the ClockworkPi drivers are pre-marked to compile in bcm2711_defconfig or bcm2712_defconfig. Also the APT repo with kernels and hardware scripts for ClockworkPi devices


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Hey Rex!
I’m currently running this image.

Things seem a lot better.
I can confirm audio, battery indicator and wifi are working as intended.

The display is still a little flakey, not always turning on regardless of usb power or not.
Sometimes I do see plymouth for a split second, before the display goes away, which seems new.

I’ve come across a new issue now, it seems whenever I plug in a usb device like my Alfa wifi nic, the keyboard stops working,

I have an internal rtl-sdr, I’ve tried unplugging that as well, my USB port still causes the keyboard to power off.

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I haven’t noticed a problem with the built in USB-A port yet I’ll have to test some more. the panel does still have some problems. I’ve seen when I don’t get a image and go to shutdown the panel gets probed again and I’ll see the shutdown messages.

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@Rex Do I understand right that to upgrade from your previous image Bookworm 6.6,

running apt -get update should be enough?

Are there any benefits to flash it for CM4?

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you can just upgrade to apt upgrade to it if you’re on kernel 6.6.78. no real benefit to flashing vs apt upgrade for the cm4.

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you are a magician! :mage::magic_wand::computer:

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