Same here, full sdrpp not sdrpp-brown which I wasn’t getting any reception with.
HI
I installed the bookworm and I used the package provided and it was a breeze.
SDRpp brown is working perfectly, Tar1090 only detects one aircraft and it looks strange to me because I have an airport near me (20-25 km away).
The problem I have is pygpsclient, it didn’t get any satellite fix.
I already checked the cables and they look ok, but both inside and outside if my house no fix at all
I used both the GPS antenna I bough on aliexpress
this one
and another antenna I use on BFFB board on my flipper zero.
Your on a CM4 so you need to select ttyS0 from the list on the right then hit the USB/UART button.
You might need to get a 1090mhz antenna to get a good signal but if you wait a bit you might see more planes with the one you have.
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1090 MHz antenna need to be connected on sdr port right?
Correct in the SDR port.
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Since uninstalling / reinstalling the latest aio package, apps installed fine and sdr brown works as does 1090 but gps and meshastic don’t.
with meshtastic, do you have any other nodes to test with it?
do you have a CM4 or 5? in pygpscliest did you select the right tty from the rightside box and click the USB/UART button?
CM5, meshastic is just not working. GPS is now getting some signal so its fine.
This error from meshatastic:
Jun 23 18:57:53 clockworkpi systemd[1]: Started meshtasticd.service - Meshtastic Daemon.
Jun 23 18:57:53 clockworkpi systemd[1]: Started meshtasticd.service - Meshtastic Daemon.
Jun 23 18:57:53 clockworkpi (htasticd)[759]: meshtasticd.service: Failed to locate executable /usr/sbin/meshtasticd: No such file or directory
Jun 23 18:57:53 clockworkpi (htasticd)[759]: meshtasticd.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/sbin/meshtasticd: No such file or directory
Jun 23 18:57:53 clockworkpi systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Jun 23 18:57:53 clockworkpi systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jun 23 18:57:53 clockworkpi systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Try doing sudo rm /etc/meshtasticd/config.yaml sudo apt remove meshtastic-mui sudo apt autoremove and then sudo apt install meshtastic-mui then reboot and see if it works. Let me know if it works or not.
Tried that, still getting error.
pi@clockworkpi:~ $ sudo systemctl status meshtasticd
× meshtasticd.service - Meshtastic Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/meshtasticd.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2025-06-23 19:28:45 BST; 1min 8s ago
Duration: 674us
Process: 1107 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/meshtasticd (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Main PID: 1107 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
CPU: 781us
Jun 23 19:28:44 clockworkpi systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Jun 23 19:28:44 clockworkpi systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jun 23 19:28:45 clockworkpi systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Jun 23 19:28:45 clockworkpi systemd[1]: Stopped meshtasticd.service - Meshtastic Daemon.
Jun 23 19:28:45 clockworkpi systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jun 23 19:28:45 clockworkpi systemd[1]: meshtasticd.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jun 23 19:28:45 clockworkpi systemd[1]: Failed to start meshtasticd.service - Meshtastic Daemon.
Think I will just flash the cm5 with fresh OS install and run the aio package.
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Had bars with CM4, lost them with CM5(emmc)
Also noticed errors with initramfs-tools on fresh flash of the bookworm image and on any subsequent install or removal commands.
Any thoughts?
“Error please report bug on initramfs-tools
Include the output of ‘mount’ and ‘cat /proc/mounts’
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.12.30-v8-16k+ with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (–configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)”
initramfs-tools has updated and raspberry pi doesn’t like building them for custom kernels so you need to change a config. normally my kernel updates fix it. You can issue this command to fix it.
sudo sed -i '/^MODULES=dep/c\MODULES=most' "/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf"
Or you can reinstall the kernel
sudo apt reinstall clockworkpi-kernel
I need to put out a new image, they updated initramfs-tools right after I put out the last image.
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I had a spare Samsung USB C drive laying around, it fits perfectly in th einternal USBC header.
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Reinstalling the kernel eliminated all the initramfs-tools errors.
Still no luck with bars in pygpsclient even after removal and reinstallation.
May have to reflash the CM5 EMMC with a new image.
Hi @Rex I’ve succesfully got GPS, and the Meshtastic UI and we based versions to work with the board, but it won’t detect the RTL-SDR for some reason. I am on a CM5 lite - lsusb returns no RTL-SDR device and the tar1090package failed during the post-installation steps because the rtlSDR could’t be detected. I have reinstalled the clockwork pi kernel, removed, installed and reinstalled sudo apt reinstall hackergadgets-uconsole-aio-board, but no success. Any suggestions?
Download the new image for bookworm I uploaded. And flash it to a new SD card, set up a new user reboot and check to see if the SDR shows up or not. Before you even try to install the package.
Thanks @Rex, got around to trying your suggestion now:
- Completely fresh install fo the Bookworm Image from Google drive: 6.12.34
- just the user and password set up, no update or installs, reboot and then lsbusb shows no RTL-SDR device
- The devices shown are this:
I assume this means there is an issue with the board, chip to board connection or RTL-SDR chip?
Any ideas? I could look for a cold solder joint and fix that but otherwise I am stumped.
Look for damage or anything, check the connection. If it still doesn’t show up there might be a problem with the board and I’d contact HackerGadgets for support or a replacement.
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