Kali 6.12.y for the uConsole and DevTerm

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UPDATE: 6.12.17 Image

New panel Driver from @paragonnov that seems to be working as intended in kernel 6.12.17. Flash the new image if you have problems getting the panel to start.

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-Kali-6.12.y

  • Sane charging defaults applied.
  • External WiFi antenna already set in config.txt.
  • linux-headers included with kernel.
  • Works with both DevTerm and uConsole.
  • Auto-expanding file system
    • On first boot system will boot expand FS then reboot.
  • Updated driver overlays - easier config.txt management.
    • Just follow the instructions at the bottom of the config.txt
  • Username / Password: kali / kali

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.

Google Drive link for the main image if Mega doesn’t work for you.


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


Support my work and buy me a coffee here.

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Hi, thanks for this link, it’s really great. Do you know if there is a version of DragonOS for the uconsole?
A big thank you again ^^

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I haven’t seen anyone post that they made one. I’ll take a look at it.

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Hey, since Kali is a rolling release, does your image survive apt full-upgrades?

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It should, I replaced the stock kernel completely. Only after they have another release will we know for sure. you can run updates right now and it will all work.

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Thanks man! Especially for the link!

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Ah I just replied on the other thread about the XY compression and here you are doing it yourself and on GoogleDrive too haha. Thank you for your efforts!

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This one is 2 Kali releases newer and a newer kernel then the one on the other thread.

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Rex, how do you start the cellular modem in your compile of kali? I can’t find the command.

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In the terminal
uconsole-4g enable
Then follow the same steps as you would with the other builds.

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Thank you Rex! This works awesome! You are a genius. :slight_smile:

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Thank you for sharing this with the community!

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Hello, I’m trying to burn kali image with balenaEtcher and getting this error every time:

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SD card is new, already tried to format it several time. Also tried rufus without success.
What can be wrong?

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Don’t decompress the image. Use Raspberry Pi imager and flash the compressed xz image to your SD card and don’t use any custom settings.

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Thank you for your response, I’ve tried this but

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Probably something with SD card, but it’s weired cause it’s new SanDisk card, all health checks passing normally without any errors and bad sectors. I’ll try another one first

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Maybe the download corrupted, try redownloading the image. If it still does it try to download from the other link and let me know so I can reupload the corrupted one.

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With noname SD card it’s working fine)
Thank you for help!
But currently I have another problem when I trying to apt upgrade constantly losing wifi connection. Trying to understand why now

short update: looks like changing setting managed to true in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf helps me

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New Image Available in OP!

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UPDATE in OP!

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Is there a way to upgrade without re-imaging it? So many things to move… :unamused_face: