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### Most of the official instuctions or tips and tricks have been migrated to the official FAQ, the less official items will remain in this FAQ till otherwise removed.
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### Can you have the pikvm(RPi4) connected along with a monitor?
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- **A community member has had success with the following: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DQWLXF1**
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- Some Alternitives
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- If you have two outputs, you may be able to use screen mirroring from the OS but not BIOS
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- If you have one output or need access from both a local monitor or PiKVM at boot time, one of the following options may work:
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- Passthrough HDMI capture devices (sometimes referred to as a loop capture device). The Elgato and Avermedia devices DO NOT WORK! Look for Linux OS support when choosing a device, the expected price range is about $35-$70 US.
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- Depending on your capture device, an HDMI splitter may work but will need what is called an EDID (Extended Device ID) generator, the monitor and capture device both generate EDID so the splitter must produce its own separate EDID for the host.
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- Look for HDMI splitters - although there have been reports that these are not stable
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- Please use the search function in Discord, some users have had sucess in getting this to work but your mileage may vary
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- The better solution is to capture the stream in a dir and then use VLC to stream to that capture on another computer. This will result in fps loss.
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### I want to do something not related to PiKVM
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- It's recommended that you review Arch documents related to what you want to do, while there are several folks in discord who can help, there is no obligation...they do it for the feels. So if you don't get an answer within the time frame you are looking for, it's advised you start google searching for what you want.
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### Can this be used in any other distro’s like Rasbian? Run this in a Docker?
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- Officially, no. Unofficially yes and totally #unsupported. Please DM @srepac on discord for the directions.
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- Docker image is available, search the docker hub but this is #unsupported and #unofficial and not updated.
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### Can you switch from USB to CSI or from CSI to USB?
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- Officially, no. You would be advised to make 2 seperate SD cards and swap them when needed. Unofficially yes and totally NOT supported. Please DM @srepac on discord for the script and directions.
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### Help! I ran out of space aka room! What now?
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(This ONLY applies to the older flashed images and is no longer nessessary as the newer images had the main partition increased, as a result, the MSD partition was shrunk)
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- You’ve cached package updates you no longer need.
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- Enter read/write mode by executing rw as root
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- Execute the following as root to clear the package cache
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```
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rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
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```
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- Exit read/write mode by executing ro as root
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- You can also use gparted to resize partitions without "losing data", although there is a chance this may delete all of your data
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### Can you connect a camera to this and still make pikvm functional?
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- Yes, any low cost no name webcam can be used in place of the usb dongle, please use the usb image
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- A PiCam will NOT work
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### HELP!! Something isn't working!!
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- What was the last thing or most recent thing you did? Did you undo it?
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- Did you change a file? Did you back it up before changing it?
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- Did you hook this to anything else? If not why not?
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- Did you try different cables?
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### Things to do after initial install:
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- Fix date: 'timedatectl list-timezones' then 'timedatectl set-timezone America/Los_Angeles' (Change to your location)
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- Update PiKVM, follow #news on Discord for instructions
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- Setup a NFS share to give read/write storage on the read only pikvm
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- Note: this does assume you already have an NFS server on your network and accessible to pikvm
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- Source https://linuxhint.com/install_configure_nfs/
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```
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pacman -S nfs-utils
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showmount -e 192.168.1.XXX
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mount -t nfs 192.168.1.XXX:/volume1/Data /mnt/Data
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nano /etc/fstab
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Add To the bottom of the file
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192.168.1.XXX:/volume1/Data /mnt/Data nfs auto,rw,soft 0 0
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### Troubleshooting
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- :exclamation:**It is expected that you are aware of basic networking while working on this project and that you have read up on the project prior to going to Discord**:exclamation:
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- Do you know the IP?
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- Can you ping the IP?
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- Did you swap cables?
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- Did you swap the eth port to a known working eth port?
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- Do you have access to another router or switch?
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- Did you change ports on the router/switch?
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- RPi4 - Did you hook up a monitor? Once logged in, can you ping to your gateway? Other IP's on the same network?
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- Did you connect a monitor to the target? Does it work?
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- Did you connect the PIKVM to the target directly? Does it work?
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- Reboot target
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- Try default image, do not update and test
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-copy/paste into a file, call it pi-info.sh, chmod +x pi-info.sh, ./pi-info.sh **Same script is located [here](https://pastebin.com/u/srepac)**
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```
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#!/bin/bash
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uptime
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TMPFILE="/tmp/pacmanquery"; /bin/rm -f $TMPFILE
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pacman -Q | awk '{print $2, $1}' > $TMPFILE
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chmod go+w $TMPFILE
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pistat && echo
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printf "%-18s\t%s\n" "Version" "Package-Name" "----------------------" "-----------------------------"
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PACKAGES="firmware bootloader kvmd ustreamer nginx wpa wireless"
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for PKG in $( echo $PACKAGES ); do
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printf "%-18s\t%s\n" $(grep $PKG $TMPFILE | sed 's/-[1-9]//g')
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done
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```
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```dmesg | grep tc35``` - CSI
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<br/><br/>
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```dmesg | egrep '1-1.[245]|uvc'``` - USB
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```systemctl status kvmd```
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```systemctl status kvmd-otg```
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- **hint:** look at kvmd-platform line of the output... make sure it matches the image they expect for the capture device and platform
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- Keyboard/Mouse icons orange? Try a different cable (ALLOT are power only), try a different usb port
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- Should see the following if everything is in place
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`ls -l /dev/kvmd`
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```
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 5 21:33 /dev/kvmd-hid-keyboard -> hidg0
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 5 21:33 /dev/kvmd-hid-mouse -> hidg1
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Mar 15 09:07 /dev/kvmd-video -> video0
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```
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### Common Commands for troubleshooting PiKVM
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- `journalctl -u kvmd`
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- `journalctl -u kvmd-vnc`
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- `journalctl -u kvmd-ipmi`
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### Bootup/power issues
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- PiKVM won’t boot past “rainbow” screen
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- Are you plugged into the right HDMI port? Needs to be the one next to the power for RPI4
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- Have you reflashed your SD card?
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### USB Video Capture Issues
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- Make sure this is a capture card and not an adapter (HDMI->USB)
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### HDMI-CSI Capture issues
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- Have you reset the Target PC?
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- Are you sure it's a bridge and not an extender? There is a difference
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- Did you make sure it's plugged into the right port? It needs to say Camera NOT Display
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- Did you try another ribbon cable?
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- Did you reseat the ribbon cable?
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- Is the ribbon cable facing the right way? Needs to be towards the PCB (Green or Black)
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- If you are getting snow looking screen, you need to make sure you select 50hz OR select anything below 1080p, like 720p60
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- If you are getting an Indian looking screen, please clear the browser cache or use private/incog window
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### Misc stuff
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- Fully working [example](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wgBZHxwpbJWkJBD3I8ZkZxSDxt0DdNDDYRNtVoL_vK4) of a Pi4 USB-HDMI KVM attached to AIMOS 4-port HDMI KVM switch (8 port is on AliExpress), with keyboard hotkey switching between inputs, and mass storage media emulation on a Pi Zero W
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- PiKVM that mitigates HDMI backpower and requires no splitter board [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M9xUgNE_-P8GydKr_3qIgXUR9YzqApHNPhetRv3pcsE/edit)
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- VERY useful scripts that enhance the PiKVM's functionality - Please DM @srepac on discord to gain access
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### Useful links
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/kvm-over-ip-raspberry-pi - Very good article on PIKVM setup
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As of March 2021, Below are frequently out of Stock or hard to get items, all have exceptionally LONG shipping dates
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```
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Ezcoo KVM - Goes out of stock frequently
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CSI2-HDMI bridge w/ TC358743XBG chip - Goes out of stock freqently
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Alternative names for the same devices:
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Tiamu Sling Yazan Ningwang Essenc Geekworm
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Fauge Haudang AKAT Docoop Katigan Lyusa (recommended by mdevaev)
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LNIMI cherrypop Lopbinte Uang Tuneway Mustwell
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Facibom Binchil Cobeky Ctzrzyt Davitu
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```
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- Community recommended USB capture [card](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FG54QPH)
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- Community recommended Loop device that allows [Monitor+PiKVM](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DQWLXF1)
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Maxim Devaev
7 months ago