From 50872acb6b69583a70d743e2cc824ec08df8032c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: arch1mede Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2021 14:55:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update Community_FAQ.md (#354) Added verbiage to Useful links Made 1 line out of Latency section Added more clarity and verbiage to power splitter section Added more clarity to using KB on a zerow Removed a section that seemed 3x as redundant Added a url reference back to the original information in how to get root section Removed v3 hat section Moved some verbiage in the cant find the 0w/rpi4 section Added verbiage to the realvnc section --- pages/Community_FAQ.md | 35 ++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/Community_FAQ.md b/pages/Community_FAQ.md index b857ccb6..b7408291 100644 --- a/pages/Community_FAQ.md +++ b/pages/Community_FAQ.md @@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ - For the USB capture devices: Technically yes, but they will downsample to something smaller to meet the usb2.0 bandwidth limitations, so the source may be 4k, but the stream will not. ### Why so much latency between the screen and target? -- capture device -- compression -- network -- decompression +- capture device+compression+network+decompression+external network(if applicable) ### Is Pi-KVM an OS or its own Distro? - Yes and No, Other than the some repacking and patches, its heavly based off an existing [Arch Linux ARM](https://archlinuxarm.org/). @@ -28,8 +25,8 @@ As an appliance, users are not expected to interact with the host operating syst ### Do I need a power splitter? Why do I need one? - Yes for RPi4, No for ZeroW - Yes, otherwise you could back power the pi and or the target -- You can get a Y cable from amazon and mod one of the leads - Please see getting started guide -- You can get a power splitter board from Tindi or PiShop (Links provided below) +- You can get a Y cable from amazon and mod one of the leads - Please see getting started guide - or see below for [non modding of Y cable](https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm/blob/master/pages/Community_FAQ.md#useful-links) +- You can get a power splitter board from Tindi or PiShop [(Links provided below)](https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm/blob/master/pages/Community_FAQ.md#useful-links) - If you have the v3 HAT - This is built in ### I can't get the KVM KB to work on my ZeroW! @@ -48,6 +45,7 @@ Ensure that you have the cable(Needs to support both power/data) plugged into th ### Can I use a KB on my ZeroW? - Yes but kb/mouse passthrough will not work. Its one or the other +- edit ```/boot/config.txt``` - Host mode - Comment out dtoverlay=dwc2 - Passthrough mode - Uncomment out dtoverlay=dwc2 @@ -71,10 +69,7 @@ Yes! And it's easy to do! Using a SSH session or the web terminal: - Optional: Edit `/etc/kvmd/meta.yaml` to alter the displayed hostname in the web UI - Reboot the pikvm -### I can't make edits?!?!? -- Did you issue a `rw` before updating/editing? - -### In the Web Terminal, how do I get root? +### In the Web Terminal, how do I get root? Also found [here.](https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm/blob/master/README.md#youre-amazing) - Type `su -` - Put `root` for the password @@ -113,9 +108,6 @@ ClientIdentifier=mac - Use the FING mobile app to scan your network, its free - Install Angry IP scanner, tools/preferences/Display results in the results list/Select Alive hosts, modify IP range, hit start - Using FF, navigate to https://pikvm (Depends on your network if this actually works, in most case's will work)) - - Open web terminal and go to root, rw then nano /etc/issue - - add ‘IP: \4’ - - Once you reboot, you will now see the IP in the upper left - The below commands will verify that your Pi on on your network ``` arp -a | grep below is a list of MAC's for Raspberry Pi @@ -124,7 +116,11 @@ arp -a | grep below is a list of MAC's for Raspberry Pi E4:5F:01:xx:xx:xx E4-5F-01-xx-xx-xx E45F.01xx.xxxx Power shell: arp -a | findstr 'b8-27-eb' (Replace with the above, all lower case) ``` - +- For older flashed images you can do the following + - Open web terminal and go to root, ```rw``` then ```nano /etc/issue``` + - add ```IP: \4``` + - Once you reboot, you will now see the IP in the upper left + ### Help! I ran out of room! What now? - You’ve cached package updates you no longer need. - Enter read/write mode by executing rw as root @@ -143,18 +139,18 @@ rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/* - Please look at all pins on Discord - Please look in #news on Discord -### I want the v3 hat!! Where do I get it?? -- At this time it is not available, due to the current pandemic the factories are running at a much slower rate - ### HELP!! Something isn't working!! - What was the last thing or most recent thing you did? Did you undo it? - Did you hook this to anything else? If not why not? - Did you try different cables? + ### Can you use an iPad on PiKVM? - Yes, with the correct hardware you can control an iPad - Yes, activate VNC and use JUMP app(Full featured but more expensive), or bVNC(Not recommended, lack luster features but cheap). RealVNC does NOT work -### Can I use RealVNC to connect to PiKVM? + +### Can I use RealVNC/Guacamole to connect to PiKVM? - No, RealVNC is not a real vnc so will not work +- No, Guacamole supports a minimum of VNC capabilities and is fundamentally incompatible with Pi-KVM (for example, it does not support JPEG for video compression). ### How do I add my own SSL cert? - If you have a certificate(:exclamation:**Making a cert falls outside the scope of PIKVM - Please reference Linux documentation**:exclamation:), replace the public key in /etc/kvmd/nginx/ssl/server.crt and private key in /etc/kvmd/nginx/ssl/server.key and restart the kvmd-nginx service. @@ -368,9 +364,10 @@ iw wlan0 info ### Useful links - https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/kvm-over-ip-raspberry-pi - Very good article on PI-KVM setup -- Pi-KVM Power/Data OTG splitter boards +- Pi-KVM Power/Data OTG splitter boards - also noted [here](https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm#hardware-for-v2) - https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-pwr-splitter/ (Look on Tindi for the same thing in the UK) - https://www.pishop.us/product/usb-c-pwr-splitter/ (Look on Tindi for the same thing in the UK) +- An alternitive to a NON solder or modding a Y cable is using [power blocker boards](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092MLT2J3) - Current 3D cases that support the various Pi-KVM hardware configurations: ``` https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=pi-kvm&type=things&sort=relevant