2019-03-09, 12:19 AM
My installation of OpenPlotter on my two RPi has proceeded smoothly, using the NOOBs package downloaded from the homepage. In the end, having found the RPi3 I bought a year or so ago, I used that for one system, a RPi3+ for the second.
Having gotten that all working, after a few days I grew tired of the start-up message telling me that a later upgrade was available, so I set the RPi3 version off on that task. It performed flawlessly.
I then tried to have the second system, on the RPi3+ perform the upgrade. It got through most of the process, up to the point of asking for my input as to whether to proceed or not, whether to read the Change Log etc. On my entering "Y", it started to install but then aborted, asking for an "enter" t exit. On getting that, it goes back to the previous version but not without producing some strange results there too, including on one occasion, the loss of the OpenPlotter icon. Fortunately, the NOOBs Restore function reproduces a normally operating older version.
I tried this upgrade numerous times, before reformatting the SD card and transferring the NOOBs files to that, then reinstalling OpenPlotter. Same result, an aborted update.
In frustration I then took my second RPi3+, brand new in its carton, downloaded the NOOBs package afresh, unzipped it, took a brand new 32Gig SD card, formatted that, copied the NOOBs content files over, set up the fresh RPi3+ and let it build the system. That worked as expected, so without doing anything else to that fresh install, I then requested OpenPlotter to update. Same failure at the same spot. Happily OpenCPN updates without issues.
If I had any hair remaining I think it would be torn out about now
. Can anybody offer any suggestions on this problem? I can certainly operate on the version NOOBs gives me but that is at least 2 behind the current release, which OpenPlotter itself tells me is a major upgrade, so I certainly want to use it.
Thanks
Bill
Having gotten that all working, after a few days I grew tired of the start-up message telling me that a later upgrade was available, so I set the RPi3 version off on that task. It performed flawlessly.
I then tried to have the second system, on the RPi3+ perform the upgrade. It got through most of the process, up to the point of asking for my input as to whether to proceed or not, whether to read the Change Log etc. On my entering "Y", it started to install but then aborted, asking for an "enter" t exit. On getting that, it goes back to the previous version but not without producing some strange results there too, including on one occasion, the loss of the OpenPlotter icon. Fortunately, the NOOBs Restore function reproduces a normally operating older version.
I tried this upgrade numerous times, before reformatting the SD card and transferring the NOOBs files to that, then reinstalling OpenPlotter. Same result, an aborted update.
In frustration I then took my second RPi3+, brand new in its carton, downloaded the NOOBs package afresh, unzipped it, took a brand new 32Gig SD card, formatted that, copied the NOOBs content files over, set up the fresh RPi3+ and let it build the system. That worked as expected, so without doing anything else to that fresh install, I then requested OpenPlotter to update. Same failure at the same spot. Happily OpenCPN updates without issues.
If I had any hair remaining I think it would be torn out about now
. Can anybody offer any suggestions on this problem? I can certainly operate on the version NOOBs gives me but that is at least 2 behind the current release, which OpenPlotter itself tells me is a major upgrade, so I certainly want to use it.Thanks
Bill