Hi everybody,
I was so impressed by the "à la carte" way to install and maintain OP 2.0, Congratulations !
Since 2 weeks now I could put my hands on a Pi4 4 GB, I made an USB SSD install using this turorial, describing the 'old school' way, necessary due to Pi4 premature launch, and consequential under achieved development, (Use of an SD card for the /boot directory, while the /Root directory is installed on the USB SSD - take care, some have been life banned from the organisation's forums as they protested eagerly against that ) !
At first I experienced some instability issues (vanishing desktop, freezing, openCPN crashes), all this was due to a bad quality USB extension 'cord', I ordered new ones, and temporarily replaced it with a good, thick, short (1') USB2.0 cord, It is now 100% stable and starts like a rocket : 35 s to boot up, 'System Check' included !
I also noticed that OpenCPN conf file does no longer get lost, as It used to do with either my Pi 2, 3 or 3B+, though all is not clear in OCPN5.5 configuration, see Cruiser's forum
Whatsoever, we do need a place to report & discuss supposed anomalies (e.g. I can't get OpenCPN to launch automatically, is it due to state of dev., or to my configuration, or what ?) (***)
Globally OP 2 is working like a charm, I started the process to box it up to install it in the nav station ! (OK Sailoog, I'll keep OP 1.2 for a while too) !
Merci Braz, Thank you, Gracias, oui, un SUPER MERCI à toutes et tous pour tout cela !
(***) EDIT 2019/10/06 : after the morning's upgrade, I had the good surprise to see OpenCPN start automatically !
I was so impressed by the "à la carte" way to install and maintain OP 2.0, Congratulations !
Since 2 weeks now I could put my hands on a Pi4 4 GB, I made an USB SSD install using this turorial, describing the 'old school' way, necessary due to Pi4 premature launch, and consequential under achieved development, (Use of an SD card for the /boot directory, while the /Root directory is installed on the USB SSD - take care, some have been life banned from the organisation's forums as they protested eagerly against that ) !
At first I experienced some instability issues (vanishing desktop, freezing, openCPN crashes), all this was due to a bad quality USB extension 'cord', I ordered new ones, and temporarily replaced it with a good, thick, short (1') USB2.0 cord, It is now 100% stable and starts like a rocket : 35 s to boot up, 'System Check' included !
I also noticed that OpenCPN conf file does no longer get lost, as It used to do with either my Pi 2, 3 or 3B+, though all is not clear in OCPN5.5 configuration, see Cruiser's forum
Whatsoever, we do need a place to report & discuss supposed anomalies (e.g. I can't get OpenCPN to launch automatically, is it due to state of dev., or to my configuration, or what ?) (***)
Globally OP 2 is working like a charm, I started the process to box it up to install it in the nav station ! (OK Sailoog, I'll keep OP 1.2 for a while too) !
Merci Braz, Thank you, Gracias, oui, un SUPER MERCI à toutes et tous pour tout cela !
(***) EDIT 2019/10/06 : after the morning's upgrade, I had the good surprise to see OpenCPN start automatically !
Cordialement
Didier B
Pi4, SSD USB3, OP 3.0 Touch SK 3.2.1 OpenCPN 5.8.4 : Thank you Thank you Thank you
Didier B
Pi4, SSD USB3, OP 3.0 Touch SK 3.2.1 OpenCPN 5.8.4 : Thank you Thank you Thank you