Raspberry Pi Zero W

[chrisvdb]

There are a number of Github issues that imply that the Raspberry Pi Zero is (currently) not supported. I have however not found any statement regarding the new Raspberry Pi Zero W. Is this one supported by FullPageOS?

The Raspberry Pi Zero W has an ARM 11 CPU running at 1GHz (link).

[guysoft]

Well, I am not entirely sure, and since I have no hardware to test I really can't tell.
However, I can build a new nightly build (which are done on demand). And you can test for yourself and report what the status is.

Technically from what I can read the Raspberry Pi Zero W should not be able to run Armv7 instructions, but since then we moved to use chromium build supplied by the rpi-foundation, and they might have fixed something, so its worth testing.

I've started a build, when its ready an uploaded I'll link to it here so you can test for yourself.

[chrisvdb]

Excellent, I will test tomorrow or coming weekend and report back.

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On March 30, 2017 9:17:11 PM GMT+08:00, Guy Sheffer ***@***.***> wrote: Well, I am not entirely sure, and since I have no hardware to test I really can't tell. However, I can build a new nightly build (which are done on demand). And you can test for yourself and report what the status is. Technically from what I can read the Raspberry Pi Zero W should not be able to run Armv7 instructions, but since then we moved to use chromium build supplied by the rip-foundation, and they might have fixed something, so its worth testing. [I've started a build](http://gnethomelinux.com:8080/job/FullPageOS/52/console), when its ready an uploaded I'll link to it here so you can test for yourself. -- You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #117 (comment)

[chrisvdb]

Looks like the build has finished. The link at the bottom does not work, though.

[guysoft]

Here you go:
#118

[chrisvdb]

I have tried the image without any configuration:

• booted fine
• flashed a square with color gradients for a second
• black screen

What can I do to help debug? Would it help if I sponsor a Raspberry Pi Zero W device?

[chrisvdb]

Quick update: I have tried the latest raspbian build on my Raspberry Pi Zero W. Everything seems to be functional, including Chromium.

[chrisvdb]

I have also tested RC1: the screen remained entirely black throughout, not even showing any boot messages in console mode. So, from that perspective RC2 is an improvement over RC1.

[thundergreen]

Is it possible to have a raspberry Pi1 image?

[guysoft]

@thundergreen 1. you are off topic
2. No, see #43

[chrisvdb]

Hi @guysoft, is there anything more I can do at this time? For example test a newer build or provide debugging information on the latest build. In the latter case, which information would be helpful?

[guysoft]

You can try taking RC2 and FIGURE OUT why lightdm does not start there. There is development work to do which I am not reaching. Its beyond just testing.

[chrisvdb]

I'm planning to do some testing/debugging this weekend. Would you be able to create a new build based on the latest Raspian version?

[guysoft]

Building, tough RC2 should also work for testing. Little differences. anyway will post a nightly when ready

[chrisvdb]

@guysoft could you please post the nightly?

[chrisvdb]

I tried RC3 this morning... same or similar result: blank screen when the graphical environment should be loaded. I'm traveling the next few weeks, so might not be able to test more.

[chrisvdb]

I have uploaded the logs here.

[guysoft]

In that case the RaspberryPi Zero is ARMv6 and is not supported

[chrisvdb]

Hi guysoft, I'm a bit confused... Chromium on the latest Raspbian works perfectly on the Raspberry Zero W, so why could FullPageOS not work as well?

[mecatulo]

touching this 6 years later, I have a Pi Zero W and I'm getting an error stating that Chromium isn't supported on the RPi Zero W.

is there a way to use a different browser?

[guysoft]

Zero W is still not supported.
You can try building FullPageOS with firerfox.
Its a project asked about here and no one picked up the task:
#340