Raspberry pi 5 fyde OS not working?

Support & help
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Have you searched the community for related issues?

  • Yes, a lot in web and here i did not found something similar

First of all, sorry for my english, i’m not a native speaker so is kinda butchered here.

So, for some reason the fyde OS version for the raspberry pi 5 doesn’t work for me, i tried with both raspberry pi imager, balena and even with Linux directly(WSL), it loads something but when i put the sd card on the raspberry it tries to boot something and displays a black screen and then stops and tries again, but never actually boots.

I have been trying to look for evidence that the 19 version of fyde OS work but i did not find anyone who has used it, i just found for the 18.1 in a lot of youtube videos, i don’t know if works for someone here.

Please describe the problem you’ve encountered in detail:

  • Description:
    I followed the instructions to download it from the page, i downloaded the image and baked it on the sd with the balena software, it kinda work although at the end it showed a error message that said that the connections was interrupted, and that i check for corruption in the compiled file which is odd, so i put the sd on the board and it did not work, it just got stuck in a loop trying to boot.

I tried the raspberry imager and with the console and it did not show anything but still gets stuck, i checked the sd card and change it, is using FAT32 as is usual for chrome os and really i don’t have what else to try, it may need a different type of sd or something??

:computer:System & Device Information

  • Hardware & System Configuration:

    • Raspberry pi 5 (8Gb)
    • FydeOS Version: 19

  • Relevant System Logs:

    • I don’t know what logs to put, if someone knows what could be helpful please tell me
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What screen did you use? I guess fydeos does not support your screen. Just a guess, lots of people use raspberry pi 5 here and they can boot up.

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I did not know it could be a problem, I am using a tv screen because I do not have anything else

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Something I forgot to say is that in videos the OS in the memory is usually divided in lots of partitions, but mine only has three partitions, I do not know if it is normal or not

Or maybe anyone can help me get an older version??, maybe the 18.1, just to try it out

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I guess the screen is the problem. You should try another screen.

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I have the same problem. I have various new Raspi 5 (2gb) and have used multiple micro SD cards of distinct brands and each time FydeOS fails to boot. Within a few seconds the Raspi just reboots in a loop. Burning of the SDs was done with Etcher following the docs.

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I use a ssd and it works. Don’t use sd card.

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same problem, Pi5 8gb, SD Card, SSD nvme, no matter where I create the image, the version available for download on the Site never boots. And other systems boot and work… but no luck with FydeOS at the moment

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8G version is different with the 4G version, so fydeos does not support it now.

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Hi Dan, had the exact same problem. Until I realised I was using a version not made for RPi 5. Have you tried this?

It works for me but seems to freeze regularly on a 8 GB Pi. So not really usable :frowning:

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Having the same issue with my pi5 16gig. The version that is downloadable from the fydeos download page just gets stuck in a boot loop. I have tried multiple SD cards, multiple monitors, the only thing I have gotten to work is the preview version, which seems to have other issues. Would be great to have a solution to this.

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So there’s no usable version for the pi5. Not promising for a device that came out in 2023

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The preview version seems to be working decently. My initial install it was randomly restarting, and for some reason everytime it did you had to re-log into your google acount, like the first time you do it when you set it up and it was a pain. I reinstalled it, and this time it seems to be working correctly. Only issue is the screen never goes off like it should, but at least I dont have to log in and do the secondary authintication everytime like before.