Installing on RPi2B fails: hangs at splash screen

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Hi there, new to this forum :wave:

I tried installing Anthias on my Raspberry Pi 2B+ though the 2022-12-12-raspberry-pi2.zip image, but fail to get this working.

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I get a purple splash screen per the attached and cannot reach the Pi via SSH or web.

I tried with 2 different SD cards to be sure; on the 2nd SD card I used the Rpi imager to get Antrias directly.

Any idea on how to troubleshoot?

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the fact that this shows means that it installed, so for ssh i would just say add the ssh.txt blank file to your /boot/ directory of the SD card, that should automatically enable SSH, once you remote to it, run this command ./screenly/bin/upgrade_containers.sh and it would take a while but it should create the containers since i believe that is your issue just like we’ve seen many other times when this happens.

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@ealmonte32 Actually, if @diode used the Raspberry Pi Imager (or the disk image), it’s not using Raspberry Pi OS, but rather BalenaOS. Thus you can’t enable SSH like that.

@diode It can take a while for the system to initiate and there’s unfortunately no feedback on the screen for this. For a Pi 2 in particular (which is very old by now), I’d leave it least 15 minutes for it to invoke. If you’re using anything slower than a Class 10 SD card, even longer.

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Ah… keep forgetting the new premade images are all using balenaOS.

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Sorry for the late response.
During cleanup over the weekend, I found a RPi3B+ collecting dust so upgraded to that one. There, the image works fine and I can reach the web interface.
Thanks for the pointers!

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@diode, thanks for the feedback. It’s great to hear that you were able to make it work on an RPi 3B+. Are you still having trouble making it work on an RPi 2B?

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It’s not working on the RPi2. I spent a few hours to get it to work but I’m not bothering any longer since I have it working on a RPi3B+ now.

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Hi all,

For the record, im trying to do the same - install Anthias from the Installer method on an 2 B.

As here, I get the “Anthias by Screenly” logo screen, but then nothing… for hours.

Checked on my router, doesnt even show the device on the network? I get it can take a while to “update from the internet”, but how long should it take for an older model like this to at least show on the network?

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@cy80rg, for older models, it would take around 30 minutes to an hour for the installation to finish. It also depends on your Internet speed, settings, and connectivity.

I tried installing Anthias in my Pi 2B days ago, and it works well. Let me try to install it again to make check if it’s still working. I’ll keep you posted.

As an alternative, you can download pre-built Anthias images (which is a balenaOS-based image) from the releases page. However, do take note that you will not be able to SSH and not do any low-level customization if you’re about to install with this option.

I’d be happy to help.

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@cy80rg, while I;m at it, I’d like to ask the following questions:

  • What options did you select when you were prompted with questions (during the installation)?
    • “Would you like Anthias to manage the network for you?” (Yes/No)
    • “Which version of Anthias would you like to install?” (latest/tag)
    • “Would you like to perform a full system upgrade as well?” (Yes/No)
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@cy80rg, I just attempted to install Anthias in my Pi 2B running Bookworm any haven’t had any issues so far.

  • It could be that your installation didn’t finish. Did you get a prompt at the end of the installation process whether you want to reboot now or not?
  • Are all of your containers/services running — server, celery, redis, websocket, nginx, viewer, wifi-connect? You can check by running the following command:
cd ~/screenly
docker compose ps
  • Would you be able to provide Docker logs for the server and viewer services?
    You can do so by running the following:
cd ~/screenly
docker compose logs -ft anthias-server anthias-viewer