Troubleshooting install on pi3A+

Anthias
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Hi, hope I’m in the right place. It’s my first time playing around with a raspberry pi and toying with the idea of a digital display as an initial project. I thought I had followed the instructions (there’s a hackster post that I used) when it came to installing raspbian and then anthias, but the install seems to hang. I’m unsure where I might have gone wrong, or should I just leave the installation to continue for longer?

Details are below.

  1. Got myself a Model 3 A+ raspberry pi
  2. Installed Raspbian using Raspberry Pi Imager
  3. Followed online tutorials to install bullseye 64-bit lite on the SD card
  4. Installed the SD card
  5. Booted Rasperry pi
  6. Doublechecked WiFi info was correct
  7. Ran Anthias installation script "bash <(curl -sL https://install-anthias.srly.io)
  8. Options I selected upon getting to the ASCII Anthias logo were: yes i want to continue, no I don’t want to have it manage my network, yes to usign the latest version, and no for system upgrade.
  9. At this point a lot of code/text appears on screen and it looks positive, it said it pulled 64/64 before moving on to running x out of 11 (I assume packages).
  10. It’s just stuck at 8 out of 11…

Did I do something wrong through this process? Or should I just let it be and wait longer?

Thanks for any help.

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@dspace, if possible, can you please provide screenshot(s) on where the installation is taking too long?

I advise the you give some more time to wait for the installation to finish. On my Pi 3B+, it took around 45 minutes for the installation to finish.

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Hi @nicomiguelino, thanks for the advice. I left the pi overnight and this is what I came back to today.

anthias install attempt
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I think I’ll try doing this again, but i’ll try other options to conenct ot the pi via putty to record any future issues. Thanks again for the assistance.

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Hi, just providing an update here because I am repeatedly running into hurdles and I’m much more lost than I thought I would be. Sorry in advance for the slabs of text.

  1. Tried fresh by formatting my SD card and repeating the installation.
  2. Using Raspberry Pi imager, I flashed 64-bit bullseye on a pi3A+
  3. Inserted SD card into pi3A+ and after entering username and password, I enabled ssh so I could do this on a laptop
  4. Used putty to connect to the pi
  5. Started the install using bash <(curl -sL https://install-anthias.srly.io)
  6. At the prompts, I entered the following: y, n, latest, n
  7. Since then I’ve been stuck at TASK [system : Install Docker] for the last hour.

I’ve browsed another forum (Install doesn't work. Stop at TASK [system : Install Docker] on Raspberry pi zero 2W · Issue #1891 · Screenly/Anthias · GitHub) and it’s the new issue I’m encountering. Going to attempt the Docker thing in the other forum once I trawl through for any other solutions.

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┃ ┃
┃ Run the Anthias Ansible Playbook ┃
┃ ┃
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localhost | CHANGED => {
“after”: “2d9db4b4c90496d39a63b7a3a442d4c6ff6887a9”,
“ansible_facts”: {
“discovered_interpreter_python”: “/usr/bin/python3”
},
“before”: null,
“changed”: true
}

PLAY [Install Anthias] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Create a config_path variable] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Check NOOBS] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Make sure we have proper framebuffer depth] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Fix framebuffer bug] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Add gpu_mem_256 in config.txt if it doesn’t exist] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Add gpu_mem_512 in config.txt if it doesn’t exist] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Add gpu_mem_1024 in config.txt if it doesn’t exist] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Add pi4 section in config.txt if it doesn’t exist] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]

TASK [system : Uncomment out the original dtoverlay config.] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Remove the FKMS config for all devices.] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Backup kernel boot args] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Notice for cmdline.txt.orig file] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
“msg”: “Use cmdline.txt.orig for boot parameters (don’t remove this file)”
}

TASK [system : Copy cmdline.txt.orig to cmdline.txt] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : For splash screen using Plymouth] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Remove blinking cursor] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Plymouth ignore serial consoles] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Use Systemd as init and quiet boot process] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Set ethN/wlanN names for interfaces] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Set cgroup_enable required by containerd for OOM] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Set cgroup_memory required by containerd for OOM] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Check if cdefs.h exists] *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Set fact for cdefs] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Remove libc6-dev] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Install libc6-dev] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Install Anthias dependencies (all platforms)] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Install Anthias dependencies (Raspberry Pi)] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Remove deprecated apt dependencies] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Make sure distro package of Docker is absent] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Add Docker apt key (x86)] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]

TASK [system : Add Docker apt key (Raspberry Pi)] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Get Debian name] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Set architecture] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [system : Set architecture] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [localhost]

TASK [system : Add Docker repo] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
changed: [localhost]

TASK [system : Install Docker] **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

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@dspace, thank you for sharing your progress. It seems like the device is running out of memory.

While we are assessing the next steps to try to make Raspberry Pi devices with smaller memory (for instance, 512 MB) work with Anthias, you can try the following:

  • Installing Anthias via pre-released images, which can be found here: Releases · Screenly/Anthias · GitHub
    • One caveat of installing from the release images is that they’re based off of balenaOS, so there are limitations when it comes to controlling the device. For instance, you won’t be able to SSH inside the device.
  • Installing Anthias on a Raspberry Pi device with RAM of at least 1 GB. (This is a last resort.)
  • Installing Anthias on 64-bit x86 device (say, an old laptop or PC that’s sitting around your room/garage)
    • I would like to add a note that audio (when playing videos) might not work out of the box. I can assist you with it if you continue to go down this path.
  • We recently added support for Raspberry Pi 5 devices, just in case you have one.
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Hi @nicomiguelino,
Thanks for the advice. I thought I’d give it another few tries with the installation. Have not tried the balenaOS suggestion yet, but might eventually go down that path. I did check and the raspberry pi that I have, does only have 512MB of RAM.
My latest attempt at installing has got me to the following stage (see pic).

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I started the installation roughly 48 hours ago, and currently it’s sitting at 66% for Building dependency tree. Would you have any final suggestions before I switch to another method?
Thanks.

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@dspace,

  • I see that the containers have started. Do you see the content being displayed on your screen?
  • I recently tried installing Anthias on a Raspberry Pi 1 B (whose RAM capacity is similar to that of the Pi 3A+), but I can’t seem to make it work.
  • As of now, I don’t have any final suggestion. Feel free to switch to another method.