Headless Pi5 Ubuntu Setup
April 11, 2024, 16:23
I've just got a Pi 5 used the imager to put Ubuntu on the SD card, I've set a username and password, entered my wifi details, set my timezone and enabled SSH. After I plugged it in I connected to my router and it hasn't connected to the network. I'm not sure on what to try, any ideas?
I've tried both the default image on the raspberry pi imager and the LTS version I got from the ubuntu website.
How did you check that it is not connected to the network?
I signed into my router and looked at the devices connected to it.
Do you connect power first and then Ethernet?
Have you tried it with the raspberry pi OS? Because if it then appears in the router, something is wrong with Ubuntu. If it doesn't show up, something is wrong with the cable or the Pi.
If you are 100% sure that you have created the SD card correctly, the SD card is in working order and you can't connect to it then is the only option is to connect a display and see where the issue is.
No I haven't tried ethernet
or raspberry pi OS
<a:CryingManAnimated:1168899213170581576> ok I just ordered a cable for that
How is your WiFi set up?
Some routers have the option to only allow "Known devices" into the WLAN.
Sorry for the shit quality
Is the error to do with the Pi or SD card?
Both are brand new
Probably the SD card
Crop the picture before posting
rip time to order a new one ig
Or a SSD or a NVMe HAT, SD card isn't that reliable as computer storage?
I mean those would be better but I've had Pi's running for years on SD cars with no issues at all
And what I try to say a SD card has a limited write operation and if you run a system you will encounter this and experience strange behaviour. It depends on your use case, my latest crash was a Pi 4 at home run flawless for 4 years with docker and then it crashed with a SD card that has write/read failures.
<@796000224690307072>, I dont have the same problem, but you can maybe help me get this sorted out?
Why do you ping me in a thread that belongs to another? Thats not gonna give you any creds.
Yes swapping in a new one did the job perfectly, thank you!
Oh that’s true, I don’t think I should be writing that much data so it should be fine.
Well you have for example logs that is quite write intensive. To prevent this I create a RAM disk that I use for logging.
that's a pretty good idea actually I might give that a go
Check Log2RAM
I meant it diff, i meant i have the same kind of problem but with noobs not starting headless
but okay
I've just taken a look now it looks awesome, thanks! I'll get it set up tomorrow.