headless pi zero 2w setup
January 16, 2025, 19:58
hello does anyone know if you can setup a headless raspberry pi setup on a pc with a non-wifi motherboard?
its a good question to put in here
dw
so you just want to be able to connect the pi to your pc? do you not want the pi to have internet access its self?
i would prefer if it does
then does your pc have internet access?
im assuming it does through ethernet
ethernet to router yes
then you dont need to mention your non wifi motherboard
you access your pi through the router, not specifically wifi
so you can just set up your pi normally https://discord.com/channels/818384379197784084/1193923435789824050
well its not like the direct router idk how to put it its like a box thats makes you have a stronger connection that you can just put in the wall and that has a ethernet port
a switch.
wait i can send a picture if u want
the pi zero does not have ethernet though so unless you have a access point attached to the switch it would just connect to your router if that has wifi
sure
okay
whatever that is it has wifi apparently
you can just follow this https://discord.com/channels/818384379197784084/1193923435789824050
dont you need to configure some stuff with the ssh too thats not in the tutorial
?
that is in the tutorial
"enable ssh by going into the services tab"
i didnt include screenshots of that because the tutorial is already too much of a scroll
oh alr im trying rn
oh wait and btw
instead of 32 bit desktop choose 32 bit lite
this is the headless version
lol i was so confused y it didnt work only read it now
i got a 64 gigs sd i thought i heard that was a problem do u know anything abt it
no
64 gigs is great
sd cards are generally less reliable but apart from that i havent no
do u know if i did something wrong?
yes
change it to raspberrypi.local
and if that doesnt work check you router for the ip associated with that hostname
oh lol
it works now
ye
you can ssh the same way'
lol srry i got another question if i fill in my password it say its wrong and if i do crtl shift x again the password is 60 characters long
ssh username@raspberrypi.local
where does it say its 60 characters long?
i counted it
oh yes
thats because its encrypted i think
oh wait that should be my username looool
im not sure why it happens but thats my hypothesis
i was following a tutorial on yt and it said pi@... so i thought i had to put in that
thats outdated
lets go it works now
the default username used to be pi now there is no default
it would be whatever you set it to, in this case you seem to have set it to sjijn
ye stijn thats just my name
nice name
ye its dutch
do u know what this is i cant find it online anywhere
Yeah you can't run vnc in a headless setup
huh so i can only use a terminal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fEnvDgxwbI lol in this video they say they are
Vnc is so you can access the pi via gui but by definition headless os's do not have a gui
Yep
Their functially wrong then. If you want a gui you would need to install one but I wouldn't suggest that on a zero
Just too much ram and computing power used up
but like does it work the same as the terminal on linux like a can still acces the web etc?
If you use lynx yes you can have a terminal based browser but you typically don't do that, and any applications you run on it will be able to yes
You can do everything you can on a full os except use the gui. This just means doing everything via the commands rather than a mouse
You'll learn more this way anyway
i alr use ubuntu linux so i know pretty much of the commands alr so that isnt a issue
luckily
Then this will be easy
but like that means you cant open a file explorer or something right?
btw why tf isnt it possible to use vnc i dont get it
No but you can use cd and ls
And mv or cp
oh alr
You can't stream a gui which you don't have
Imagine trying to record the view of a telescope with your phone except you don't have a telescope
oh ye lol that makes sense
https://discord.com/channels/818384379197784084/818384379197784087/1329540993284051066
What exactly do you want to achieve?
Pi with GUI that you can control remotely?
Incidentally, the Pi Zero 2 is too weak for this. You won't be able to open a browser with it. I tried it myself because I wanted to use it as a display. Firefox and Chrome complain because there is less than 1 GB RAM.
Some lightweight browser will probably be able to work but at that point lynx is your best option gui or not
lolz srry to bother you but i just tried to put kali linux on it but it cant find it again anymore (I did use the .local
Can't find what again?
my raspberry pi
wait do u remember the convo we had
if i ping it
Oh
Uh did we solve it?
I remember we did solve it I think
yes it was just putting .local at the back of it
Oh yeah
oh wait imma try something
If it's not working now try checking your router config for it
the imager encrypted my wifi password and i think it used like the weird encrypted version instead of the right one
Uh you mean that thing where it shows 60 characters?
That does not affect your pi
yes
no i resetted the sd card
It's just when you plug the SD card back into the imager the imager can not read it properly. But once your pi boots it unencrypts it
As in a format? Then if so you do need to reimage it
i reimaged it but like when i looked in the advanced settings and then clicked show wifi password it said the encrypted password still
yeah
like i said that will always happen
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alr but im still getting this message do u know what i should do?
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