<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 6:37 PM James Abernathy <<a href="mailto:jfabernathy@gmail.com">jfabernathy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br>
<div class="gmail-m_3413871183495599563moz-cite-prefix">On 10/06/2018 03:16 PM, Jerry wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 2:48 PM James
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So I now
have my RP3+ and I used Etcher to install the RP Stretcher
from 2017-11-29. However when I turn on the RP3+, I just
get the multicolor screen and the board has a blinking
Green LED in some pattern.<br>
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Did I miss a step? I just downloaded the .zip file for
Stretcher, Flashed the microSD with Etcher, and plugged it
in.<br>
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<div>That sounds like a kernel problem. I know that the
3B+ needs a newer kernel. I don't think that was
reflected in Raspbian until at least the RPi 3B+ release
date of 3/14/18.</div>
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<div>There may be a way for you to only upgrade the kernel
by chrooting into that distribution from another
Raspberry Pi, perhaps by installing current Raspbian on
another card and mounting the target 11/29/17 Raspbian
card with a USB reader.</div>
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<div>It's a pain but I bet that will work. I've done
similar things with other single board computers. The
end will be 11/29/17 with an upgraded kernel. Which
version to pick is another story. Perhaps the latest
one, perhaps not. You could try the oldest kernel made
after 3/14/18 I suppose.<br>
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<div>You might have to grab the actual .deb file and
upgrade it manually with dpkg -i. I'm not very familiar
with Debian-based distributions. Perhaps there is a
limited upgrade apt command that will do it.<br>
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<div>Good luck. If you get stuck I can do it in parallel
here. I have spare microSD cards and a RPi3B+.<br>
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So I downloaded the latest Raspbian for RP3+
(2018-06-27-raspbian-stretch.zip) and used Etcher to flash it to a
32GB microSD and this one booted fine. I'm going to try and get
MythTV Lite running on it like I didn't know any better and see what
happens.<br>
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<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Well this is interesting. Mythtv light works okay on the Raspbian 2018-06-27 and I did a full update. Then I install Mythtv Light. I didn’t try much performance tuning yet, but it seems to work fine. I’m using HDMI video to a A/V receiver and the receiver sends the audio to 5.1 speakers and video to my UHD TV. Setting audio to OpenMAX:hdmi and Video Playback profile to OpenMAX Normal. </div><div><br></div><div>I can see some performance issues, but I still have to play with tuning.</div><div><br></div><div>I did get my Harmony Smart Hub remote paired to the bluetooth on the RP3+. No issues there.</div><div><br></div><div>I’ve bought a MPEG2 license but I don’t have the code yet.</div><div><br></div><div>More later after I’ve had time to tune.</div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good. Chroot is a pain. But doable.</div><div><br></div><div>It looks like the firmware in the older image is the culprit and not the kernel as I thought:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/Debian/raspi3-image-spec/issues/12">https://github.com/Debian/raspi3-image-spec/issues/12</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>All I know is, there was a Raspbian image that was released before 3/14/18. I tried it on my 3+ and it didn't work, blinked like you said. 2 days later, the fix was out. It was a hot topic on the forums at the time. I just had to do a full upgrade with an older Rpi 2 and then it booted.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If you have problems, and it sounds like you don't have any glaring ones, my offer still stands. I can try going through in the next day or so and give you the steps. It won't take me long.<br></div></div></div></div>