my Pi4 died and can't figure it out.

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  • djnagle
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2020
    • 25

    my Pi4 died and can't figure it out.

    OK, It boots up and the screen that checks everything and when it goes to to the last line it goes blank and the green light stops flashing. I've left it on for an hour and nothing changes. Here is a pic of the screen just before it goes blank. P.S. I reseated the chip and nothing changes.
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  • Paul Webster
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2005
    • 9634

    #2
    Can you ssh in to the device?
    The IP address is shown on the screen.
    Paul Webster
    Author of "Now Playing" plugins covering Radio France (FIP etc), PlanetRadio (Bauer - Kiss, Absolute, Scala, JazzFM etc), KCRW, ABC Australia and CBC/Radio-Canada
    and, via the extra "Radio Now Playing" plugin lots more - see https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...Playing-plugin

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    • djnagle
      Junior Member
      • Nov 2020
      • 25

      #3
      I'll try and get back to you. However the reason I started looking into this is it no longer appeared on my list on either my laptop or phone. Just to be clear, SSH means wifi right?

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      • Paul Webster
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2005
        • 9634

        #4
        Not necessarily - it could be Ethernet.
        However, from you screen it looks like you have connected by WiFi so that is the way to do it for now.
        Paul Webster
        Author of "Now Playing" plugins covering Radio France (FIP etc), PlanetRadio (Bauer - Kiss, Absolute, Scala, JazzFM etc), KCRW, ABC Australia and CBC/Radio-Canada
        and, via the extra "Radio Now Playing" plugin lots more - see https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...Playing-plugin

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        • djnagle
          Junior Member
          • Nov 2020
          • 25

          #5
          when I go to the address on the net, this is the page I get.
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          • chill
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2007
            • 2233

            #6
            The address in your first image is 192.168.0.11

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            • slartibartfast
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2010
              • 13173

              #7
              Originally posted by chill
              The address in your first image is 192.168.0.11
              I wonder if the Ethernet address was 192.168.0.14 before the WiFi was setup. Some people must get caught out by that.

              Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
              Living Room: Touch or Squeezelite (Pi3B) > Topping E30 > Audiolab 8000A > Monitor Audio S5 + BK200-XLS DF
              Bedroom: Radio
              Bathroom: Radio

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              • chill
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2007
                • 2233

                #8
                Originally posted by slartibartfast
                I wonder if the Ethernet address was 192.168.0.14 before the WiFi was setup. Some people must get caught out by that.

                Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
                Yep - been there, done that.

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                • djnagle
                  Junior Member
                  • Nov 2020
                  • 25

                  #9
                  Well I'll be damned. The address just changed arbitrarily? Will that happen again? So I can see the Pi4 on my laptop but not on the monitor that is plugged into it. what does that mean?

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                  • Greg Erskine
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 2807

                    #10
                    To me it looks like there is a Bluetooth problem and LMS is failing to completely start. The RPi4B has not dead.

                    I don't recommend running LMS over wifi (probably old school thinking) unless you are making a stand alone player.

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                    • chill
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2007
                      • 2233

                      #11
                      Originally posted by djnagle
                      Well I'll be damned. The address just changed arbitrarily? Will that happen again? So I can see the Pi4 on my laptop but not on the monitor that is plugged into it. what does that mean?
                      Did you maybe connect by cable first, then switch to wifi, as hinted at by Slartibartfast above? The two interfaces will get given different IP addresses by your router.

                      The pCP interface that you see in your browser does not show up on the monitor. If you connect a keyboard to the Pi you can hit enter and get a command line on the monitor.

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                      • Greg Erskine
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2006
                        • 2807

                        #12
                        Originally posted by djnagle
                        Well I'll be damned. The address just changed arbitrarily? Will that happen again? So I can see the Pi4 on my laptop but not on the monitor that is plugged into it. what does that mean?
                        pCP uses your DHCP server to set the IP address, just like most computers.

                        Read up about DHCP if you want to know permanent an IP address really is.

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                        • slartibartfast
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2010
                          • 13173

                          #13
                          Originally posted by djnagle
                          Well I'll be damned. The address just changed arbitrarily? Will that happen again? So I can see the Pi4 on my laptop but not on the monitor that is plugged into it. what does that mean?
                          You can reserve an IP address for the Pi on your router.

                          Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
                          Living Room: Touch or Squeezelite (Pi3B) > Topping E30 > Audiolab 8000A > Monitor Audio S5 + BK200-XLS DF
                          Bedroom: Radio
                          Bathroom: Radio

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                          • djnagle
                            Junior Member
                            • Nov 2020
                            • 25

                            #14
                            From the first day I connected to it by WiFi. I had it in the system for 2 weeks or so and used it every day then one day I couldn't connect with the address ending in "14"

                            Maybe I did something in LMS I shouldn't have. I'm putting it back in the system today and will run TIDAL and see if it works with the new address.

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                            • slartibartfast
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2010
                              • 13173

                              #15
                              Originally posted by djnagle
                              From the first day I connected to it by WiFi. I had it in the system for 2 weeks or so and used it every day then one day I couldn't connect with the address ending in "14"

                              Maybe I did something in LMS I shouldn't have. I'm putting it back in the system today and will run TIDAL and see if it works with the new address.
                              The address can change after a reboot. Reserving an IP address on your router is good practice.

                              Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk
                              Living Room: Touch or Squeezelite (Pi3B) > Topping E30 > Audiolab 8000A > Monitor Audio S5 + BK200-XLS DF
                              Bedroom: Radio
                              Bathroom: Radio

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