FAQ index
1. What OS version to use with the taloLoggerPi?
The taloLoggerPi v1.1h is verified to work (2021-12-19) on
the Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Legacy), version Buster, 2021-12-02. The verified
version or newer Buster version is recommended.
The newer Bullseye version will not work without major manual fixing - at
least at the moment.
2. What software is installed by the taloLoggerPi installation?
The taloLoggerPi image is intended to be installed on top of a
Raspberry Pi OS distribution ("Buster Lite", "Stretch Lite", "Jessie Lite", "Jessie" or "Wheezy").
Distribution is upgraded to latest configration on the day the package
is released using apt-get update and
apt-get upgrade commands.
The taloLoggerPi install script will install the following packages
using apt-get command:
- daemontools
- daemontools-run
- python-serial
- python-pil
- python-mysqldb
- python-sqlite
- python-psycopg2
- apache2
- php
- php-mysql
- php-sqlite3
- php-pgsql
- php-gd
- sqlite3
- owfs
- digitemp
- rrdtool
- i2c-tools
- python-oauth
- insserv
- python-paho-mqtt
Also configuration changes to the packages and required users, groups and
directories will be made.
Latest versions of the following software will be installed:
- taloLogger
- taloLoggerGraph
3. My USB devices are not working properly with taloLoggerPi v1.0a
It is stronlgy recommended to upgrade to lastest Raspbian install
and use latest taloLoggerPi installer to install taloLoggerPi on top of
the Raspbian.
The Rasberry Pi has had some issues with the kernel working properly with
the USB bus and various USB devices. taloLoggerPi v1.0a has an additional
kernel configuration parameter to handle slow USB devices better. However,
this configuration has disabled some of the USB 2.0 enabled devices and
seems to affect on the USB bus stability also.
If you encounter problems with the taloLoggerPi v1.0a you can disable the
"fix" with the following procedure. Future taloLoggerPi versions will not
have this "fix" enabled anymore: The taloLoggerPi image has a
configuration file /boot/cmdline.txt. Remove the following
directive from the beginning of the parameter line leaving other directives
in place:
dwc_otg.speed=1
Reboot the Pi.
4. After installing the imgae on SD card, there is no log
After having installed the image on SD memory card, there is no log and
the log files are 0 bytes in lenght. The taloLogger process is running.
Please follow the installation instructions fully. If the file system
on the card is not resized to fill the card there is no space on the
device for logs. The distribution file system is minimized to make the
distribution package smaller.
