@RonR, you probably just need to set your DISPLAY variable correctly.

But I'm still curious what you think changed in Buster to make it stop working. You keep referring to it not working in Buster.

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Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:34 am

Don't forget that SD Card Copier is not available for Raspbian Buster Lite, so raspi-config-usb does serve a need.

Why do you say that?

What changed between Stretch and Buster to make it stop working? What happens when you try to run it?

Although it works, I don't think you are actually "supposed to" invoke things like mkfs.ext4 directly.

Rather, you are "supposed to" invoke mkfs with (something like) "-t ext4".

the solution that's been provided: firstboot.sh.

What is this "firstboot.sh"??? It does sound like what we've all been wanting.

When did they add that? Where is it documented?

sudo nano /etc/msmtprc So this is why you have to chown pi:pi /etc/msmtprc, you are creating the file as the root user. Yeah, you can't create files in /etc as non root user :mrgreen: Well, this is just another instance of the standard shiboleth of "Doesn't work? Try putting a 'sudo' in front of it...

1) I assume "mail.tx" is a typo for "mail.txt". That explains that error msg. 2) The "execv" error message is probably the result of not being able to find /usr/sbin/sendmail. My experience with mpack is that it is hard-coded to run /usr/sbin/sendmail and if that file isn't found, then you'll get th...

Well, the obvious test would be to use a different card.

If you get persistence in that case, then we really do have something to talk about.

OP already stated that he is not using an SD card.

He is booting from HD.

(Presumably, not a Pi4, unless he is doing the hybrid "/boot on SD, /root on HD" thing - and calling it "booting from HD")

The problem is that that flag is already going to be cleared by the time you get around to looking for it. It should be possible, however, to look into the various logs (starting with the output of "dmesg") and check to see if "fsck" was run as part of the bootup process. If it was, then you could c...

But when the board powers up, it recognizes an improper shutdown and tries to close/fix files improperly left open. Windows knows when the CPU has lost power, I guess Linux knows it as well. Yes, it does. A flag is set when when the system is shutdown cleanly. When the system boots and the flag is ...

I'm looking for a session manager for Raspbian. By "session manager", I mean something that keeps track of all my windows and their positions, so that I can reboot the Pi and then quickly get back all the windows and positions automatically. I know these exist for X and Linux generally, but the last...

This is in the category of "so close, but not quite there". I have a Pi 4 running two HDMI monitors (latest Buster, latest updates, latest eeprom). Everything works fine except that the secondary monitor is physically to the left of the primary monitor, but X behaves as if is to the right (which I u...