Raspberry Pi EEPROM Manager

[RonR]

Raspberry Pi EEPROM Manager (rpi-eeprom-mgr) is a menu-driven front-end for rpi-eeprom-update.

Available actions are:


Display EEPROM Status

Update Bootloader EEPROM

Edit Bootloader Configuration

Update VL805 (USB) EEPROM

Remove Pending Update

Change Firmware Directory

Disable Automatic EEPROM Updates

Enable Automatic EEPROM Updates

Automatic EEPROM Update Status


All actions have a confirmation prompt before being executed.

[melqui]

Raspberry Pi EEPROM Manager (rpi-eeprom-mgr) is a menu-driven front-end for rpi-eeprom-update.

Available actions are:


Display EEPROM Status

Update Bootloader EEPROM

Edit Bootloader Configuration

Update VL805 (USB) EEPROM

Remove Pending Update

Change Firmware Directory

Disable EEPROM Update Service

Enable EEPROM Update Service


All actions have a confirmation prompt before being executed.

Great , is in the official repository?

[hippy]

Nice job.

[RonR]

Great , is in the official repository?

It's attached to the first post of this topic (rpi-eeprom-mgr.zip).

Simply extract rpi-eeprom-mgr (unzip rpi-eeprom-mgr.zip), make it executable (chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr) and run it (sudo ./rpi-eeprom-mgr).

[RonR]

rpi-eeprom-mgr (in the first post of this topic) has been updated.

The previous version contained two actions that allowed automatic EEPROM updates to be disabled/enabled:


Disable EEPROM Update Service

Enable EEPROM Update Service


These actions have been replaced by:


Disable Automatic EEPROM Updates

Enable Automatic EEPROM Updates

Automatic EEPROM Update Status


These new actions allow automatic EEPROM updates to be disabled/enabled without exacerbating the Serious Problem in Bootloader EEPROM.

[RonR]

rpi-eeprom-mgr (in the first post of this topic) has been updated.

rpi-eeprom-mgr has been enhanced to circumvent the issue described in the topic: Serious Problem in Bootloader EEPROM

rpi-eeprom-mgr now ensures that no previous EEPROM updates are pending, thus preventing the possibility of an endless EEPROM reprogramming loop.

[scotty101]

Why not share this via a Github (or similar) repository rather than a download that some might be suspicious of? I certainly won't download a random zip

[wildfire]

To be fair it's a bash script which can easily be examined before execution.

[algorithm]

Typo on line 368 "errrxit"

[RonR]

Typo on line 368 "errrxit"

Yes, that should be "errexit". Fortunately, it does no harm. I'll get that changed.

Thanks!

[skr1b]

It's attached to the first post of this topic (rpi-eeprom-mgr.zip).

Simply extract rpi-eeprom-mgr (unzip rpi-eeprom-mgr.zip), make it executable (chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr) and run it (sudo ./rpi-eeprom-mgr).
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Where do i put "rpi-eeprom-mgr"? I extracted it on my desktop but when i go into command line and type in "chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr". I get an error that says " chmod: cannot access 'rpi-eeprom-mgr': No such file or directory "

I am stuck on what to do from here. Please help

[RonR]

Where do i put "rpi-eeprom-mgr"? I extracted it on my desktop but when i go into command line and type in "chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr". I get an error that says " chmod: cannot access 'rpi-eeprom-mgr': No such file or directory "

I am stuck on what to do from here. Please help

You can put rpi-eeprom-mgr anywhere you like.

If it resides on your desktop and you open a command prompt in /home/pi, you would execute:

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chmod +x Desktop/rpi-eeprom-mgr
sudo Desktop/rpi-eeprom-mgr

or

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cd Desktop
chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr
sudo ./rpi-eeprom-mgr

[skr1b]

You can put rpi-eeprom-mgr anywhere you like.

If it resides on your desktop and you open a command prompt in /home/pi, you would execute:

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chmod +x Desktop/rpi-eeprom-mgr
sudo Desktop/rpi-eeprom-mgr

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cd Desktop
chmod + x rpi-eeprom-mgr
sudo ./rpi-eeprom-mgr

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Thanks but no luck still getting same error message for both . Am I doing something wrong? File is still on my desktop

chmod: cannot access 'Desktop/rpi-eeprom-mgr': No such file or directory

chmod: cannot access 'rpi-eeprom-mgr': No such file or directory

[RonR]

Thanks but no luck still getting same error message for both . Am I doing something wrong? File is still on my desktop

chmod: cannot access 'Desktop/rpi-eeprom-mgr': No such file or directory

chmod: cannot access 'rpi-eeprom-mgr': No such file or directory

I just tried both methods here and they both work as expected.

Is your command prompt running in /home/pi/Desktop when you run 'chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr'? Does 'ls -l' show rpi-eeprom-mgr?

[skr1b]

I just tried both methods here and they both work as expected.

Is your command prompt running in /home/pi/Desktop when you run 'chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr'? Does 'ls -l' show rpi-eeprom-mgr?
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I attached a screen shot of what I tried. How do i know if my command prompt is running in home/pi/desktop? Im using Putty

[RonR]

I attached a screen shot of what I tried. How do i know if my command prompt is running in home/pi/desktop?

Your command prompt shows your current location:

pi@retropie:~/Desktop $

The '~' means your HOME directory (/home/pi).

What does 'ls -l /home/pi/Desktop' show? You should see whatever is on your Desktop, including:

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-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi  13505 Sep 23 17:19 rpi-eeprom-mgr

Both of your attempts were incorrect.

In the first one, you typed rpi-eeprom=mgr instead of rpi-eeprom-mgr.

In the second one, you typed '+ x' instead of '+x'.

Something else to try is: 'find ~ -name rpi-eeprom-mgr'

It should display: '/home/pi/Desktop/rpi-eeprom-mgr'

[skr1b]

Your command prompt shows your current location:

pi@retropie:~/Desktop $

The '~' means your HOME directory (/home/pi).

What does 'ls -l /home/pi/Desktop' show? You should see whatever is on your Desktop, including:

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-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi  13505 Sep 23 17:19 rpi-eeprom-mgr

Both of your attempts were incorrect.

In the first one, you typed rpi-eeprom=mgr instead of rpi-eeprom-mgr.

In the second one, you typed '+ x' instead of '+x'.

Something else to try is: 'find ~ -name rpi-eeprom-mgr'

It should display: '/home/pi/Desktop/rpi-eeprom-mgr'
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I did the above and attached a screenshot. Its not showing up even though its on my desktop?

[RonR]

Its not showing up even though its on my desktop?

One last shot...

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sudo find / -name rpi-eeprom-mgr

[skr1b]

Its not showing up even though its on my desktop?

One last shot...

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sudo find / -name rpi-eeprom-mgr

nothing... so strange. What if i put the file somewhere in my pi folder with SSH? Like retropie/configs/all or somewhere it might be able to read it other then my desktop?

[RonR]

nothing... so strange. What if i put the file somewhere in my pi folder with SSH? Like retropie/configs/all or somewhere it might be able to read it other then my desktop?

I don't know what you have on your desktop that appears to be rpi-eeprom-mgr, but Linux says there's no file by that name anywhere on your system.

It doesn't matter where you put rpi-eeprom-mgr as long as you can find it, make it executable with chmod, and run it.

[AkulaMD]

Great , is in the official repository?

It's attached to the first post of this topic (rpi-eeprom-mgr.zip).

Simply extract rpi-eeprom-mgr (unzip rpi-eeprom-mgr.zip), make it executable (chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr) and run it (sudo ./rpi-eeprom-mgr).

You didn't exactly answer his question.

[RonR]

Great , is in the official repository?

It's attached to the first post of this topic (rpi-eeprom-mgr.zip).

Simply extract rpi-eeprom-mgr (unzip rpi-eeprom-mgr.zip), make it executable (chmod +x rpi-eeprom-mgr) and run it (sudo ./rpi-eeprom-mgr).

You didn't exactly answer his question.

It appears the answer is no:

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root@raspberrypi:~# apt search rpi-eeprom-mgr
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
root@raspberrypi:~#

[skr1b]

It appears the answer is no:

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root@raspberrypi:~# apt search rpi-eeprom-mgr
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
root@raspberrypi:~#

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Well...i tried it. And it atleast now says its on my system... can you help me from here now with correct commands?

[RonR]

Well...i tried it. And it atleast now says its on my system... can you help me from here now with correct commands?

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sudo chmod +x /opt/retropie/configs/all/rpi-eeprom-mgr

sudo /opt/retropie/configs/all/rpi-eeprom-mgr

[skr1b]

Well...i tried it. And it atleast now says its on my system... can you help me from here now with correct commands?

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sudo chmod +x /opt/retropie/configs/all/rpi-eeprom-mgr

sudo /opt/retropie/configs/all/rpi-eeprom-mgr

INCREDIBLE! It worked We finally did it ha. Thank you good sir! Appreciate it very much