Accessing PI remotely

[brettalexwallace]

I recently installed the following fantastic video looper (https://learn.adafruit.com/raspberry-pi ... stallation) directly on my Pi (without using remote access). It works great, However, now, I am unsure how I can shut my Pi down or stop it since I don't have the IP address or have a way to get into the command line. Any ideas? Thanks, Brett

[epoch1970]

Pressing ctrl-alt-del on a keyboard connected to the Pi should command orderly shutdown and reboot.
The long term solution is to install networking and use ssh from another computer, I guess.

[fruitoftheloom]

Dupe: viewtopic.php?f=63&t=153850

[brettalexwallace]

Thanks. The Ctrl-Alt-Del from external keyboard did not work. I am going to try attaching the PI to my laptop via an HDMI cable and see if that can work.

[davidcoton]

I am going to try attaching the PI to my laptop via an HDMI cable and see if that can work.

Why would that work? HDMI is (more or less) an output on both devices. Connecting them together will achieve nothing.

You could try Ctrl-Alt-F2 to open a new session.

[brettalexwallace]

Thanks David - Ctrl alt F2 did not work either.

[brettalexwallace]

When I unplug it and plug it back in it restarts with the prompt video loop. Not a bad thing since I wanted to build an automatic video looper, but would be great to get "control" back.

Brett