Various problems with Runeaudio (solved)

skootx

I'm having some trouble with my installation. I have a Pi 3, Pi touchscreen, HifiBerry Digi and a Western Digital 1 TB USB drive. All is powered through a USB powered hub, with the latest Runeaudio release version.

I had everything working great, then installed everything into a Smartipi case and now am having problems.

Sometimes on startup the screen hangs at runeaudio login. Sometimes it boots up into Runeaudio though.
If Runeaudio does boot, I choose some music and play it but there is no sound. I can stop the music but cannot restart play after that- the play button is grayed out.
Sometimes everything freezes and I'm unable to choose menu items.
On shutdown, whether I choose reboot or shutdown, I get a "Connecting" icon that never goes away and I have to unplug.

I've tried reformatting and reflashing the SD card.

Any ideas?

pelliott321

I am just a beginner too. I have two RPi3 up and running one on Ethernet using it as a player into a USB DAC. The other a wifi unit with HIFIberry DAC PRO. It took me a while to get them running and I wasted a lot of time with MoOde and Volumio. Rune seems to be the most stable and robust.
Personally I would start small just with the PI, nothing else. Start with a freshly made SDchip. Get it on the network. Use a laptop or computer to access the Rune interface.
The PI will mount your USB drive automatically and play music through the audio out jack on the PI you select on the interface. This will build your confidence and you will learn the interface.
If all is well then you will need to edit the "config.txt" file on the SD chip and remove the hash tag (#) in front of your HIFIberry device. CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE.. Attach the HIFIberry device and boot up.
You will be able to select your DAC in the config pages.
once all this is working then I would tackle the touch screen.
One of the biggest problems with MoOde and Volumio is that the SDchip was easily corrupted. I got in the habit to stopping the music and shutting down the Pi via the interface. This insures that all that the chip is not being wriiten to when you shut it off and will lessen the chance of corrupting the SDchip
This is a great system, takes a little while to get it going and the price is right.

hondagx35

Hi skootx,

are you using the PI3 internal wifi?

For me it sounds like you have network issues.
Also check your cabling.

Get access to the console and check "journalctl" for errors.
Also check the log files in /var/log/runeaudio.

Frank

- Get access to the console:
Use SSH from your PC

If you are not familiar with SSH read this for Windows or this for Linux/MacOS
The default login for RuneAudio is "root" with the password "rune" (without quotes).

skootx

Yes, using the internal P3 wifi, but...

I've never had it connected to any network actually- I don't plan on using it with wifi, just my USB drive. It was working great on just the touchscreen before I pulled things apart and fitted it into the SmartPi case. I'm wondering if I zapped one of the boards or something. I've checked all the cables, etc.

skootx

After some experimenting, it seems that strange behavior is limited to when the output is set to Digi. I don't have a 1/8" male to male cable to test output from the Pi board, but the controls all function perfectly while playing music with Analog or HDMI outputs selected. I don't get any of the hangups or freezes. Could this be caused by a bad Digi board?

hondagx35

Hi skootx,

Could this be caused by a bad Digi board?

Yes, it could be.
To find out what the problem is you have to check the log files.

Frank

skootx

Here is the debug info- which log files should I look at?

http://pastebin.com/Z4FYediM

hondagx35

Hi skootx,

hondagx35 wroteGet access to the console and check "journalctl" for errors.
Also check the log files in /var/log/runeaudio.

Frank

skootx

Here is journalctl: http://pastebin.com/R7RX2vuP
runeredis.log: http://pastebin.com/RAGec51Z
runeui.log: http://pastebin.com/DMBvydEz
runeui_access.log: http://pastebin.com/hAUh9ADx
ui_error.log: http://pastebin.com/Z7R43rDZ

The other logs had very little information in them.

skootx

I forgot to mention- the Pi does playback with sound when using the Pi's built-in 1/8" jack.

hondagx35

Hi ,

Here is journalctl: http://pastebin.com/R7RX2vuP

This is not the complete journal and thus useless.

For me it seems like you have a hardware issue.

Frank

skootx

Yup. Bad Digi board. I put a new one in and everything is working perfectly. Thanks for your help.