[SOLVED] pydPiper not starting (test failed)

[TheOldPresbyope]

Hi folks:
I'm having an issue getting PydPiper to run.  I have had it running successfully in the past, but I cannot get it to run on a fresh install.  Docker seems to be installed and working correctly, but the test does not seem to run as in the install guide.  It returns to the "root@moode:/app#" prompt immediately with no error message, and because a control C is not required to stop it, I believe that it is not running. Also, I have probed the display pins with a scope and there is no activity.  There does not appear to be a log file in the /var/log directory.
Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this one?

Thanks, Kent

I suggest you check what you did.

In a test here, I took a fresh install of moOde 8.3.7 on an RPi3B+ and followed Remy's installation guide.

I ran the configure.py program to generate a conf file with no changes----just accepted all defaults. I have no suitable display wired up but ran the pydPiper.py program anyway. It took some time to initialize after which I ctrl-C'ed out of it. Then I checked the log.

Code:

root@home:/app# python pydPiper.py
pydPiper starting
Loading font from /app/displays/fonts/latin1_5x8_fixed.fnt
Loading font from /app/displays/fonts/latin1_5x8_fixed.fnt
Loading font from /app/displays/fonts/Vintl01_10x16_fixed.fnt
Loading font from /app/displays/fonts/upperasciiwide_3x5_fixed.fnt
^CShutting down threads
Exiting...
root@home:/app# more /var/log/pydPiper.log
2024-01-19 21:26:39,455:INFO:pydPiper starting
2024-01-19 21:26:52,537:INFO:Exiting...

Like I said, I don't have a display wired up but this looks ok to me.

Regards,
the other Kent