[SOLVED] Instllation and setup simply not workieng

[Sircameron]

Hi

I'm having difficulty getting Moode to run... I've tried many different configurations when flashing the image, but the device is never discoverable on my network via browser or terminal.

When I plug a screen into the device, it stops at requesting a password to login in to the user account on the device.. could this be the issue?
what should one see on the screen when it is running correctly?

Some details:
- I have an Rpi 3B that was using Volumio before this..
- the device is connected via Ethernet and I enter the wifi network details. I have tried it without the Ethernet cable also.
- I use a Justboom DAC on the Rpi, but have tried to get up and running with and without the HAT attached.


Many thanks for any help or advice you can give me

[jonners]

Did you read the Setup Guide and flash the image with the Raspberry Pi Imager?

[Sircameron]

Yup, in my most recent attempt, I followed this guide to the letter:
https://github.com/moode-player/docs/blo...r-tutorial

[Tim Curtis]

Hi

I'm having difficulty getting Moode to run... I've tried many different configurations when flashing the image, but the device is never discoverable on my network via browser or terminal.

When I plug a screen into the device, it stops at requesting a password to login in to the user account on the device.. could this be the issue?
what should one see on the screen when it is running correctly?

Some details:
- I have an Rpi 3B that was using Volumio before this..
- the device is connected via Ethernet and I enter the wifi network details. I have tried it without the Ethernet cable also.
- I use a Justboom DAC on the Rpi, but have tried to get up and running with and without the HAT attached.


Many thanks for any help or advice you can give me

Moode runs headless by default which means that a locally attached display will simply stop at the Linux login prompt. You can turn on the Local Display feature via the WebUI in the Peripheral Config screen.

But you are reporting that you can't access the WebUI. 

1. What shows up in your Browser when you enter one of the URL's below?

Code:

http://moode
http://moode.local
http://IP_ADDRESS_OF_PI

2. Can you login to your Router to confirm the IP address assigned to the Raspberry Pi?

[Sircameron]

Hey Tim

Thanks for that trouble shooting advice
I managed to connect to it only via IP address over ssh and http..
connecting with the hostname doesn't seem to work... could be some config with my router that's blocking that maybe..

Many thanks again!

[Tim Curtis]

I don't know of its your Router but some part of the end-to-end connection is blocking or failing name resolution.

IIRC some Android phones can't resolve host.local and so IP address has to be used. Modern Routers and clients support what is called multicast DNS or mDNS. This is where you add .local to the hostname and the mDNS protocol resolves that to the host's IP address.