I have just built a Raspbery Pi-2 with IQaudio DAC+ controlled by Volumio 1.55… After building the SD image, the setup boots fine, I change the DAC
reference, play music all good, even the Android Voumio WebApp works OK…
I then tried that crappy Sound@Home App, and it seems the ‘auto config via LAN’ completely destroys something in the Volumio image.
I have rebooted twice, the Volumio startup sound comes out of my amp HOWEVER no interface via browser nor Android!
I plugged in my HDMI to see the Pi-2 logon scripting, it seems to look all ok ending at the $ prompt, however after a few seconds I get some sort of EXT4-fs error count…?
Are there any commands I can run from the shell to restart the failed services or whatever is causing the issue?? Thanks
Power supply: I have two - 1) 5V 2A SMPS; 2) 5V 3A Linear supply (have tried both)
Cards: I have two - 1) Kingston SDC10/8GB; 2) Samsung EVO/16GB (have tried both)
FWIW, all combinations of PS + Card run openELEC on the RPi2 OK (this was done as an exercise to verify hware OK)
I had Volumio 1.55 running stable for a day then it seemed to fall apart after an attempted restart… Countless attempts since incl. card re-flash without success. Noticed a few others have been having same/similar issues reporting same/similar error messages.
Evperience: First time RPi / linux user here (not counting 2x SqueezeBox Touchs that i have). Have built many windows boxes for audio over the years…
Me too… (Pi2 Volumio 1.55)
Unstable is so elusive and difficult to quantify. I have found that my WiFi connection (Edimax EW-7811un) exhibits many dropped Rx packets and is often very unresponsive. I found many conflicting symptoms, so… I finally went for a strong solution, maybe it would help, maybe not. Here it is:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
It takes upward of ten minutes to complete.
I am thrilled with the result. my Pi2 Model B is rock solid. YES!
Just wondering if any Volumio 1.55 + RPi2 users are NOT having stability problems?
Presumably, if the failure rate is high then a fix is not too far away or does it generally take weeks or months for new platform + software to “settle down”…?
I’ve tinkered a bit, so it’s not exactly pure 1.55 any more, but nothing that should affect stability. (The main changes are to resize the root partition on the Micro SD card, to uncomment “album_art_names” in /etc/minidlna.conf and to improve security by changing passwords, regenerating ssh keys and switching from password to key-based login over ssh.)
Thank you for your post. It gives me some motivation to persevere and try a few things… Not sure what as openELEC & Raspbian run without a hitch. I have tried a few cards… Maybe a different power supply…?
Been running a Raspberry Pi 2 with HiFiBerry DAC+ and a Samsung 32GB Evo MicroSDHC plus a Apple iPad charger without any problems for the last few days
My RasPi 2 (volumio 1.55) has been running stable for a week now. (Except some tinker-induced re-flash on Thursday that I don’t want to talk about ). However I had an initial stability issue that was similar to what you describe with a smaller/cheaper power supply. Currently the RasPi is running on a 3.5 A unit that came with an old phone of mine.
My HW config is the same as Mike’s except power supply - but i also use 2A power adapter.
Only noticable problem i hv got with Ralink WIFI adapter - finally it get burned and RPI is on wire
There are a few glitches on webui but except that everything works stable from 3,5 weeks.
Since my initial post I have been running Volumio with my RPi2 with IQaudio DAC+ and powering via an Anker power bank quite successfuly. I avoided that dodgy Android app that crashes it, not sure if it still works, don’t care!
I also managed to add a Wifi dongle, and using the powerbank, have an impromptu potable DAP! LOL!
I just rec’d my new Pi2 and IQaudio DAC+. I have a 2A wallwart PS. After some initial fiddling, I got everything working through headphones on the DAC+ jack. When I moved it to my stereo (unplug and reboot), I get nothing from the DAC+. After many reboots, reflashes using img from this site and also IQaudio’s site, Volumio now cannot ’ find’ my DAC+. When I go to Playback>Audio Out, the only choice is ALSL, no DAC+.
Any ideas? Any command line way of verifying DAC+?
Thanks
SOLVED! I downloaded the new 1.55 ikg from IQaudio and after a few hick-ups on first boot up (date set to future??, no lost & found), everything worked like it was supposed to and had STAYED THAT WAY. I cannot say enough about Gordon’s help in this. Not onlly did he email back and forth several times, he was ready to ship me a new board (to US) to try to see if it was an issue with the DAC+.
IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING BUYING A I2S DAC, BUY THE ONE FROM IQAUDIO! THE SOUND IS SUPERB AND THE SUPPORT IS EVEN B ETTER!!!
). However I had an initial stability issue that was similar to what you describe with a smaller/cheaper power supply. Currently the RasPi is running on a 3.5 A unit that came with an old phone of mine.