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Troubleshooting

Applying a patch

Note: This requires using the command line terminal. Windows users may first need to enable the SSH feature.

  • Make sure that you are connected to the CallOfNature hotspot.

  • Go to the system services page, scroll down to call-of-nature, then click on the service.

  • On that service page, click the 3 dots and click "Stop"

  • Get the patched executable call-of-nature-server from the developer and extract it to a folder.

  • Open the terminal navigate into that folder using cd. List the folder to verify you can see the executable with ls (macOS) or dir (Windows).

  • Then execute the following command; you will be prompted for the user password (password: NatureIsCalling).

scp call-of-nature-server slimy@callofnature.local:/home/slimy/call-of-nature/call-of-nature-server

  • Go back to the service page, click the 3 dots and click "Start"

Allowing more connections to the hotspot

By default the Raspberry Pi 5 can accept ~8 connections to its wifi hotspot. To push that limit to ~18 connections install the minimal wifi firmware by following these instructions.

  • Make sure that you are connected to the CallOfNature hotspot.

  • Go to the system terminal page and enter the following commands.

cd /usr/lib/firmware/brcm/
sudo ln -sf ../cypress/cyfmac43455-sdio.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,5-model-b.bin.bak
sudo ln -sf ../cypress/cyfmac43455-sdio-minimal.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,5-model-b.bin
sudo reboot

This will reboot the Rapsberry Pi with the new firmware.

Reverting back to the original firmware

  • To revert back to the regular firmware, enter the following commands.
cd /usr/lib/firmware/brcm/
sudo ln -sf ../cypress/cyfmac43455-sdio.bin brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,5-model-b.bin
sudo reboot

This will reboot the Raspberry Pi once again with the default firmware.