I have been running HA since a while on a RPi. Suddenly I can’t access it any more in the local network. I hooked it up to a monitor and it seems fine there. I see it in the router connected, has an IP and is online, but it isn’t serving a website. Any ideas to troubleshoot?
Actually the interface is loading, just extremely slow. Connection lost says an error message on the bottom. The LEDs on the RPI are blinking like crazy.
Let’s start by asking the basic question - What model Raspberry Pi are you using. If it’s a Pi 3, it no longer has sufficient resources to run the current versions of HA/HAOS and needs to be upgraded to a newer model…
It’s been a few hours. Maybe a software update or major maintenance task has now completed? What LEDs are flashing?
Is there any changes to your console display, or any error messages displayed?
Are you using the old port address or the (new but optional) standard :80 to access the web page? There was a recent update and the release notes may point you in the right direction.
Oh, nooo. It’s a RPi 3 B+
The LAN socket LED is flashing a lot.
Newest HA versions have become to much for this system.
Fair enough, but I already had it running on a RPI with good enough results for me. I feel like it should have at least spit out a warning before upgrading, or straight out refused to upgrade on that hardware it can’t run on. HA is aware of the hardware it runs on after all. Honestly who is reading all the release notes before hitting update especially when updates are frequent and require just a button click.
First time you don’t read the release notes, you wonder why you have problems. The second time you know. There is no third time.
Have you tired bringing up your system in safe mode and then updating and pruning all the resource hogs?
Searching “safe mode” brings me here: General troubleshooting - Home Assistant
Since the GUI is not launching, only the third option seems viable: “By creating a file in the configuration directory”.
Searching “Home Assistant configuration directory” only shows how to get there via the GUI. I can’t see that directory on the SD card with the docker based image.
In case this is your first encounter with devices that run some kind of software to make them function: it’s a very common thing that installing newer versions can, and mostly will, demand more of the device you are installing on.
If changes/improvements were not happening, we would still live in caves with torches.
Via SSH, if you know the IP and passoword.
And if you connect monitor, what does the CLI say?
No, you’re missing the second option. Hook it back up to the monitor (which you said you did in your fist post) & a keyboard & type in ha core restart --safe-mode
No need for a snarky comment, this was a reply to a link “Why NOT to buy a PI to run Home Assistant”. I can’t travel back in time, and even then I already had the RPi.
My post was not meant to be snarky at all!
Don’t make assumptions.
I wanted to inform you what updating can do with older hardware.
The RPi3 B+ was launched in 2018.
Did you get what happened with many systems that were running W10?!
It’s just a matter to swallow the bitter pil, restore a previous version of HA and stick to that or check your piggy bank.
FYI, in case you might consider it (and not know it): buying newer RPi’s now are a real bad value for money currently.
$20-50 mini PC off FB marketplace is the way. My current HA bare metal hardware is a PC someone threw away with an i5 6500.
A laptop, designed for minimal power consumption with batteries in mind can make for a conservative server.
Ones with broken screens make ideal headless servers, and you can always attach an external monitor for those rare moments when console output debugging is required.
Bonus: Battery, even if old, makes for a great UPS substitute.
Most have Ethernet connectors and not much issue with USB devices plugged into them sucking up power.
Some can even be upgraded - a larger SSD instead of rusty HDD, a bigger memory SIMM in a second slot, etc.
You would be surprised how many gaming laptops are thrown out because of broken screens and you can pick them up at the recycling place or garbage tip for free, or pay by the weight.
A local recycler carries a lot of recycled solar panels and inverters, treating them as glass and metal to be recycled. Most are still fully functional, just they have been replaced by bigger capacity units.They also get a lot of PCs and crush them. What happens to the memory chips and hard drives, with the shortage caused by AI making new prices sky-rocket? Oh, we take those out and a guy comes and buys those for $5 a kg in a shoe box. I’m wondering if he tests and resells them, or just melts them down for the gold content on the connectors?
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.