rpi5 image ; do not update to new kernel!

[pa3gsb]

Hi All,

I got a queston:

A few days ago, I had info that there are updates available for the OS, and I decided to update. It took a long time, and then I confirmed that it updated the kernel, so no more radioberry driver.

Answer:

Your issue is exactly why i decided to make an image.  

The updates (of the kernel) by raspberry pi organization for the pio handling are very sensistive as you have learned.

This was also the case for the RPI-4 but there where only compiler updates and sometime some kernel construction changes which needed radioberry kernel driver updates.

I will now and than update the image with the latest kernel updates but for now your solution is to install the image again.

What do you mis in the user space that you want to update; because that is the most important question.

When doing an update you have to check if it only contains user space updates and no kernel updates.

Making protections or other mechanism is not good in my opion ; if there are updates with user space updates you will be blocked as well.

If the kernel image in the future in relation with the pio kernel is much stable and not so fragile ; you still need to compile the kernel to make it work. So also there you are also on your own; compiling the new code base is not enough as long the raspberry pi organization does not merge my pull request with the required changes. 

So i have to make a new image because of the kernel update in the latest update.

Maybe a good idea to add this information in the description that users should be aware about this.

Tnx for reporting but i am not able to help you much but i hope that this iinfo give some background info. 

For short term install image and for longer term wait for new image i provide.

This image will become available at gumroad; i will report here if available.

73 Johan

PA3GSB

[Frank Thomsen]

Great idea to add this info on the purchase page Johan! 

I made the mistake of updating right after installation - TWICE - No Radioberry! :-D

Pi5 really shines with the RadioBerry, I run five FT8 monitors from 3.5 to 14 MHz at night and five 14-28MHz at day - pretty darn cool B-)

Also may I suggest you add a later version of PiHPSDR  (I updated this weekend to the 7-2-2026 release, works great) - I think from December onwards the frequency calibration is in ppm not hertz, this solves  the +/- 120Hz per 5 MHz drift (SparkSDR still does this however as it still uses hertz calibration)

Also in the copy I got, OpenBSD SSH secure shell server fails to start, it is really handy to pop into the system via PuTTY - PiConnect works of course so it is not super urgent.

One final thing - I have had no luck obtaining all the necessary dependencies for WSJTX - do you have any suggestions?

73 OZ5ACI, Frank

[pa3gsb]

Hi Frank,

Nice you like the radio working with pi-5.

For wsjtx :  sudo apt install wsjtx

For ssh: this is not kernel related; so you should look to the ssh service.

An update is of course possible but you need to exclude the kernel part.

Hope this helps,

Johan

PA3GSB

Op maandag 9 februari 2026 om 07:01:51 UTC+1 schreef nulfo...@gmail.com:

[Frank Thomsen]

Thanks Johan,

Yes, it helped just fine - funny with WSJTX, when I researched options for Trixie I got directed to a rather complicated procedure involving installing dependencies (where I got stuck) and finally compiling the WSJTX source code - your tip was most certainly a great deal simpler - it worked a treat :-D

There are other options than OpenBSD, but yes, I will try and troubleshoot it.

Again many thanks for your help - and for RadioBerry :-)

Frank, OZ5ACI