[Coco] Drivewire on an original Raspberry Pi

[Aaron Wolfe]

Fwiw, this is the configuration I always expected with DW4 on limited
devices like the Pi.  Run the server on your device, run the GUI on a big
computer when/if needed.

I know the GUI can run on a Pi, and I put a little work into making that
happen back in the day, but in general if you can do server only on the Pi
it will probably be a better experience.

-Aaron


On Tue, Feb 1, 2022, 8:09 PM Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:

> Perhaps the configuration I have set up on the CoCo-Pi distribution isn't
> what folks here are looking for, but I have pyDriveWire and DriveWire 4
> installed - though only one of them is active at a time.
>
> For DriveWire, I make sure to use Oracle 1.8.0:
>
> pi at raspberrypi:~ $ java -version
> java version "1.8.0_202"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_202-b08)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.202-b08, mixed mode)
>
> This will allow DriveWire 4 to run, but without the GUI (X-Windows / Java
> client on the Raspberry Pi itself).  Not an issue for my needs as I mainly
> control the DriveWire server through scripting.  If I need to access the
> GUI, I simply do it from my main Linux (or Windows) workstation since I
> also have the DriveWire software installed on both of those computers.  You
> simply use the option to connect to another (remote) server and it just
> works.  This option also allows me to run a Raspberry Pi "headless" yet
> easily manage it.
>
> pyDriveWire includes an easy to use web interface which is also easy to
> access remotely.
>
> I give Walter kudos for going through all the trouble to get the actual GUI
> working on the Raspberry Pi, but perhaps the set up I use may work for
> others as an alternate method.
>
> -Ron
>