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Connect a Raspberry Pi Zero over USB
This is a manual for connecting a Raspberry Pi Zero to your computer via USB. After burning the image on your SD card one has to add the USB driver on startup. In /boot/config.txt write at the end of the text:
dtoverlay=dwc2
and in /boot/cmdline.txt add after rootwait:
modules-load=dwc2,g_ether
Create a new file named “ssh” in the boot folder
Connect the Pi Zero with an USB cable or an USB dongle to your computer and log in with SSH
$ ssh pi@raspberrypi.local
The password is: raspberry
.local host on Arch Linux
Avahi on Arch
To get local hostname resolution using a “hostname.local” naming scheme install avahi and the nss-mdns package:
$ sudo pacman -S avahi nss-mdns
Start the avahi-daemon.service
$ systemctl start avahi-daemon.service
Edit the edit the file /etc/nsswitch.conf and include mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] before resolve:
$ sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf
It should looks like that:
hosts: files mymachines myhostname mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] dns
To enable the avahi-daemon.service at startup:
$ sudo enable avahi-daemon.service
On the host computer one might configure the network connection, too. Open the system network setup and for the “raspi network” change:
in IPv4: "method" to "Link Local only" in IPv6: "method" to "Ignore"
For a VNC connection install the Real VNC on your host computer, then enable VNC on the Raspberry Pi Zero in the raspi-config
$ sudo raspi-config
and log in from the host computer with raspberrypi.local
Set the Desktop Resolution
For a HDMI size desktop one can uncomment in:
$ sudo nano /boot/config.txt
that line:
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
Then force the Raspberry for example into that mode:
hdmi_group=2 hdmi_mode=85
Group 2 is for the DMT mode that is intended for computer monitors.
The hdmi mode defines the resolution, for example:
hdmi_mode=16 1024×768 60 Hz
hdmi_mode=23 1280×768 60 Hz
hdmi_mode=85 720p 60 Hz
All the possible modes one find on:https://elinux.org/RPiconfig