Which version of the LightBurn installer did you start from?
Following post 32 I installed the current box64. I then use LB 1.4 7z. Thinking that that is what you assembled the instructions for. Once I got autoupdate turned off in the prefs.ini file 1.4 worked just fine. Then I repeated the setup with the 1.6 LB 7z file. I renamed the folder for 1.4 so I can distinguish between the version i’m launching (ie Lightburn/ Lightburn014/). However, this time 1.6 opened first try.
This is indeed correct.
Perhaps it was a one time thing.
I’m more curious about the corrupted toolbar icons. Based on your screenshot it looks like you’re running at 1920x1080 which I’m pretty sure I’ve run without issues.
Can you confirm how you are connected to the Pi? Are you directly plugged into a monitor and keyboard or is this going through VNC or something similar?
I’m currently connected at 1080 with a micro to standard HDMI adapter, a HDMI to VGA adapter, VGA cable, monitor. I got the same display on another monitor directly connected with a Micro to standard HDMI cable. So nothing but cables and adapters.
Be aware that I’ve reproduced the corrupted toolbar icon issue. Not certain but I believe there may have been something in a recent Pi OS update to have caused this. Not terribly interested in trying to identify what specific update may have caused it, however, but hopefully a hint to someone else who’s more invested in solving it.
Just so you know, HDMI and VGA are quite different signals with HDMI being digital and VGA being analog. With adapters and such, not only can signals be degraded but also the compute device might not get the serial data from the display to tell it what resolution and frequency to operate at.
Oh I’m very aware of the diffrences between HDMI and VGA any time I do a fresh install. But its what I have.
I also did some more playing around today and I think I figured out the need to launch 1.4 first then 1.6. It appears to be related to the license management window. When I open 1.4 the lic. management window opens. I can close it and open 1.6. The window doesn’t open but but if I try to open in thought the Help menu it crashes. Just food for thought.
So I was thinking of doing this, too, seeing as my 3d printers are all controlled through Octoprint and fabulously so. There is a big difference, though, between a 3d printer and my Falkon 2 (heavily modded), besides the obvious. 1st, I can run a print remotely because everything necessary is on/with the printer, not true with the Falcon. I have to place the wood and run Frame to assure it’s positioned correctly. 2nd, well there really is no 2nd since reason 1 is pretty emphatic. The only thing I’d gain from using the Pi is not having to carry the SD card to and fro between my computer and light burn and the engraver to install the file. At this point, that’s not good enough reason to jump through so many hoops, seeing as I have to set things up manually anyway. My two cents on the topic.
My guess is that most people will use this setup because they don’t want to dedicate a full computer to the task of mostly being a USB port serial sender at the machine or they don’t have much room at or around the laser machine.
LightBurn on an rPi handles both of those well and it give the user the ability to slightly modify the design or design placement at the machine.
And for some, the rPi configured with remote display capabilities will also let the remotely watch and control the machine.
And not for everyone.