BUGFIX: unable to execute vcgencmd on 64-bit Raspbian #3
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On an RPi 4B running Raspbian (6.1.57-v8+ #1688 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 12 15:14:26 BST 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux), I tried your script, and got errors like this:
Eventually, I figured out that the
vcgencmdin/opt/vc/binis a 32-bit executable, and this is a 64-bit platform... so, I triedwhich vcgencmdand found one in/usr/bin.I modified the script to use
command -vto locate the first vcgencmd in the $PATH, and use that instead. Now it works fine. I have no idea why there are two copies, or why they are in different locations. I ran repair on Raspberry Pi packages and that didn't resolve it.I also took the liberty of bumping the version # for you and updating the copyright.
Thanks for the script. Cheers