FAQ

I am only getting white-on-black text on my monitor. Where is my UI?

motionPie will never display anything beautiful on your monitor - it is meant to only be used from a web browser. The ugly text that appears on the monitor is actually useful when debugging. Most users should ignore it.

Why do I get permission denied when trying to log in with SSH?

Make sure you use root or admin as username. admin is just an alias for root. Use the password you set for the administrator in the UI. By default (or when the administrator's password is empty), you need to enter the board's serial number as password.

Also keep in mind that passwords are applied at boot so your new password will be fully effective only after a reboot.

I can't seem to find apt-get or any other package manager. What gives?

motionPie is not a general-purpose Linux distribution. You can't install packages like you do with a normal distro. If you need to further customize your setup, installing motionEye on a common distro is recommended.

What's my board's serial number?

Your motionPie's hostname is displayed in the UI in the top bar, when logged in as administrator. It has the form mp-xxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxxx is the serial number.