import RPi.GPIO as GPIO RuntimeError

[meltwater]

Just to report that RPi.GPIO 0.5.11 works with the higher pin numbers. I take it that it will make its way into the repository at some stage.

Thanks for the great work on this!

[DirkS]

Just to report that RPi.GPIO 0.5.11 works with the higher pin numbers. I take it that it will make its way into the repository at some stage.

It's been there for a couple of days now...

[meltwater]

Just to report that RPi.GPIO 0.5.11 works with the higher pin numbers. I take it that it will make its way into the repository at some stage.

It's been there for a couple of days now...

That's good news...chances are it went live, just after I last checked!

[Houtkamp]

Has anyone figured out a way to use GPIO yet, or is it still messed up?

It would be great to be able to use this feature...

Bill

[DirkS]

Has anyone figured out a way to use GPIO yet, or is it still messed up?

It would be great to be able to use this feature...

Bill

Which feature?
AFAIK updated RPi.GPIO has been fixed *and* in the repo for about 2 weeks now.
If you still have problems you should report them athttp://sourceforge.net/p/raspberry-gpio-python/tickets/

[DougieLawson]

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Will get the latest RPi.GPIO library.

[netelbcn]

Hi,

I'm trying to import the RPi.GPIO library, and I have the same error message however I hsve the RPi.GPIO-0.5.11.egg version.

Could you help to me in order to solve this issue?

Thanks!

[texy]

Hi,

I'm trying to import the RPi.GPIO library, and I have the same error message however I hsve the RPi.GPIO-0.5.11.egg version.

Could you help to me in order to solve this issue?

Thanks!

....see Dougie's post above.

Texy

[netelbcn]

texy, I did these steps:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

And I have now the 0.5.11 versión of the RPi.GPIO library, but I still have the same error (after reboot)

Thanks!

[texy]

texy, I did these steps:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

And I have now the 0.5.11 versión of the RPi.GPIO library, but I still have the same error (after reboot)

Thanks!

Please can you post the error message.
Texy

[DougieLawson]

Uninstall the version that dpkg/apt-get knows about.
sudo apt-get purge python{,3}-rpi.gpio

Scan your filesystem for all copies of RPi.GPIO
find /usr -name "*RPi*"
remove everything that you find

sudo apt-get install python{,3}-rpi.gpio
to put back a good version.

[hayderOICO]

texy, I did these steps:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

And I have now the 0.5.11 versión of the RPi.GPIO library, but I still have the same error (after reboot)

Thanks!

I believe you may still have the old versions lurking about in your usr/local/lib/python* find and delete them!

[netelbcn]

Uninstall the version that dpkg/apt-get knows about.
sudo apt-get purge python{,3}-rpi.gpio

Scan your filesystem for all copies of RPi.GPIO
find /usr -name "*RPi*"
remove everything that you find

sudo apt-get install python{,3}-rpi.gpio
to put back a good version.

I followed these steps, and now it works fine!

Thanks a lot!!

[Liam Senior]

Hi all, i have a Pi2 and i am still getting the

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    import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
RuntimeError: This module can only be run on a Raspberry Pi!

error despite following the fix mentioned above. Help?

-many thanks

[texy]

Hi all, i have a Pi2 and i am still getting the

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    import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
RuntimeError: This module can only be run on a Raspberry Pi!

error despite following the fix mentioned above. Help?

-many thanks

Which os are you using, and how old is it?
Texy

[DougieLawson]

What do you get from

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#!/usr/bin/python
import RPi.GPIO
print RPi.GPIO.VERSION

[Liam Senior]

OS is raspbian (05-05), RPi.GPIO is 0.5.11, I have python.dev installed if that makes a difference

-many thanks

[DougieLawson]

You've got an old version of RPi.GPIO hiding in the bowels of your filesystem.

sudo apt-get purge python{,3}-rpi.gpio
find . -name "*RPi.GPIO*" | xargs sudo rm
sudo apt-get install python{,3}-rpi.gpio

[Liam Senior]

You've got an old version of RPi.GPIO hiding in the bowels of your filesystem.

sudo apt-get purge python{,3}-rpi.gpio
find . -name "*RPi.GPIO*" | xargs sudo rm
sudo apt-get install python{,3}-rpi.gpio

Tried it several times with no luck, program still not running

-many thanks

[joan]

Is device tree enabled?

grep device /boot/config.txt

[Liam Senior]

Is device tree enabled?

grep device /boot/config.txt

Tried with both enabled and disabled, no luck

-many thanks

[DougieLawson]

Is device tree enabled?

grep device /boot/config.txt

Tried with both enabled and disabled, no luck

-many thanks

Are you looking at the right config.txt? If using NOOBS boot the system while holding the [SHIFT] key to get the NOOBS recovery system running, it has a config editor.

[joan]

...
Tried with both enabled and disabled, no luck
...

It does not resolve your issue but you need to enable device tree for recent versions of RPi.GPIO. It is broken on non device tree systems.