Pironman 5-Max Install Kali Linux

Daffy66 · July 23, 2025, 1:19pm

Afternoon, all.

Reaching out to all: I am running into some issues installing Kali Linux on the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB using the Pironman 5-Max case.

Reading different topics, I was told that the Pironman module software will not work with Kali Linux, full stop.

Can someone please verify this for me, and if not the case, can someone send me simple instructions on how to get this to work for me?

Secondary I get password authentication issues using the WiFi, and that is missing a file that I believe I need to create. If so, what is the best way to do it, i.e., from a W11 machine, as it makes it easier to access the files?

So I’m new to this and appreciate the help getting this resolved, and thanks for the help.

Regards

Marcus · July 23, 2025, 2:23pm

Did you try to install Ubuntu + Oracle VirtualBox+Kali ?

(i did not try it on Pi)

(imo:You should not use Kali directly on your system )

Daffy66 · July 23, 2025, 3:17pm

Hi Marcus,

Nope I just wanted use this system as be standalone for Kali Linux on Raspberry

Regards

Brendan

Marcus · July 23, 2025, 3:42pm

Did you take a look here=>

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SunFounder_Moderator · July 24, 2025, 3:48am

Kali Linux is compatible with our pironman5 software. What issue are you encountering while installing the pironman5 software? If there is an error, please provide a complete screenshot of the error so we can help you analyze and resolve the issue.
Also, please confirm whether you have installed the correct pironman5 software.
Make sure to follow the steps in our correct tutorial link for installing the software:

Daffy66 · July 25, 2025, 6:20am

Morning, all,

Let’s start by saying thanks to everyone so far for the help. I now get RGB fans working now, and the next problem is that when I run sudo rpi-eeprom-config -e, the command comes back as not found. This is the same for this command as well: sudo raspi-config.

At the moment, running this command line, sudo i2cdetect -y 1, brings up the screen for ten seconds, then it goes off again. I enclosed the log for you to look at.

25/07/25 05:19:39.507 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 05:19:39.507 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 05:19:39.507 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 05:19:39.507 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 05:19:39.507 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 05:19:39.507 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 05:19:39.508 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:19:39.754 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.40
25/07/25 05:19:49.941 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 05:36:56.765 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:36:56.776 [INFO] IP changed for eth0: 172.27.16.38
25/07/25 05:37:07.813 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 05:37:39.471 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:37:39.598 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:37:39.598 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:37:41.533 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:37:52.246 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 05:45:47.655 [DEBUG] OLED closed
25/07/25 05:46:51.366 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 05:46:51.367 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 05:46:51.367 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 05:46:51.367 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 05:46:51.367 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 05:46:51.367 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 05:46:51.367 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:46:51.632 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.40
25/07/25 05:47:01.813 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 05:49:19.891 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:49:30.056 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 05:53:44.391 [DEBUG] OLED closed
25/07/25 05:54:30.917 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 05:54:30.918 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 05:54:30.918 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 05:54:30.918 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 05:54:30.918 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 05:54:30.918 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 05:54:30.918 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:54:31.212 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.40
25/07/25 05:54:41.367 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 05:55:17.609 [DEBUG] OLED closed
25/07/25 05:56:05.145 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 05:56:05.146 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 05:56:05.146 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 05:56:05.146 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 05:56:05.146 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 05:56:05.146 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 05:56:05.146 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 05:56:05.415 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.40
25/07/25 05:56:15.569 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 06:23:21.533 [DEBUG] OLED closed
25/07/25 06:24:15.517 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 06:24:15.518 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 06:24:15.518 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 06:24:15.518 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 06:24:15.518 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 06:24:15.518 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 06:24:15.518 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 06:24:15.819 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.40
25/07/25 06:24:25.971 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 06:31:17.379 [DEBUG] OLED closed
25/07/25 06:31:19.735 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 06:31:19.735 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 06:31:19.735 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 06:31:19.735 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 06:31:19.735 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 06:31:19.736 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 06:31:19.736 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 06:31:19.849 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.40
25/07/25 06:31:29.998 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 06:31:41.239 [DEBUG] OLED closed
25/07/25 06:48:43.285 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 06:48:43.285 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 06:48:43.285 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 06:48:43.285 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 06:48:43.285 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 06:48:43.285 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 06:48:43.286 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 06:48:43.573 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.40
25/07/25 06:48:53.726 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 06:50:10.131 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 06:50:10.259 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 06:50:10.259 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 06:50:21.021 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 06:54:26.350 [DEBUG] OLED closed
25/07/25 07:01:25.190 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 07:01:25.190 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 07:01:25.190 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 07:01:25.190 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 07:01:25.190 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 07:01:25.190 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 07:01:25.190 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:01:25.406 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.38
25/07/25 07:01:35.566 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 07:04:58.865 [DEBUG] OLED closed
25/07/25 07:05:42.563 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 07:05:42.563 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 07:05:42.564 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 07:05:42.564 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 07:05:42.564 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 07:05:42.564 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 07:05:42.564 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:05:42.860 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.40
25/07/25 07:05:53.010 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 07:06:05.447 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:06:05.576 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:06:11.434 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:06:21.998 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 07:11:23.181 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:25.513 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:29.334 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:29.970 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:30.495 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:30.496 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:35.417 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:35.419 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:35.420 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:35.422 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:41.381 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:48.918 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:49.307 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:49.310 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:49.312 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:49.313 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:11:49.650 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:12:00.647 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 07:12:34.864 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:12:34.995 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:12:34.996 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:12:34.996 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:12:45.936 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping
25/07/25 07:12:58.169 [DEBUG] OLED closed
25/07/25 07:15:03.949 [DEBUG] Update temperature_unit to C
25/07/25 07:15:03.949 [DEBUG] Update oled_rotation to 0
25/07/25 07:15:03.949 [DEBUG] Update oled_disk to total
25/07/25 07:15:03.949 [DEBUG] Update oled_network_interface to all
25/07/25 07:15:03.949 [DEBUG] Update oled_sleep_timeout to 10
25/07/25 07:15:03.950 [DEBUG] Update oled_enable to True
25/07/25 07:15:03.950 [DEBUG] OLED wake up
25/07/25 07:15:04.178 [INFO] Connected to eth0: 172.27.16.38
25/07/25 07:15:14.338 [INFO] OLED sleep timeout, sleeping

Marcus · July 25, 2025, 6:47am

1/ try :

updatedb
locate rpi-eeprom

if not found install it =>
sudo apt update
sudo apt install rpi-eeprom
if found =>
echo $PATH
and add it -eventally - to your path.

May IA become your next best friend
eg claude/qwen/Grok etc…

Daffy66 · July 25, 2025, 7:03am

Hi Marcus,

Thanks for the information please see below
sudo apt install rpi-eeprom
Hit:1 InfluxData - Package Repository stable InRelease
Hit:2 Index of / kali-rolling InRelease
All packages are up to date.
Error: Unable to locate package rpi-eeprom

Thanks

Daffy66 · July 25, 2025, 7:04am

Forgot to add at the start

┌──(kali㉿raspberrypi)-[~]
└─$ updatedb
locate rpi-eeprom
/var/lib/plocate/: Permission denied
/var/lib/plocate/plocate.db: No such file or directory

Spf650 · July 25, 2025, 1:03pm

Afaik those commands are not part of the Kali distribution

My only suggestion is to create a temporary boot disk of raspbian e..g on a usb stick, run the required commands from there , then return to kali

SunFounder_Moderator · July 28, 2025, 10:14am

Correct.
That command does not belong to Kali.
The configuration to disable GPIO power during shutdown can be ignored on the Kali system, as it is enabled by default.
You can proceed directly with the installation of the Pironman5 software.

Marcus · July 29, 2025, 5:05am

updatedb => Permission denied
→ sudo updatedb…

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