Set Fusion HAT+ shutdown behaviour on RPi5 running Ubuntu 24.04

General
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For those that want to install the NEW fusion HAT+ on Pi5 running Ubuntu 24.04 (to run ROS2), setting the shutdown behaviour is not as straightforward as Pi5 running PiOS (see user guide Quick User Guide — SunFounder Fusion HAT+ documentation ) . There are two issues when I tried. Firstly, raspi-config utility is not installed with Ubuntu. This can be installed using:

sudo apt install raspi-config

Second, when running raspi-config, changing the shutdown behaviour is not an option in the ADVANCED OPTIONS menu (see screenshot)

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Solution:

You can manually set the shutdown behaviour by editing the EEPROM configuraton using CLI.

  1. Open the EEPROM using the --edit flag
sudo rpi-eeprom-config --edit
  1. Locate and edit or add the following line under [all]: POWER_OFF_ON_HALT=1

This will set the shutdown behaviour =1 to full power off

  1. To save and exit (Press Ctrl-X, then Y and then ENTER)

  2. Reboot

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Thank you for your suggestion. We will write a document in the FAQ after passing the test for other customers’ reference.

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