Common Issues (Raspberry Pi)

As of MiniMeters version 1.0, MiniMeters includes arm64 Linux builds. This allows MiniMeters to be used on the Raspberry Pi and similar ARM-based single-board-computers.

During development I used a Raspberry Pi 5 8GB Model with a passive cooler. I saw a stable 60FPS when in the Horizontal Layout, with the frame rate dropping to around 20FPS when the Settings pane is open.

If you would like advice before purchasing or would simply like to chat about MiniMeters on the Pi please join the MiniMeters community Discord's Raspberry Pi channel.

MiniMeters does not launch

Ensure that you are using the 64bit Raspberry Pi OS:
To check which version you're using, open a Terminal and type the following:

getconf LONG_BIT

Performance Tips:

Environment Variables:

At launch, MiniMeters checks for the following environment variables to select some less used options:

• DISABLE_FLUSHING=1 will group MiniMeters' draw calls more aggressively, however may cause some small graphical glitches.

• MINIMETERS_MSAA=1 will disable anti-aliasing for MiniMeters.

  • 2, 4, 8, and 16 are also valid values if you'd like to increase the MSAA settings. MiniMeters defaults to 4.

For the fastest performance possible launch MiniMeters from a terminal like so:

DISABLE_FLUSHING=1 MINIMETERS_MSAA=1 ./MiniMeters.AppImage

MiniMeters disappears when using Wayland on Raspberry Pi OS

This is likely due to an out-of-date Wayland version.