Tips

Here are a few useful tips for working with NeonOS

SSH

You can connect a remote terminal to your NeonOS device using SSH and the default username/password of neon/neon. For most terminals, the command will look like:

ssh neon@<Neon Device IP Address>

On-device Terminal

There are two methods for accessing a terminal on a Mark2 device.

GUI Terminal

A terminal UI overlaid on the GUI can be accessed on a NeonOS device by connecting a keyboard and pressing ctrl+shift+f1. The terminal will be shown on-screen until dismissed but note that changes in the GUI may take focus away from the terminal until you tap/click it again.

TTY Terminal

getty can be used to access multiple terminals by connecting a keyboard and pressing alt+F2-F6. alt+F1 will return to the GUI, leaving any other sessions running in the background.

Taking a screenshot

You can ask Neon to "take a screenshot" to create a screenshot saved on-device.

If you have a terminal session open, you can also use mana say-to "take a screenshot".

The path of the created file will be displayed on-screen as a notification. This path is generally in ~/Pictures. To retrieve a screenshot, you can use scp or shut down your mark 2 and plug the USB drive into another computer that can read an EXT4 file system(Linux or MacOS). The file is generally located in <root>/overlay/upperdir/home/neon/Pictures.

You will need root permissions to open this path in Linux.

Getting device IP address

You can ask Neon "what is my IP address" to get the device IP address. You can also access this via the Settings Menu, under About.

Installing On Raspberry Pi

The OS drive should be installed to the port marked in the image below. Other ports may work, but installing to the proper port ensures that the boot drive is loaded first and helps avoid issues with other USB devices at boot time.