board not supported

[dakhunter]

I tried to import adafruit_motorkit in python3
the compiler throws back the following errors:

Python 3.5.3 (default, Sep 27 2018, 17:25:39) 
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import adafruit_motorkit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 664, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 634, in _load_backward_compatible
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/adafruit_circuitpython_motorkit-1.2.4.dev0+g6f2d8ad.d20181230-py3.5.egg/adafruit_motorkit.py", line 59, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 664, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 634, in _load_backward_compatible
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/Adafruit_Blinka-1.1.0-py3.5.egg/board.py", line 65, in <module>
NotImplementedError: Board not supported

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 B model. As stated in the adafruit_blinka/board.py, this board is supported. This RPi worked before with the adafruit_motorkit library but for some reason it's not working now when I reinstalled the Operating system
Any help would be great

[ladyada]

can you run this script and paste the output?

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_PlatformDetect/blob/master/bin/detect.py

[dakhunter]

Here's the response from my RPi

python3
Python 3.5.3 (default, Sep 27 2018, 17:25:39) 
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import adafruit_platformdetect
i?", detector.board.any_raspberry_pi_40_pin)
print("Is this a BBB?", detector.board.BEAGLEBONE_BLACK)
print("Is this an Orange Pi PC?", detector.board.ORANGE_PI_PC)
print("Is this an embedded Linux system?", detector.board.any_embedded_linux)
print("Is this a generic Linux PC?", detector.board.GENERIC_LINUX_PC)
if detector.board.any_raspberry_pi:
    print("Raspberry Pi detected.")>>> 

>>> detector = adafruit_platformdetect.Detector()
>>> 
>>> print("Chip id: ", detector.chip.id)
Chip id:  BCM2XXX
>>> 
>>> print("Board id: ", detector.board.id)
Board id:  None
>>> 
>>> print("Is this a Pi 3B+?", detector.board.RASPBERRY_PI_3B_PLUS)
Is this a Pi 3B+? False
>>> print("Is this a 40-pin Raspberry Pi?", detector.board.any_raspberry_pi_40_pin)
Is this a 40-pin Raspberry Pi? False
>>> print("Is this a BBB?", detector.board.BEAGLEBONE_BLACK)
Is this a BBB? False
>>> print("Is this an Orange Pi PC?", detector.board.ORANGE_PI_PC)
Is this an Orange Pi PC? False
>>> print("Is this an embedded Linux system?", detector.board.any_embedded_linux)
Is this an embedded Linux system? True
>>> print("Is this a generic Linux PC?", detector.board.GENERIC_LINUX_PC)
Is this a generic Linux PC? False
>>> 
>>> if detector.board.any_raspberry_pi:
...     print("Raspberry Pi detected.")
... 
Raspberry Pi detected.

[ladyada]

ok - please paste the output of cat /proc/cpuinfo

[dakhunter]

processor : 0
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 76.80
Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xd03
CPU revision : 4

processor : 1
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 76.80
Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xd03
CPU revision : 4

processor : 2
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 76.80
Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xd03
CPU revision : 4

processor : 3
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 76.80
Features : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xd03
CPU revision : 4

Hardware : BCM2835
Revision : 2a02082
Serial : 00000000f60f3209

[ladyada]

dak, are you doing something 'unusual' with this Pi, overvolting or overclocking or some other mod? 2a02082 is an unusual revcode

[ladyada]

(or did you at some time?) its no biggie, we're just trying to figure out why you have that bit set so we can add it

[dakhunter]

I'm not modding my Pi at all. I have tried several times using either the OS from NOOBS and from the stretch img file.
The only thing I did was expanding the SWAPFILE so I could install OpenCV on my Pi. But I returned the SWAPFILE back to default setting. So I don't know where the cause of it
And hopefully this info can help with the troubleshooting, I did install the MotorKit library on this same RPi before, and it worked before Christmas. But after I reinstalled the OS yesterday, I cannot import the library anymore.

[dakhunter]

And I think that revcode is because my RPi is shipped from UK
https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2012/09/checking-your-raspberry-pi-board-version/

[ladyada]

nope, its because of the warranty bit - please hold! :)

[dakhunter]

Oh. I did some modification on my /boot/config.txt then. But it's mostly for gpu_mem, and screen resolution to fit my teamviewer

[ladyada]

ok try sudo pip install Adafruit-PlatformDetect --upgrade so you have 0.0.9 and try again

[dakhunter]

Thank you very much. The problem is resolved. Still kinda strange for me when I did the exact thing like I did before Christmas and it did not work
Well, I guess that will remain a mystery of programming lol