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Help compiling a Linux driver for a TV card stack
I've been trying to get my Raspberry Pi to work with one of two TV Cards that I have available on me. Unfortunately I live in Hong Kong where due to the digital broadcast standard, leaves me with few ...
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parted not recognizing my current partition on external disk. How to fix without losing data?
I have an external (USB) disk, which has been working OK for some time and shows no errors whatsoever in /var/log/$relevantfiles (no errors on reading/writing, for example).
Here's the thing:
if I ...
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init.d script causes boot hang
I successfully installed a script to automatically launch in /etc/init.d on my new Raspberry Pi.
Unfortunately, it is a node.js app that never returns, and therefore hangs the device during boot ...
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Intermittent ping times on a raspberry pi wifi access point
I have set up a raspberry pi as a wifi access point. At this point, all I want to do is ssh the rpi. I'm finding that the ssh sessions hang for 5-30 seconds ever 1 to 6 minutes or so. My laptop is ...
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Tunnel AFP over SSH over Internet
I can't seem to figure out how to connect to AFP over SSH. Here is my setup:
[Raspberry Pi] <---> [router] <---> (Internet) <---> [Client]
I'd like to be able to connect to my ...
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RaspberryPi drops Wifi connection
I am using Airlink Fully compatible Wireless N 150 Ultra Mini-USB Adapter (AWLL5099) with my RaspPi to get internet. I am also bridging this WiFi connection with an Ethernet cable to provide internet ...
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sox segmentation fault
My attempt to record sound with sox on Raspberry PI fails:
pi@raspberrypi ~/tmp $ rec new.wav
Segmentation fault
And so does play:
pi@raspberrypi ~/tmp $ play test.wav
Segmentation fault
Yet it ...
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Why does wlan1 not get a static IP?
I have a Raspberry Pi with two USB wlan adapters. wlan0 is configured with DHCP and wlan1 is configured with a static IP address and hostapd (access point) is running on this interface. The adapter ...
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CUPS - check if print successful (either python or in system)
EDIT: I forgot to make it clear I'm using python and pycups. The code is python but I shouldn't have thought that was enough.
I've dug through the cups documentation a few times and couldn't find ...
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Cannot delete bridge - “bridge br0 is still up; can't delete it”
I have the same problem as this guy : Bring down and delete bridge interface that's up
But that solution does not work for me.
I remove all interfaces from the bridge using brctl delif .
I then ...
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Wlan0 Static Ip bridge
EDIT: Even taking br0 out, still cannot get a static IP connection.
I had the following /etc/network/interfaces configuration and it was working
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface etho ...
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Raspberry Pi, serial console, minicom, and gnome-terminal
I'm trying to access my raspberry pi via its serial console on the gpio pins. It's working fine through a USB-3.3v serial dongle. However, there's a problem with long lines and long screens not ...
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Is it possible to repair Linux system files? Or is reinstall the only option?
I've got a question about something that always bothered me about Linux. On Windows, if any of the system files become damaged, you can just reinstall the system files, without having to re-format ...
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Small update.. Now cannot download/update
Earlier today I was ssh'ing into my box and discovered that the internal IP had changed from what it was, I decided I wanted to make this static and found a tutorial (kind of) how to:
nano ...
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How can I check if a file is being downloaded?
I have a Raspberry Pi which I want to use to automate downloads to a network drive. I would like to restart the machine on a regular basis using cron (I've heard they're not the most stable of ...
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External Hard-Drive not visible in /media
I cannot seem to ssh into my external Hard-drive on "/media" it used to show up there, but now it doesn't.
I have erased the Disk and verified it (on MAC OSX) and it still does not show.
I have ...
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OMXplayer and HDMI audio on the Raspberry Pi
When I try playing video using the command:
omxplayer -o hdmi
sound will not work unless I also include the -r switch.
The only problem with this is when the video is done it leaves a black screen ...
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How to create a Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi ? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you properly fork a Linux distro?
I'm currently working on a projet of my own which is creating a Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi.
The fact is : It's the ...
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run executable on boot
For the life of me, I cannot get this to work. I'm running Debian on Raspberry Pi.
running this command from CLI:
/home/pi/domotiga/DomotiGaServer.gambas -d
runs my home automation server.
How ...
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Raspberry PI Connect2 Pi not installing required drivers
I recently got a RPi with different modules. One of them was a Connect2 Pi wireless dongle from LPRS, used to send 100 Mb data packages over the internet. It's basically an internet dongle. However, ...
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Problems running python script from motion
I'm trying to set up the raspberry pi with my webcam as a motion detecting cctv that uploads the videos to google drive using Jeremy Blythe's script
I have motion working correctly and the python ...
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Best way to download dropbox folders to raspberry Pi
I'm trying to sync some folders to raspberry Pi.
For now, I have a script that gets the dropbox folders using curl that runs every so often using cron (once every hour for most of the folders).
I'm ...
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raspberry pi keeps killing imagemagicks convert
My raspberry Pi keeps killing imagemagick's convert command when I'm resizing images, especially larger images.
Is there any way I can prevent this?
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How can I launch applications from 2 ttys on launch?
I've currently got 2 ttys logging in automatically, but I need to launch a node script from one and a C program from another as soon as the device loads.
The device is a Raspberry Pi running ...
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Why is rcS required after file system is mounted by the kernel?
I am a beginner in embedded Linux, I have compiled the kernel without initramfs and kernel is booting fine. But It shows me rcS file is not found I have put it in /etc/init.d/rcS and my rcS file look ...
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Redirect linux console on boot
Is it possible on boot to redirect the console output to a screen session? The server has no monitor attached, and I'd like to be able to see the primary console output. I've seen other posts about ...
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How can I put my HDMI display into (and out of) power save mode?
I am using a Raspberry Pi to run an information display in an office. I want the display in power save mode when outside of business hours. I was going to use cron to execute something at the ...
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Problems with printer page format in cups
I'm setting up print server for custom thermal printer on Raspberry Pi running Linux Debian and I have a strange problem. If I print a test page it prints OK, same with web page from Firefox, but when ...
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apt-get -f install is stuck on “corrupted filesystem tarfile”
I am having issues with apt-get on my Raspberry Pi. This is the output when I try and install a package:
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get -f install cowsay
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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1answer
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Getting webcam to work in Raspberry Pi
I am trying to get a HAMA webcam to work with my raspberry pi with the raspbian os.
When I type usb-devices I get:
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ usb-devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 ...
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SSH not landing in the home directory
I have recently installed Raspbian into a Raspberry Pi. As part of the installation process I changed the user name and group from the default (pi) to my own (let's call it user) using usermod and ...
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Mount USB drive (FAT32) so all users can write to it
I have a USB FAT32 drive that is on /dev/sda2. I've mounted it as /media/bigdrive however, I get permission denied whenever I try to touch a file there as a non root user.
When I run mount I can see ...
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Mounting and modifying a loopback file without sudo/root, is it possible?
I'm trying to adapt a tutorial into an easy to use script
http://qt-project.org/wiki/RaspberryPi_Beginners_guide.
I'm trying to reduce the need for sudo/root as much as possible (preferably, only ...
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wget - Considers download done after 1 second even though it isn't
I am trying to use wget to download the Raspbian image for the Raspberry Pi (http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/raspbian/2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian/2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.zip).
It starts ...
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Establishing an AP on Raspberry pi [closed]
I'm trying to setup an access point, using Raling RT5370 USB Dongle on a Debian system, I followed the following tutorial, until "Internet connection Sharing.", I don't want to share internet, so I ...
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How to change desktop enviroment in Raspbian?
I'm running Raspbian “wheezy”, a Debian based Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi and I would like to know where I can change the desktop environment that boots with the OS.
In particular, how can ...
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How to get my bluetooth keyboard to be recognized before log in?
Because I need to use my keyboard to log in, I would like my keyboard pair automatically, pre-log in.
I am using Debian squeeze, and am new to linux. All tutorials I have found seem to require the ...
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Raspberry Pi Wireless USB stick
I recently acquired a Raspberry Pi, and have installed Debian Squeeze on it, and after doing a small bit of research (I'm not too proficient with Linux) I found and ordered a USB wireless dongle ...
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How can I take a screenshot in LXDE using scrot and the Print Screen button on my keyboard?
I have already installed scrot following the instructions here. The Windows Manager appears to be Openbox.
