Raspberry PI $25 PC

iMuse

kerryked wrote: »

Hey,

Just wondering, is there any chance I can setup my RPi without a keyboard?
My Pi arrived yesterday and I'm itching to set it up but I dont have a USB keyboard
Is there any possible way I could set up the Pi?
I have a tablet and an iPod Touch if these could help in any way?

Cheers

If your planning on putting xbmc on it you wont need a USB keyboard but will need a mouse to navigate menus to setup control over the network. Then use the XBMC remote control app for your iPod to control it.

kerryked

Hi iMuse thanks for that, but I havent even turned it on yet, so do I need a keyboard for first boot?

Also how does the XBMC remote app work?

iMuse

kerryked wrote: »

Hi iMuse thanks for that, but I havent even turned it on yet, so do I need a keyboard for first boot?

Also how does the XBMC remote app work?

You won't need the Keyboard for XBMC if you have a mouse or compatible remote control.


The app works over your home network so you must connect the Pi to your router and under services on XBMC select "allow control of XBMC through HTTP". Then on the app select Add host > Find XBMC > Save.

kerryked

Okay cheers, just one other quick question, if i connect a tablet via USB will it work as a monitor or will i have to get an adapter?

excollier

No it won't. It outputs video via HDMI or composite only. You could access your Pi via ssh and VNC though.

PrzemoF

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/raspberry-pi-camera-on-sale-now

Access

Nforce wrote: »

Bored of using your Pi just as a media player? Interested in classic arcade gaming? This this is for you...


http://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-retro-game-console-498561192

I have not had the time to do this yet... but it's on my to do list,

But, has anyone done this yet and if so how do you find it?

(also, is it me or has this thread gone quiet of late?)

dunworth1

does anyone know of a way to backup the os on the sd card?

gugleguy

Access wrote: »

(also, is it me or has this thread gone quiet of late?)

hmm. dunno. but I have noticed boards does get long episodes of 'ciunas', or quitness for no particular reason.

GreenWolfe

dunworth1 wrote: »

does anyone know of a way to backup the os on the sd card?

If you were at a Linux box, the handiest thing would be to use dd, something like:

dd if=[get dev for sd card, i.e. /dev/sdXX] of=~/rpi_os_backup.img

Here's a guide for Windows using Win32DiskImager - http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=26463

PrzemoF

dunworth1 wrote: »

does anyone know of a way to backup the os on the sd card?

Use dd to make a verbatim copy is OK?

gctest50

dcfldd should tell you how its getting along

:~# dcfldd if=test of=test.out

Troxck

This has probably been answered and I feel really stupid for asking but I cannot get my Raspberry Pi connected to the internet wirelessly. Today I bought the Maplin starter pack and it all works bar this and I know the problem is with my connection being WPA2 and not WEP. I'm not changing to WEP due to security risks.

So please, help! I just feel so ridiculously thick for asking this

gctest50

wpa_supplicant thingy not working maybe ? it ( 'twas? ) a bit of a mess

http://wicd.sourceforge.net <

---

that might work through the command line and so on


:~# apt-get install wicd-curses
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

Troxck

gctest50 wrote: »

wpa_supplicant thingy not working maybe ? it ( 'twas? ) a bit of a mess

I think it does. I've never used any distro of Linux so my knowledge is literally 0 of it. What do I do to fix this file to make it work? I'm really sorry for this questions

gctest50

You should be able to use some parts of this :


http://www.elinux.org/images/4/4b/Raspberry_Pi_wireless_adapter.pdf



.

Troxck

gctest50 wrote: »

You should be able to use some parts of this :

elinux.org/images/4/4b/Raspberry_Pi_wireless_adapter.pdf‎

Sound, I'll give it a go tomorrow

Zascar

Do you have to use xmbc etc to play movies? Can I just stream them over the network in a movie player like I do on my laptop?

PrzemoF

I have RPI powered for quite a while:

pi@raspberrypi / $ uptime
 20:52:49 up 119 days,  9:10,  1 user,  load average: 0,64, 0,60, 0,54

but looks like there is a disaster waiting to happen. My config.txt looks like this:

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First guess - file system corruption. Anyone has something similar?

P.S. I just run fsck on data sd card (I have 2 cards) and it's clean

Unmounted /boot, ran fsck and looks file to only file that was damaged was ... config.txt :eek:

Access

Raspberry Pi used to build a smart television...

Nice little project to try... don't think it would beat xbmc on Pi any time soon though. But still a nice project.

http://hackaday.com/2013/06/08/raspberry-pi-used-to-build-a-smart-television/

Cherry_Cola

Finally got one of these and trying to get to grips with it.

Looking to get it to download torrents when prompted remotely from my phone. Looks a little more complicated than I was hoping.

gugleguy

Cherry, Perseverence is the key here. Yes, I have taken that medicine

VenomIreland

Got mine in the post yesterday

Succesfully got Rasplex working on it, but I am currently reconfiguring it to work as a temporary Access Point in my room as it's a bit more urgent.

The Sparrow

VenomIreland wrote: »

Got mine in the post yesterday

Succesfully got Rasplex working on it, but I am currently reconfiguring it to work as a temporary Access Point in my room as it's a bit more urgent.

Where did you order it from and how long did delivery take?

VenomIreland

The Sparrow wrote: »

Where did you order it from and how long did delivery take?

I got it from a "fulfilled by amazon" seller named "Cable Guy Direct", placed the order on Saturday.

wolfyboy555

turned mine on today for the first time in weeks but raspbmc is stuck on the 'R' logo on the top right of the screen! it won't boot up! any ideas?

PrzemoF

wolfyboy555 wrote: »

turned mine on today for the first time in weeks but raspbmc is stuck on the 'R' logo on the top right of the screen! it won't boot up! any ideas?

Any details of your setup? Power supply? Connected devices?

DecTenToo

wolfyboy555 wrote: »

turned mine on today for the first time in weeks but raspbmc is stuck on the 'R' logo on the top right of the screen! it won't boot up! any ideas?

I had this and reformatted my sdcard and copied the standalone image to it using Win32diskimager. A bit drastic I know but then it just spent time updating the database.

There's a whole thread on this here

Cherry_Cola

Has anyone here successfully been able to remotely access their Pi via 3G?

I've set up TightVNC and it's working fine over Wi-Fi using several VNC apps on my phone. When attempting to connect via 3G I get a connection refused error message.

Now I've forwarded the ports on my router, router firewall is off and I'm not really sure what to do to get it working. Do I need to use a different IP address for accessing remotely? How would I go about it?

Been looking online but not having much look so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

matrim

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

Has anyone here successfully been able to remotely access their Pi via 3G?

I've set up TightVNC and it's working fine over Wi-Fi using several VNC apps on my phone. When attempting to connect via 3G I get a connection refused error message.

Now I've forwarded the ports on my router, router firewall is off and I'm not really sure what to do to get it working. Do I need to use a different IP address for accessing remotely? How would I go about it?

Been looking online but not having much look so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

When accessing via 3G you would need to have the public IP address of your router. You should be able to find that by going to http://www.whatismyip.com/ when on your wifi.

To make it easier you can setup something like no-ip.com. You setup an app that will find your ip and automatically update a dns entry with your public ip address.