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QtMultimedia on RaspBerry Pi
I've been trying to get QtMultimedia working on Raspberry Pi for a few weeks now, cross-compiling using the BakeQtPi script, yet the QtMultimedia plugin never seems to find an appropriate service to ...
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How to get a good overview over used space?
I wondered whether there is a command line application to give me a good (maybe visual) overview over the free/used space left on my sd card. ls -lh is nice but it does not show me how much space the ...
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Controlling 400 LEDs from a raspberry pi
I have a client who has several large bronze signboards, each with 100-150 little light bulbs on it, totaling approximately 400 bulbs. The bulbs are turned on and off on a schedule, currently by hand ...
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Which platform is best for project? Raspberry vs Arduino?
[CAVEAT: Very basic question from someone who not yet even at the "newbie" stage. Please forgive is the question is too basic and/or poorly formed. --thank you!]
Greetings!
I work for a small ...
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Is it possible to install update for raspbian onto and SD card via my Mac and install it on the rpi later
Apparently I have Model A and cannot connect to internet (at the moment, without additional part). Specifically I am trying to install the update that allows the RPI camera module to work.
Is it ...
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recover files from broken sd card (no boot)
Is there any chance to recover some files that are on a SD card which doesn't boot anymore? Seems the last power-cut affected some files on the card and the Raspberry Pi is not able to boot anymore.
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PI as a VPN router for local machines
I would like to enable couple of my machines to access the internet through a VPN connection. My idea is that the PI can simply dial in an establish a connection and then route requests from the other ...
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How is memory split by CMA?
The post at http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=19334&p=218282&hilit=cma#p217665 mentions that:-
gpu_mem_512=316
cma_lwm=16
cma_hwm=32
In the above ARM has 96M ...
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which key types the “|” symbol
If I press shift + | the result would be ~
and if I press on ~ or shift +~ I would get a different symbol.
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Running Plex server on Raspbian OS
I got a raspberry pi a few weeks ago and I want to do so much projects with it. Right now I have it working as a file server for my home network. I have a lot of movie and video files on a hard drive ...
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How to setup a shortcut key to run the terminal in Raspbian?
How can I setup a keyboard shortcut to start the terminal? I do not mind if it has to be done via the GUI or the command line.
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Raspberry pi video streaming image error
I have a problem with video streaming on raspberry pi. When I want to stream the webcam's image trough the network, the image has many errors, like fall apart, other colors and lot of garbage appear ...
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Speed up C code running USB webcam
I have some code that I have adapted to run on a headless Rpi using a usb webcam, it is running a bit slow, so my questions are:
If I were to use the GPI pins with a dedicated webcam would that be ...
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1answer
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Confirm system crontab functionality on Arch
Arch ARM comes with cronie cron daemon. However I can't find the system crontab file and running crontab -l as root returns no crontab for root.
systemctl is-enabled cronie reports enabled
I have a ...
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1answer
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Ethernet light doesn't go on
I have just bought Pi, and I have no monitor to plug into it, so I thought I would do the DHCP trick. I installed the latest Raspbian wheezy (2013-02-09) on the SD and connected the ethernet cable ...
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Creating boot script for webcam
I seem to be having trouble getting this to work, I'm trying to run mjpg-streamer when the Raspberry boots, but it doesn't using the script below. I have mjpg-streamer installed in: ...
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Configure the port knocking server (knockd)?
I'm trying to configure port knocking on my RasPI running Raspbmc, using knockd.
Here's what I've done:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install knockd
...then edited the files:
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1answer
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Random GPIO values when ribbon cable is connected
I've installed the GPIO python library to read/write to GPIO pins. To get the state of the pins I'm using "gpio readall" which displays a table with all the pins from the RPI and I can see which pin ...
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No audio recording using USB-soundcard
I have this issue. In short, I tried to use AlsaMixer with an usb-soundcard labelled Logilink USB2.0 to Audio Adapter. It is being recognized, I can play audio and hear it through the connected ...
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1answer
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What is the pin distance of GPIO
I'm going to buy necessary stuff for using the GPIO from a Czech reseller to avoid the shipping costs. For this, I need to know: What is the nominal distance of the pins on the GPIO?
(I don't have my ...
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How to use socat to transfer serial commands in a script over TCP/IP?
I have a web application that will constantly post some queries and get replies from a device through the serial port on Raspberry Pi. Like this:
@cherrypy.expose
def login (self, **data):
...
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1answer
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Recieve SMS messages from a Huawei dongle
I have settled up my internet connection as described at it's a clean machine blog . I've settled everything up. However, my ISP informs me by an SMS that I'm getting close to the monthly FUP, and I ...
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How can I stream h264 video from Raspberry camera module via Apache/Nginx for remote stream view?
So I got the Raspberry Camera today and got stills working fine.
Capture an image in jpeg format:
raspistill -o image.jpg
Capture a 5s video in h264 format:
raspivid -o video.h264
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3answers
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Remote Desktop With xrdp
I have installed xrdp on my Raspberry Pi (which is connected to my TV) and a program called CoRD on my Mac that lets me connect to the RPi remotely and I am able to see the RPi desktop without any ...
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How to install pre-compiled Ruby 2.0 on Raspbian?
I am usually recommend to people who want to install Ruby to use something like RVM or rbenv (my preference). However, I'm in the process of installing Ruby from source (using rbenv) and it has taken ...
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Omxplayer (Raspbian Hard Float) vs OpenElec
I've got a couple of 1080p videos that I'd like to play in my Raspberry Pi (512 MB). This is part of a project I'm doing with a couple of friends. We built a server in Node.js and use a local client ...
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What is the “AP” on the Raspberry Pi, from the FAQ?
In the temperature FAQ, it "the LAN9512 is specified by the manufacturers being qualified from 0°C to 70°C, while the AP is qualified from -40°C to 85°C."
Does anyone know what the "AP" is? Is it the ...
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I2C cable length and type
I have made some tests with a temperature sensor tmp102 connected with 1m long cables and it works great. Now I am wondering if I can use a 10m long cable and if yes, what type of cable shall I use? ...
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Why am I seeing some garbage bytes at the serial console login?
When I log into my serial console using screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200, I see some garbage in the output:
��
Arch Linux 3.6.11-10-ARCH+ (ttyAMA0)
raspberry login: root
�Password:
Login incorrect
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Why does raspbian use ext4 for it's rootfs with journaling enabled?
ext4 with journaling is a robust file system that avoids corruption after power loss. However, this doesn't seem to work for Raspberry Pi's. I assume this is because memory cards (and/or our memory ...
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How to printscreen on Raspberry Pi?
I would like to screenshot the Midori browser and i've tried the following methods as mentioned HERE.
Using Imagemagick which is pre-installed in Raspberry Pi. I pressed the printscreen key on the ...
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Raspbian Bug — error: 'AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW' undeclared
I am getting following error when compiling cmake package.
error: 'AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW' undeclared
What is cause of this error please suggest. Is this bug in Raspbian because it is defined in ...
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USB Hard drive mounting as Read-Only
I've been mounting it with sudo mount -t ntfs -o umask=000 /dev/sda1 "/media/My Book" but for some reason it now says mount: warning: /media/My Book/ seems to be mounted read-only when I do so, and ls ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to detect input voltage using only software?
I'm a newbie to Raspberry Pi's, but one of the things I was thinking about doing is running it off batteries (I see many people do this) - that led me to concerns about shutting down gracefully. Is ...
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NAS with a cluster of some raspberry pi
Is it possible to make a high performance NAS with a Raspberry Pi cluster (2 to 4 pis)? With high performance I mean able to handle streaming of 2 full HD movies at the same time.
Let's say I have 4 ...
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Waterproof solar battery enclosure for my Pi?
There are numerous topics out there about powering Raspis from batteries or from solar or just making a waterproof enclosure... But I'm a programmer, not an electrician. I would end up plugging the ...
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How does Pi keep track of time interval?
As I understand RTC is needed to keep track of time. However, Raspberry Pi does not have that and use NTP servers to synchronize its time.
All that is fine, but how does Pi know that one millisecond ...
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Is it possible to host Discourse on a Raspberry PI
Any one tried to host discourse (http://www.discourse.org/) on a raspberry pi? Or is there any issue that cannot be solved on a pie?
Thanks for any input.
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What is the mmcqd process?
I have a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian Wheezy headlessly with all graphics-related software uninstalled.
I have bitcoind running, which is mostly consuming most of the resources. Usually, when I ...
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How to restore the original iptables configuration?
I use RaspBMC as OS which stores its "persistent" iptables configuration in /etc/network/if-up.d/secure-rmc and I presume it's applied when the eth link goes up (e.g. after boot).
If I futz with the ...
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SSH and rsa authentication on mpich2
I'm trying to build a small cluster of pi's and am using mpich2 to run parallel code. It appears mpich2 has installed ok and I'm able to ssh into both (I'm starting with 2) pi's. However when I run a ...
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Is it possible to power the RPi by re-assembling the ethernet port?
Based on this schematics document, I think it is possible to power the Raspberry Pi using the Ethernet port. (See page 3, location 5-6 I-J.)
Unsolder the Ethernet connector, take pins 4,5 and 7,8.
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Using PocketSphinx with Blue Microphone on RPi
I'm trying to compile PocketSphinx and use it to do voice recognition from a Blue Snowflake microphone. The code compiles fine, but when I try to run it, I get the following error:
pi@raspberrypi ...
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How to get TP-Link WN722N working with Fedora 17 Remix?
I copied the htc_9271.fw file into /lib/firmware as per RPi VerifiedPeripherals - eLinux.org.
The output of lsusb shows that the device is connected. However, iwconfig does not show any interface ...
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WPA_GUI “the configuration could not be saved”
I'm trying to setup WiFi on my RaspberryPi running Raspbian. WPI_GUI refuses to allow my to save it's configuration as
The configuration could not be saved. The update_config=1
configuration ...
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Forcing HDMI Audio Breaks Resolution?
I have a little problem with trying to force audio via an HDMI TV/Monitor, heres what I can get the Pi to do.
Without forcing HDMI Mode using hdmi_drive=2 the monitor works fine with the correct ...
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PHP to execute Python scripts for GPIO
I found this code somewhere, that can execute Python scripts from PHP.
I've installed apache2 on the Pi and I'm able to access the PHP script. But when I press the HTML buttons, nothing happens! :(
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Python Synth with Raspberry
I'm trying to create a synth using python with raspberry pi. I've written the code for manipulate the gpio input (i've modified the electronic of an old pianola and connected it to raspberry with the ...
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Unable to connect to Raspberry Pi over the network
I just bought a Model B and I downloaded an image of Raspbian from the downloads page and wrote it over to my SD card using the dd command.
I edited my cmdline.txt file to have the following line :-
...
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Controlling PI's GPIO over Wifi (WebIOPi alternatives)
I'm looking for alternatives to WebIOPi.
I need to be able to control PI's GPIO through a UI displayed in the browser (with a Customizable UI ofcourse)
Any suggestions?
TIA.
