Debian is an operating system that is based on GNU/Linux. It was previously recommended by the Raspberry Pi Foundation as the standard distribution, but Raspbian is now being recommended.
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Where should put debian package of ceph for pi
so where should I put upload the .deb file when done. Their dot lib for the doc's if anyknows of a package for this please give me a heads up about it.
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Will not boot, black screen only
I'm new to the Raspberry Pi and Debian; a complete noob.
I recently installed Debian Wheezy on a 32gb sd card, but so far the Pi has not been able to boot. I replaced the elf, bin files, etc... and ...
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How can I determine which OS image I am running?
I have been given a pre-installed SD card. It boots fine, and I know it is running some version of Raspbian. Can I determine exactly which release it is running?
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Graphic interface with Arch ARM/Debian on RPI
I am a student and my laptop just broke. Due to my lack of money I am thinking to buy a RPI. What I wonder is how well a graphical interface would run on RPI if I install Arch Arm or Debian.
The ...
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How do I improve speed of photo/image resize? (~8MB to ~100KB)
I'm building a program which reads photos off an SD Card then resize the images and upload them to Flickr (note, it's a second SD Card reader, not the one on-board)
The photos are high-resolution ...
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tutorial on crosscompiling .deb packages?
I'd really like to get to know debian packaging for the RPi
I have read several useful tutorials on how to crosscompile with tools from
https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools/tree/master/arm-bcm2708
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How to use matchbox-window-manager with web browser?
I'm having trouble with running uzbl browser under matchbox-window-manager on a raspberry pi. I'm using it with a 22' lcd screen to display some info (temperatures, graphs, VPS server stats...).
What ...
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Can't update /etc/rc.local
I'm trying to set up a script to run on startup and I found this quesiton: Running a Python script at startup
I tried adding the script to my rc.local but I can't save the file. Neither can I create ...
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How to start a daemon in Debian on Raspberry Pi
I'm new when coming to services/daemons. I found this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1221110/windows-like-services-development-in-linux-using-mono/1234761#1234761
I'm trying to start my test ...
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How do I run a background service written in MONO?
I need the service to automatically start upon boot, it does not require console access for a start. Ofcause it would be nice to be able to produce some output for logging/debugging/stats. But for ...
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cannot login anymore
I was following the tutorial here http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Raspberry-Pi-Web-Server and everything was going fine until I got to "The finishing touches" part of the tutorial. I was able to login ...
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SSH problems with Permission Denied (publickey,password)
I'm rather new at Debian so please forgive me if this is a stupid question. I have 2 raspberry pis and I'm trying to get them to work together as a proof of concept. I would like to get them to work ...
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What application (and options) should I use to get terminal access to my Pi over a USB/serial cable on Linux?
I've got a Raspberry Pi with a Raspbian SD card, connected to my Debian laptop via a USB TTY cable. The cable is supplying power to the board; my user is in the dialout group, and can see ...
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How can I tell if I am using the hard-float or the soft-float version of Debian/Raspbian?
Let's assume that I am dropped into a room with a Raspberry Pi running either Debian or Raspbian. How do I find out if it has hard float support or if it is just using soft float?
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Install IBM 5250 Emulator
I'm needing help installing IBM's 5250 emulator onto the Raspberry Pi. If anyone could take a look at this link and set me in the right direction that would be great! Currently I've installed Raspbian ...
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New version of Thunderbird mail client for Raspbian/Debian
How I can get newer Thunderbird for Raspberry Pi?
I know its name is Icedove on Debian and I can install it with apt-get install icedove but its available version of it on Raspbian repositories ...
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svn: E200030: sqlite: database disk image is malformed @ checkout
The .svn folder doesn't exists yet. I tried deleting it after it was created, but I get the same issue again.
@:/var/www/htdocs$ svn checkout https://host/svn/trunk/ .
svn: E200030: sqlite: database ...
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Video on OMXPlayer on rasberry pi debian
When I play video using omxplayer -o hdmi, sound will not work unless I also use the -r (adjust framerate/resolution to video) option.
The only problem with this is when the video is done it leaves a ...
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RaspPI/Debian Wheezy obtaining fixed IP address from DHCP server
I've got a Netgear router which is acting as a DHCP server. There I've configured the MAC address of my RaspPI for obtaining a reserved/fixed IP address.
Unfortunately when booting the RaspPI no IP ...
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IRC/XMPP web-based chat client or BNC?
Is there any webchat client with a daemon for Rasbian/Raspberry Pi? Something like webpidginz or an alternative for it. I found it hard to use with Raspberry Pi/Rasbian (because it doesn't provide an ...
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How to compile a L2 disabled/Enabled Kernel for RaspberryPI?
I need to enable and disable the ARM L1/L2 cache of my Raspberry PI.I made changes in config.txt.But I have been told that i need a corresponding L1/L2 cache disabled kernel. Could anyone please ...
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Pi disconnecting from network after bootup
There seems to be a (very small) time winodw when my pi will let me ssh to it. I got my computer to accept the new key and prompt for my password once (so it did connect), but I had forgotten to ...
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Can I use USB Dongle to connect Raspberry PI to internet?
I have the Type B model Raspberry PI and I'm using Debian Wheezy. And I want to know if I can attach my USB dongle to the board.
I have searched for support, but I haven't found my model listed. My ...
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Is it possible to lock (enable/disable) cache memory?
Please tell me if it is possible to lock cache memory of raspberry PI board. If so, what is the procedure.
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How can I increase the size of the ram disk
In Debian Wheezy If I make a ram disk with
mke2fs -m 0 /dev/ram0
mount /dev/ram0 /mnt/ramdisk
I get a ram disk 3.9M in size. I could really do with 16M, is there a way of making the ram disk ...
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Wicd is wicked slow in getting a wireless connection
I have been using the standard WPA Supplicant (WiFi Config GUI) that comes stock with Rasbian. It works really well and has been able to get me on to a wireless network really fast.
Now, I want to ...
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raspberry pi reverting to old settings after reboot
when I reboot some of my configuration files revert back to old settings. Also software packages need to be reinstalled. It is really bizzare. Current version of linux is Debian Wheezy
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Diagnosing dropped samples from a usb microphone
My usb microphone appears to be dropping samples, producing very glitchy recordings which are about 5% shorter than they should be. Here's an example recording of a periodic wave:
You can clearly ...
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How to use a USB 485 in the Pi
I have a Hjelmslund USB485 that I want to work with my Pi. How do I do?
From dmesg I can read:
[ 4170.320524] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 11 using dwc_otg
[ 4170.431092] usb 1-1.2: ...
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Raspberry Pi One Touch Audiobook *Updated*
I am looking for anyone to help me out. I am trying to build this for my blind grandmother for Christmas. http://blogs.fsfe.org/clemens/2012/10/30/the-one-button-audiobook-player/
**Update, since I ...
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Samba share with no-ip on mac osx
i configured my raspy to share an usb disk on my lan.
Works well...
...if i use lan address, in my lan address (smb://192.168.0.115) but i don't able to use no-ip dynamic dns url...
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How to add ARM properly to the build target (Code::blocks)
I want to develop C++ applications for my PI on my PC, I made a develop environment in Ubuntu with the Code::blocks IDE. The problem is that my PC is X86, and the PI is ARM. So how can I add ARM to ...
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Raspberry Pi not booting
I just got my Raspberry Pi with two SD cards with Debian preinstalled. They worked fine and I installed RaspBMC on one of them which also worked. I did some tinkering and wanted to reinstall RaspBMC ...
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Optimizing Apache, PHP and Mysql
I'm running a web server on my pi at the moment, I run a forum that uses PHP and Mysql. The Average load time is 1 – 2 seconds for a page, I know for sure this can be a lot faster. This is because ...
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How can I install Debian from scratch?
I would like to install a plain Debian operating system on my pi without all the software and config that comes with the Raspbian image.
Is there a guide for this?
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A lot of users in Debian for Raspberry
I installed on my pi a web server with everything I want, now I want to know for sure that my server is secure. I started to check for useless accounts, I found a lot account in my Debian ...
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Awesome WM on Raspbian?
Has anyone succeeded in installing Awesome WM on Raspbian? If yes, how do you switch between LXDE and Awesome?
I know that Arch will likely allow installation of Awesome WM as a window manager, but ...
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How to change the umask?
The umask controls the default file creation permissions, 0002 means files will have 664 and directories 775. Setting this (by editing the umask line at the bottom of /etc/profile in my case) means ...
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How do I increase the terminal font size?
I have a Raspberry pi B, using Debian, just rigged up with a 3.5 inch TFT-LCD monitor via VGA. The text size in command line mode is too small to read, so I would like to increase its size, and one ...
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TiLP 1.16 on Debian Weezy
I've been trying for close to about 8 hours now getting TiLP (Texas Intruments Linking Program I believe). Anyways, I was only able to install TiLP 1.12 using aptitude (sudo apt-get install tilp2). ...
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What to do when apt-get -f install fails?
sudo apt-get update hangs and suggests running sudo apt-get -f install, but that fails on a duplicate declaration. How can I fix this?
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libfont-afm-perl ...
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Checking sdcard for errors, unmount problem
I've tried running running a disk check, then I got a complain
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ /sbin/fsck
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
e2fsck 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 is mounted.
WARNING!!! The ...
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Can't seem to get network interface running at boot
I can't seem to get networking running at startup with the Raspberry Pi. It's running on Debian Wheezy.
Networking should be starting when it's booting though, as indicated by ls /etc/rc.S/:
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How to investigate why device crashed?
My Raspi after 6 days of uptime just crashed. I wasn't able to see nothing on the screen, if I plugged a USB device, no action from it. And all the LEDs were steady and not a blink at all.
I have the ...
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Prevent screen from going blank for kiosk
I should start off by saying I am fairly new to Linux. I want my pi to scroll through pictures in Image Viewer and never sleep. I've followed these instructions from another question to try to fix the ...
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Access the Raspberry Pi image on the SD card
I currently have an SD card with a non-running installation of Debian Squeeze. SSH on this card is enabled. However the system keeps rebooting. I would now like to delete the boot.rc file on the boot ...
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How to interface Raspberry PI with x10 to read switch statuses and toggle them on/off? (new system, pre-wired house)
I've been reading on the x10 documentation on the web, so please correct me if I'm wrong on these items:
X10 type parts available
(A) data receiver/transmitter to be plugged in a wall
(B) computer ...
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Installing lirc_rpi on raspbmc with updated kernel
I accidentally broke my raspbmc distro by running apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, and managed to get it back to a useable state by running rpi-update manually on the SD card on a PC, ...
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sample speed i2c
If running standard release of debian on my Rpi. How fast can I sample the sensor readings through i2c and save values?
Why Im asking, I tried to read a DS18B20 and save it,s values (wrote the ...
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Configuring the Pi to use a D-Link DWA-131 USB Wifi adapter
I bought a D-Link DWA-131 USB Wifi adapter as it was supposed to work straight out of the box. The device shows up OK in the USB list (lsusb). I've added the wlanX sections to the ...
