Hi,
I tried Slack on my RPi way back in 2012:
http://geep999.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/v ... -with.html
Good luck,
Peter
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- Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:18 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Slackware Arm
- Replies: 2
- Views: 607
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:42 pm
- Forum: Advanced users
- Topic: PSU Recommendation (UK)?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2526
Re: PSU Recommendation (UK)?
I've been very happy with this surge protected PSU made by Masterplug supplying 2x1A. http://www.screwfix.com/p/masterplug-surge-protected-usb-adaptor-2-x-1a-usb-polished-black/28341 Actually bought mine in Sainsbury's post-Christmas sale @ £4.99, so shop around. Masterplug also do one with a single...
- Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:06 am
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: cli font colour
- Replies: 2
- Views: 945
Re: cli font colour
You might get a clue here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Color_Bash_Prompt
There are lots of other sites on this topic too - Google for bash colors
Cheers,
Peter
There are lots of other sites on this topic too - Google for bash colors
Cheers,
Peter
- Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:45 pm
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Anyone has a recommended cheap SD card?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3337
Re: Anyone has a recommended cheap SD card?
I'm using 3 of these Kingston 8Gb cards which seem 100% reliable
http://www.ebuyer.com/130039-kingston-8 ... rd-sd4-8gb
The first 2 cost about £3.98, but the 3rd bought a week later cost £4.98.
Cheers,
Peter
http://www.ebuyer.com/130039-kingston-8 ... rd-sd4-8gb
The first 2 cost about £3.98, but the 3rd bought a week later cost £4.98.
Cheers,
Peter
- Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:08 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: ArmedSlack 13.37
- Replies: 149
- Views: 42268
Re: ArmedSlack 13.37
@ sorinm - is your website broken - http://ns1.spit-ct.ro/raspberrypi/ ? I've tried several times recently and get "Unable to connect". @ xeonxu - I installed gnuplot on RPi/ARMedSlack 13.37 by downloading it from the repository at ftp://mirrors.vbi.vt.edu/linux/armedslack/ and using insta...
- Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:57 am
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Where to get power supply UK?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2483
Re: Where to get power supply UK?
I'm using one of these surge suppressed by Masterplug with 2 X 1A USB outputs and it seems fine:
http://tinyurl.com/ce6wcd5 - it's £7.99 at present. Was £9.99 last week.
(I got mine for £5 in Sainsbury's just after Christmas when they were selling off stuff).
Cheers,
Peter
http://tinyurl.com/ce6wcd5 - it's £7.99 at present. Was £9.99 last week.
(I got mine for £5 in Sainsbury's just after Christmas when they were selling off stuff).
Cheers,
Peter
- Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:42 am
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Mouse & Keyboard...hair tearing time
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3995
Re: Mouse & Keyboard...hair tearing time
FWIW I've successfully used a USB to PS2 cable http://www.ebuyer.com/106560-xenta-usb-to-ps2-cable-a-usb2ps2 to connect to an ancient PS2 keyboard rated @ 5V / 170mA + a Trust Cordless Mouse AMI Mouse 250S. Both work fine on my RPi.. (Both my Microsoft wireless keyboards suffer "sticky" ke...
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:24 am
- Forum: Français
- Topic: Le Raspberry ne boot pas
- Replies: 24
- Views: 14740
Re: Le Raspberry ne boot pas
OpenELEC - c'est très facile -Frerovic wrote:Maintenant il me reste plus qu'a trouver un tuto clair pour installer xbmc
Binaries: http://sources.openelec.tv/tmp/image/openelec-rpi/
Instructions: http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title ... pberry_Pi
Salutations,
Peter
- Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:59 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Sound / Volume
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2206
Re: Sound / Volume
I've no complaints at all about the sound quality or volume whilst using OpenELEC RPi.arm-devel-20120614193607-r11315. I've tried both analog sound via headphones and via HDMI to the TV speakers. Tested with .mp4 videos (aac sound) and .ogg audio. So I would suppose any problems are more likely due ...
- Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:42 pm
- Forum: Troubleshooting
- Topic: Bought powered hub - now no USB works!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1456
Bought powered hub - now no USB works!
Having seen that it's recommended to use a powered hub I bought one from Argos - Mikomi 4 port hub USB 2.0. It has a 5v 2A PSU. Now my Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 800 and Wireless Mouse, also my old fashioned PS2 keyboard and mouse (via PS2 to USB converter lead) don't work at all. Previously the wi...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:23 pm
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Launching apps remotely
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16485
Re: Launching apps remotely
I was just playing around to see what's possible, and thought it made a nice screenshot.AndrewS wrote:Unless you're being deliberately obtuse, of course

Cheers,
Peter
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:17 pm
- Forum: Troubleshooting
- Topic: Can not set up VNC server to start at bootup (solved)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 138887
Re: Can not set up VNC server to start at bootup
As an alternative to VNC you could try running an Xserver on Windows and just forwarding X11 to it.
I tried it on Vista (32bit) and it worked just fine.
See this post http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 2&p=106887
Cheers,
Peter
I tried it on Vista (32bit) and it worked just fine.
See this post http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... 2&p=106887
Cheers,
Peter
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:24 pm
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Keyboard problem
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1573
Re: Keyboard problem
From my notes I see that I started X with
I didn't need to install anything, and I didn't adjust the partitioning.
(Can't test it just now to be sure, as have overwritten that memory card with OpenELEC !).
Cheers,
Peter
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startlxde
(Can't test it just now to be sure, as have overwritten that memory card with OpenELEC !).
Cheers,
Peter
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:12 pm
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: edit commands
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11338
Re: edit commands
joe is a nice and simple basic editor
ctrl k x - save and exit
ctrl c - exit
Cheers,
Peter
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sudo apt-get install joe
ctrl c - exit
Cheers,
Peter
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:25 am
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Keyboard problem
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1573
Re: Keyboard problem
http://www.ebuyer.com/106560-xenta-usb- ... -a-usb2ps2 - £2.45
I'm using this to connect an old PS2 keyobord to my RPi OK.
It also allows a mouse to be connected.
Cheers,
Peter
I'm using this to connect an old PS2 keyobord to my RPi OK.
It also allows a mouse to be connected.
Cheers,
Peter
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:57 am
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: SuperUser Login
- Replies: 7
- Views: 21639
Re: SuperUser Login
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pi@raspberrypi ~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 3.1.9+ #125 PREEMPT Sun Jun 17 16:09:36 BST 2012 armv6l GNU/Linux
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ whoami
pi
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo su
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# whoami
root
Cheers,
Peter
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:45 am
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Launching apps remotely
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16485
Re: Launching apps remotely
I used the instructions here: http://www.caslab.queensu.ca/LabHelp/XServer/ and downloaded the referenced Xserver and Putty onto Vista (32bit). VMware Player on Slackware host with Win Vista guest running an X server showing R-Pi running ARMedSlack forwarding X11 of xfce session: http://tinyurl.com/...
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:37 pm
- Forum: Troubleshooting
- Topic: Keyboard problem (Logitech)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3302
Re: Keyboard problem (Logitech)
Do you even see the username when you type it in? If not, could indeed be a hardware problem with the RPi. But if you can see the username echoed back OK then perhaps you have the "sticky keys" problem when you enter the invisible password. Perhaps you could try with the ArchLinux version....
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:08 pm
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400: Does it work for you?
- Replies: 97
- Views: 127663
Re: Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400: Does it work for
Sorry to be off topic and mention Microsoft Wireless keyboard. Please see my post here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=7906&p=95771&hilit=model+1014#p95771 It can take 5 attempts to login to Debian due to sticky keys. With ArchLinux I have no sticky keys at all . ...
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:34 pm
- Forum: Media centres
- Topic: OpenELEC Testbuilds
- Replies: 765
- Views: 266933
Re: OpenELEC Testbuilds
Thanks for the tip about Video calibration - I'd looked there but only saw the "pixel-ratio". Have now tried the video calibration - the first option is "Top-Left overscan compensation". I did a screenshot of this and discovered the "arrow", which I can't see at all on ...
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:45 am
- Forum: Media centres
- Topic: OpenELEC Testbuilds
- Replies: 765
- Views: 266933
Re: OpenELEC Testbuilds
Asked this qustion on the OpenELEC forum but no response, so I am trying here... OpenELEC-RPi.arm-devel-20120614193607-r11315 on Raspberry Pi with TV connected via HDMI. The TV sys that it's displaying "1080p @ 60Hz"; a Bush 24" 1920x1080 pixels, model 24LED10DVD. The problem is that ...
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:15 pm
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Wireless USB keyboard & Mouse
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3526
Re: Wireless USB keyboard & Mouse
I think it's a Debian problem. I don't see the problem with ArchLinux.
See:http://tinyurl.com/cgb2new
Cheers,
Peter
See:http://tinyurl.com/cgb2new
Cheers,
Peter
- Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:34 pm
- Forum: Troubleshooting
- Topic: Logitech Wireless Keyboard MX320 keys stick
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6062
Re: Logitech Wireless Keyboard MX320 keys stick
Same here with Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard 1.1 Model 1014 running debian6-19-04-2012.img ("squeeze"). It's so bad that it takes about 5 attempts just to login. It seems to be a software problem as I get NO STICKY KEYS running archlinuxarm-29-04-2012.img , and the sticky problem ...
- Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:22 pm
- Forum: Arch
- Topic: How to access the RPi, see boot screen?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2182
Re: How to access the RPi, see boot screen?
My RPi is connected to a PC Monitor with DVI cable. Boot screen OK with both Debian and ARMedslack but nothing with Archlinux.. Solution: connect to RPi with ssh ssh root@192.168.1.9 # I could see the address in my router cd /boot Comment out the first line of config.txt #hdmi_mode=19 Reboot - and t...
- Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:46 pm
- Forum: Advanced users
- Topic: Tip: Swap over nfs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10479
Re: Tip: Swap over nfs
Neat. It works for me. I put the commands into /etc/rc.local just above the "exit 0" so it's there after every boot. My actual commands are: echo "Setting up swap file over nfs to /space5/raspberry.pi/swap/swapfile on dad 192.168.1.1)" mount /space5 sleep 2 losetup /dev/loop0 /sp...