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SwanseaMick

Lucasmeister, The relay module needs connecting to a supply (Vcc) and a GND ( Ground or Common). As I read it, these connectors on relay module in the instructables are labelled Vcc and Vcc-GND. These would be equivalent to the Vcc and GND on your relay module. All GND's are connected together ( hen...

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Elliot, I think the only reason a powered hub is suggested is that it serves two purposes in one! It supplies sufficient power to supply Raspi, AND it acts as a hub for the Pi's USB. This enables you to have Mouse, Keyboard and Wifi dongle all off USB, which would not be possible without a hub. IMHO...

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Martinax85, As far as I can make out, you are having problems with X being 'sooo' slow. The question that comes immediately to my mind, which no-one seems to have noticed, is why are you running X if you want speed. One of the first things I learnt ( as a fellow newbie ) was to stick to the Command ...

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skipcave, Try winscp (search posts for more details) to view files on your Pi from your Windows PC. This gives a graphical 'file explorer' type view, with Windows files and directories shown in one pane, and Pi files and directories in the other. I use it all the time, and find it great for viewing,...

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I found the following adapter, which works for me:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/PC-to-TV ... 71740.html

Mike

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Mark552, Whilst the RasPiConnect app does use XML to communicate as you say, the parsing is done for you, and doesn't get in the way. I know little or nothing about XML, but after a few hiccups getting it going, I easily managed to modify the RasPiconnectServer, to amend what it sends back to iPad i...

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smithg400

Files compared OK

Thanks again

Mike

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smithg400 Phew!! That worked a treat. Now back up and running. (One tip I'll definitely have to keep in a safe place for the future.) Right, back to VNC Viewer I logged into Pi as user Pi, and started vncserver, and it asked for a password, which I carefully supplied. Ran VNC viewer on PC, supplied ...

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smithg400

oops, it would appear I have removed wrong passwd file, now I can't login to the Pi at all! (user Pi or Root)

Any hints how to get round it?

SwanseaMick

smithg400 I just tried to connect and got the 'Authentication Refused" message. The log on my Pi reads: 29/07/13 10:46:34 Got connection from client 192.168.1.87 29/07/13 10:46:34 Using protocol version 3.8 29/07/13 10:46:34 Enabling TightVNC protocol extensions 29/07/13 10:46:42 rfbVncAuthProc...

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smithg400

It isn't available at present, so I can't tell you.

As soon as I can, I'll fire it up and post it, but this won't be until later this morning.

Mike

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smithg400,

I do appreciate why the count is there, but on a local setup, one sometimes need to circumvent it.

Thank you for your reply, it answers my post exactly, and furthermore, explains how the 'count' got reset without me knowingly doing anything.

Thanks
Mike

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Whilst investigating a problem with VNC Server, I had trouble logging in and eventually got the message 'Login Failure Count Exceeded' or some message along those lines. It has since gone away, but don't know how or why.

Can anyone tell me where the count is stored, and can it be reset?

Mike

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drgeoff, Sadly I can't recall when I last used vnc viewer, hence the difficulty in trying to isolate the problem. That's why I asked if anyone knew of any changes made to vncserver that could cause the problem following my upgrade. I'm a firm believer in 'if ain't broke, don't fix it', but was force...

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Background: I used to run tightvncserver on my Raspbian Pi, then connect via VNC viewer on PC under Windows 7, put in my password and away we went. I recently bought the Camera Model, I have updated and upgraded the Pi ( I have also recently upgraded to Windows 8) I now find I cannot access the Pi v...

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RattuS

keymap sound just like the package I need. Where can I get it? It is not installed on my Pi.
and 'sudo apt-get install keymap' gets response unable to find package!

Mike

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Lob,

Aliexpress is also a portal for Chinese manufactures, as their adds often mention discounts for bulk purchases. A nasty thought just crossed my mind - where do RS and Farnell get their boards made? - I wonder....

Mike

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Lob,

our posts passed in the night.

Point is, my board is not marked on top either

Mike

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Lob, You may be right about the red boards being genuine, hence the logo. But there are lots of Cubie Boards on the sight, all claiming to be enhanced raspberry Pi's You missed my point about CE & FCC markings - how do you know they aren't marked? Have you seen a physical board and looked undern...

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Point to ponder. Who says the board is not CE & FCC certified? Just because you can't see the markings on the front, perhaps they are on the back. Not all genuine Pi's have CE & FCC markings on the top, some, like mine, are marked on the underside. Obtained from one of the two official selle...

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rpdom, I edited /etc/default/keyboard file, changing XKBLAYOUT from 'gb' to 'us' as you suggested, and I now have the 'pipe' / 'bar' symbol (so far so good), obviously I lost the '£' in the process (and possibly other keys have changed too, but I haven't noticed them, so can't be too important), but...

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itimpi, What I meant to say was Arch Linux. The mechanism I read about for this version of Linux spoke about copying the Keymapping file (eg. us.map.gz), renaming to 'personal.map.gz' then modifying the personal version to map keys how one wants it. (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KEYMAP)....

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rpdom Most keyboards have a US layout available to select, but first one has to select the appropriate keyboard! There are too many keyboards and layouts combinations to go through to find correct one! Thats why I was asking about a key mapping utility. In Linux, one can design ones own personal key...

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RaTTus, I bought a cheap (£6.39) USB keybard on e-bay (Link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110592033013). Everything works fine, except the 'pipe' key outputs a Tilde. Mike NB I have already posted to see if anyone can suggest correct keyboard to select in raspi-Config, wi...

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Is there a program/utility I could run at startup, that would modify the output of the Function keys? I cannot get the correct configuration for my new keyboard via raspi-Config. As an alternative, I wondered if it was possible to assign/map the F12 key to produce the 'Pipe' symbol (Ascii 7C), as my...

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