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by urra901109
Sat Jul 13, 2013 4:08 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Permanently broken sdcard
Replies: 10
Views: 4662

Re: Permanently broken sdcard

liz wrote:I broke a card reader a week or so ago, but that was through the medium of coffee (Splash pop fzz) rather than anything else.
Haha staying up late with the pi? Does the pi survive? But you wouldn't care much if the pi is damaged right? technically you have thousands of them with you anyway. :lol:
by urra901109
Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:04 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Power Supply - A Sticky Topic for Beginners
Replies: 35
Views: 51679

Re: Power Supply - A Sticky Topic for Beginners

Here's some tips 1. Galaxy tabs charger 5v2a is enough to run wifi, keyboard, mouse and 1-2usb hdd 2. I hate multiple wall warts, so i simply find a single beefy enough usb charger and bypass the main 700mA fuse by powering it from the gpio header or back powering it from a hub 3. Trust me, those ch...
by urra901109
Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:39 am
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: Slow Samba #read but normal write
Replies: 1
Views: 891

Re: Slow Samba #read but normal write

[solved]kinda 1. First i thought it was a signal related problem. Yes, it does.. The read rate goes to 1.6MB/s from 2xxkB/s when i put it beside my router. 2. Then I plug in my Alfa 036NHR the gain is significant although it is far from the router. 3. When i try the orginal mini dongle on my pc, it ...
by urra901109
Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:26 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Permanently broken sdcard
Replies: 10
Views: 4662

Re: Permanently broken sdcard

I guess some people are just unlucky with their SD cards I'm still using the same Kingston 8GB class 4 micro SD card for nearly a year now. I've had the odd kernel panic, lock-ups (which was my own fault) and lazy shutdown via pulling the plug but touch wood no corruption problems even from multipl...
by urra901109
Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:21 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Permanently broken sdcard
Replies: 10
Views: 4662

Re: Permanently broken sdcard

@meltwater Yeah, i've tried all of that. :( 1. Camera 2. Linux pc 3. Some formatter.exe All failed to do anything. And yes, i just broke a card reader(those cheap ones) a few weeks ago, but i am not sure what caused it. now all i have is the camera as card reader and formatter. My sdcard brand that ...
by urra901109
Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:12 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Find this sentence: You know you're addicted to R-Pi when...
Replies: 12
Views: 2945

Re: Find this sentence: You know you're addicted to R-Pi whe

...you want to sling it out the window everytime another SD card gets corrupted and won't reformat due to block errors. But you, desperately, try again. Nice one.. haha. I feel you bro. :lol: so its not an isolated case like mine. Now i know someone out there feels the same. :D i just post a new to...
by urra901109
Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:59 pm
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: Permanently broken sdcard
Replies: 10
Views: 4662

Permanently broken sdcard

Is there anyone here permanently brick/broke their sd card by unsafe shutdown? Personally i've broken a couple of it. :D what i mean broke/brick is you cannot use it anymore not even able to format it on pc. In my case, power outage is the enemy, as it occurs a few time in a day here. The card will ...
by urra901109
Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:41 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: iPod touch case
Replies: 5
Views: 2812

Re: iPod touch case

I've got a few sdcard that already permanently damaged by sudden power loss. :cry: permanently damaged? I've never seen an SD card permanently damaged by sudden power loss. you sure its not just corrupted? Stick it in a PC and try reformatting it. Not saying i don't believe you, I'm just being opti...
by urra901109
Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:24 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: iPod touch case
Replies: 5
Views: 2812

Re: iPod touch case

To solve the 3rd element on the "to do list", you could use a model A... Haha :lol: yea, i could use that but i am not interested anymore to buy a second pi plus, i got proper tools to do, so why not? :D for now all i cam say the pi is too fussy to setup/sensitive, especially the power re...
by urra901109
Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:42 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: Slow Samba #read but normal write
Replies: 1
Views: 891

Slow Samba #read but normal write

I have this one little problem, it is quite weird. Normally what we thought is read>write. But in my case, it goes another way around. I am getting ~220KB/s (kilobyte) read, in which a file is transfered from the pi(server) to my local computer. The write seems to be normal at 1-2MB/s(megabyte). I d...
by urra901109
Sat Jun 01, 2013 11:40 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: iPod touch case
Replies: 5
Views: 2812

iPod touch case

This is my second post here, and my second case :) it is still work in progress but functional Whats in the case: 1. Of course the Pi 256MB model B 2. A usb hub (unpowered) but have a plan to make it externally powered 3. A 16GB flash drive (where the downloads and files go) 4. A 16x2 character lcd ...
by urra901109
Sat Jun 01, 2013 10:44 am
Forum: Python
Topic: Python script error
Replies: 3
Views: 1131

Re: Python script error

You probably need to "escape" the quotes around MB, as in \"MB\" so they don't get interpreted by Python as a string terminator. It works! Thanks! If no one helped me i would be scratching my head for good hours. :lol: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l6u10dnht9brwk7/Photo%20Jun%2001%2...
by urra901109
Sat Jun 01, 2013 5:56 am
Forum: Python
Topic: Adafruit 16x2 RGB LCD and read a text file
Replies: 4
Views: 3903

Re: Adafruit 16x2 RGB LCD and read a text file

evansg515 wrote: Scrolling is tricky(ish)

Code: Select all

lcd.scrollDisplayLeft()
should move the display along ONE unit. Put it in a loop with sleep(0.5) for good effect.

This tends to mean you have to determine the length of your message before scrolling it.
Can you describe more on this or even an example? :D
by urra901109
Sat Jun 01, 2013 5:21 am
Forum: Python
Topic: Python script error
Replies: 3
Views: 1131

Python script error

Hello, I followed a tutorial from adafruits regarding the 16x2 display. Currently i ran into an error which i am not able to resolve. The problem is about a small script. It is a script where it shows me the free ram on 16x2 lcd screen free -m | grep cache: | awk '{print $4 "MB" }' For exa...
by urra901109
Thu Dec 06, 2012 11:45 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: My RPi won't boot
Replies: 3
Views: 931

Re: My RPi won't boot

i dont know, maybe it is not relevant. but the last time my raspi appears dead like that (red led on) but no other led blinking. it was due to my raspi did not read my microsd card. after switching to other adapter it work flawlessly. till now i dont know whats causing it, because it works without p...
by urra901109
Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:07 am
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: "Hard power off" (no shutdown) distribution/setup
Replies: 5
Views: 3368

Re: "Hard power off" (no shutdown) distribution/setup

+1 :D I would really like if someone can make a detailed tutorial on this.. So far, after 3 months of use, I've come across 3xcorrupted sd card, and 1x completely fried sd card which I am unable to even format it. All due to yanking the power cord after I finish using it, and plugging in high power ...
by urra901109
Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:47 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: usb sound card and omxplayer
Replies: 14
Views: 21173

Re: usb sound card and omxplayer

@ski522 i'm really not going to dive into hdmi > component+rca converter. aside from being pricey, it does need another powerplug. currently i'm using some diy powered hub "back powering" the pi. galaxy tab's 10 watts charger is the ceiling for its power consumption, i dont wish to go more...
by urra901109
Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:16 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: usb sound card and omxplayer
Replies: 14
Views: 21173

Re: usb sound card and omxplayer

What are you trying to do exactly? If you want to play music or internet radio/music streams, you don't need to use omxplayer, you can install mplayer instead which works fine with ALSA. The only time you need to use omxplayer is for video sources at which point you'll only have to deal with the po...
by urra901109
Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:56 pm
Forum: Media centres
Topic: usb sound card and omxplayer
Replies: 14
Views: 21173

Re: usb sound card and omxplayer

@urra901109 No, omxplayer doesn't support USB audio (or any form of ALSA). aww thats too bad.. :( the only the thing that has been bugging me since i first play video/audio on it. otherwise it is great. thanks for stating it out. :) i guess i need to save up for a monitor with hdmi now. anyone got ...
by urra901109
Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:57 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: usb sound card and omxplayer
Replies: 14
Views: 21173

usb sound card and omxplayer

hey guys :)

just a question, does omxplayer allows you to output its audio through usb sound card. i bought a cheap usb sound card (tenx tech tp6911 chipset) and it works great on MOC player, no more crackling sound during track change.. but omxplayer isn't giving me any sound.
by urra901109
Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:03 am
Forum: Other projects
Topic: The PiSU
Replies: 9
Views: 5977

Re: The PiSU

nice work.. by looking at the pics, i am confident that you can even incorporate a full blown atx psu inside it. :) no more power problem except for efficiency issue.
by urra901109
Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:13 am
Forum: Python
Topic: Help on editing script..
Replies: 12
Views: 2884

Re: Help on editing script..

@urra901109: I guess `mem` already contains a newline character when you get it from the external command. So you have to remove it. Edit: Tested it on my desktop computer: In [336]: subprocess.Popen("free -m | grep cache: | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/ -f1", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.P...
by urra901109
Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:30 pm
Forum: Python
Topic: Help on editing script..
Replies: 12
Views: 2884

Re: Help on editing script..

After some reading/ trial and error I manage to add a line to show my the Ram left, I add this line to the script Lcd.message("Ram: %s MB_left" %(mem)) Supposedly, I should be expecting something like this right? Ram: xxMB_left Where mem = free -m | grep cache: | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/...
by urra901109
Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:11 am
Forum: Python
Topic: Help on editing script..
Replies: 12
Views: 2884

Re: Help on editing script..

@billio Thanks, I kinda get that portion of the code.. But what really confusing me is the "run_cmd" part.. Another thing is, One line in the original script states that cmd = "ip addr show wlan0 | grep inet | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1" can I add another line for my command?...
by urra901109
Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:04 pm
Forum: Python
Topic: Help on editing script..
Replies: 12
Views: 2884

Re: Help on editing script..

@urra901109: Then maybe you should work through some tutorial and learn what the constructs mean instead of poking around without an understanding of the concepts, data type, and operators. ``%`` is a binary operator, i.e. it needs operands suitable for it on the left and right side, not just on th...

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