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by lenkf
Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:34 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: any recommendations for a USB microphone
Replies: 21
Views: 138952

Re: any recommendations for a USB microphone

I'm a little late to this thread but will add: I decided to see if I could get the mic on my MS LifeCam hd3000 working. I have 2 rpi computers setup with medium overclock (700-900mhz). I grab the sound off my outdoor aviary webcam (rpi1) and pipe it to the indoor rpi2 using this syntax on rpi1: arec...
by lenkf
Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:09 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Setting up a simple firewall for use in the DMZ
Replies: 4
Views: 77580

Re: Setting up a simple firewall for use in the DMZ

UFW has worked out very nicely for my small need. I'm using a usb webcam on a v.2 rpi dedicated to viewing my outdoor aviary. I wanted to view the aviary not only from my home network but also on the internet away from home. The home router does the heavy lifting as the primary firewall. I didn't se...
by lenkf
Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:17 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Change LXterminal startup
Replies: 0
Views: 421

Change LXterminal startup

Perhaps other beginners might be interested in tweaking how the LXterminal session starts. I particularly wanted to change the number of rows. I found I couldn't do this by right clicking on the window and changing preferences. After searching a bit I found I could modify ~/Desktop/lxterminal.deskto...
by lenkf
Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:01 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Using a Powered USB Hub
Replies: 3
Views: 837

Re: Using a Powered USB Hub

NO. Well, at least mine doesn't. I have a common DLink DUB-H7 7 port, 3 amp powered hub. When I disconnect power from the micro usb power connector to the rpi, the rpi's LEDs turn off! If the rpi is powered down, and the usb hub is powered down and the rpi plugged into the hub, if I turn on the hub,...
by lenkf
Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:41 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Prevent SD-Card Corruption
Replies: 241
Views: 255299

Re: Prevent SD-Card Corruption

Just catching up with my posts. An interesting thing was mentioned was running the pi "ro", read only. As I have begun regularly backing up my images, I move the little mechanical slide on the sd card to "lock" (read only) to make sure my use of Win32DiskImage.exe (on win7 pc) doesn't accidentally o...
by lenkf
Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:35 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Raspberry Pi does not turn on
Replies: 12
Views: 3731

Re: Raspberry Pi does not turn on

OK, sounds like its working normally. BTW, if you're using wireless, you'll only see the red and green LEDs. With no keyboard/mouse activity, the idle-time-out limit will occur, and the screen will "turn off" while in the x-window. Pressing a key will turn the screen back on, bring it out of screen ...
by lenkf
Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:18 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: SD Corrupt
Replies: 6
Views: 1340

Re: SD Corrupt

very difficult to actually read your screenshots. the print is too small. I have also had some problems with sd corruption. I keep generations of copies of images, just in case a bug sneaks in and I have to start again from a known good point. The problem happens most often on a headless rpi when it...
by lenkf
Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:06 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Initial Problem
Replies: 3
Views: 798

Re: Initial Problem

I don't use NOOBS but have some frustrations with beginning using the rpi. The main problem has been with power supply causing weird failures I couldn't identify. After changing to a stronger PS, nearly all strange things have gone away. So some suggestions. If you are using a usb hub, it must have ...
by lenkf
Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:34 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Motion and Firefox memory leak
Replies: 7
Views: 2393

Re: Motion and Firefox memory leak

Yes this is a bug (tho little understood apparently by Mozilla) in Firefox (or iceweasel for rpi). I mentioned it in this forum originally because some new users (like me) may think the problem is associated with the rpi or the motion program, and wonder what they are doing wrong on the rpi. Indeed,...
by lenkf
Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:14 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Any Wi Fi signal Gurus out there?
Replies: 3
Views: 855

Re: Any Wi Fi signal Gurus out there?

Sorry for delay in reply. The wifi dongle on the aviary rpi is a Netgear stubby usb dongle I picked up at a local store.

Fred
by lenkf
Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:36 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: no access to motion server
Replies: 47
Views: 102165

Re: no access to motion server

Things to check that may be missed: 1) if the pi is wireless, and you have forced MAC address control in the wireless access point device, modify the wap to include the MAC address of the wireless device (dongle) attached to the pi. 2) if you want to see the MAC away from home, like at the local cof...
by lenkf
Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:18 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Any Wi Fi signal Gurus out there?
Replies: 3
Views: 855

Re: Any Wi Fi signal Gurus out there?

Definitely not a guru, but have been messing with the pi and wifi a bit. I have an outside pi which sole purpose is to run motion with a usb webcam pointing at aviary (207.127.177.81:8081 using firefox). This pi is both headless and wireless. For several weeks the pi would loose its wifi signal stra...
by lenkf
Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:09 pm
Forum: Camera board
Topic: USB cameras (webcams) on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 73
Views: 38800

Re: Consider a USB camera as an alternative

I concur. On my first pi, I hooked up a usb M$ livecam hd3000 and used Motion to view my outdoor aviary from other computers at home and via internet with tweak to router forwarding. Worked decently. So I thought I'd get a 2nd pi with a pi camera module and try to do the same. I worked at that proje...
by lenkf
Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:31 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Motion and Firefox memory leak
Replies: 7
Views: 2393

Re: Motion and Firefox memory leak

Sorry for late response. Still learning how to use the forum. Firefox is known for memory leaks. The Mozilla crew keep working on it. There's even some Firefox add-ons designed to recover lost memory, but 2 i tried didn't work on Win7 computer while viewing Motion frames sent from the pi. Not sure w...
by lenkf
Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:43 pm
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Enabling audible terminal bell/beep on wheezy
Replies: 2
Views: 3724

Re: Enabling audible terminal bell/beep on wheezy

Hi, its been over a month since this inquiry. I've also been fiddling with the audible terminal bell or terminal beep for weeks. Having worked many flavors of Unix/Linux using "vi" (vim on raspian), I really miss the the reaffirming little beep when I hit the escape key to end new input. In fact as ...
by lenkf
Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:57 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Unreliable Unreliable Unreliable
Replies: 81
Views: 14915

Re: Unreliable Unreliable Unreliable

I have had numerous SD card corruptions. Some were caused by removing power on a stuck headless, wireless, minimally powered pi far from the router/hub/switch (outside aviarycam). Some were just strange glitches probably attributed to me learning the pi. You know its corrupted when the pi boots with...
by lenkf
Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:11 pm
Forum: Camera board
Topic: Post your live webcams using CSI camera board
Replies: 9
Views: 4191

Re: Post your live webcams using CSI camera board

Still waiting for Rpi camera equip to arrive in mail, but I have a usb webcam watching my backyard aviary. Seems like the rpi camera will take some fiddling to put on a network according to various sources. As of 20130903 my usb aviarycam (budgies and wild seed-eaters) in Southern California is up a...
by lenkf
Mon Sep 02, 2013 7:16 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Prevent SD-Card Corruption
Replies: 241
Views: 255299

Re: Prevent SD-Card Corruption

Maybe a little late to the party on this one. After doing a normal shutdown, and the system says its halted, there are a few extra moments when the green led flashes 10 times on my pi rev2 512MB. I suspect there's disk activity going on even after the system says its halted. If one removes power dur...
by lenkf
Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:07 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Motion and Firefox memory leak
Replies: 7
Views: 2393

Motion and Firefox memory leak

I setup a MS LifeCam HD3000 on a rev B rpi. It works decently well with the motion program. I currently stream 800x448 (modulo 16 safe) images of my outdoor aviary to home network and on the internet. While viewing the stream with Firefox 23, my 2 windows 7 PCs would sometimes crash after viewing fo...

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