Im also experiencing the same error when installing python-dev. I try to open th url which apt-get cannot find. The file is there but when downloading, it redirect to another mirror which the file is not exist. In my case its just one package not found. So i just download the deb package from anothe...

Also a fan is not needed for the RPi. That depends on whether or not he's running an overclock and on how much work he's pushing to the GPU. Mine frequently hits 80°C+ with an ambient room temperature of just 20°C in a Pibow case even with a small heatsink when giving the GPU a good caning. Others ...

The 5V pin in the GPIO header is not really a GPIO. That pin and the USB ports are directly connected to the 5V supply via the fuse F3 and cannot be programmed. You can not shut the 5V power off with a script or program unless you add some external hardware such as a relay. Also a fan is not needed...

Hi, been playing with raspberry pi gpio for a while and i have one problem. Is there any way for me to completely shut down the board? I mean, when i send shutdown or halt signal, it also turn off all devices connected using gpio. right now I have cpu fan and 16x2 lcd connected to 5v gpio and both w...