In my experience, optical (CD/DVD) drives are extremely power hungry - for example whilst the one shown here: http://www.cpmspectrepi.webspace.virginmedia.com/raspberry_pi/MoinMoinExport/DualPortUSBDevices.html worked fine with the Medion laptop it was supplied with (and also, later, with other lap...

... This thing is running from a powered hub, and so far everything else is fine. On the player itself it says it needs "5V 1.3 amps". Any suggestions? In my experience, optical (CD/DVD) drives are extremely power hungry - for example whilst the one shown here: http://www.cpmspectrepi.webspace.virg...

Hello! I purchased this drive for my project: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DBV28TG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I am having trouble getting the raspberry pi to recognize it. It works on a different computer, and when I insert a disc it starts to spin. I went through the "USB de...

You need sudo/root access on Ubuntu. Start a terminal, type sudo -i anything you start from there from there will have root access. The standard file manager is called nautilus, so if you type nautilus it will run. Ignore the error messages. You'l find the SD cards partition under devices with weir...

Joe Schmoe wrote:There's always the init=/bin/bash trick...

Hmm.. Mind explaining what that is? I'm pretty new to linux-based OS...

So yesterday I was trying to add a shutdown program that listened for a signal via GPIO.. And I managed to make a program that shut the pi down at startup. Brilliant, right? xD Anyway, now I'm trying to access the sd card from an Ubuntu live USB so I can delete the pesky script. Problem is, I am una...

Thanks for all the great resources and information! I'll give it a shot

You could start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhfzRn2WcDQ But there are many other info sources available... Gr Dirk. Thanks for the link! That helps a lot. I noticed he did use a resistor in that -- Should I use the same type for my button, even though it's a different type of button? I'm ...

Hello! I'm very new to the GPIO and circuitry in general, so bear with me a bit. :) I am currently trying to wire a normal button to activate the "escape" key when pressed. It is a button with an input and an output, pretty simple. Not one with 4 wires off of it. I do not have a breadboard. Which pi...