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by sdjf
Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:45 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: arch = terminal only?
Replies: 30
Views: 49254

Re: arch = terminal only?

If you get lost trying to read the ArchLinux Wiki, do not give up on Arch! It is very hard to understand because it was written for people NOT using Raspberry Pi's. I have been using Linux commandline for about 7 years now, and gave up trying to follow the Wiki, there is nothing saying which section...
by sdjf
Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:43 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Farnell pricing
Replies: 3
Views: 1692

Re: Farnell pricing

There are two different companies that manufacture and sell Raspberry Pis, Premier Farnell and RS Components, and it sounds like you got them confused. If you got an invitation to order, as far as I know, it is RS Components that sends out invitations, and they are the one that uses DHL with very hi...
by sdjf
Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:13 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Preordering question
Replies: 2
Views: 792

Re: Preordering question

You really need to email Farnell to find out the status of your preorder. Unfortunately, your statement where you said " I didn't selected Romania ( my country ) after that." did not translate well, so it is a bit confusing what you mean. You could always place a second preorder, but if you do not w...
by sdjf
Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:08 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Qt on Raspberry Pi
Replies: 8
Views: 6977

Re: Qt on Raspberry Pi

I have gotten used to Qtopia on my PDA, but it looks like you have dropped dialup support? There are folks who cannot do broadband, DSL, etc., who might want to take advantage of Qtopia apps. But getting dialup working is hard enough even when support is in a distribution, let alone starting from sc...
by sdjf
Thu May 31, 2012 1:13 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RS or Newark
Replies: 10
Views: 1667

Re: RS or Newark

Just be forewarned that if you are in the USA, you will be paying much more for your Raspberry Pi if it comes from England than from Newark in the USA. There will be VAT and extra shipping for the shipper, I think it is DHL they use. Search the forums for posts by people distressed about the extra c...
by sdjf
Tue May 29, 2012 11:15 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Newark charged me $50 and won't ship mine until June 18th
Replies: 25
Views: 6105

Re: Newark charged me $50 and won't ship mine until June 18t

bircoe wrote: " I'm simply expressing my dismay at a community that is supposed to contribute to the RPi project but instead just bitch and whine about delivery dates... take it up with the supplier, the RPi foundation and/or forum members can't help you!" I have found people's discussing their expe...
by sdjf
Tue May 29, 2012 10:54 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RS invited me to order but ......
Replies: 9
Views: 2559

Re: RS invited me to order but ......

This is taken from the RS FAQ they attached in response to my email. It seems we can browse the store as much as we want, and our activation codes are good until we place an order. Here is what they say about this: Q - My session timed out/crashed/disconnected/failed/I was unable to complete my purc...
by sdjf
Tue May 29, 2012 4:09 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RS invited me to order but ......
Replies: 9
Views: 2559

Re: RS invited me to order but ......

From memory it was Debian but as you say you can't go back and check. Cheers Paul Does that mean we cannot look around a few visits and use our activation code to buy after deciding what to do? I am not ordering until I can find out the total payment and shipping method, so we may have a stalemate ...
by sdjf
Wed May 02, 2012 6:02 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Other Raspberry Pi forums out there ?
Replies: 11
Views: 2946

Re: Other Raspberry Pi forums out there ?

Subforum for ArchLinux on Raspberry Pi at ArchLinuxArm Forum

http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/.....m.php?f=31
by sdjf
Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:11 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Kernel Panic on concurrent network and usb storage [SOLVED]
Replies: 33
Views: 11882

Re: Kernel Panic on concurrent network and usb storage

<t>Can someone help aficionado with making sure he has the right kernel installed that has the kernel panic fix in it? Once he does that, all this command line stuff will still be interesting but not essential.<br/> <br/> aficionado, yes, I can think of a number of ways to try to make the loop work,...
by sdjf
Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:57 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Mini peripherals for RPi (Monitor, keyboard etc)
Replies: 19
Views: 15852

Re: Mini peripherals for RPi (Monitor, keyboard etc)

<r>The 'Super Tiny USB Keyboard' from Brando is bigger than you mentioned, but still very small and low power consumption.  Official dimensions are 170 x 73 x 15 mm, about 3x7 inches.  I used one with my PDA for about a year before the usb connector got too worn to be reliable.  I do not know if the...
by sdjf
Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:34 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Kernel Panic on concurrent network and usb storage [SOLVED]
Replies: 33
Views: 11882

Re: Kernel Panic on concurrent network and usb storage

<t>Please show what the output across the screen looks like. There should not be any if the command is working properly.<br/> <br/> If anyone else gets stuck in that kind of loop, the way to stop it is issue the "fg" command, which brings the backgrounded process into the foreground, and then you ca...
by sdjf
Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:40 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Confirming Image Integrity
Replies: 5
Views: 955

Re: Confirming Image Integrity

<t>All I have is a PDA and I cannot compile any source code. There are bound to be other people who for one reason or another cannot run sha1sum. It makes more sense to me, to just provide the md5sums for the official distributions, rather than make people wanting to check their downloads jump throu...
by sdjf
Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:29 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Initial Boot Requirements
Replies: 19
Views: 5167

Re: Initial Boot Requirements

<t>Hi tmzt,<br/> <br/> thanks so much for your post. the forum software does not let me send PMs from Opera browser, you can PM me at oesf.org if you want.<br/> <br/> you wrote:<br/> <br/> > If I understand this project and the Foundation, they want these devices<br/> > to be used by people that may...
by sdjf
Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:46 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Confirming Image Integrity
Replies: 5
Views: 955

Re: Confirming Image Integrity

I am running an older system for which I cannot find sha1sum anywhere. Can you please add md5sum to the Downloads page for those of us for whom sha1sum is not available?

Thank you!
by sdjf
Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:57 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Initial Boot Requirements
Replies: 19
Views: 5167

Re: Initial Boot Requirements

<t>thank you bredman and mole125. I really do not wish to discuss the limitations of my life here, that is not what the forum is about. I am in the process now of setting my sl6000 up to be a server. Agreed, not easy to do, but a good learning experience and certainly feasible.<br/> <br/> Bredman sa...
by sdjf
Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:04 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Initial Boot Requirements
Replies: 19
Views: 5167

Re: Initial Boot Requirements

<r>nmcc said:<br/> <br/> > ...see release notes for Fedora<br/> about startup: <URL url="http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/805">http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/805</URL><br/> ><br/> > If there is no input device (keyboard/mouse) connected during boot, the system will skip these configuration s...
by sdjf
Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:08 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Initial Boot Requirements
Replies: 19
Views: 5167

Re: Initial Boot Requirements

<t>Thank you both for your replies.<br/> <br/> I will need to use the distro as it comes, as I cannot tweak before initial boot - my PDA ROM does not support SD cards bigger than 1 Gig. And I will not be able to borrow a display, that is why I am asking these questions.<br/> <br/> nmcc said:<br/> <b...
by sdjf
Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:06 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Initial Boot Requirements
Replies: 19
Views: 5167

Re: Initial Boot Requirements

<t>Nope, no television, router, network or broadband. The only thing I own with a display is my PDA. The PDA can serve as slave or host on USB, does have Ethernet capability, but no Ethernet adapter/cable at this point. It is a Zaurus SL6000 from Sharp, Embedded Linux.<br/> <br/> So, if I could set ...
by sdjf
Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:39 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Initial Boot Requirements
Replies: 19
Views: 5167

Re: Initial Boot Requirements

<t>I hope this is the right subforum.<br/> <br/> In addition to the Raspberry Pi, I know we need an SD card with the OS on it. In addition to that, a keyboard and something to serve as a monitor are also assumed in the documentation I can find. The Wiki says they are "More or less essential."<br/> <...

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