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by sdjf
Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:28 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Startup script not running
Replies: 3
Views: 1552

Re: Startup script not running

Somebody who knows Raspbian ought to be able to tell you how to start X at boot, I am sure I have seem webpages telling how to do that. And I would bet those pages have more elegant solutions, but what I would do to get my own stuff running if I couldn't do it in Arch, where systemd does a lot of co...
by sdjf
Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:08 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Advice
Replies: 8
Views: 1322

Re: Advice

I think you have not gotten any takers because those of us coming to this part of the forum are expecting to answer simple beginners questions about basic stuff. Many questions, including yours, are highly technical and specialized and would be better posted in other subforums on the site which are ...
by sdjf
Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:54 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: DoubleSight USB Monitor compatibility with Arch
Replies: 13
Views: 11073

Re: DoubleSight USB Monitor compatibility with Arch

I think the error is USB driver overload, I just am careful about what I do, as I mentioned. We shall see how it handles chromium when I get around to using that instead of VNC, on browser intense websites, but I made the choice and I am happy with it. One thing I did not mention that may help you o...
by sdjf
Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:01 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Mount Read and Write Fat32 1TB drive HELP
Replies: 8
Views: 16156

Re: Mount Read and Write Fat32 1TB drive HELP

You did not include any error output, but if you cannot write to a device, there are generally two basic reasons: 1. you do not have permission (post output of ls -l for the device) 2. the file system might be corrupt and/or need repair or there might not be a file system on the device. possible dia...
by sdjf
Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:27 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: Can't start GUI
Replies: 3
Views: 3828

Re: Can't start GUI

"Incredibly slow" is a relative term, depends on what speed you are used to. I also found lxde slowed things down, now on my Pi I am just using Openbox as a window manager and installed lxpanel separately so I have that working without running LXDE per se. I never did figure out how to move apps ont...
by sdjf
Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:16 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: DoubleSight USB Monitor compatibility with Arch
Replies: 13
Views: 11073

Re: DoubleSight USB Monitor compatibility with Arch

Thanks for asking. yes, my DoubleSight monitor has worked out great. I was worried about overloading the USB driver, so have been careful not to do anything with GUI browsers yet until I am in a position to debug and repair any damages. Maybe once or twice a week, the screen will go blank for a brie...
by sdjf
Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:05 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: motion install fail
Replies: 6
Views: 4045

Re: motion install fail

Maybe your Pi does not have an internet connection. Post results of following commands:

route
ifconfig

Maybe try to ping google or yahoo, there will be packets returned if you have an internet connection, otherwise if you press CTRL-C after a while, it might say 100% packet loss.

ping google.com
by sdjf
Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:02 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: raspbmc boot loop due to rca not picking up source
Replies: 2
Views: 547

Re: raspbmc boot loop due to rca not picking up source

Double check the instructions on the Downloads page (link in menu above). It says there you can return to NOOBs by pressing SHIFT during boot (I think that is what it says, check it out).
by sdjf
Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:00 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Installed raspbian, how to wipe and install xbmc?
Replies: 3
Views: 978

Re: Installed raspbian, how to wipe and install xbmc?

The instructions for how to do that are on the Downloads page, which is a link on the top of every forum page here.

I have never used NOOBs, but that page says (check it to confirm what I say) that all you have to do is press SHIFT during reboot.
by sdjf
Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:19 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Can't format SD card
Replies: 24
Views: 42120

Re: Can't format SD card

Windows cannot see anything but the very first partition on your SD card once you have copied the NOOBs or raw OS image onto the card, it will only see the fat partition. That is because Linux file systems are a format that Windows does not know how to read. In this case, on the pi, we use an ext4 f...
by sdjf
Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:40 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Where are newly installed packages downloaded
Replies: 10
Views: 1827

Re: Where are newly installed packages downloaded

Joan was trying to tell you that to find out how to use the "find" command, you type:

man find

So, for example, to find your "motion" command, you would type:

find / -name "motion"

To find all files on your system that start with "motion", including the package itself,

find / -name "motion*"
by sdjf
Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:57 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Startup script not running
Replies: 3
Views: 1552

Re: Startup script not running

What OS are you running? You might add to the end of every line of your script something to put the output and standard error into a file, so you can see what is happening. If the file is empty, it did not run. A line inside the script would look like: echo this is a test > ~/testoutput1.txt I have ...
by sdjf
Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:00 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Want to find the right OS..
Replies: 4
Views: 776

Re: Want to find the right OS..

Maybe nobody is answering because your question is not clear or the answer is obvious to some folks? If you want to know where to get RaspBMC to install on your pi for playing music, there is a link at the top of every forum page for Downloads, and if you scroll down that page, you will find the Ras...
by sdjf
Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:53 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Can't ssh via Ethernet to my RPi after raspi-config
Replies: 3
Views: 1396

Re: Can't ssh via Ethernet to my RPi after raspi-config

If you google search for raspberrypi camera-module arch, you will turn up pages showing how to use the command line to enable the camera module without using raspi-config, and I think the commands they give should work in any Pi OS. Here are two that look like they have very good descriptions. Just ...
by sdjf
Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:25 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Arch username
Replies: 5
Views: 1875

Re: Arch username

When working on the command line, whether it is Arch or any other operating system, until you know what you are doing quite well, it is best to look up answers in the documentation that is provided than to just guess. The default system name for Arch on the Raspberry Pi is ALArmPi (only lower case o...
by sdjf
Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:18 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Extreme Beginner -- Many Questions
Replies: 4
Views: 1049

Re: Extreme Beginner -- Many Questions

There is not just one OS for the Pi, there are many. Links for downloading the primary ones are in the top menu on every page in this forum, labelled with the word - amazingly enough - Downloads! On that page, there are links to starter guides for how to put the OS onto your SD card. All the Pi OS's...
by sdjf
Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:19 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: SD card appears to be smaller than it is
Replies: 4
Views: 1440

Re: SD card appears to be smaller than it is

Lots of tools available to expand the root partition. You can use gparted, but I use fdisk and parted to do that from the command line. And the fat partition is there on purpose, it comes in very handy for those of us who, on occasion, need to edit configuration files that are in the boot partition,...
by sdjf
Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:14 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: Can VLC be run without a GUI, strictly from the command line
Replies: 6
Views: 13582

Re: Can VLC be run without a GUI, strictly from the command

Have you heard of VNC aka Virtual Network Computing? It would enable you to log in to a desktop on the Pi if this application does not work out for running from command line. You would need to install VNC on both ends, the Pi would be a vnc server, your other computer would be the client.
by sdjf
Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:16 pm
Forum: Arch
Topic: Alsa-dmix not working
Replies: 9
Views: 6516

Re: Alsa-dmix not working

In my mind, the question is what /dev/snd/timer is and does, then. We need an expert!

Googling, I see comments that maybe X does not inherit the permissions of the user using X? How is this getting run? Are both apps command line or both GUIs that you are comparing?
by sdjf
Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:12 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: No internet connection to pi.
Replies: 20
Views: 3324

Re: No internet connection to pi.

Post the output from the following commands lsusb ifconfig -a route cat /etc/network/interfaces cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplication.conf # if WiFi iwlist wlan0 scan # if WiFi The above commands need to be run on your Pi, to find out why your Pi is having problems getting onto the internet usin...
by sdjf
Wed Jan 01, 2014 3:43 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: Alsa-dmix not working
Replies: 9
Views: 6516

Re: Alsa-dmix not working

If you start aplay with strace, you can see what system calls are getting made and see what is missing. strace is in the repository.

It may well be that it is stuck not finding an .asoundrc file, any harm in creating one?
by sdjf
Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:13 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: New Media Set up...and New to RPi
Replies: 2
Views: 536

Re: New Media Set up...and New to RPi

Is there a keyboard and monitor attached to your Pi? Does anyone know if XBMC has a long delay before screensaver sets in? I know on my Pi running Arch, the monitor goes blank after 10 minutes of no keyboard input. In arch, pressing the keys CTRL-ALT-DEL (control alt delete) simultaneously will rebo...
by sdjf
Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:03 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Help to display jpgs in order
Replies: 7
Views: 1023

Re: Help to display jpgs in order

I don't know if you can run it at startup, but I use gpicview and know that the up and down arrow keys move forward and backward through the images in a folder. And I run it without LXDE installed, not sure if it would work without a desktop manager (I am using Openbox) but you could try.
by sdjf
Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:59 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Pi under Tree
Replies: 19
Views: 2601

Re: Pi under Tree

You asked what lxterminal is, as well. It is the terminal emulator, which you can use to access the command line and run command line applications and utilities, as well as edit files using a text editor. You could try different terminals, I like lxterminal but have been playing around with xfce4-te...
by sdjf
Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:54 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: RPi connections questions
Replies: 1
Views: 495

Re: RPi connections questions

Google tells me that a Drobo is an external storage device. Whether you can attach your Drobo of course depends on whether it is USB 2 or USB 3, others will know if the Pi can recognize a USB 3 storage device, I do not know. another issue is power supply, if it is not self-powered, it might have be ...

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