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by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 4:47 pm
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Convert NOOBS to disk image
Replies: 19
Views: 4186

Re: Convert NOOBS to disk image

There's a lot I could say about this bit of canon - that is, about the SD formatting tool - but suffice to say that:

Just because something is written down - yes, even if it is written on the raspberrypi.org site - doesn't mean it is true.
by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 2:52 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: RPI 2 Model B lan / gigabit problems
Replies: 15
Views: 2630

Re: RPI 2 Model B lan / gigabit problems

What does WiFi have to do with any of this? You'll never get GigaBit performance from WiFi.
by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 2:03 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: RPI 2 Model B lan / gigabit problems
Replies: 15
Views: 2630

Re: RPI 2 Model B lan / gigabit problems

fyi the RPi 1B+ & Rpi 2B has significant I/O gains using a USB3 USB Gigabit Ethernet Adapter:
Yeah, that's my point.
by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:54 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: I can't sign in
Replies: 13
Views: 2073

Re: I can't sign in

Most bugs are, in the end analysis, "implementation choices".

One man's meat, ...
by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:21 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: RPI 2 Model B lan / gigabit problems
Replies: 15
Views: 2630

Re: RPI 2 Model B lan / gigabit problems

FWIW - and not particularly related to how this thread has developed, but in regards to the issue PeterO raised - people have noted in the past that although using a GigaBit ethernet device on the Pi won't result in full GigaBit performance (because, as we all know, the USB 2.0 is limited to 480Mb m...
by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:16 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Where to begin
Replies: 13
Views: 3614

Re: Where to begin

Lots of people don't believe the world is round (seriously - this is not a joke).

Lots of people also don't believe the world is more than 6KYO (again, not a joke)
by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:02 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: I can't sign in
Replies: 13
Views: 2073

Re: I can't sign in

How to fix that bug? Thanks.
by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:42 pm
Forum: Windows 10 for IoT
Topic: Getting Windows 10 on SD Card
Replies: 5
Views: 1376

Re: Getting Windows 10 on SD Card

Hard to understand how/why a Mac person would want to mess around with Windoze.

Wouldn't Linux be a lot more like what you are used to?
by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:36 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Where to begin
Replies: 13
Views: 3614

Re: Where to begin

Do you remember when Windows ran on top of DOS? Linux is a command line system and the graphics run on top. You'd better get your bullet-proof vest on. :) I suppose people will nitpick, but it is true (that the graphics run on top in Linux). But it is also (still) true in Windows. MS tries to prete...
by QuietZone
Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:25 am
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Convert NOOBS to disk image
Replies: 19
Views: 4186

Re: Convert NOOBS to disk image

Dougie's question is valid - I am not sure how experienced users would benefit by using NOOBS, apart from the ease of install (and I am not sure about that).
If you (still) think this, then you just haven't thought it through.

Don't feel bad, though. You're not alone.
by QuietZone
Sat Jan 09, 2016 10:54 pm
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Convert NOOBS to disk image
Replies: 19
Views: 4186

Re: Convert NOOBS to disk image

Oh, Dougie, Dougie, Dougie...

Whatever will we do with you...?

Still banging away at NOOBS, like a voice in the wilderness...

(What a pity.. He used to be a fairly good programmer. Whatever can we do?)
by QuietZone
Sat Jan 09, 2016 10:06 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: Windows 7 won't read a NTFS partition created by a Raspberry
Replies: 3
Views: 1002

Re: Windows 7 won't read a NTFS partition created by a Raspb

I think this falls under the heading of:

Windows does not recognize any partitions beyond the first one on removable media.

So, you need to make sure that the Windows partition is the first one.
by QuietZone
Sat Jan 09, 2016 8:43 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Reformatting hard drive
Replies: 3
Views: 627

Re: Reformatting hard drive

If you really want to do this (and lots of people here will, any minute now, be either sarcastically asking you why you want to do it and/or telling you you don't want to do it), then the easiest way to do it is on your Windows machine. I'm pretty sure it can be done on Linux, using the appropriate ...
by QuietZone
Sat Jan 09, 2016 5:13 pm
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Convert NOOBS to disk image
Replies: 19
Views: 4186

Re: Convert NOOBS to disk image

Yes, I was just thinking about that (almost as if by telepathy).

That, as you say, it could all be done without using an SD card at all, using loop files and such.
by QuietZone
Sat Jan 09, 2016 3:57 pm
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Convert NOOBS to disk image
Replies: 19
Views: 4186

Re: Convert NOOBS to disk image

I'm assuming that OP is *not* a beginner and that he wants to do something interesting and fun (and, not incidentally, useful to *him* - if no one else). So, in the grand Unix tradition, the answer is "Well, *you* could do that..." If *I* were doing this, these are the steps I would follow: Download...
by QuietZone
Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:04 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Windows remote desktop
Replies: 6
Views: 2038

Re: Windows remote desktop

Well done on finding a pedantic way to repeat the same thing I said.
I am glad that it makes you feel better to have said that.
by QuietZone
Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:33 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Windows remote desktop
Replies: 6
Views: 2038

Re: Windows remote desktop

RDP does support sound. From the Wiki page:

Audio Redirection allows users to process audio on a remote desktop and have the sound redirected to their local computer.

It is possible (probable) that the Unix/Linux implementations of this Windows-centric protocol choose not to deal with audio.
by QuietZone
Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:06 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: USB power hub
Replies: 6
Views: 1094

Re: USB power hub

I have had excellent luck with this:

http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-7-Port-S ... le+usb+hub

(on a recommendation from this forum). It currently powers two Pis and a bunch of other stuff.
by QuietZone
Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:51 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Black Screen - no command line prompt!
Replies: 5
Views: 2878

Re: Black Screen - no command line prompt!

DougieLawson wrote:ctrl + alt + f2

That should get you a login prompt.
Please re-read the original posting. Thank you.
by QuietZone
Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:49 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: STICKY: Using a Gert VGA 666 adapter - [HOWTO]
Replies: 214
Views: 247490

Re: Using a Gert VGA 666 adapter - [HOWTO]

With the colour issues. I wonder if you have an issue with your soldering. P.S. I haven't got one of these, but I believe these adapters for sale on the Deal Extreme website are a copy of the VGA666 adapter and don't require assembly. About using VGA and HDMI at the same time, the answer is you can...
by QuietZone
Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:45 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: Screensaver Slideshow (how can it be done?)
Replies: 6
Views: 17707

Re: Screensaver Slideshow (how can it be done?)

Thanks karrika. This is exactly what I'd been searching for. It took some fiddling with to get it to run automatically on startup, but it works great now. Can you explain here, step by step in recipe fashion, how to get this up and running? I, too, need this functionality. No point in my re-inventi...
by QuietZone
Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:36 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Cant get autostart to work
Replies: 11
Views: 58266

Re: Cant get autostart to work

Autolaunch worked for root because: sudo nano ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart is editing the file for root's profile. No. Try: sudo echo ~ And then you will know who expands the ~ (and when). Do the same edit as your regular, non-root account and leave out sudo. This is correct advice, though. P...
by QuietZone
Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:02 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Pi Not Booting for the First Time [solved]
Replies: 2
Views: 600

Re: Pi Not Booting for the First Time

For the umpteemillionth time, the right way to get up and running on the Pi is: 1) Download NOOBS Lite (*not* the full, heavy NOOBS, and certainly not the Raspbian "raw image") 2) On your Windows PC, with a freshly formatted SD card in the card reader/writer, at, say, J:, open up a Command Prompt an...
by QuietZone
Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:54 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Files and Transfers
Replies: 3
Views: 654

Re: Files and Transfers

Your basic approach and assumptions are wrong. What you need to do is to initiate it from the Windows side. This is true because, unless special measures are taken, there is no 'ssh' server running on your Windows machine. So, you'll need to leverage the fact that there *is* an ssh server running on...
by QuietZone
Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:01 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: SD card backup / copy: how to ?
Replies: 113
Views: 12279

Re: SD card backup / copy: how to ?

I have to say, you are the hardest person to explain things to and my German isn't good enough to write in your native language.
Check out this guy ("Chris Glur"), found, e.g., at:

http://compgroups.net/comp.os.linux.mis ... us/3057922

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