To share files across a network then I'd recommend Samba as that will work with both Linux and Windows computers. To install use sudo apt-get install samba The configuration is in /etc/samba/smb.conf It's a long configuration document, but well documented. For a remote desktop onto a Pi then I sugge...
I would be unhappy about using a "bell transformer" in this situation. Generally, it would be designed to sit for hours un-loaded, with only the occasional spike of current taken. That is a good point. It depends upon the transformer as some are designed for "permanent loads" vs short period loads....
Was not sure if it would be set system wide or just the browser. It's actually both, the following are the most common system variables that are used to set which proxies are used (or which networks are excluded from the proxy requests in the case of no_proxy). http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy no_p...
Have you unzipped the files - they are normally gz files - so you need to run gunzip against the file. Also you say you are trying to run setup-mysql -n wordpress localhost - with a space before the '-n' But the error says 'setup-mysql-n' - without a space before the -n You need to cd /usr/share/doc...
This appears to be a limitation within Midori. It's causing me a bit of a problem as well. You can install another browser instead which does have the ability to bypass proxies for certain address ranges - eg. chromium or firefox. Unfortunately the other browsers tend to be a little more demanding o...
With a bridge rectifier you'll normally lose about 1.2 v (0.6 v across each diode). I'd recommend taking the 12v supply through a bridge rectifier (some capacitors for smoothing) and a 5v voltage regulator such as a L7805. This assumes that the transformer is able to supply at least 750mA in additio...
I've been teaching my 7 year old (almost 8) on a Raspberry Pi http://www.penguintutor.com/news/raspberrypi/programming-child . We've progressed since that last post, but I'll be providing an update in future. We looked at Scratch on the Laptop before getting the Pi, but the Pi helped to focus a bit ...
I am glad ... the Raspberry Pi Education Manual is key to getting programmers going. I am glad you reminded me of http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2965 because I had lost track of where I found my copy down in the archives. I think it would be good to have a link to say the education manual on o...
easy enough to calculate how long it would last. Current draw of the pi * any inefficieny in the 1.2 > 5v conversion / amp hours of the battery (usually only 1-2) Whilst those are the main variables in how much energy you can get from the battery it doesn't actually provide an answer to at which po...
Raspbian uses X.org as standard. There is talk of moving to Wayland/Weston in future, but even then there will probably be a way of still running X.org as the relevant packages are on the repositories. To find out more about X.org type man xorg If you need to install the development libraries then I...
there needs to be a good programming guide right here on the pi site. Have I missed this? Not sure exactly what you want. There is a guide to getting up and running (as you would get with any computer), but it's then down to what you want to do with it. There is such a wide scope of things that you...
I haven't tried it, but it may be worth investigating the Midori -e options. If you run midori --help-execute it provides a list of ways that you can interact with the browser from the command line. It includes: going to a specific location; moving tabs backwards and forwards; reloading a page and s...
Difficult to see how you would achieve this from a PC batch file - other than perhaps adding a time delay between issuing a reboot and running xbmc. I would recommend instead learning some basic shell programming to achieve this on the Pi. Difficultly is how to communicate with the Pi during the reb...
- Do scripts usually have the suffix .sh? It's common, but not a requirement. Linux doesn't normally use the extension (although some applications / file managers may look at the extension), but instead uses "magic tests" by examining the start of the file to see what type it is. You can see what k...
Yes unfortunately NOOBS does require user intervention. I suggested it as a way of having a recovery option, but obviously not needing that is preferable. There is a typo in the url you posted; it should be: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/169/how-can-i-extend-the-life-of-my-sd-card T...
If it's 1200mA then that should be OK, but poor quality cables can still result in a drop in voltage by the time it reaches the Pi, so still worth trying a different power supply and/or cable. If not then try following the troubleshooting page on the wiki as suggested by rpdom http://elinux.org/R-Pi...
It depends upon the software, but as a general rule command line programs will often overwrite, whereas GUI apps often prompt. That is not always the case though. On the command line you can add a bash option to prevent overwriting files when using pipes / redirection (set -o noclobber), but it does...
To run apt-get through a proxy then you need to update the http_proxy shell variable Use: export http_proxy=http://proxyipaddress:port or with a username and password if required: export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyipaddress:port/ You can add the appropriate entry to the /etc/bash.bashr...
Depends upon what you have got. The cheaper converters do work but may need a bit of tweaking in the config.txt file. If you just have a passive cable with no converter chip then that won't work. As a quick price comparison using Amazon: £2 to £5 - almost certainly passive cable that won't work £10 ...
A lot of problems with the Pi not working are due to having a power supply that is not able to provide the 700mA or that cannot provide the minimum voltage under that load.
Did you know you cannot just pull the power plug on the Pi without risking corrupting your SD card? Forgive me if you already know this, but the best way to turn off your pi is to... I have a similar issue with a project I'm working on. Obviously a safe shutdown is always preferable, but sometimes ...
I mostly use lighttpd on the Pi as it has lower resource requirements than apache, but I do run apache on other Linux servers. exception of getting the webalizer secure using .htaccess & .htpasswd. I never get a request for user/pw. .htaccess support depends upon the following two settings apache2.c...
My vote would be for samba too. I use that on my home network even though it is almost exclusively Linux (a couple of laptops have dual boot with Windows, but they are only really used for the kids to play games so don't really use the network shares). You can also access a samba server when using a...