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by Super-Nathan
Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:56 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Force Raspi-config to run at next boot
Replies: 2
Views: 1413

Force Raspi-config to run at next boot

I am working on making a distro spin for Raspi and I would like to be able to distribute the image so that raspi-config is set to run at the first boot, like in Rasbian.

So, uhh, how would on go about doing so?
by Super-Nathan
Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:27 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: how do you hide all the boot text?
Replies: 34
Views: 61870

Re: how do you hide all the boot text?

This isn't windows! Linux is not "backwards". Distribution that run on the RasPi are still in their infancy, and still under development. Most people want that text. If you want something that is super pretty, Ubuntu 12.04 (only for your desktop computer) has none of the text. However it is mature a...
by Super-Nathan
Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:34 pm
Forum: Python
Topic: GPIO output from "Monkeys with Typewriters" expiriment
Replies: 6
Views: 1500

Re: GPIO output from "Monkeys with Typewriters" expiriment

I was getting 2 digit results in under a minute easily!
by Super-Nathan
Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:50 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: new to this code stuff.
Replies: 3
Views: 830

Re: new to this code stuff.

Honestly I would recomend Python 3 the most. It is avaialbe free! http://www.python.org/ Here is their website where you can download it. Why Python? It is one of the easier languages to learn and it is very powerful. Furthermore it is pretty easy to interface with the GPIO if thats something you ar...
by Super-Nathan
Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:42 am
Forum: General programming discussion
Topic: Input from web help
Replies: 2
Views: 924

Input from web help

I am not completely new to input from the web. I recently built a website to feed my fish from a website using an arduino. http://www.grovercam.com . In that project an HTML button activated a php script that ran a BASH script that sent command to my Arduino. I would love some way above and beyond h...
by Super-Nathan
Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:31 am
Forum: Python
Topic: GPIO output from "Monkeys with Typewriters" expiriment
Replies: 6
Views: 1500

GPIO output from "Monkeys with Typewriters" expiriment

Recently I was sitting around looking at my RasPi and I was thinking, dangerous thoughts. "Given a long enough timespan, a room full of monleys with typewriters will re-create the entire works of William Shakespeare." So I wrote a piece of Python code that uses the RasPi like a monkey in a room with...
by Super-Nathan
Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:27 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: omxplayer - GPU enabled video player
Replies: 171
Views: 191286

Re: omxplayer - GPU enabled video player

I have tried googling it, where can i pick up the omxplayer source code for a related project? (powerpc)
by Super-Nathan
Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:59 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Recommended Arduino
Replies: 9
Views: 2203

Re: Recommended Arduino

I would recommend the Leonardo.

It is very similar to the Uno and the same price, but:
1 It can mimic a keyboard
2 It has more IO pins
by Super-Nathan
Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:13 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Dosbox. What have you got running.
Replies: 46
Views: 20366

Re: Dosbox. What have you got running.

grim2020 wrote:
Super-Nathan wrote:Tie Fighter

Mechwarrior is downloading, will be tried later today
Did you get this to load?

not yet, no time
by Super-Nathan
Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:56 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: Complete New User Getting Stated Guide
Replies: 25
Views: 6241

Re: Complete New User Getting Stated Guide

If you have been trying to login from slim and have been getting a black screen with a white curser, i have SOLVED the problem. In the DAEMONS section of your /etc/rc.conf you need to have slim AND dbus slim will not work without dbus. from the black screen with the white x or from the slim login ty...
by Super-Nathan
Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:15 pm
Forum: Arch
Topic: Complete New User Getting Stated Guide
Replies: 25
Views: 6241

Re: Complete New User Getting Stated Guide

Awesome guide, but GParted-ing after flashing seems like a waste of write cycles to me. Well you gotta resize the SD Card somehow, unless you are cool with only a 2 gig system. There are ways to increase size inside of the Arch install, but GParted is way easier and works the same. Did some more re...
by Super-Nathan
Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:58 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: 5V Regulator (battery powered)
Replies: 5
Views: 1912

Re: 5V Regulator (battery powered)

I don't see why that wouldn’t work, might be a bit expensive though. I'm just a hobbyist and i might be wrong, but the lm340 here. http://www.futurlec.com/ICLinearRegulators.shtml Might serve you well for a fraction of the cost. If you build it with a cap in line to filter out high spots in the curr...
by Super-Nathan
Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:57 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: Complete New User Getting Stated Guide
Replies: 25
Views: 6241

Re: Complete New User Getting Stated Guide

Thanks for all the comments, i have edited the guide accordingly. I plan on doing a fresh install one night this week, to double triple check everything. There's stuff for the wheezy image on the wiki that's aimed at noob users. True, but the sooner we can get noobs using Arch and actually learning ...
by Super-Nathan
Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:45 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Proper way to update?
Replies: 4
Views: 1197

Re: Proper way to update?

Generally I prefer Aptitude over apt-get (you will need to install it). It is a more powerful front end to apt-get.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptitude_(software)

Code: Select all

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude full-upgrade
by Super-Nathan
Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:30 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Installing Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 2331

Re: Installing Linux

No worries! Now buckle your seat belt this is going to be long. When you run a program like Debian from a virtual box, your computer is still ALL windows. virtual box makes a fake computer that you can install things on inside your windows environment, this is very easy and very low risk. in full sc...
by Super-Nathan
Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:31 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Installing Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 2331

Re: Installing Linux

Okay, so I looked for a youtube tutorial, and found this http://linuxliveusb.com/ I downloaded "Debian Live 6.0.4 Standard" on my flash drive and when I try to start it up in the virtual box, it brings me to the page in the picture. I'm not sure how to get past this screen. Any help would be apprec...
by Super-Nathan
Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:22 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How to setup a MicroNEXT MN-WD552B wifi adaptor
Replies: 10
Views: 5675

Re: How to setup a MicroNEXT MN-WD552B wifi adaptor

Hate to say, did you try the obvious and just plug it in? It might have support in the kernel and then only need to be configured like with something like wicd-curses ? Otherwise you will prolly have to download the windows driver and use ndis wrapper and wpa supplicant to set it up. Ive attached so...
by Super-Nathan
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:34 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Installing Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 2331

Re: Installing Linux

The best place to start would be with a similar distribution to what you will put on the Pi. Since you are a first time Linux user you probably want Debian. http://www.debian.org/ It is pretty easy to install, and you can either dual-boot (have both Windows and Linux installed ont he laptop) or use ...
by Super-Nathan
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:12 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Hasty noob in Arch Linux trouble
Replies: 3
Views: 5195

Re: Hasty noob in Arch Linux trouble

If you switch back to Debian: You did not have root user powers because the root user can do ANYTHING! So distributions like Debian make you sign in as a regular user. If as a regular user you want to do something that requires root powers like install synaptic apt-get install synaptic would become ...
by Super-Nathan
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:02 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Dosbox. What have you got running.
Replies: 46
Views: 20366

Re: Dosbox. What have you got running.

Tie Fighter

Mechwarrior is downloading, will be tried later today
by Super-Nathan
Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:59 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Hasty noob in Arch Linux trouble
Replies: 3
Views: 5195

Re: Hasty noob in Arch Linux trouble

You have made no mistakes, other than being hasty. Arch linux is a distribution aimed at users who know what they want and are willing to build it from the console up. It does not come with a GUI by default you have to choose and install your own. startx did exactly what it is supposed to do, nothin...
by Super-Nathan
Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:52 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Need to reinstall, how to format sd?
Replies: 4
Views: 1300

Re: Need to reinstall, how to format sd?

If you are using DD to put a new image on the SD Card, you don't need to format. DD will format For you. Then when you resize the partitons that will effectively format the entire card.
by Super-Nathan
Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:17 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Flight sim? [obsolete thread]
Replies: 30
Views: 20159

Re: Flight sim?

I have been able to run Tie Fighter (1994) under DOSBox. Using the MAX settings and a frame-skip of about 4. In-game settings pretty low. I am running Arch. Overclocking as follows: cpu=900;ram=500;gpu=300 All that said, Tie Fighter is slow (playable-ish). It is no-where near what I can get on my la...
by Super-Nathan
Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:35 am
Forum: Arch
Topic: Complete New User Getting Stated Guide
Replies: 25
Views: 6241

Re: Complete New User Getting Stated Guide

Great ideas, I will have an OMX player tutorial soon! As for from Windows.... I havn't owned a Windows computer in 10 years, and while I could cut and paste someone else's info. I guess I havn't decided I want to. Maybe i will post a link to Windows and Mac instructions. I have never heard of qtfm o...
by Super-Nathan
Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:37 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: config.txt gets corrupted
Replies: 11
Views: 1897

Re: config.txt gets corrupted

This has happened so far 4 times, at different stages in updates

My SD Card is a Samsung 32 GB class 10

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