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Yes, I'll also give it a go, now that another SD card has arrived in the post today. Meantime, I've being doing some housework on this laptop to find space to create compressed images. - xz wants to create a temporary file in my home directory and unfortunately that partition is rather full of other...

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You can download files up to 799 Mb only.
Upgrade your account to download bigger files.

Step 8: "cd xbmc-rbp/" - you don't need this directory once the build process is complete.
Also, "sudo apt-get clean" may give back some space.

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Getting back to the mounting point idea, I spotted this on feeBay, albeit it's expensive for what it is:

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Thanks for even thinking about an update to pisces, given the current fluidity of debian. I notice that when I exit xbmc, to the console, that I get a "no talloc stackframe around, leaking memory" though it's likely to be due to my own particular setup. Thought I'd mention it, in case othe...

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Iggy82 wrote:...zipped up its 1.3GB...

This appears to be excessively large! Have you removed the xbmc source files? Try archiving the image with xz or 7z formats.

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Two days on and I've got XBMC running on my 'tainted' pisces image. Initial impressions are that it runs pretty smoothly. I'll need to go and find a jack-to-RCA cable to check on sound functionality but SD video certainly streams fine from my local NAS, onto a composite output. Presumably the source...

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mpthompson wrote: What's wrong with vi? And what's nano?...

LOL. Absolutely nothing for those who remember Wordstar. nano=something related to pico?

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It may be the pre-installed image that is the issue.
I thoroughly recommend that you look to Raspbian and become familiar with ssh.
http://www.raspbian.org
(I'll leave you to Google ssh for your own OS.)

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Not much info to go on.
Which distro are you using?
Can you ssh into the Pi?
Contents of my /boot/config.txt (for 16:9 aspect)

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sdtv_mode=2
sdtv_aspect=3
overscan_left=12
overscan_right=0
overscan_top=-6
overscan_bottom=-2

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... I'll try and host an SD image of this once I have it all up and running (probably tomorrow night). A 'clean' pisces+xbmc image would be extremely useful for many. I'm currently building as per above but it's on a system with tweaks and additions. So far, I've noted: Early on there was a complai...

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mpthompson wrote:The "ifconfig" family of tools seem to be obsolete ...

I'll never get used to new fangled things (includes nano vs. vi) - old habits die hard.

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sudo aptitude install wireless-tools
As per quite a few instructions around the web eg. http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/

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I'll second the gesture and have donated a token amount. Go guys - Raspbian Rocks!

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In the rush to rebuke, I notice that the salient points have been missed: "Not a good default, IMHO." "...handling of windows, with many not fitting into the screen resolution, when using a composite screen." I'm well capable of hunting around for relevant information but I thoug...

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A key issue with the current version is that it assumes a digital monitor is available. After attempting to boot and getting a blank screen, I discovered the forced HDMI in config.txt. Not a good default, IMHO. Next issues are with the handling of windows, with many not fitting into the screen resol...

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[For those of us who don't get on well with touchpads.] I've had no problems (so far) with a wireless mini keyboard and trackball, with the added bonus of a laser pointer for exercising the cat. :) The keys are a bit shiny and therefore reflective and unless laid down, typing is quite slow but it is...

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Seems fair enough and in keeping with the inclusion of X. I've been a user of Mint for a number of years and the transition from Gnome to MATE hasn't been completely smooth, though appears improved in this Pi version. On the PC, I prefer the Cinnamon alternative to MATE, though I don't know how it c...

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Steep wrote:Maybe some.basic.linux.commands.txt placed on the fat32 partition with stuff like apt-get, wget, startx nano and a short explanation of each.

One of the most frustrating things about Linux is the lack of 'user friendly instructions' for new users.

A few lines could be added to /etc/motd

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The MATE project have not yet released their own X display manager, so you need to install a separate display manager. (I would recommend LightDM) Once that is done it should auto-magically go to the graphical login menu at startup. I was going to try using SLIM, but it was too late at night when I...

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Well, all I can say is that you're doing a super service to the community, with this distro. After muchos hours of tinkering, I now have the Pi running using a D-link DWL-G122 (Ralink RT73usb) connection, with wicd installed to control it. The wireless protocols certainly put a bit of overhead on th...

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Fantastic work on this! Having just got my Pi today, first port of call was to get 'Pisces' running - primarily due it using hardfloat but also because of the automated ssh. Just a slight hiccup, during initial setup: sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-update complains about not being able ...

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