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by dukla2000
Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:01 am
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: bonnie++: SD-card / USB-stick / NFS comparison
Replies: 16
Views: 18391

Re: bonnie++: SD-card / USB-stick / NFS comparison

I think it is fair to say we have known for some time the SDcard interface on the model B Pi is "challenged". root@pisces:/home/raspbian# hdparm -t /dev/sda3 /dev/sda3: Timing buffered disk reads: 66 MB in 3.09 seconds = 21.37 MB/sec root@pisces:/home/raspbian# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/null bs=1M coun...
by dukla2000
Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:41 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image
Replies: 87
Views: 24310

Re: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image

I apologise if my reply appeared to ridicule anyone - it was not my intent. ... They will want an environment that is familiar ... I thought it was precisely the objective of the RPF to get kids away from their familiar environments so that they learn to program and how computers actually work rathe...
by dukla2000
Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:27 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image
Replies: 87
Views: 24310

Re: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image

trn wrote:1. openbox after startx is not over all screen, why and how to correct this
Check out the setting up HDMI thread.
trn wrote:2. overclock, is same as on other distro, on /boot config.txt and cpufreq=800 ?
Yes
by dukla2000
Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:18 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Browsing Windows Shares From RaspPi in Debian
Replies: 4
Views: 3925

Re: Browsing Windows Shares From RaspPi in Debian

For the long answer please google cifs usage on linux, using windows shares or whatever. The short answer - add a line to /etc/fstab (you probably want to sudo nano /etc/fstab from a terminal window) //192.168.1.100/aaaa /mnt/server cifs username=bbbb,uid=1000,gid=1000,password=cccc correcting as ne...
by dukla2000
Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:34 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image
Replies: 87
Views: 24310

Re: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image

I can bring up a terminal and use Windows key +e, they both work. I was just curious as to whether anyone else had this issue and if they managed to fix it. I dont think it is an issue - it is a feature! If you check openbox.org you can see the whole point is minimalist, but if you really want ther...
by dukla2000
Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:28 pm
Forum: Graphics, sound and multimedia
Topic: DVB-T stick with AF9015
Replies: 6
Views: 8574

Re: DVB-T stick with AF9015

Try the earlier thread on this topic.
by dukla2000
Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:13 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Resolution help... again.
Replies: 39
Views: 5383

Re: Resolution help... again.

The long way is to check the EDID (and use edidparser) on your screen to check all the possibilities (there is another thread started by Gert on this somewhere). The short way is probably to add
framebuffer_width=1024
framebuffer_height=68
to your config.txt
by dukla2000
Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:00 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Micro SDCARD and Adapter
Replies: 8
Views: 3805

Re: Micro SDCARD and Adapter

Try the troubleshooting wiki page. My micro SD card (no name brand, 16Gb Class 10 from fleaBay) worked fine but YMMV.
by dukla2000
Thu May 31, 2012 11:46 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image
Replies: 87
Views: 24310

Re: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image

After installing and performing rpi-update, if I type in startx for the gui I don't get the start bar at the bottom and I have to hit ctrl+alt+f2 to get back to the text based ui. Anyone got any ideas on what's gone wrong? Probably nothing welcome to openbox, assuming you have a mouse cursor? Try r...
by dukla2000
Thu May 31, 2012 10:29 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Resolution correct but not filling monitor
Replies: 2
Views: 1577

Re: Resolution correct but not filling monitor

add some overscan to your config.txt, e.g.
overscan_left=-20
overscan_right=-20
overscan_top=-20
overscan_bottom=-20
see troubleshooting in the wiki.
by dukla2000
Thu May 31, 2012 9:26 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: ALSA on Raspbian
Replies: 167
Views: 183033

Re: ALSA on Raspbian

I think my ALSA is OK (started with the Pisces image) - aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav and speaker-test -twav work fine from a terminal in openbox. But both vlc and mplayer are silent - mplayer gives Playing /mnt/server/Music/Keane/Hopes and Fears/01 Somewhere Only We Know.mp3. libavf...
by dukla2000
Thu May 31, 2012 12:04 am
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image
Replies: 87
Views: 24310

Re: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image

... no one seems to have reproduced it in a way that rules out power to be able to file a good bug.... I apologise I don't understand the rest of your post to try help reproduce. BUT - in terms of power I am running my Pi with 5V straight into pins 2 & 6 of the GPIO (based on some threads between J...
by dukla2000
Wed May 30, 2012 8:35 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image
Replies: 87
Views: 24310

Re: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image

OK, only 3 more comments about the Raspbian Pisces image: 1) Good move to put the swap partition second - makes resizing partition 3 even easier. 2) Love having a root user/password - coming from SuSE I am more used to su than sudo! 3) startx takes me in to openbox - a bit confused due to the LXDE r...
by dukla2000
Wed May 30, 2012 7:44 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Invitation to order from RS
Replies: 575
Views: 103655

Re: Invitation to order from RS

dukla2000 wrote:Ordered 15th May No. 638x, "We currently expect to despatch your Raspberry Pi within 7 working days". Deafening silence since then.
Delivered (with no prior email) today.
by dukla2000
Wed May 30, 2012 8:36 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Invitation to order from RS
Replies: 575
Views: 103655

Re: Invitation to order from RS

Ordered 16th May No. 709X. Expected dispatch with in 7 days delivery within 3 weeks. Received email this evening stating "due to be despatched on 29/05/2012 using our Express 24 service" so hope to receive tomorrow. Hope this info helps you all further down the line. Ordered 15th May No. 638x, "We ...
by dukla2000
Tue May 29, 2012 9:59 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: Raspbian on "external" USB hard drive
Replies: 53
Views: 22108

Re: Raspbian on "external" USB hard drive

I swapped my rootfs to a USB stick the other day and got decent gains. Actually my first USB stick was the same Class 10 micro-SD card I did my first RasPi boot from but hdparm and bonnie made it clear the Pi USB ports are far faster than the SDcard slot. Today went beserk and got a proper USB memor...
by dukla2000
Tue May 29, 2012 9:53 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image
Replies: 87
Views: 24310

Re: New Raspbian "Pisces" Image

AWESOME :D Noticed on the stock Debian install I started with browsing was slugged by the CPU. So my benchmark (using the trusty stopwatch on my phone) was to load a particular web page. On stock Debian timed it twice - 13.x and 15.5 seconds. On Raspbian 8.1 secs! Woo. Literally just got Raspbian up...
by dukla2000
Tue May 29, 2012 7:09 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Red light, and "no signal"
Replies: 12
Views: 16497

Re: Red light, and "no signal"

Try the trouble shooting page on the wiki. Hopefully that will give you some progress.
by dukla2000
Tue May 29, 2012 8:35 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: STICKY: Setting up HDMI output when video output is wrong.
Replies: 602
Views: 1048717

Re: Setting up HDMI output

What should I try next - a different Linux distribution? or is there something I'm missing here? Seems to me your monitor isn't HDMI! Are our you plugged into the monitor and running at 720*480 when you ran those tvservice results? Have you got any hdmi stuff in your config.txt? Could try 1. Run “t...
by dukla2000
Mon May 28, 2012 5:23 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: STICKY: Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi
Replies: 321
Views: 1305150

Re: How to start using your Raspberry Pi

Please help as I would love to move to the next stage Sounds like an SD card problem to me - have you got another one you can try? Most importantly check through the troubleshooting page on the wiki but would also check your specific card on the list of known working/not working hardware which is h...
by dukla2000
Sun May 27, 2012 8:37 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RootFS on USB Flash Drive
Replies: 37
Views: 31023

Re: RootFS on USB Flash Drive

Excellent thread this - deserves a bump! Got the blob on an old 128Mb SD card - finally found a use for it! And Debian on a USB stick. As per other experiences here found the Pi SDcard socket struggling (hdparm -tT or bonnie++) compared to a USB stick. Now can start benchmarking and researching USB ...
by dukla2000
Sun May 27, 2012 7:00 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: First experiences - with a few tips and pointers
Replies: 2
Views: 1817

Re: First experiences - with a few tips and pointers

I hope OP doesn't mind me adding my 6p to his thread. Had my Pi 32 hours now (but was out last night). Great fun getting to where I am - an amazing computer. Absolutely love the LEDs to work out what is going on - throw-backs to an ICL 1903 running George III there! 1) Also went with Debian 19/04/20...
by dukla2000
Sun May 27, 2012 6:02 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Free Farnell t-shirt
Replies: 23
Views: 7823

Re: Free Farnell t-shirt

IIRC you had to respond to a specific email from Farnell inviting you to order and get a free t-shirt - haven't got details to hand (as now working on Pi and haven't migrated my old emails yet) but suspect they only announced the deal on 3 March. Ordered mine 3 March, delivered yesterday fine with a...
by dukla2000
Sun May 27, 2012 5:27 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Any word from Farnell?
Replies: 122
Views: 19407

Re: Any word from Farnell?

Whenever Farnell did the ETA emails I was told w/c 28 May. Thursday I got the dispatched email, postie delivered (2nd class Royal Mail) on Saturday. Ordered 3 March 11h00ish.
by dukla2000
Sun May 27, 2012 5:19 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: whats the root password for debian 19-4-2012
Replies: 45
Views: 489819

Re: whats the root password for debian 19-4-2012

I'm curious; does anyone really think this sudo nonsense accomplishes anything? I find it a complete PITA. I am coming from SuSE and su in a terminal if/when I have the need and can do a whole heap of stuff without prefixing each line with sudo. Which makes sense to me. OTOH I know Linus threw his ...

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