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MarshallBanana

hm, puppy doesn't boot for me :-( my setup is as follows: a 32mb sd card containing the bootfiles and in the config.txt a line kernel=kernel_puppy.img (this i copied from the images fat partition) cmdline=cmdline_puppy.txt (copied from image also, but modified the root entry to read root=/dev/sda6 o...

MarshallBanana

And what would be the Linux program to easely "clone" the SD card? (noob proof :) ) under linux you can just use the dd command (yes, the same you probably used to write the image *g*) command would be something like dd bs=1M if=/dev/sdb of=/home/username/backups/pi-backup.img if= is the devicename...

MarshallBanana

was it taken down? can't reach it from here... Hm, it should be up... I just reset the service so perhaps you tried connecting when it was restarting. Let me know if you have issues. Don't go by the pings--that is dropped by the firewall as a matter of policy, not an indication of server being up o...

MarshallBanana

not sure, but could it be missing kernel support for the filesystem? did you check the /proc/config (or .gz) if there is maybe a module ready that you can modprobe or if not if you can recompile the kernel with support for that filesystem?

MarshallBanana

A Pi won't help you much :(, it simply doesn't have enough ram. Even the 1GB we have on our autobuilers isn't really enough leading to massive swapping. hehehe, ok, so since i don't want to replace my gentoo system and i am just too lazy right now to set up a debian/raspbian vm, i'll let it go for ...

MarshallBanana

mpthompson wrote:In such instances, you really have to do a local build of the package to understand what the failure may mean.

ok, so i'll wait for my raspi to turn up and then maybe take a look again at it again...

MarshallBanana

i think grub is not available on arm, but i'm not sure... EDIT: to slow a typer... as shirro says it really is not available... but that doesn't matter really in the pi the gpu handles the startup... anyways, what are you supposed to do in the menu.lst file? never used debian myself, but in gentoo u...

MarshallBanana

Sorry about not posting an update. Unfortunately the build failed about 24 hours into the build with syntax errors in one of the files. If you care to review the error, the log file can be found here: http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/logs/main/c/chromium-browser.log Right now we're busy with tr...

MarshallBanana

... I have got to the point where I need to type "./hackfw.sh /dev/sdX" but I can't figure out what number X is. power up pi, when booted an logged in go to the console now plug in the usb device type in "dmesg" and look at the latest entries, the output of the command should end with several lines...

MarshallBanana

Pi arrived yesterday :) Follow progress of my HUD / wearable Pi project at http://www.chrisnewland.com/raspberrypi nice stuff :-) please keep on updating, my iwear vr920 is currently on its way from germany to the us to be fixed, but when it returns i too plan to "play" with it on the pi. i'll keep...

MarshallBanana

As a learning exercise any idea why the original instructions would not work for be where as they seemed to work for that other guy? probably because execute-permissions were not set on the file due to copying it to your pi from the mac? when in a terminal typing "ls -l" will show contents of the c...

MarshallBanana

on a more serious note someone from the foundation/broadcom mentioned on a similar thread quite some time ago that indeed hdmi/composite are impossible to drive at the same time, but if you manage to use the dsi connector (i.e. kidnap some bc engineer and let him produce a new gpu-binary for your ds...

MarshallBanana

If you want speedy browsing on the Pi, you could always use the lynx text-mode browser 8-) no joke, you can start the links-textbrowers in "graphical" mode (-g switch) so images are included... works on framebuffer-device and "windowed" in X... i often use this on my netbook when i don't need/want ...

MarshallBanana

wow, fast faq ist fast

/me likes

MarshallBanana

<t>drgeoff said: Smartybones said: If they are in the UK, how about sending boards out to customers with the correct RJ45 socket ready to be installed by the customer, at a discounted price? You missed out the smiley at the end of that. ...

MarshallBanana

<t>Grumpyoldgit said: You can then go out and buy a Zoink 64GB, Class 12 Ultrabastard, safe in the knowledge that it is fast and reliable as you have read reports from other posters. Until then, all the discussion is largely speculation and you can concentrate on the important task...

MarshallBanana

<t>liz said: We like the idea of bingly bingly bip boot sounds. Perhaps a boot sound competition once the logo competition is done would be a nice idea - anyone remember the Brian Eno Windows noise? i think i'd like to have this t=34 sound at startup... ...

MarshallBanana

<r>Eric Middleton said: I think the root of my question lies in the fact that I have actually never used Linux before (gasp!). I know that binaries created for an x86 machine won't run on the RPi, so I don't know how one would obtain drivers for this stuff unless the drivers are em...

MarshallBanana

<r>*derpderp* - create arm6 version of this: <URL url="http://distro.ibiblio.org/tiny.....lcome.html">http://distro.ibiblio.org/tiny.....lcome.html</URL> - get <URL url="http://links.twibright.com/">http://links.twibright.com/</URL> and prerequisites and compile for arm6 <...

MarshallBanana

<r>hi electropulse what helped me tremendously understanding linux and how that system works was installing a system with "gentoo" linux, back in the day (actually i still use it exclusively on my netbook). doing the manual installing there (they have a nice handbook online <UR...

MarshallBanana

liz said:

and the one Dom fed power to through what turned out to be a piece of wet string he had accidentally mistaken for a USB cable. (Long story.)

i'd love to hear THAT story

MarshallBanana

<t>@Tomo2k thanks for the quick answer and the explaination... i feared as much, but good to get confirmation by someone who knows his stuff... but just to clarify i got it right: the B board uses up to 700mA, so a 1A PSU will leave 300mA to be consumed by the USB devices correct? so having usb...

MarshallBanana

Cookie Monster said:

We are the programmers who say ... Pi

(The worthy shall recognize the reference.)

hehe, i like that one... will go straight to my signature *g*

MarshallBanana

<r>Hi there, first and foremost i found a lot of threads dealing with power supply and also screens, portability and so on, but i felt that none really touched what i was aiming at... anyone having seen a display like the "GeChic On-Lap 1301"? <URL url="http://www.gechic.c...

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