First try: only get NOOB v.1.3.2 on screen

[lucha1]

I have read through most of the instructions but have not found my problem: I think I successfully copied all the NOOB files to my SC card (following instructions on http://www.cpmspectrepi.webspace.virgin ... ying_Files). When I installed the SD card and then turned on (plugged in) the Pi, I saw the pretty rainbow colours and then a message about connecting to the internet (which I did not do as I don't want to be on-line yet) and then got stuck with an empty square with the header "Noobs v.1.3.2 built November 2, 2013". Below the header are 4 little icons in a row: install, edit config, online help and exit. None of the icons responds when clicked. Underneath is the large empty box into which it would seem I could type something but nothing appears when I type. Beneath the box is a language drop-down and a keyboard drop-down to select language and keyboard type. That's it. Nothing else appears on the screen.
I thought perhaps the keyboard wasn't powered correctly but when I press 1 and 2 I get changes to the screen (1 makes the box smaller and 2 expands to full screen)
I would be grateful for suggestions of what I can do now!

[RomanMe]

HI

Hmm

I would try the TAB key for navigation and try 'install' by pressing 'Return'.

[FTrevorGowen]

I have read through most of the instructions but have not found my problem: I think I successfully copied all the NOOB files to my SC card (following instructions on http://www.cpmspectrepi.webspace.virgin ... ying_Files). When I installed the SD card and then turned on (plugged in) the Pi, I saw the pretty rainbow colours and then a message about connecting to the internet (which I did not do as I don't want to be on-line yet) and then got stuck with an empty square with the header "Noobs v.1.3.2 built November 2, 2013". Below the header are 4 little icons in a row: install, edit config, online help and exit. None of the icons responds when clicked. Underneath is the large empty box into which it would seem I could type something but nothing appears when I type. Beneath the box is a language drop-down and a keyboard drop-down to select language and keyboard type. That's it. Nothing else appears on the screen.
I thought perhaps the keyboard wasn't powered correctly but when I press 1 and 2 I get changes to the screen (1 makes the box smaller and 2 expands to full screen)
I would be grateful for suggestions of what I can do now!

Did you download NOOBS lite or NOOBS full? (the latter is a much larger zip file).
If you were using NOOBS lite without a working network connection you may have missed a "pop-up" w.r.t. network errors and ended up w/o any O.S. files to be installed - hence there being "nothing to choose". Or you may have copied over only the files in the top-level directory and not the sub-directories and their contents. Below the "os" sub-directory there should be a set of further sub-directories, one for each O.S. that may be installed (and files within each of those).
Trev.

[lucha1]

Thank you.
I figured out the problem was that I hadn't formatted the card correctly. Have re-formatted and followed the instructions through to configuring raspberian. Now, however, I'm stuck at a pi@raspberrypi prompt and can't figure out what to do!

[mahjongg]

Its a linux prompt!

Plenty of things you can do with it.

But if you want a GUI, you can start it with

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startx

and enter

You can also type

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sudo raspi-config

and enter, and use the configuration menu to choose to start directly into the GUI.

[lucha1]

Thank you!
I found this link http://www.techradar.com/news/computing ... ce-1161712
which gave us some ideas of what to do at the prompt. we will have to experiment some more...
when we re-booted, we found the icons (is it called GUI?) which allowed us to play some games -- to my son's delight but to my slight disappointment as one of our objectives was to get away from "games"...
But I have to admit it did give us a sense of accomplishment to be able to turn on the Pi and "do" something...
Many thanks for your help!

[mahjongg]

GUI = graphical user interface, yes that's what its called, although sometimes it is also referred to as "the desktop".