Raspberry Pi - Page 2

BenBurch · 1st August 2012, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by AgeGap

Linux Format says there is a five day wait now.

Who wants something free? MagPi magazine. All 4.5 issues

Really? Damn. I wonder where mine is then?

AgeGap · 5th August 2012, 01:33 PM

from http://www.tuxradar.com/content/podc...n-4-episode-14

.....ordered a Rasperry Pi on Friday, from element14 (UK), and it arrived following Wednesday.

4,000 RaspPis are made each day and orders for multiples are being taken.

Rrose Selavy · 11th August 2012, 11:12 AM

I'm not convinced about this. All the people raving and excited about getting one are out of their teens or remember when computers were really simple. etc

I've yet to hear what the kids at school now think about them when they actually get their hands on them. In the days when most have smart phones , I suspect they will be unimpressed.

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BenBurch · 11th August 2012, 06:04 PM

I remember when computing machines were programmed with plug boards and punched cards, but I still know an innovation when I see it.

The innovation here is the price point; We can get these into the hands of almost every family who also owns a television.

The ability to close the digital divide is the goal here.

BenBurch · 16th August 2012, 07:08 AM

Six weeks to go if 12 weeks was a reliable figure.

Sam.I.Am · 17th August 2012, 01:56 PM

MCM Electronics sent me an email today highlighting the Pi. It sent me here. $35 for a basic board and $80 for a board, case, power supply, mouse, keyboard and a 4GB SD card with the OS on it with a few other bundles priced in between those. I've bought stuff from them in the past with no issues and they say that they have them in stock now.

BenBurch · 24th August 2012, 08:13 AM

Mine is out for delivery now. I'll let you all know how I do with it.

Rrose Selavy · 24th August 2012, 08:25 AM

Will someone post when they hear what the kids (the main intended recipients) actually think about this, in the classroom?

BowlOfRed · 24th August 2012, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by Rrose Selavy

Will someone post when they hear what the kids (the main intended recipients) actually think about this, in the classroom?

The board is currently under "developer" release. The foundation has said that they are trying to create training and other material (like cases) before explicitly directing it to the classroom. The educational release has been targeted for "later in 2012".

Rrose Selavy · 24th August 2012, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by BowlOfRed

The board is currently under "developer" release. The foundation has said that they are trying to create training and other material (like cases) before explicitly directing it to the classroom. The educational release has been targeted for "later in 2012".

I'm amazed they haven't tested it with young focus groups at least , or have they? As I say, I have seen no child user feedback on this , only 30 + yr old adults salivating over its release.

BowlOfRed · 24th August 2012, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by Rrose Selavy

I'm amazed they haven't tested it with young focus groups at least , or have they? As I say, I have seen no child user feedback on this , only 30 + yr old adults salivating over its release.

It's technology. I'm sure some kids will find it fabulous and some will not care at all. I would have loved having it when I was a kid.

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BenBurch · 24th August 2012, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by BowlOfRed

It's technology. I'm sure some kids will find it fabulous and some will not care at all. I would have loved having it when I was a kid.

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When I was a kid I was nearly in heaven when I was allowed to punch card decks of FORTRAN II programs and send them off to the college to be run.

BenBurch · 24th August 2012, 07:01 PM

Working through bluetooth dongle stuff...

raspbmc does not come with that installed, but it's easy enough;

apt-get install bluetooth

BenBurch · 25th August 2012, 11:26 PM

Has anybody made a bluetooth dongle work on it?

ETA: It refuses to pair, and then it freezes.

BenBurch · 26th August 2012, 11:24 AM

Looks like a kernel bug. Need to wait for 3.3 kernel to do BT.

Alareth · 27th August 2012, 06:49 PM

The Pi starts finding homes in the oddest places

http://davidhunt.ie/?p=2641

AgeGap · 1st September 2012, 02:55 AM

Issue 5 of The MagPi is available now at http://www.themagpi.com/

Also Snake Wrangling for Kids, learning to program with python. It is free, has versions for python 2 and 3, for mac,linux and windows and a few languages (speaky type not programming). https://code.google.com/p/swfk/downloads/list

BenBurch · 2nd September 2012, 07:22 AM

Compiling xbmc from source now on the box. It's been running make since 9 pm last night!

BenBurch · 2nd September 2012, 02:35 PM

Still building!

Acleron · 2nd September 2012, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by BenBurch

Still building!

You sure?

stevea · 2nd September 2012, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by Brian-M

It's a neat little device but I have a better idea.

Replace the need for a boot SD-Card with a built-in ROM chip, build the whole thing into a cheap keyboard, include the power supply and cables with the unit, and sell it for $64.

They could call it the Raspberry 64. It could be the modern equivalent of a Commodore 64.

You do bring up a serious objection. RaspberryPi devotes a lot of resources to the vid & gui intereface. and has relatively poor storage and network options. I'd rather see some on-board FLASH mem and then login via network, drop the vid altogether and add a SATA interface and a GigE enet. No one is buying this b/c it has brilliant graphics, but it does have some great potential as a low-power 24x7 server.

Originally Posted by BenBurch

Looks like a kernel bug. Need to wait for 3.3 kernel to do BT.

What are you waiting for ? The 3.6.rc4 kernel is out and 3.3 is long--stale.

BTW - pull a cross compiler - they are free.

BenBurch · 2nd September 2012, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by Acleron

You sure?

Yeah, it finished about 5 hours ago.

TheL8Elvis · 4th September 2012, 08:11 AM

Thought I would share the cheapest case I could come up with, cassette case and a few minutes with the dremel:

BenBurch · 4th September 2012, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by BowlOfRed

It's technology. I'm sure some kids will find it fabulous and some will not care at all. I would have loved having it when I was a kid.

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Originally Posted by TheL8Elvis

Thought I would share the cheapest case I could come up with, cassette case and a few minutes with the dremel:

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting...619df66816.jpg

Very cool. I considered a mint tin insulated with tape, but it was a bit too small.

malicus · 10th September 2012, 08:09 AM

How you getting on with XBMC on the RPi Ben?

Considering putting one together for the bedroom to replace my WDTV. I run Openelec downstairs, but unfortunately have little (well, practically zero) experience running linux through command line. Seen some nice guides though.

Have you tried the XBMC alphas on Android? Using it on my phone and N7. I can even use my phone as an XBMC remote to control the N7 XBMC instance. Geektastic.

BenBurch · 10th September 2012, 10:14 PM

Well, I diverted into trying to get bluetooth working. My "use case" is that I use bluetooth to connect the pi to the internet. Made that work tonight. Also got a keyboard/trackpad paired to it successfully.

XBMC at least as I compiled it, seems to have some limitations. I am going to have to get a copy of the RMBC image again and see if that works better.

AgeGap · 12th September 2012, 01:55 AM

Playing around with Python I could not import the turtle module. No tk interface

sudo apt-get install python-tk

BenBurch · 12th September 2012, 05:36 AM

Finding that a bluetooth PAN takes about 1/3 of the CPU time. Something still not right there. And if I leave it running a radio stream through VLC, I find that the machine is frozen a few hours later.

Blue Mountain · 12th September 2012, 06:59 PM

Sometimes mysterious freeze-ups can be due to power issues. Is the adapter powering the RPi putting out 5 watts? Also, the RPi can become unstable if a USB device draws too much power. The bluetooth dongle might be the culprit, but somehow I doubt it. But if you have a powered USB hub, maybe try plugging the bluetooth into that and the hub into the RPi.

Alareth · 14th September 2012, 07:18 AM

A 64 node Raspberry Pi "supercomputer" with a server rack made from LEGO

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~sjc/ra...outhampton.htm
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~sjc/ra...i_pictures.htm

AgeGap · 14th September 2012, 03:24 PM

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/ras.../tutorials/os/

Build your own operating system for RaspberryPi.

BowlOfRed · 14th September 2012, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Blue Mountain

Sometimes mysterious freeze-ups can be due to power issues. Is the adapter powering the RPi putting out 5 watts? Also, the RPi can become unstable if a USB device draws too much power. The bluetooth dongle might be the culprit, but somehow I doubt it. But if you have a powered USB hub, maybe try plugging the bluetooth into that and the hub into the RPi.

Adafruit offers a 5.25V adapter, so that if you draw a lot and you get some voltage drop over the USB cable, you still have at least 5V when it gets to the device.

https://www.adafruit.com/products/501

kevinquinnyo · 14th September 2012, 08:41 PM

Linux Sysadmin / ameteur programmer here, i have two model-B's in the mail ! should be here in less than two months

I do not know what I will do with these.

I'm open to all suggestions/brainstorming here. I need a new project.

The project can be ridiculously ambitious, open to all ideas.

BenBurch · 14th September 2012, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by kevinquinnyo

Linux Sysadmin / ameteur programmer here, i have two model-B's in the mail ! should be here in less than two months

I do not know what I will do with these.

I'm open to all suggestions/brainstorming here. I need a new project.

The project can be ridiculously ambitious, open to all ideas.

There is always software that needs writing.

I'm thinking along the lines of a Hypercard clone. A way for non-programmers to create active content while at the same time having considerable programming extensibility.

Not talking anything binary-compatible, but compatible in most key concepts.

Why hypercard? It was designed for and worked well on an 8 MHz 68000 and so is very lightweight and adaptable to small platforms.

AgeGap · 21st November 2012, 08:02 AM

Maplins (UK electronics store) are selling a Raspberry Pi Model B kit. Easy to get hold of one in the UK. All you need is a TV to get going.

MagPi being published as a paper and ink mag.

BenBurch · 21st November 2012, 10:00 AM

Ordered a 512K version a few weeks back. Seriously backordered from Allied.

carlitos · 21st November 2012, 10:08 AM

512K? That's more memory than anyone will ever need on a computer.

AgeGap · 29th November 2012, 06:05 AM

HELP!!!!

I have a really noob problem with my raspberry pi. I have a WiFi dongle that gets a signal but when I try to click the OK at the bottom of the WiFi configure Window it doesn't show. There is no bar to scroll up and down. When the window is resized it can't be placed anywhere where the bottom of the window is showing. LXCE and wheezy. I have tried google and the raspberryfi wiki and forum but I don't know the correct question to ask. I would pull my hair out but there is not much left.

BenBurch · 29th November 2012, 06:10 AM

AgeGap, sorry, I have only done bluetooth configuration.

What I suggest is that there may be a command-line way to configure your WiFi.

CynicalSkeptic · 29th November 2012, 06:21 AM

Originally Posted by carlitos

512K? That's more memory than anyone will ever need on a computer.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic..._really_say_it_

1st August 2012, 03:36 PM	#41
BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,077	Originally Posted by AgeGap Linux Format says there is a five day wait now. Who wants something free? MagPi magazine. All 4.5 issues Really? Damn. I wonder where mine is then?
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BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,077	I remember when computing machines were programmed with plug boards and punched cards, but I still know an innovation when I see it. The innovation here is the price point; We can get these into the hands of almost every family who also owns a television. The ability to close the digital divide is the goal here.
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24th August 2012, 08:13 AM	#47
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5th August 2012, 01:33 PM	#42
AgeGap Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: St.Helens, UK Posts: 2,386	from http://www.tuxradar.com/content/podc...n-4-episode-14 .....ordered a Rasperry Pi on Friday, from element14 (UK), and it arrived following Wednesday. 4,000 RaspPis are made each day and orders for multiples are being taken.

11th August 2012, 11:12 AM	#43
Rrose Selavy Stranded in Sub-Atomica Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,914	I'm not convinced about this. All the people raving and excited about getting one are out of their teens or remember when computers were really simple. etc I've yet to hear what the kids at school now think about them when they actually get their hands on them. In the days when most have smart phones , I suspect they will be unimpressed. -

24th August 2012, 08:25 AM	#48
Rrose Selavy Stranded in Sub-Atomica Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,914	Will someone post when they hear what the kids (the main intended recipients) actually think about this, in the classroom?

24th August 2012, 08:58 AM	#49
BowlOfRed Muse Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 527	Originally Posted by Rrose Selavy Will someone post when they hear what the kids (the main intended recipients) actually think about this, in the classroom? The board is currently under "developer" release. The foundation has said that they are trying to create training and other material (like cases) before explicitly directing it to the classroom. The educational release has been targeted for "later in 2012".

24th August 2012, 09:50 AM	#50
Rrose Selavy Stranded in Sub-Atomica Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,914	Originally Posted by BowlOfRed The board is currently under "developer" release. The foundation has said that they are trying to create training and other material (like cases) before explicitly directing it to the classroom. The educational release has been targeted for "later in 2012". I'm amazed they haven't tested it with young focus groups at least , or have they? As I say, I have seen no child user feedback on this , only 30 + yr old adults salivating over its release.

24th August 2012, 07:01 PM	#53
BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,077	Working through bluetooth dongle stuff... raspbmc does not come with that installed, but it's easy enough; apt-get install bluetooth
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BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,077	Has anybody made a bluetooth dongle work on it? ETA: It refuses to pair, and then it freezes.
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BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,077	Looks like a kernel bug. Need to wait for 3.3 kernel to do BT.
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1st September 2012, 02:55 AM	#57
AgeGap Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: St.Helens, UK Posts: 2,386	Issue 5 of The MagPi is available now at http://www.themagpi.com/ Also Snake Wrangling for Kids, learning to program with python. It is free, has versions for python 2 and 3, for mac,linux and windows and a few languages (speaky type not programming). https://code.google.com/p/swfk/downloads/list
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2nd September 2012, 07:22 AM	#58
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Acleron Graduate Poster Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In a beautifully understandable universe Posts: 1,927	Originally Posted by BenBurch Still building! You sure?

2nd September 2012, 04:54 PM	#61
stevea Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,117	Originally Posted by Brian-M It's a neat little device but I have a better idea. Replace the need for a boot SD-Card with a built-in ROM chip, build the whole thing into a cheap keyboard, include the power supply and cables with the unit, and sell it for $64. They could call it the Raspberry 64. It could be the modern equivalent of a Commodore 64. You do bring up a serious objection. RaspberryPi devotes a lot of resources to the vid & gui intereface. and has relatively poor storage and network options. I'd rather see some on-board FLASH mem and then login via network, drop the vid altogether and add a SATA interface and a GigE enet. No one is buying this b/c it has brilliant graphics, but it does have some great potential as a low-power 24x7 server. Originally Posted by BenBurch Looks like a kernel bug. Need to wait for 3.3 kernel to do BT. What are you waiting for ? The 3.6.rc4 kernel is out and 3.3 is long--stale. BTW - pull a cross compiler - they are free.
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2nd September 2012, 10:02 PM	#62
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TheL8Elvis Illuminator Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,511	Thought I would share the cheapest case I could come up with, cassette case and a few minutes with the dremel:
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10th September 2012, 08:09 AM	#65
malicus Muse Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 689	How you getting on with XBMC on the RPi Ben? Considering putting one together for the bedroom to replace my WDTV. I run Openelec downstairs, but unfortunately have little (well, practically zero) experience running linux through command line. Seen some nice guides though. Have you tried the XBMC alphas on Android? Using it on my phone and N7. I can even use my phone as an XBMC remote to control the N7 XBMC instance. Geektastic.
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10th September 2012, 10:14 PM	#66
BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,077	Well, I diverted into trying to get bluetooth working. My "use case" is that I use bluetooth to connect the pi to the internet. Made that work tonight. Also got a keyboard/trackpad paired to it successfully. XBMC at least as I compiled it, seems to have some limitations. I am going to have to get a copy of the RMBC image again and see if that works better.
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12th September 2012, 05:36 AM	#68
BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,077	Finding that a bluetooth PAN takes about 1/3 of the CPU time. Something still not right there. And if I leave it running a radio stream through VLC, I find that the machine is frozen a few hours later.
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12th September 2012, 06:59 PM	#69
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AgeGap Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: St.Helens, UK Posts: 2,386	http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/ras.../tutorials/os/ Build your own operating system for RaspberryPi.

14th September 2012, 03:49 PM	#72
BowlOfRed Muse Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 527	Originally Posted by Blue Mountain Sometimes mysterious freeze-ups can be due to power issues. Is the adapter powering the RPi putting out 5 watts? Also, the RPi can become unstable if a USB device draws too much power. The bluetooth dongle might be the culprit, but somehow I doubt it. But if you have a powered USB hub, maybe try plugging the bluetooth into that and the hub into the RPi. Adafruit offers a 5.25V adapter, so that if you draw a lot and you get some voltage drop over the USB cable, you still have at least 5V when it gets to the device. https://www.adafruit.com/products/501

14th September 2012, 08:41 PM	#73
kevinquinnyo Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Athens, GA, USA Posts: 1,584	Linux Sysadmin / ameteur programmer here, i have two model-B's in the mail ! should be here in less than two months I do not know what I will do with these. I'm open to all suggestions/brainstorming here. I need a new project. The project can be ridiculously ambitious, open to all ideas.

14th September 2012, 09:43 PM	#74
BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,077	Originally Posted by kevinquinnyo Linux Sysadmin / ameteur programmer here, i have two model-B's in the mail ! should be here in less than two months I do not know what I will do with these. I'm open to all suggestions/brainstorming here. I need a new project. The project can be ridiculously ambitious, open to all ideas. There is always software that needs writing. I'm thinking along the lines of a Hypercard clone. A way for non-programmers to create active content while at the same time having considerable programming extensibility. Not talking anything binary-compatible, but compatible in most key concepts. Why hypercard? It was designed for and worked well on an 8 MHz 68000 and so is very lightweight and adaptable to small platforms.
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21st November 2012, 08:02 AM	#75
AgeGap Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: St.Helens, UK Posts: 2,386	Maplins (UK electronics store) are selling a Raspberry Pi Model B kit. Easy to get hold of one in the UK. All you need is a TV to get going. MagPi being published as a paper and ink mag.

21st November 2012, 10:00 AM	#76
BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,077	Ordered a 512K version a few weeks back. Seriously backordered from Allied.
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21st November 2012, 10:08 AM	#77
carlitos "más divertido" Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 11,463	512K? That's more memory than anyone will ever need on a computer.

29th November 2012, 06:05 AM	#78
AgeGap Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: St.Helens, UK Posts: 2,386	HELP!!!! I have a really noob problem with my raspberry pi. I have a WiFi dongle that gets a signal but when I try to click the OK at the bottom of the WiFi configure Window it doesn't show. There is no bar to scroll up and down. When the window is resized it can't be placed anywhere where the bottom of the window is showing. LXCE and wheezy. I have tried google and the raspberryfi wiki and forum but I don't know the correct question to ask. I would pull my hair out but there is not much left.