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Re: delay in Raspberry Pi.

Bazza — Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:06 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:06 pm

Finally got mine today...

Has anyone here installed AROS?

If yes, are there any things or oddities I need to know?

TIA...

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi.

leke — Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:12 am

Author: leke

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:12 am

I've just got it!!! but nearly missed it...
I got an email from DHL several days ago telling me it was being delivered (arrival not specified).

09:00 this morning, door bell rings. Wife wakes me and kicks me out of bed to answer the door (I was mentally hung over after coding until the early hours of the morning). I'm surprised DHL waited as long as they did for me to answer.

Anyway, showed it to son number one and he looked disappointed (bloody kids of today), or confused. For now he's tasked with building the case out of lego.

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi.

Ram — Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:06 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:06 pm

Just to confirm I didn't break the the crust on my pi trying it without the storage attached. Here I am posting from it via vnc.

Power supplys I've used that work are HTC Desire phone charger, my powered usb hub and works laptop docking station.

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi

leke — Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:58 pm

Author: leke

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:58 pm

Jimmers wrote:

Finally got to try the Raspberry Pi, what a disapointment nothing happened, following the instructions in LFX 159, nothing got as far as "You'll see a red power light next to the USB Connections, and shortly you will see some some flashing green lights appear, (Where???).
Tried re-installing Debian from the website, but no joy,
tomorrow I will visit my local Argos and purchase a 16gb Kingston flash drive, as I find I have more joy with them,
the one I have been trying is a (8gb Sanddisk.)

As always all Help, Ideas, Suggestions always appreciated

What are you using to power your Pi? Is it your own USB power supply or one from the supplier? I read somewhere the supply has to be of a certain amperage.

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi

Ram — Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:54 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:54 pm

Jimmers wrote:

If you don't get a red led I say your power supply is insufficient, you should at least get a red led even which no storage attached.

I've used a very old cheap 4gig SD Card and a microSD ( got with my phone ) in an SD adaptor both worked, microSD appears faster.

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi.

nelz — Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:28 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:28 pm

There's a row of small LEds from the audio socket to the nearest corner of the board. the power LED is second from the socket (cunningly marked PWR).

delay in Raspberry Pi

Jimmers — Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:32 pm

Author: Jimmers

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:32 pm

Finally got to try the Raspberry Pi, what a disapointment nothing happened, following the instructions in LFX 159, nothing got as far as "You'll see a red power light next to the USB Connections, and shortly you will see some some flashing green lights appear, (Where???).
Tried re-installing Debian from the website, but no joy,
tomorrow I will visit my local Argos and purchase a 16gb Kingston flash drive, as I find I have more joy with them,
the one I have been trying is a (8gb Sanddisk.)

As always all Help, Ideas, Suggestions always appreciated

delay in Raspberry Pi

Jimmers — Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:55 pm

Author: Jimmers

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:55 pm

The broadband connection, is where the Plasterers are working,
and I have misplaced my Vodafone Dongle, and just at this moment my mother-in-law has just arrived unannounced with
the quote "Whats this mess all about". I feel a few beers are required (+ plus a taxi for the mother in law)

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi.

bobthebob1234 — Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:18 pm

Author: bobthebob1234

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:18 pm

Why do you have to baby sit the plasterers? Can't you just sit in another room and bask in all the pi goodness?

delay in Raspberry Pi

Jimmers — Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:05 pm

Author: Jimmers

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:05 pm

Retrieved T Shirt from bin on the premise that Ram said "Summer just around the corner". We can only hope!!!!
Have got a Two hour window free of plasterers, so will give it a go and see what it looks like, running Debian, but will probably try other OS's, I have a 32gb card, is this a bit OTT.

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi.

bobthebob1234 — Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:02 pm

Author: bobthebob1234

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:02 pm

T-Shirt? What T-Shirt? Where's mine??!

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi

Ram — Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:47 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:47 pm

Jimmers wrote:

Mine arrived exactly 20 mins ago, don't know when I will get a chance to play with it, as we have builders, plasterers in all weekend, looks like next weekend, but it just adds to the anticipation, had a look at the T-Shirt LOL, straight to bin.

Snap... not that I waited 20 minutes to post... wfh so had other stuff to do.

T-Shirt bit thin but it'll do, summer just around the corner.

Now which SD card to buy

delay in Raspberry Pi

Jimmers — Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:24 pm

Author: Jimmers

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:24 pm

Mine arrived exactly 20 mins ago, don't know when I will get a chance to play with it, as we have builders, plasterers in all weekend, looks like next weekend, but it just adds to the anticipation, had a look at the T-Shirt LOL, straight to bin.

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi.

reklan — Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:00 pm

Author: reklan

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:00 pm

Mines finally been sent.. hopefully here in time for the weekend..

Re: delay in Raspberry Pi.

AndyBaxman — Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:02 am

Author: AndyBaxman

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:02 am

bobthebob1234 wrote:

Anyone want to play with mine? I've had no time to play with it at all

Had mine a couple of weeks, now.

Tried out Debian (wheezy) and OpenELEC. Getting the video and sound options configured in Debian was a bit of a pain. Alsa support is, most definitely "alpha" and exceedingly flaky. Sound via HDMI is very hit-and-miss and there is a lot of noise on the analogue audio out.

Noticed that the Pi seems to mess up HDMI-CEC (SimpLink on LG or Anynet on Samsung). With the Pi plugged in I can't control my surround sound box from the TV (Both LG).

In use its really slow if you are used to a modern(ish) multi core desktop, but that is to be expected.

Now just need a bit of time to start doing some real tinkering.