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Dutch_Master · LXF regular Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:49 am Posts: 2353

Coverage on the BBC News at 6 today. Great! Very Happy

Dutch_Master · LXF regular Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:49 am Posts: 2353

And the first (pre-)orders have now been delivered, directly from the Foundation. Those ordered at Farnell et all can expect them too in the not so distant future I assume. Maybe send one over to Mike, so he can tinker with it? And port MikeOS too Razz

Hmmm, there's a thought: if Mike re-writes his assembler articles for use on the RPi and submits them to the Foundation, who knows he might have inspired the next Linus! Wink

Or RMS

Dutch_Master · LXF regular Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:49 am Posts: 2353

Just a quick update: recently both vendors have lifted the 'one-per-person' limit imposed so far, so order the amount you want w/o restrictions! That said, at least one reseller advises you to contact them in advance if you want to order a large number Wink

leke · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:21 am Post subject:

I've had a little time to play with my pi, and noticed the hdmi video doesn't 'work' that often. The analogue video works 100% of the time though.
I have a feeling it's my tv though because I've had issues connecting things to it in the past.
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Ram · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:27 am Post subject:

leke · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:32 am Post subject:

Ram · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:47 am Post subject:

Ah, that not something I've experienced. I get over scanning if I leave to TV set to auto detect the resolution - just have to change the TV to 16:9.
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nelz · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:11 am Post subject:

If you use the new Raspbian release, the config program that runs on first boot includes an option to disable the overscan.
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leke · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:38 am Post subject:

Ram · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:59 am Post subject:

nelz · Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:22 am Post subject:

SiriusHardware · Joined: Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:41 pm Posts: 51

For the HDMI problem, there are a vast number of preset HDMI modes which you can force the Pi to run in:

In the small partition on the card (readable / writable by Windows as well) there is a file, config.txt - this is more or less the equivalent of the BIOS setup page on a more conventional computer. If you are a Linux newcomer (as I am) you may find it easier to put the card into a card reader on a Windows PC and use that to locate/edit config.txt.

There's a huge list of the possible settings which can be used in config.txt over on the raspberry pi Wiki on elinux - hope it's OK to post the link here?

http://elinux.org/RPi_config.txt

You could try adding / changing the HDMI mode setting to

hdmi_mode=19

Which equates to 720p, 50Hz.

Maybe your TV does not support 1080? Some of the first wave of 'HD ready' TVs didn't support resolutions higher than 720.

Other settings can be changed to adjust the HDMI signal drive level.

leke · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject: