abarbarian Posted June 29, 2012 Posted June 29, 2012 Dear ***K G********** Your Raspberry Pi has now been shipped from our warehouse. Farnell Ref No: 17****** Your Order number: ORP0***** 10-APR-12 03.19 Now to see if it is as easy as Pi. Quote
ross549 Posted June 29, 2012 Posted June 29, 2012 Just got my notification that I can order one. We shall see when it ships..... Adam Quote
Peachy Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 My Raspberry Pi arrived today. Up and running! http://www.flickr.com/photos/pchee/sets/72157630350702576/ Quote
securitybreach Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 My Raspberry Pi arrived today. Up and running! Awesome!!! Quote
ross549 Posted June 30, 2012 Posted June 30, 2012 /me eagerly awaits the opportunity to do the same...... Adam Quote
Peachy Posted July 1, 2012 Posted July 1, 2012 Neat what are you running on it ? Debian "Squeeze". I also got ArchLinux running on it. I'm looking for the Fedora Raspberry Pi Remix but the downloads seem to have been removed from Seneca College's web site. Quote
abarbarian Posted July 1, 2012 Posted July 1, 2012 (edited) Thanks Peachy. Did the Arch install go wirhout hicups ? I found this excellent article on the Pi with some interesting information about running Pi particularly with Slackware. http://mindplusplus....ry-pi-a-review/ An this is a cool article http://mindplusplus....are-experiment/ This might be of interest to some Pi lovers. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/armedslack-and-raspberry-pi-915172/page3.html I received my pi two days ago. Ran with debian image the first day and found it a slow boot with some issues I didn't stick around long enough to figure out. After apt-get updates and loads of sudos I had wired network up and ran LXDE but it wasn't as responsive as I would have liked. The next day I ran the arch image. Very fast boot. I got wireless up and pacman'ed what I was supposed to need for LXDE but never got it up and running. Today a downloaded the above image ponce pointed out above and ran it on my pi. What a difference! The default wm is XFCE but it was much better than the debian experience. Add a user, run netconfig then /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 eth0 and I have a wired connection. Edit /etc/inittab to run level 4 and Bob's your uncle. I'm home. Much better graphics out of the box with full resolution on a 20" monitor. No black framed 800 X 600 as was the case with debian. Edited July 1, 2012 by abarbarian Quote
lewmur Posted July 1, 2012 Posted July 1, 2012 Thanks Peachy. Did the Arch install go wirhout hicups ? I found this excellent article on the Pi with some interesting information about running Pi particularly with Slackware. http://mindplusplus....ry-pi-a-review/ An this is a cool article http://mindplusplus....are-experiment/ This might be of interest to some Pi lovers. https://www.linuxque...5172/page3.html To set the screen resolution in Debian, you have to set the hdmi-mode = in the "config.txt" file on the 66mb partition. If you search the forum on the raspberrypi.org site, there is a list of the settings. hdmi-mode=16 seems to work well for large monitors. Quote
abarbarian Posted July 1, 2012 Posted July 1, 2012 To set the screen resolution in Debian, you have to set the hdmi-mode = in the "config.txt" file on the 66mb partition. If you search the forum on the raspberrypi.org site, there is a list of the settings. hdmi-mode=16 seems to work well for large monitors. Quote
abarbarian Posted July 2, 2012 Posted July 2, 2012 Good news and bad news for me on the Pi font. Bally halfwit suppliers sent me a "M" t-shirt instead of the "XL" I ordered. Most inconvenient and a proper shambles what what. As you can see the bally thing just do not fit my screen. Guess I'll have to order a smaller screen which means a most inconvenient wait. Darned nuisance what with the season in full sway. Got to bag those pesky tennis balls vefore they damage the flowers what what. Must dash as I have some to do. P.S. seems like Slackware has a arm version up and running for the Pi. http://daves-slackbu...omlu.com/raspi/ P.P.S. I did get a Pi with the t-shirt. Quote
abarbarian Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 http://www.tgdaily.com/consumer-electronics-brief/64458-video-transporter-pi-turns-your-tv-into-an-android-display E.S.R. Labs recently showcased the Android Transporter Pi, which allows you to use an HDTV as an external display for Android devices - without plugging an HDMI cable into a smartphone or tablet. Now that is neat Quote
abarbarian Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 Archarm installed on the sd card. Folders and files look good to go. Just witing for a cable. Just waiting for the man. Just waiting.Of course the burning question of the day the one that is on everyones lips is " will the famous five go mad on pie ? " Quote
abarbarian Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 Well me cables arrivedthree of them for a whooping £1.98 inc shipping. So now all I have to do is cable up and switch on to Pi . Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 What are you waiting for? Christmas? 1 Quote
abarbarian Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 Big mushrooms are what I am afraid off. Especially when Quote
abarbarian Posted July 8, 2012 Posted July 8, 2012 ArchArm is installed and running. Useing the Window Maker desktop and Midori web browser. All output to a 14 year old Bush analogue tv. Text and graphics look pretty good and it seems taht web surfing is just a bit slower than on my home pc. Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 8, 2012 Posted July 8, 2012 Bush made TVs? I thought making wars was their family business. Quote
abarbarian Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) Bush made TVs? I thought making wars was their family business. http://en.wikipedia....ki/Bush_(brand) you can get Aljazera stations on a Bush TV Edited July 10, 2012 by abarbarian Quote
Peachy Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 Got WiFi to work in Debian "Squeeze". Nailed it on my third WiFi adapter, the Edimax EW-7811Un. Raspberry Pi + Working WiFi by Computer Science Geek, on Flickr 1 Quote
Peachy Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 Actually a deck of cards would be more like it. The Pi would definitely fit into a box made for a deck of playing cards. Quote
zlim Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 Peachy, I'm enjoying your pi pictures. I browsed at a few others besides yours and this guy has the right idea. Wear the computer around your neck! http://www.flickr.com/photos/toniher/7379139476 Quote
abarbarian Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Got WiFi to work in Debian "Squeeze". Nailed it on my third WiFi adapter, the Edimax EW-7811Un. Raspberry Pi + Working WiFi by Computer Science Geek, on Flickr Well done with the wi-fi Quote
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