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Disable screen sleep
Force the screen to stay on sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf Add the following lines to the [SeatDefaults] section: # don't sleep the screen xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms
.New Raspbian Installation
Install the OS from an image file If you don't want to use the NOOBS install (its slower to install and adds a delay on powerup with its restore prompt screen) see the Win32 Disk Imager instructions here. When running for the first time use the automatically run config tool option to expand the file system to […]
APT Package Manager
APT commands To upgrade all the packages on your system, and, if needed for a package upgrade, installing extra packages or removing packages, run: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Update the list of packages known by your system: sudo apt-get update (Execute this regularly to update your package lists) Upgrade all the packages on your system (without […]
Custom boot up screen
Displaying an image during boot instead of the default command line scrolling text This is based on the guide here. This solution works but there are a few seconds of text shown before the boot image appears. Install fbi sudo apt-get install fbi Copy the splashscreen image to be used Copy your custom splash image […]
Using The Camera
Documentation Camera Board Documentation Connecting The Camera Ensure the Raspberry Pi board is not powered and connect the camera cable as shown: Setup For Camera Use Ensure the operating system is up to date by using these two commands: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Then run the config tool: sudo raspi-config Select the 'Enable […]
New Arch Installation
Arch Download Note that the RPi web site Arch direct download is not necessarily the same as the Arch included in the NOOBS package! In our tests we found they we're different versions with distinct differences as soon as we tried to install things. The NOOBS version seemed the better in terms of things working […]
pacman
pacman is the default package manager for arch linux on the RPi Install A Package pacman -S packagename AIf you get not found errors, ensure you have used "pacman -Syu" to update the system first. Update Packages Update list of current packages pacman -Sy Update all installed packages pacman -Syu
Raspberry Pi Running Web App
The Mission We want to use the Raspberry Pi in products with a full blown GUI using a small touchscreen monitor connected to the HDMI port, but without the need to work with cumbersome new GUI tools or learn some new GUI based programming language (life is too short!). On the face of it this should […]
.Arch General
Arch starts displaying just the Terminal, but if you spend time delving into the depths of Arch you'll discover a really powerful operating system that is fast and streamlined. If you install a desktop environment such as OpenBox the system still responds quickly. Arch's usability is down to what you want to install, which makes Arch a very configurable OS. Install a few packages and you […]