Delete backups after rpi-update
After installing rpi-update: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install rpi-update And doing an update of the firmware and the kernel with it: sudo rpi-update You can delete the backups done by...
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Upgrade/Downgrade to a specific firmware-kernel version with rpi-update in...
You can upgrade/downgrade to any revision of Raspbians firmware using rpi-update. For example if you want to install revision 3.10.25+ you should execute this: sudo rpi-update...
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New script to compile TP-Link TL-WN725N version 2 lwfinger driver in Raspbian
This script overrides the old “Compile and install driver for TP-Link TL-WN725N version 2 in Raspbian“. I’ve tried it with 3.10.33+ and worked perfectly but it failed for 3.10.24+ (I got the usual...
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Larger fonts for XBMC in Raspbian
Edit the file /usr/share/xbmc/addons/skin.confluence/720p/Font.xml and add the following code inside the <fonts> block: <fontset id="Massive" idloc="31393" unicode="true"> <!-- Normal...
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Raspberry Pi GPIO port to IDC26/DB-25 ribbon cable
Using a IDC26/DB-25 ribbon cable with the GPIO of a Raspberry Pi is quite useful. It fits perfect on the GPIO port. But there are 2 drawbacks:GPIO7 is not connected because DB-25 port has only 25 pins...
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Configure Raspberry Pi Composite Video Output for old TVs
Raspberry Pi comes with the composite video output configured to NTSC by default and older TVs aren’t able to detect that and change the format to PAL for example. In that case in a PAL TV youl’ll see...
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Fix no video problem in XBMC
Although is recommended using a dedicated media center distribution (raspbmc, openelec or xbian for example) because they come already configured, if you decide to install XBMC on your own in Raspbian...
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Boost low volume in XBMC
AC3 encoded movies usually have very low volume. To fix this edit the /usr/share/xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml file and add this inside the <advancedsettings>...</advancedsettings> tags:...
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Adding custom action to a keycode in XBMC
There are some USB IR remotes out there specifically made to be used in media centers. I bought one of those to setup my parents Raspberry Pi.It looked like everything worked out of the box with XBMC...
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CPU load indicator using Pi-Stop with a Raspberry Pi
I bought a Pi-Stop just for fun and to introduce my nieces to coding. Pi-Stop is an educational pistop traffic light add-on for Raspberry Pi and was designed in partnership between 4Tronix.co.uk and...
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