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Fix black screen in Raspberry Pi with HDMI to VGA adapter
If you use an HDMI to VGA adaptor and get a black screen you may tweak the config.txt to solve the problem. If you open config.txt you will see that there are plenty of lines commented out that change...
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TP-Link TL-WN725N version 2 in Raspberry Pi
Version 2 of TP-Link TL-WN725N driver doesn’t come by default in Raspbian so it won’t work by just plug-ining it in. You can compile the driver by yourself (very slow) or just download an already...
View ArticleCompile and install driver for TP-Link TL-WN725N version 2 in Raspbian
This will take quite long… Note: If you don’t want to wait follow the instructions in how to install TP-Link TL-WN725N version 2. git clone https://github.com/liwei/rpi-rtl8188eu.git git clone --depth...
View ArticleInstall Raspbian RAW image into an SD Card in Mac OS X
First download a Raspbian RAW image from here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads Plug-in your SD card into your Mac. Then use diskutil to see the name of the disk device of it: $ diskutil list...
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Make Raspbian run from an external USB hard drive or USB memory stick
Raspberry Pi can ONLY boot from the SD Card. If you want to use your Raspberry Pi from an external USB hard drive or memory stick, either way have to install Raspbian in an SD Card an boot from it. You...
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Compile, Install, Configure and make start on boot the noip.com client in...
First sign up for a no-ip account in http://www.noip.com/ and create a hostname for your Raspberry Pi. In your Raspberry Pi download the Linux client from http://www.noip.com/download?page=linux,...
View ArticleFix locale problems in Raspbian
If you get errros like this while running commands on your Raspbian: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset),...
View ArticleInstall Raspbian RAW image into an SD Card in Linux
First download a Raspbian RAW image from here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads Plug-in your SD card into your PC. Then use df -h to see the name of the disk device of it: $ df -h S.ficheros Tamaño...
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TP-Link TL-WN725N version 2 in Raspbian 2014-01-07-wheezy-raspbian with...
UPDATE: Read this post if you have another version of the kernel and want use a script to compile the driver by yourself: New script to compile TP-Link TL-WN725N version 2 lwfinger driver in Raspbian...
View ArticleDelete 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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Configure the locale and keyboard layout in Raspbian
I have a keyboard with the spanish layout (with the “ñ” key, etc.) but Raspbian comes by default only with the english locale and keyboard layout. To make my keyboard work correctly I first added the...
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Install script for XBMC in Raspbian
# Install XBMC sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://archive.mene.za.net/raspbian wheezy contrib' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mene.list" sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key 5243CDED...
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Add Shutdown option to XBMC in Raspbian
When I installed XBMC in Raspbian I noticed that the shutdown menu only had the “Exit” button, which returned me to the ussual terminal login screen. I want my parents to use this media center so I...
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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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