Raspberry Pi - $35 Linux computer

boxman2000 · 18 Oct 2012 at 11:02

Feek said:
Ordered a Pi from Farnell on Monday, it was delivered yesterday and it was nice to see it was the 512Mb version. I know why I bought it, it was following a presentation on them on Sunday but I really don't know what I'm going to do with it.

Ay? I didn't realise the 512mb was out now, I thought this was coming out in due course.

Ordering another now then!

quotidian · 18 Oct 2012 at 11:16

Thanks I'm going to get one but was wondering what do you need to get with it as people on the net say you need powered usb hubs and stuff to run external hdds?

Evilpaul · 18 Oct 2012 at 11:48

To get a simple system going, you only need the following:

- Power Supply
- SD Card
- Keyboard & Mouse
- Video cable (HDMI or Composite depending upon your TV)
- Network connection (ethernet or WiFi dongle)

Once you have a bit more knowledge then you can add or remove items from the above list depending upon what you are trying to achieve.

slinxy · 18 Oct 2012 at 20:28

Two new linux favs for the Pi.

Fedora 17 remix
NeBSD

Buffalo2102 · 18 Oct 2012 at 21:08

Received mine from Farnell today (512MB). In with it was a note saying that they would not be restocking the product once current stock was gone.

Speed · 18 Oct 2012 at 21:51

Strange, care to take a photo of this note and post it in the thread?

Also what power supplies are people using?

Buffalo2102 · 19 Oct 2012 at 08:04

It's on the despatch note..........

Buffalo2102 · 19 Oct 2012 at 08:05

I'm using my iPad power supply with a mini USB cable.

Guru · 19 Oct 2012 at 08:45

Tempted to replace my two Pi's with 512 MB ones but I don't know if it is worth it.

Would I be able to sell my current 256MB ones or will they be seen as worthless rather than just worth less now?

Thanks,

G

boxman2000 · 19 Oct 2012 at 08:52

Guru, I don't think too many people would be that aware of the release - only one way to find out (no, not FIGHT!) stick them on the bay

Dist · 19 Oct 2012 at 23:03

Looks like I'm going to have to format my pi and start again for a 3rd time now with raspbmc. It crashed after I stopped playing some music, after power cycle it seemed to do an update and is now locked in a "relax, XBMC will start shortly" message on a white screen, followed by the raspberry pi logo, and back to the white screen with relax again. Next time I format it and reinstall raspbmc I'm turning off the updates on restart, it's bugged me twice now.

Guru · 19 Oct 2012 at 23:15

boxman2000 said:
Guru, I don't think too many people would be that aware of the release - only one way to find out (no, not FIGHT!) stick them on the bay

Just sold one for £27 lol profit.

Vauxmad · 20 Oct 2012 at 07:58

Finally recieved my PI

the code on the samsung chip say 4g which is meant to be 512 but in xbmc its only showing 120mb memory

Evilpaul · 20 Oct 2012 at 10:39

You need to change the start.elf file to one that supports the full 512MB of memory.

Vauxmad · 20 Oct 2012 at 11:18

Evilpaul said:
You need to change the start.elf file to one that supports the full 512MB of memory.

Thanks i had a quick go using the start.elf and fixup.bat from https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tree/master/boot but it caused xbmc to just show a white screen with an error message - not sure if need the updated kernal as well?

Will continue playing with it later

randal · 22 Oct 2012 at 10:52

Thought i'd give this thread a little bump...

I've got a Pi on the way courtesy of easyrider, and in addition to a RaspBMC box (is that the right term for something so mini?) I'd like to get some old school emulation on the go.

Has anyone set up Retro/Emulation Station etc. on their Pi? Particularly using a 360 controller, as that's my plan.

boxman2000 · 22 Oct 2012 at 12:39

Dist said:
Looks like I'm going to have to format my pi and start again for a 3rd time now with raspbmc. It crashed after I stopped playing some music, after power cycle it seemed to do an update and is now locked in a "relax, XBMC will start shortly" message on a white screen, followed by the raspberry pi logo, and back to the white screen with relax again. Next time I format it and reinstall raspbmc I'm turning off the updates on restart, it's bugged me twice now.

I had similar over the weekend trying to install latest RC. I ended up using an older installer version and worked first time! How odd.

Dist · 22 Oct 2012 at 14:45

boxman2000 said:
I had similar over the weekend trying to install latest RC. I ended up using an older installer version and worked first time! How odd.

It looks like I have to find an old version too. I tried to reinstall it on the assumption that the loop it was stuck in was due to a bad patch or something, but even with a fresh download/install from the website it is still stuck in a 'relax, xbmc will start shortly...' loop.

Varsh · 23 Oct 2012 at 18:14

I was close to picking one of these up when I was first told about them from my friend last week, it's so cheap for XBMC that I want to get one now, just after seeing a few teething issues I think I'll wait a little bit first before buying one.

Trick · 23 Oct 2012 at 18:53

randal24 said:
Thought i'd give this thread a little bump...

I've got a Pi on the way courtesy of easyrider, and in addition to a RaspBMC box (is that the right term for something so mini?) I'd like to get some old school emulation on the go.

Has anyone set up Retro/Emulation Station etc. on their Pi? Particularly using a 360 controller, as that's my plan.

I've used RetroPie to setup an Amiga emulator. A USB competition pro joystick works perfectly. Sensible Soccer and Speedball 2 on a Pi on an HDTV, anyone?!