Raspberry Pi - $35 Linux computer

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That's a great setup, if only the Pi had optical out for sound I'd use it for the same thing. I'm still struggling to get it as a torrent server :-(

I have a Sony surround system and the HDMI pass's from the Pi to the Amp to the TV. The CEC TV signals also pass through. No need for Optical out.

I would take your RPi to a friends or family members house and try on a none VM connection. VM has some weird throttle rules for P2P traffic based on network load, time of day for the sub 30Meg netwrok.

Do you have another device you could try to torrent on. Or try the bag of peas cooling method and see if it's the Pi over heating and slowing down to stay in thermal limits.
 
Does it work if you (temporarily) set it up to use the default port?

Or (alternatively) what happens if you tell your router to forward port 22 to port X (again only do this temporarily)

And what about if you don't forward port 22 at all

I think those 3 results ought to help narrow down what is going wrong...
 
Simple case of a typo ha :p

Never underestimate the power of a typo!

At the weekend setting up my new microserver I was raging because having just unplugged my monitor extension and keyboard after getting the server setup headless and moved it to its final location I rebooted it and couldn't SSH into it :confused:

Turned out I had mis-typed one of the mounting options in /etc/fstab... "defualts" ;) I'm reminded of the old carpentry saying "measure twice cut once", only I guess with IT it should be "edit once re-read twice" :D
 
VPN for Pi ???

Hi all,

I was hoping you could help me. I am running Raspbmc on my Pi. Occasionally I use it for streaming video from the internet.

I would like to run all these streams through a VPN for security purposes.

Can you tell me:

- How can I set up the Pi to run through a VPN. I can't seem to find any settings for this

- Can you recommend a reputable VPN that is fast ie won't slow down the streams ?

Thx
 
Been running Transmission as my torrent client and works great... all I had to do was when booting NOOBS for the first time I had to run 'sudo apt-get update'. This installed lots of patches and then I installed 'sudo apt-get transmission-gtk'. Now it works fine :)

All I need to do is fine is the setting.json file so I can change the maximum peer per torrent number from 15 to something higher, right now I can only have a maximum of 15 peers I can seed to.

EDIT: Found it by typing 'transmission-gtk -g --config-dir'
 
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Hey guys, I'm wanting a wee pi and hopefully you'll be able to help. It will be used for xbmc and playing movies off my external hard drive. I've read its better to run the xbmc os off a USB 3.0 stick, but will this mean their is no point in the SD card? Or doesn't it make much difference running the os off the SD card? Also, do you guys run a heatsink fan blowing onto it or doesn't it matter much?
 
The RPi only has a USB 2 controller, so a USB 3 memory stick will be wasted. You would see some improvement running from USB instead of SD card, but only when accessing cached data (i.e. thumbnails). If you stick with an optimised XBMC built then there isn't going to be too much performance difference, but if you want more graphical bells and whistles then running from USB will help.

I run my RPi as standard without any heat sinks or fans, and as long as you don't put it in a sealed enclosure it should be fine as is.
 
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Hey guys, I'm wanting a wee pi and hopefully you'll be able to help. It will be used for xbmc and playing movies off my external hard drive. I've read its better to run the xbmc os off a USB 3.0 stick, but will this mean their is no point in the SD card? Or doesn't it make much difference running the os off the SD card? Also, do you guys run a heatsink fan blowing onto it or doesn't it matter much?

The RPi only has a USB 2 controller, so a USB 3 memory stick will be wasted. You would see some improvement running from USB instead of SD card, but only when accessing cached data (i.e. thumbnails). If you stick with an optimised XBMC built then there isn't going to be too much performance difference, but if you want more graphical bells and whistles then running from USB will help.

I run my RPi as standard without any heat sinks or fans, and as long as you don't put it in a sealed enclosure it should be fine as is.

I'm not sure about that - I've tried a USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 stick and the USB 3.0 did feel slightly faster (might be psychological though!)... Overall USB runs better than the SD card, but note that you still need the SD card even when running from USB because the Pi requires it (on a USB install the SD card just tells the Pi where to boot from). The main benefit to running from USB (or not running from SD card - you can install to a network location also) is the reduced writes to the SD card which lower the chances of it getting corrupted, and many have reported being able to overclock the Pi further without causing problems as a result.

I also run mine with no heatsinks etc. it's just in a cheapo acrylic case from ebay sat in my TV cabinet :D
 
Been running Transmission as my torrent client and works great... all I had to do was when booting NOOBS for the first time I had to run 'sudo apt-get update'. This installed lots of patches and then I installed 'sudo apt-get transmission-gtk'. Now it works fine :)

All I need to do is fine is the setting.json file so I can change the maximum peer per torrent number from 15 to something higher, right now I can only have a maximum of 15 peers I can seed to.

EDIT: Found it by typing 'transmission-gtk -g --config-dir'

That didn't work, it seemed to have just created a folder called config-dir that doesn't link to the Transmission program, so where can the transmission-gtk settings.json file be :confused:

EDIT: Found it! I had to type 'transmission-daemon --config-dir /home/user/.config/transmission' then set 'Show Hidden Files' in the 'View' option in the tool bar. Then when I browsed in File Manager I found the elusive '.config' folder. In here go into the Transmission folder :)
 
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OK, stupid question time! :cool:

I work in a school and we have a plasma screen at reception showing a static information screen. It consists of our school logo in each corner, a picture of a tree in our grounds, a scrolling BBC News RSS feed and a box with the date in it.

It would be nice to re-design and make it a bit more modern and dynamic. The computer powering the screen is about 4m away from the plasma screen itself. I've been asked by my boss to investigate a new layout or even a new program (we currently used ImageFlyer).

I've been wondering if I could use a Raspberry Pi to replace the PC. The plasma screen is quite old so no HDMI. I can use the component instead. Is there some kind of Powerpoint-esque application I could use on the Pi that would allow me to integrate a scrolling RSS feed and design a new plasma screen layout? I just think a nice, small, low energy, cheap Raspberry Pi would be a cool solution to our little problem.
 
I've been wondering if I could use a Raspberry Pi to replace the PC. The plasma screen is quite old so no HDMI. I can use the component instead. Is there some kind of Powerpoint-esque application I could use on the Pi that would allow me to integrate a scrolling RSS feed and design a new plasma screen layout? I just think a nice, small, low energy, cheap Raspberry Pi would be a cool solution to our little problem.

It's certainly a nice idea and I'd have thought the Pi would be perfect for this sort of thing... You could install a very lightweight distro on it (maybe even just Raspbian I guess) and so long as it can support a browser which will do HTML5/javascript you could run apache on it and get it to display a fullscreen webpage you design... I can't comment on how well the Pi would handle this however :p
 
It's certainly a nice idea and I'd have thought the Pi would be perfect for this sort of thing... You could install a very lightweight distro on it (maybe even just Raspbian I guess) and so long as it can support a browser which will do HTML5/javascript you could run apache on it and get it to display a fullscreen webpage you design... I can't comment on how well the Pi would handle this however :p
I don't think we necessarily want a fullscreen webpage, just some RSS. Otherwise it would be a few screens, like Powerpoint, switching to one another in a set order. The final product would need to be full screen so it looks nice. I'll have a look and see what I can work out. It's the RSS feed that is causing me problems when looking for Windows programs.
 
I don't think we necessarily want a fullscreen webpage, just some RSS. Otherwise it would be a few screens, like Powerpoint, switching to one another in a set order. The final product would need to be full screen so it looks nice. I'll have a look and see what I can work out. It's the RSS feed that is causing me problems when looking for Windows programs.

Ah but what I mean is use the medium of a "webpage" (i.e. html, javascript and css) to create what looks very much like a powerpoint/slideshow style screen... You could get images changing at timed intervals using javascript and css, you can fairly easily integrate an RSS feed into an area of the screen as well... Apologies if I didn't explain very well before! :D

Edit: Here's a quick example I found with a quick bit of Google-fu... It's aimed at a commercial website design but it shows you what is possible

http://designshack.net/tutorialexamples/WeddingPhotography/default.html

(If you wait it is like a slideshow) Imagine that but obviously without the navigation buttons and junk, and add an RSS feed and there you go!
 
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Ah but what I mean is use the medium of a "webpage" (i.e. html, javascript and css) to create what looks very much like a powerpoint/slideshow style screen... You could get images changing at timed intervals using javascript and css, you can fairly easily integrate an RSS feed into an area of the screen as well... Apologies if I didn't explain very well before! :D

Edit: Here's a quick example I found with a quick bit of Google-fu... It's aimed at a commercial website design but it shows you what is possible

http://designshack.net/tutorialexamples/WeddingPhotography/default.html

(If you wait it is like a slideshow) Imagine that but obviously without the navigation buttons and junk, and add an RSS feed and there you go!
Ah, I get you now. :)

That example looks nice. What is it called? Can't find anything on the main site.
 
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