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The time to install my RPis 1, 2, 3, & 4 ...
... will be when I have detailed info on the Videocore processor such that I can program it from power up. Until then, they'll just be gathering dust. Perhaps in 30 years' time they might be worth...
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Thonny - hotkey to switch between code and output window ?
Hello all, I'm currently using the Thonny IDE to write python code in, and noticed that, when I F5 (run) the script the cursor moves from the code to the "shell" (output) window and stays there. The...
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init.d is there a info and/or a tutorial available ?
Hello all, I wanted to add a shell script to init.d, and and had a ball with googeling enough info to be able to successfully add a script to the boot sequence. :- But there is something I've not been...
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Booting from a hard disk?
Perhaps there is a need for a THUNK processor to emulate the SD protocol on one side (to replace the SD in Pi) and to drive a HD on the other. Job for an Arduino or a DSPic33?
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External disk with the pi 4, anyone
I'm having a hard time finding the information I want , so I ask here: Has anyone had success using an external disk with the pi 4, and preferably booting from it. The other option I thought about was...
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Pi4 OK?
I've purchased each version of the RPi as it came out and at some time will get around to connecting one of them up. Is it the case that if I've an early Pi4 that it will have a number of unresolved...
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How to check if the clock has been synchronised/set ?
Hello all, Is there a way to check if the Pi's date and time has been either synchronised with an NTP server or has been set otherwise (manually or programmatically) ? I'm asking as I would like to do...
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file -i vs xdg-mime query filetype
Hello all, Just now I set a python script to be executable and added a "hashbang" line to indicate its target program (#!/usr/bin/env python3). As a result it lost the filetype icon I had previously...
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delayed start
On pi3 or 4 with raspbian I get a very long delay displaying: ... on demand unless shift pressed I don't know if that is the actual delay point or whether it's something immediately after that doesn't...
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Simple question - how to change the icon of a script.py file ?
Hello all, "Simple question". That is how they all start. :-) But seriously, how do I change the displayed icon of, in my current case, a file ? I've found some instructions to how to change them for...
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Samsung Evo + slowdown
Some months ago I bought a Samsung Evo + microSD card as a boot device for an RPI3B (under FreeBSD-current). Initially it seemed as fast or faster than Sandisk Extreme cards used previously. Lately,...
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Python - set current time ?
Hello all, Just today I connected a DS3231 Real Time Clock module to my Pi - to use when it cannot connect to the internet to get its current time from an NTP server.. I'm using python to retrieve the...
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fstab is not mounting the NAS folders
In my /etc/fstab file In have: //192.168.0.22/mnt/CCTV/xeoma /mnt/CCTV/xeoma cifs credentials=/home/pi/.smbclient,uid=pi 0 0 I had to reboot the pi earlier today, and now have found that the cctv...
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SDCardKiller
Following a discussion on another thread about the life limits of an SDCard I thought I would write a program to write one to death and see just how long it lasts. I'll post the code below but the...
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Permissions problem
On the Pi 4 with xeoma, the directories or folders have been created under /mnt , and I have a line in fstab to mount them. mount -a mounts the said directories. //192.168.0.22/CCTV/xeoma...
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