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It sounds like you had a shared network setup where the laptop (Mac, Linux, Windows?) was set up with crossover Ethernet and as a DHCP server and VNC client, and the Raspberry Pi ran a VNC server. I use the following tutorial frequently for Mac and Linux setups http://www.interlockroc.org/2012/12/06...

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Besides learning some simple bash script programming, I believe the tool 'dialog' will be appropriate here.

I don't know for certain, but I believe raspi-config uses it. Or at least, using dialog will produce menus that achieve a similar look and feel.

There's some docs here.

Hope this helps!

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Try typing "startx" and hitting enter. You'll notice a graphical desktop appears.

Start exploring

See here for a list of beginners Raspberry Pi resources

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Jbush, I've just filled a warning against you for reposting this topic in multiple locations.

This thread is as far as I'm aware the only one remaining. We'll keep this one open since it has replies.

Thanks

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stormsoul's question has been answered, and the resulting debate has gotten a little out of hand.

This is a topic that's been beaten to death. It also doesn't belong in Beginners.

Locked.

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My understanding is that Python has bindings for a handful popular toolkits, the most notable being GTK, QT and TK. QT has Python bindings provided by the package "python3-pyside". It's documented in Learning Python With Raspberry Pi and here . A friend recently mentioned PyGObject to me as a ways o...

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Hey folks One of the ideas I have around game development for the Raspberry Pi is to work on a build launcher with a similar design to this: http://i.imgur.com/zwili.jpg The idea is that my Raspberry Pi would boot to the command line, log itself in and then this launcher would be drawn straight to t...

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Yes, VGA adapters are known to work with Raspberry Pi. See this doc at the elinux wiki for a list of known working adapters and other important info. They can be pretty tricky to set up depending on the adapter used. You'll likely also want to research VGA specific settings for your /boot/config.txt

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I'm afraid I'm not too well versed in MTP stuff. But I am aware of the libmtp library.

It's pretty well documented over at the Arch wiki, and much of this can be applied to Raspbian et all.

Hopefully this is a good head start.

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If your Raspberry Pi is in a remote location, with attached storage, then it's probably best to use something like rsync or simpler in my opinion, tar. This will get you started with the tar option. If you then want to send those tarballs to your local workstation, you could use an SFTP client to br...

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I may be misreading you, but it sounds like you've either not issued one of the proper shutdown commands or have unknowingly changed your root password. There are a handful of ways to shut down the pi, my favourite method is the following: sudo telinit 0 This will also work, and is perhaps easier to...

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I recently discovered that Fitbit One syncing is now achievable on Linux, thanks to a wonderful tool called Galileo . Here's a brief tutorial demonstrating my Raspberry Pi powered nightly syncing setup. First, install python-usb and python-pip like so: sudo apt-get install python-usb python-pip Then...

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Does it absolutely need to play back MP3 files?

OGG Vorbis may suit your needs. It's open source and licensed in such a way that allows for commercial closed source redistribution. I've seen evidence of it in AAA games for example.

See here for the FAQ.

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Hey folks. With the goal of re-familiarising myself with Python, I've been enjoying reading the back catalogue of Python Pit articles and making my own changes. I'd like to upload these revisions to my homepage, but I'm concerned about any rules I may have missed about licensing and/or proper credit...

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Hello everyone. We'll be gathering again: Saturday 12th April 2014, from 12:00 onwards. at the upper, mezzanine level of the Norwich Arts Centre Cafe. Now that we've secured a stable venue, we'll be holding meetings more frequently. We're thinking about bi-monthly meetings. Something like the first ...

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Yep, the last image was released 9th February.

You can do the following to keep your image up to date:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Let us know how you get on.

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Hey folks. We're upgrading to a new venue for the next meeting. Meeting details are now as follows: Saturday 9th March 2013, from 12:00 onwards. at The Soup Lab, 5 St. Benedict’s View, Grapes Hill, Norwich, NR2 4HH. As always, we'll post these details to the website. You can also visit The Soup Lab ...

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I'd recommend taking a look at Reddit's /r/dailyprogrammer for non language specific challenges which target several levels of programming and problem solving experience.

If you use an RSS feed reader (such as Liferea or Google Reader) then you can subscribe to the RSS for it here.

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As far as laptops go, you can't go wrong with a Thinkpad. Almost all Thinkpads are documented here . I'm running a T410 myself, which is an i5 8GB spec so it's not what you're looking for, but it has been solidly supported since I picked it up in August 2010. I've also used a T41, T42 and T61 with g...

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Please post the error, then we can help you

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Is it possible that a partition is mounted at that directory? If you try "df -h", you'll see the active mount points and corresponding device names. From there, you can try unmounting the drive with a command like: sudo umount /media/HD-PCU2_ Also, just to be certain, make sure that your current wor...

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You'll be looking to set up a VNC server on your Raspberry Pi and a VNC client on your Windows desktop.

There are plenty of tutorials covering how to achieve this. This one is good

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It appears that Mathematica isn't supported on ARM architectures. They only provide x86 and x86-64 packages.

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It's highly advised not to pull the plug when running Raspbian, as the filesystem may break. What you can do however, is switch out to another TTY like so: CTRL + ALT + F6 Note that you can use F1-F7. Then, log in on the new TTY and issue the command: sudo telinit 0 This will gracefully shut down th...

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It may also be helpful to learn how to determine the date of manufacture.

It's usually a four digit number on either on the top or bottom of the board. It reads: YYWW. So my model B for example was manufactured in the 37th week of 2012, 1237.

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