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Got a mail this morning to say mine had shipped, should have it by the end of the week... touch wood.
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Jimmers
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:37 pm Post subject: delay in Raspberry Pi |
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Got a mail 3 hours ago "Your Raspberry Pi has now been shipped,
deliveries to the UK expected to take between 2 - 5 working days
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:40 pm Post subject: They're here! |
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Anyone want to play with mine? I've had no time to play with it at all 
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| bobthebob1234 wrote: | | Anyone want to play with mine? I've had no time to play with it at all |
Had mine a couple of weeks, now.
Tried out Debian (wheezy) and OpenELEC. Getting the video and sound options configured in Debian was a bit of a pain. Alsa support is, most definitely "alpha" and exceedingly flaky. Sound via HDMI is very hit-and-miss and there is a lot of noise on the analogue audio out.
Noticed that the Pi seems to mess up HDMI-CEC (SimpLink on LG or Anynet on Samsung). With the Pi plugged in I can't control my surround sound box from the TV (Both LG).
In use its really slow if you are used to a modern(ish) multi core desktop, but that is to be expected.
Now just need a bit of time to start doing some real tinkering.
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reklan
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Mines finally been sent.. hopefully here in time for the weekend..
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Jimmers
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| Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:24 pm Post subject: delay in Raspberry Pi |
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Mine arrived exactly 20 mins ago, don't know when I will get a chance to play with it, as we have builders, plasterers in all weekend, looks like next weekend, but it just adds to the anticipation, had a look at the T-Shirt LOL, straight to bin.
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Ram
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| Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: delay in Raspberry Pi |
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| Jimmers wrote: | | Mine arrived exactly 20 mins ago, don't know when I will get a chance to play with it, as we have builders, plasterers in all weekend, looks like next weekend, but it just adds to the anticipation, had a look at the T-Shirt LOL, straight to bin. |
Snap... not that I waited 20 minutes to post... wfh so had other stuff to do.
T-Shirt bit thin but it'll do, summer just around the corner.
Now which SD card to buy
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T-Shirt? What T-Shirt? Where's mine??! 
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Jimmers
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:05 pm Post subject: delay in Raspberry Pi |
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Retrieved T Shirt from bin on the premise that Ram said "Summer just around the corner". We can only hope!!!!
Have got a Two hour window free of plasterers, so will give it a go and see what it looks like, running Debian, but will probably try other OS's, I have a 32gb card, is this a bit OTT.
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Why do you have to baby sit the plasterers? Can't you just sit in another room and bask in all the pi goodness?
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Jimmers
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:55 pm Post subject: delay in Raspberry Pi |
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The broadband connection, is where the Plasterers are working,
and I have misplaced my Vodafone Dongle, and just at this moment my mother-in-law has just arrived unannounced with
the quote "Whats this mess all about". I feel a few beers are required (+ plus a taxi for the mother in law)
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Jimmers
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Finally got to try the Raspberry Pi, what a disapointment nothing happened, following the instructions in LFX 159, nothing got as far as "You'll see a red power light next to the USB Connections, and shortly you will see some some flashing green lights appear, (Where???).
Tried re-installing Debian from the website, but no joy,
tomorrow I will visit my local Argos and purchase a 16gb Kingston flash drive, as I find I have more joy with them,
the one I have been trying is a (8gb Sanddisk.)
As always all Help, Ideas, Suggestions always appreciated
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There's a row of small LEds from the audio socket to the nearest corner of the board. the power LED is second from the socket (cunningly marked PWR).
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Ram
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:54 pm Post subject: Re: delay in Raspberry Pi |
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| Jimmers wrote: | Finally got to try the Raspberry Pi, what a disapointment nothing happened, following the instructions in LFX 159, nothing got as far as "You'll see a red power light next to the USB Connections, and shortly you will see some some flashing green lights appear, (Where???).
Tried re-installing Debian from the website, but no joy,
tomorrow I will visit my local Argos and purchase a 16gb Kingston flash drive, as I find I have more joy with them,
the one I have been trying is a (8gb Sanddisk.)
As always all Help, Ideas, Suggestions always appreciated |
If you don't get a red led I say your power supply is insufficient, you should at least get a red led even which no storage attached.
I've used a very old cheap 4gig SD Card and a microSD ( got with my phone ) in an SD adaptor both worked, microSD appears faster.
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