Tag: raspberry-pi

Use USB drive as apt-get cache for frequent Raspberry PI reinstalls

I work on a configuration script for a Raspberry Pi, and as I debug it, more often than not I need to run reinstall over and over. On a metered connection it may be a problem, as not only it’s slow, it also uses your data plan. A way around this would be having a… Continue reading Use USB drive as apt-get cache for frequent Raspberry PI reinstalls

Clone a Raspberry Pi OS image from one Micro SD card onto another

Find your Micro SD card identifier diskutil info -all You’re looking for something like this: ********** Device Identifier: disk2 Device Node: /dev/disk2 Whole: Yes Part of Whole: disk2 Device / Media Name: SD Card Reader Volume Name: Not applicable (no file system) Mounted: Not applicable (no file system) File System: None Content (IOContent): FDisk_partition_scheme OS… Continue reading Clone a Raspberry Pi OS image from one Micro SD card onto another

Quick and dirty Raspberry PI desktop

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade apt-get install –no-install-recommends xorg openbox lightdm fbpanel onboard Enable Desktop Autologin and HDMI audio sudo raspi-config Fix HDMI audio for old TVs sudo vi /boot/config.txt Autostart fbpanel: echo "fbpanel &" > ~/.config/openbox/autostart More: https://www.reddit.com/r/openbox/comments/7zizxn/cant_get_openbox_to_turn_off_antialiasing/

Samsung monitor not working with Raspberry PI over HDMI

I use my Raspberry PI with a Samsung SyncMaster SA650, and once in a while it would stop receiving signal. The cable and the monitor both work. Only when I connected to the RPi over VNC I had realised it has the wrong screen resolution. So the solution is to set the resolution back to… Continue reading Samsung monitor not working with Raspberry PI over HDMI