Raspberry-Pi get Arch Linux

[MyWorld]

Arch Linux is coming Raspberry-Pi.

After 6 months of development, Arch Linux ARM for Raspberry Pi is finally ready. Coming mere days after the sell-out launch of the tiny computer, Arch Linux ARM is the second operating system to be officially approved by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/rasp...ts-arch-linux/

So there you go, not a useless piece of hardware after all.

[ponder]

Arch is the BEST distro out there, have always loved it and Debian is a close second!

[adrianx]

I hope I didn't wait too long to register with RS Online... I want one now!

[grimstoner]

Will it run XBMC?

[adrianx]

Will it run XBMC?

[Madman88]

Whats he got connected to the serial port?

[MyWorld]

I would suspect it to be IR for remote control?

[adrianx]

I'm so happy with my Raspberry Pi!

I've been very busy lately and I haven't had much time to read tutorials. My first two or three days were a bit disappointing. No matter how hard I tried the first day, I couldn't get the thing to give me full resolution (1920x1080). The fix was simple though, I had to set disable_overscan to 1 in /boot/config.txt.

I tried Debian at first, but I couldn't get my wireless dongle to work, so I installed Arch and it worked out of the box. My cheap powered USB hub is a piece of **** and because of that, I have some difficulty using a mouse, keyboard and wireless adapter at the same time. Oh well, ssh and x11vnc to the rescue.

The next problem was getting it to play audio and video. I must have left out a few libraries or something. So, tonight I installed omxplayer from AUR, which pulled in some of the missing stuff, and it worked (omxplayer -o hdmi -pr <file>)!

SABnzbd also works perfectly.

As soon as I have more time, I'm going to try the Arch Linux Arm XBMC build...

Lots of fun!

[eehellfire]

I'm so happy with my Raspberry Pi!

I've been very busy lately and I haven't had much time to read tutorials. My first two or three days were a bit disappointing. No matter how hard I tried the first day, I couldn't get the thing to give me full resolution (1920x1080). The fix was simple though, I had to set disable_overscan to 1 in /boot/config.txt.

I tried Debian at first, but I couldn't get my wireless dongle to work, so I installed Arch and it worked out of the box. My cheap powered USB hub is a piece of **** and because of that, I have some difficulty using a mouse, keyboard and wireless adapter at the same time. Oh well, ssh and x11vnc to the rescue.

The next problem was getting it to play audio and video. I must have left out a few libraries or something. So, tonight I installed omxplayer from AUR, which pulled in some of the missing stuff, and it worked (omxplayer -o hdmi -pr <file>)!

SABnzbd also works perfectly.

As soon as I have more time, I'm going to try the Arch Linux Arm XBMC build...

Lots of fun!

Will the Arch Linux XBMC build work better (quicker) than the RaspBMC build?

[adrianx]

Will the Arch Linux XBMC build work better (quicker) than the RaspBMC build?

Not necessarily. At the moment, the Arch build doesn't even work properly for many. The main reason I want to stick with Arch is that I'm familiar with it and I want a more general purpose distro. I'm considering getting more SD cards so that I can try out OpenElec, RaspBMC and a few other distors.

[Easter Bunny]

right, so i got debian and arch a while ago. the arch doesn't boot, but debian does. however, it doesn't go full screen on my tv (samsung 32" hd ready). i've fiddled with the config file and so far it either makes no difference or it stops booting, or it does boot, but doesn't display on the tv... it's hard to tell.

i've been a bit busy the last few weeks, so i haven't had a chance to fiddle some more. is "disable_overscan=1" the only thing i need to add in to get it going?

i have very little linux experience, so speak at me as a relative n00b.

[GreGorGy]

right, so i got debian and arch a while ago. the arch doesn't boot, but debian does. however, it doesn't go full screen on my tv (samsung 32" hd ready). i've fiddled with the config file and so far it either makes no difference or it stops booting, or it does boot, but doesn't display on the tv... it's hard to tell.

i've been a bit busy the last few weeks, so i haven't had a chance to fiddle some more. is "disable_overscan=1" the only thing i need to add in to get it going?

i have very little linux experience, so speak at me as a relative n00b.

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

Find these and try changing if the fullscreen is close but short a few pixels:

...
# uncomment the following to adjust overscan. Use positive numbers if console
# goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
#overscan_left=16
#overscan_right=16
#overscan_top=16
#overscan_bottom=16
...

You could also hit the very next lines:

# uncomment to force a console size. By default it will be display's size minus
# overscan.
#framebuffer_width=1280
#framebuffer_height=720

and lastly, try add the following line:

hdmi_mode=4

also, try http://elinux.org/RPi_config.txt for list of other modes. For HD-Ready, I think 5 may be appropriate.

Then, Ctrl-O then enter then Ctrl-X then restart

[Easter Bunny]

should have popped back here. i put in "disable_overscan=1" and that got it fullscreen. thanks for the help though.

this is quite a nifty little toy and i'm getting myself going on learning linux and making a few notes as i learn. i bought a second sd card for arch, so i'll play with both of those.

i can do java and recently started learning a little foxpro for doing payroll scripts at work, so i'm going to learn python on the pi. who knows, maybe oneday i'll be able to make an led go on and off with my "skillz".

seeing as i use the wifi on my laptop to connect to my tablet for internets, is there a way i can use the laptop as a gateway for my pi?

[MyWorld]

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-s...route-command/

If that does not work out of the box then you just need to tweak your IP-tables, but seeing as most people use a form of *buntu, stick to that tutorial and the GUI.

If you want he whole shebang, the tutorials we used way back in ISDN land was similar to this:
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/net...megateway.html


On a totally unrelated note, if anyone wants to get rid of their Pi, give me a shout.

[CranialBlaze]

Just got my Pi yesterday and I want it for a few simple things, but getting a decent GUI seems to be a bit of a task.

I was almost settled on Arch, but had some trouble once I actually got a GUI going so I started from scratch with what appeared to be a very good guide (http://www.mybiteofpi.com/guides.html), problem was I could not get very far. Could not get any of the updates to run, would not resolve the servers, ping was working lan and internet so I know that part of it was A ok.

About to try OpenElec as it seems to at least do exactly what I need, XBMC, Sickbeard, Couch Potato and Sabnzbd, all things arc would of given me and probably much more had I gotten it working.