Just checked the Raspberry Pi GitHub repository, and there is a ‘3.6.y’ kernel there, now.. https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.6.y Will download and see if it compiles and installs, yet.. It might just be a first attempt to patch to 3.6, though… This is – of course – a welcome development, to keep the Pi kernel up-to-date..
Continue reading →I had – for many years – been using a Palm Pilot (later Sony Clie) to sync calendars with JPilot on Linux, and this worked fine, especially after USB support was added, all those years ago.. I now have an Android so-called smart phone, and simply want to sync my calendar with my desktop (KDE 4.9.2).. This … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.6.1.. Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) Kernel 3.6.1 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.6.1 #1 Thu Oct 11 15:25:25 BST 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux In case anyone needs it, the kernel .config I used is at http://pastebin.com/2wUCv0yA This is a test config, and contains a lot … Continue reading →
The problem for those of us who prefer a non-graphical login, and then found that USB and other devices would not mount successfully, has now been fixed. I had created my own workaround, some time ago, but nice to know that an ‘official’ fix is now – finally – in the pipeline.. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806491 Pre-release RPMs available at: … Continue reading →
Well, the ‘Turbo’ Pi overclocking might be great for playing games (Quake 3, anyone?) but regular apps don’t like it. After applying the Turbo 1GHz overclock, I immediately had problems with yum / rpm segfaulting when run, so reverted to the standard 700MHz again, and all is well.. Maybe a little less overclock, might be more stable?
Continue reading →The recent announcement regarding ‘overclocking’ the Raspberry Pi was too good to ignore: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2008 So, as most Pi stuff seems to be Debian-centric these days, this is how I did it for Fedora… This method should also work for any other distro.. You will need to compile and install the latest version of the Pi 3.2.27 kernel … Continue reading →
I am one of those people who compiles a lot of new kernels, and have become increasingly frustrated by the user-unfriendliness of grub2.. Now the latest version of grub2 has introduced – for reasons that I cannot fathom – two levels of menu, and relegated most of the multiple-choice kernel version boot options to the secondary menu … Continue reading →
After noting the success of the XBMC team in getting high-quality video playback on the Raspberry Pi, I tried to see what was currently possible with the latest version of the APC kernel.. Sadly, the XBMC player is only available for the proprietary Pi Broadcom chipset.. I did try installing the binary-only Android APC player, but it … Continue reading →
Now that Fedora 13 and the APC kernel provide basic functionality, a brief summary of where you can get the ‘bits’… Assumptions: You will need to be reasonably adept at the following: 1. Cross-compiling and patching a Linux / ARM kernel, from source obtained from GitHub. 2. Formatting and partitioning an SD-card (FAT and EXT3..) 3. Installing … Continue reading →
After compiling the latest release of the APC-8750 kernel source code, I am pleased to find that video/HDMI output to an hdmi-attached monitor now works! So… I now have XFCE Desktop running on the APC under Fedora 13, and Kernel 2.6.32.9-apc.. A bit old, but – it works!
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