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Questions tagged [settings]

Settings are the configuration of your Raspberry Pi. This is for questions about how to access settings in your OS, how to edit them, and about what these new settings do. Please specifiy your OS distribution by using the appropriate tag.

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How can I keep system time?

I know that Raspberry Pi does not come with a system clock to save money. How can I keep system time though?
user46
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How can I reset to the factory settings?

I was playing around with my Raspberry Pi and I accidentally bricked it! How can I restore it back to the factory defaults?
user46
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How can I change the bash screen resolution to custom values?

I installed archlinux-arm on the RPI. I have a TV, which has 1680x1050 resolution. Where can I change the bash settings to fit the screen correctly? I also want to the boot screen (where I can see what is loading) to be nice. I have this TV. Which…
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How to turn off auto-login

Help!!! I have set up a separate account up on my pi for my brother, but my Pi signs in at startup instead of asking for username and password. How can I switch off the auto login and prompt for credentials on each boot? All answers will be…
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How can I force Raspbian stay set to the US keyboard? Americanizing the Pi

I have several Rpi3Bs and for the most part they work well. But one of them insists on changing the USB keyboard type to the UK keyboard. I fix it after a reboot by going into Menu..Preferences..Keyboard..Keyboard and Mouse..Keyboard Layout It…
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Deleting NOOBS from SD card and only keep Raspbian

I've got NOOBS on my SD card, and chose to install Raspbian on it. Now what I want to do is to remove NOOBS from my SD card, while still keeping Raspbian and all of my programs/settings. I tried backing up my Raspberry Pi by cloning an image via…
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How do I show the menu bar?

I just got my Pi 2 and started experimenting on it. I'm running Raspbian and I installed xrdp for remote desktop. I created a new user "prograde", and logged via rdp, and it works fine. The problem is, that I don't get the bar at the top, and no…
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Raspberry Pi 5 edit / modify temperature limit for the active cooler FAN

I am willing to modify the Temperature limit that the pi has to turn on its fan on, to cool down. Because by default it says the fan only starts when the pi gets hotter than…
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How do I set the terminal colorS

I've seen setterm suggested, but it did nothing I've seen suggestions based on ansi esc characters , doesnt last I think the prompt resets any color changes, so I can echo a color change to print a word, but I can't it get it to maintain the color…
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Locale won't change

I have a fresh install of raspbian, and the keyboard is stuck on british. I saw some online tutorials for changing my keyboard settings, but they never seem to take effect. http://rohankapoor.com/2012/04/americanizing-the-raspberry-pi/ I have…
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How to create a virtual microphone that reads from a file?

TL;DR: I want to create a virtual mic on my pi to stream wav data to it from a named pipe, so apps that look for input from a mic instead of a file can receive it. Background I'm running pocketsphinx_continuous on my pi, with really good results. I…
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How do I add a directory to $PATH for a user?

I'm using the Adafruit Webide and logged into my rpi as webide@raspberrypi I'm trying to add the directory of my node installation to the $PATH but I can't do it. Every time I reboot and try env I get nothing. I've tried adding the directory to…
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Restore Pi to factory settings without flashing SD

My question is different to How can I reset to the factory settings? hence why I have posted. The problem I am facing is that I have a Raspberry B+ which I have had for about 2 years. I didn't use it for a year and recently just did an upgrade from…
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NTP configuration is not working

I'm working with 10 raspberry and they are all connected to the same network via Wifi. I need to get the right time from the network, so I modified the ntp.conf file with the IP of my network (10.1.65.10 and 10.1.65.11) that I wanna use to retrive…
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Basic wifi connectivity through raspbmc

I'm pulling my hair out with this problem. All I want to do is connect my raspberry pi to the internet via WiFi. I have model B pi, and I have a dynamode WL-700N-RXS. I have raspbmc installed and I have inserted the dynamode. Using rasbmc settings,…
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