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RetroPie & PS3 Controller over Bluetooth
I've got a Raspberry Pie 3 (w/ built-in BT), and RetroPie 4.0.2 is installed and working on it. I've got 2 brand new PS3 controllers (I do not own a PS3) and they work with the RetroPie over the USB cable just fine.
I want to get them working over…
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Using openbox to autostart GUI application Raspberry Pi 3
I'm trying to use openbox to customize my raspberry pi 3. Basically, what I want to do is start an openbox session on boot up and have openbox autostart a GUI application. This is what I have so far
in ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart
I…
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Running a webpage on startup
I have a touchscreen based kiosk application running on my raspberry pi. In this application I need to load a webpage , which once opened will load a user interface. Now, my question is how do the make the raspberry pi load this page directly on…
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What are the ID EEPROM pins and what can they be used for?
I understand that it's a type of ROM, but is there more to it? How can it be used for?
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Receiving files from Android via Bluetooth?
I currently have an Android application that is paired to my Pi via the Bluetooth dongle. In order to receive a file, I have to manually accept for the transfer to occur.
Is there way to bypass this step? Or to have all the transfers automatically…
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Using an old laptop keyboard with Raspberry Pi
I have an old laptop keyboard like the one shown below:
It has a 24-wire flat cable coming out of the back. Would it be possible to use this as a keyboard for the Pi (I assume with some microcontroller in between)?
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How to install Ruby >= 2.1.9?
I tried sudo apt-get install ruby but it will install Ruby 2.1.5.
How could I install version >= 2.1.9 ?
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Running Debian (Debian, not Raspbian) on a Raspberry Pi 3
The original Raspberry Pis had an ARM11 core which used the ARMv6 architecture, and most distribution's ARM hardfloat ports require at least ARMv7-A, the reason for Raspberry Pi-specific distributions (please correct me if I'm wrong about any of…
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H265 decoding performance on a Pi 3
Though there seems to be little information available, I've seen several posts of people successfully decoding H265 video on the Pi 3 either with, or without overclocking.
I'm running a Raspberry Pi 3, which is used primarily as a Plex media server.…
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Why does the Sense Hat / Astro Pi show the wrong temperature and humidity?
I recently bought the sense-hat, previously called astro-pi.
Unfortunately the temperature shows 28 to 31 degrees Celsius from both temperature sensors on the board. They often show around 30 degrees right from the start when the raspberry pi boots,…
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config.txt : Hostname
As you might have guessed from the title, I would like to know if it is possible to change a RasPis hostname from the config.txt file on the SD card.
I'm making a lot of SDs from a custom image, and obviously the hostnames collide when booting (they…
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Is it possible to run Raspberry Pi 3 with a 64-bit kernel and 32-bit user space?
I just got my hands on a Raspberry Pi 3 and I would like to start experimenting on it, specially regarding the 64-bit instruction set.
I'm well aware of the pros and cons of the 32-bit versus the 64-bit instruction set, so please stick to the…
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Raspberry Pi 3 - internal Wifi wont connect to network
i'm rather new to Linux and all that, in fact the Raspberry Pi 3 i just got is the first Linux-only machine i ever had, running the latest version of Raspbian .. so here's my problem:
I'm trying to use the integrated wifi adapter to establish a…
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Does the BCM43438 WiFi chip in Raspberry Pi 3 support power management setting?
I'm trying to disable the wireless power save on my RPI3, but can't do it:
$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off
Error for wireless request "Set Power Management" (8B2C):
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
Is it possible, or simply not…
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How to run a command with alias?
I'm very new to Linux environment and I just got myself a Pi to play with it. Recently I found this command to check my Pi's temperature which is /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp
Is it possible to save that command somewhere with a shortcut or an…
Ye Myat Aung
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