Raspberry pi tips

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# Finish headless installation via ssh. See /boot/config.txt



(local)$ ssh pi@192.168.2.X



$ sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade



$ sudo raspi-config



# Add locale en.us-utf8 (but keep en.gb-utf8)



$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales



# Timezone



$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata



# Update firmware



$ sudo rpi-update



# Access remotely using 'raspberrypi.local'



$ sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon



# Create new user, enable sudo and video privileges



$ sudo adduser username



$ sudo adduser username sudo



$ sudo adduser username video



# Increase font size on tv console [utf-8, guess optimal, Terminus, 16x32]



$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup



# Echo command to tv console (as root)



> /usr/games/nethack >> /dev/tty1



 



## /etc/rc.local



# Turn off screen blanking



/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0 -powerdown off



 



## ~/.bash_aliases



# Blank screen before playing. I never remember the r-pi media player name.



alias omxplayer='omxplayer --refresh'



alias mplayer='omxplayer'



# Echo ssh console to tv console



alias mirror-console="sudo script --flush --command 'sudo -u $USER bash' /dev/tty1"



 



## /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf



# Mount a VFAT formatted USB drive as username for read/write permissions.



FS_MOUNTOPTIONS="-fstype=vfat,uid=username,gid=username"



 



## Some helpful commands



tvservice             #list hdmi info



vcgencmd              #info about the rpi board. 'vcgencmd commands' for list of commands



vcgencmd measure_temp #=> temp=42.2'C



 



## SopCast



# Run streaming server on local box. xxxx = channel



(local)$ sp-sc-auth sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/xxxx 3908 8900



# Connect to server, display on r-pi. omxplayer must support codec (h264)



(pi)$ omxplayer -r http://192.168.2.4:8900/tv.asf

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