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Setting up a Raspberry Pi as an access point - the easy way

I know how to do it the classic way as described for example by the official documentation at Wireless connectivity. But that needs many different components which must play together and each component must be configured its own way. These are…
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Transmission: permission denied on USB disk

I have Raspberry Pi running RaspBMC with a WD MyBook connected using USB. The drive is automatically mounted to /media/My Book. I have created a folder /media/My Book/downloads and I have set Trasmission's download directory to be /media/My…
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Raspberry Pi Zero with Ethernet Over HDMI

The new Raspberry Pi Zero doesn't have any kind of wired Ethernet connection. Has anyone have tested if Ethernet over HDMI works? I did not find any info in the web or even what version of HDMI the Raspberry Pi Zero uses.
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Can't get a CIFS network drive to mount on boot

I have added a share in fstab to access a network drive with all my files on... fstab looks like: proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/mmcblk0p1 /boot vfat defaults 0 2 /dev/mmcblk0p2 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 //192.168.1.73/disk1 /media/disk1 cifs…
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What are the RUN pin holes on Raspberry Pi 2?

Inbetween the Display port, and the Activity LED on my Raspbery Pi 2, There are 2 holes boxed off, labled with: "Run". What are those pins? What do they do? Is it a reset?
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Raspberry Pi 2 GDBus.Error on start up

I just got my new Raspberry Pi 2 and installed RASPBIAN using NOOBs. On start up I get this error. Its in a message box in the middle of the screen. If I hit ok the GUI seems to work find anyway. GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed:…
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Run bash script on startup

I know this question has been asked before, but I can't find a fix for my problem, I just can't get my script to run on startup. Here's my script: #!/bin/bash iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -m…
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How to get Python to work with Lighttpd?

I've got Lighttpd setup on my Raspberry Pi, but I'd like to get server-side code working now. I'm familiar with PHP, but I figure I should try Python as it's supposed to be the "go to" language for the Raspberry Pi. How can I get Python handling…
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Is there a way to set up a Raspberry Pi without a keyboard, mouse, or SD card reader?

To keep myself entertained during the COVID-19 pandemic, I've bought a Raspberry Pi. I thought that it would be possible to program it from my laptop over SSH using an Ethernet connection, but I've just discovered that this requires me to know the…
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What qualities should I look for in a small, 7" or 10" monitor?

Hi, which small small and portable monitors would you suggest to combine with Raspberry Pi. As Raspberry Pi is part of huge range of different project please suggest which would be best in each of these categories. Home PC Smart home touch screen…
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Is there a JDK with a JIT compiler available?

OpenJDK compiles and runs on the Pi successfully, but the only version I've found is one without a JIT. Oracle provides such a JDK for other versions of ARM, but not ARMv6. Is there any way to get such a version of the JDK up and running in the…
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Which key types the "|" symbol?

With the default Raspberry Pi keyboard layout and a US keyboard, when I press Shift+| the result would be ~ and if I press on ~ or Shift+~ I would get a different symbol.
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How do I configure the Raspberry Pi to boot with an NFS root?

How can I make my Raspberry Pi use an NFS server for the root filesystem, instead of the SD card? I'd like to be able to set up my Raspberry Pi to have its root file system on a remote machine via NFS for performance/backup/development purposes. How…
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Can I switch mains devices on/off?

Is it possible to switch mains-powered devices (such as a coffee machine) on and off using the Pi? If so, what extra components do I need?
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How to map Caps Lock key to something useful?

I'm used to mapping Caps Lock to Escape, particularly for use in Vim. In Ubuntu, this is simple from the GUI. In other distros, a utility like xmodmap can be used. I tried this, but it seems that xmodmap cannot be installed by apt. Can this sort of…
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