New gadget and updates

Pipo M9Pro

 

Just bought one, looking good so far

• Pipo M9 Pro
• bought from digitalplayworld

Flashed with Pipo-M9-Pro-Finless-1-5-ROM , The KitKat ROM looks a bit rough at the moment.
Installed Linux Deploy and how-to-install-oracle-java-7-in-debian.html

 

 

Other updates

• velvet upgraded to RAIDiator-x86 Version 4.2.25
• raspberry pi   3.10.21+ #604 STOP HERE to avoid tvheadend issues, see https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/issues/38

raspberry pi tvheadend

Tvheadend Updates

• Firmware updated:Linux raspberrypi 3.6.11+ #502
• tvheadend: old 3.5.201~g2a9ccdd, new 3.5.232~g7ac5542

Seems much better.

Flash drive and SD card Read timing

pi@raspberrypi /media/usbstick/recordings $ sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda1

/dev/sda1:
 Timing buffered disk reads:  44 MB in  3.02 seconds =  14.59 MB/sec
pi@raspberrypi /media/usbstick/recordings $ sudo hdparm -t /dev/root

/dev/root:
 Timing buffered disk reads:  46 MB in  3.10 seconds =  14.86 MB/sec
pi@raspberrypi /media/usbstick/recordings $ 

Wifi Timings

The Passenger.ts 100% 1873MB 339.5KB/s 1:34:11 The Portrait of a Lady.ts 100% 1759MB 588.4KB/s 51:01 Still requires burstmode off

Ralink RT5370 chip

To find chipset: lsusb -v

Devices with RT5370 chipset do not work out of the box in Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04. They work automatically in Ubuntu 12.10. 

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Tenda_W311M

 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1800178&highlight=rt5370sta

Raspberry pi firmware update

New  version (was #371)

Linux raspberrypi 3.6.11+ #464 PREEMPT Thu Jun 6 18:17:55 BST 2013 armv6l GNU/Linux

Also set

gpu-mem=128

Then trying TVheadend with XBMC
http://myatus.com/p/watching-tv-on-your-android-via-a-raspberry-pi/

XMBC PVR addiin via  http://michael.gorven.za.net/raspberrypi/xbmc#comment-636

Decoder: PCTV Systems DVB-T2 290e nanoStick HD TV Tuner

I tried to install the 290e driver on the T42 with lubuntu. Produced the error:

 CC [M]  /home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-async.o
  CC [M]  /home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.o
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c: In function 'v4l2_of_parse_csi_bus':
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c:38:4: error: implicit declaration of function 'of_prop_next_u32' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c:38:9: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c: In function 'v4l2_of_get_next_endpoint':
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c:172:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'of_get_child_by_name' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c:172:8: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c: In function 'v4l2_of_get_remote_port_parent':
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c:237:2: warning: passing argument 1 of 'of_parse_phandle' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [enabled by default]
include/linux/of.h:230:28: note: expected 'struct device_node *' but argument is of type 'const struct device_node *'
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c: In function 'v4l2_of_get_remote_port':
/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.c:261:2: warning: passing argument 1 of 'of_parse_phandle' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [enabled by default]
include/linux/of.h:230:28: note: expected 'struct device_node *' but argument is of type 'const struct device_node *'
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[3]: *** [/home/andy/media_build/v4l/v4l2-of.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/andy/media_build/v4l] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-48-generic'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andy/media_build/v4l'
make: *** [all] Error 2
build failed at ./build line 452.

This suggests  http://pastebin.com/48W5Da20 that  Building a vanilla kernel 
is the way to go, but that looks to much for now.

Android Star s5: installing debian and java

Following my adventures with the Raspberry Pi, I decided it was time for a new phone. I went for:

Star One S5 5.0 inch (1280*720) HD capacitive 720P screen Android 4.2 OS 3G Smart Phone MTK6589 1.2GHz Quad Core 1G RAM 8G ROM 12MP back camera.

Looking good so far:

• Flashed and rooted with  http://www.needrom.com/mobile/star-s5-9/
• Installed debian with Linux deploy
• Java with Linux ARM v6/v7 Soft Float ABI jdk-7u21-linux-arm-sfp.tar.gz

 Here is the result running BaseX via vnc:

photos to velvet

 Updates pics

Number of files: 15306
Number of files transferred: 14379
Total file size: 29500109603 bytes
Total transferred file size: 29500109603 bytes
Literal data: 29500109603 bytes
Matched data: 0 bytes
File list size: 296644
File list generation time: 0.001 seconds
File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
Total bytes sent: 276934
Total bytes received: 29510922538

sent 276934 bytes  received 29510922538 bytes  1088110.89 bytes/sec
total size is 29500109603  speedup is 1.00

Raspberry Pi

Installed on my new Raspberry PI, model B:

Java

https://blogs.oracle.com/hinkmond/entry/quickie_guide_getting_hard_float
BaseX runs fine..

Node

https://github.com/DonaldDerek/rPi-cheat-sheet

XBMC

http://michael.gorven.za.net/raspberrypi/xbmc

tightVNC

http://gettingstartedwithraspberrypi.tumblr.com/post/24142374137/setting-up-a-vnc-server

On pi  run
tightvncserver
On ubuntu
sudo xtightvncviewer 192.168.1.7:1

cloud9

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/3348/how-do-i-install-libxml-on-raspbian

Related

An interesting alternative to the pi is the quad core ODROID board  http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/main.php