Raspberry PI updates

• Linux raspberrypi 3.12.18+ #677
• HTS Tvheadend 3.9.570~g5fbe7a7

This fixes  https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/issues/38

Also PI now  overclocked to 900 in config.txt

Updating the Pipo M9

I tried Pipo-M9-Pro-RileyROM-2-7-KitKat 2.7.2 on my Pipo M9. It looks good and is much faster than the Finless Jellybean ROM, but it has a battery problem and more importantly Linuxdeploy fails with permissioning errors. This is a KitKat issue I believe. Other minor issues:
Screen rotation:

It's a problem with occurs mostly when using the stock launcher. If you use another like Nova or Apex, then the problem don't exist.

GPS:

I do sync time with NTPSync before trying the first time, maybe that's the trick.

So back to JellyBean, not with the Finless ROM this time but Pipo-M9-Pro-RileyROM-2-7-Jellybean. Fast and clean, the only gripe is the slow boot time.

A review: http://www.topchinatablets.com/pipo-m9pro-review/

Java and BaseX

• http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/how-to-install-oracle-java-8-in-debian.html
•  apt-get install basex. installs 7.3.1 sadly

Random Android tips

• BetterBatteryStats
• battery lib broken link
• Cpuspy

Java on the Raspberry Pi

Since update 40 Oracle's Java 7  JDK supports ARM HF, so I believe offers no great performance advantage over Java 8. My Java 8 seems to have been wiped out, probably by the Wolfram install.

pi@raspberrypi /etc/alternatives $ java -version
java version "1.7.0_40"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_40-b43)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 24.0-b56, mixed mode)
pi@raspberrypi /etc/alternatives $ sudo update-alternatives --config java
There is only one alternative in link group java (providing /usr/bin/java): /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-7-oracle-armhf/jre/bin/java
Nothing to configure.
Update from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

Notes on making readynas the primary media store

Using Picasa from a network share:

https://sites.google.com/site/picasastartersite/users-guide/network-installation-tips

pictures

size: 30gb,16000 files

music

size: 69Gb, 13000 files

ReadDLNA

Readynas1 and velvet have 1.1.0

https://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=27946 2014/01/16 [1.1.1.2]

Recordings from pi

 Black Narcissus.ts
  5392715328 100%  320.20kB/s    4:34:07 (xfer#2, to-check=28/31)
Cannes Film Festival 2013 Special.ts
   147667984 100%  277.80kB/s    0:08:39 (xfer#3, to-check=27/31)
Citizen Kane.ts
  2810796272 100%  254.46kB/s    2:59:47 (xfer#4, to-check=26/31)
Glastonbury 2013.ts
  6000793056 100%  172.07kB/s    9:27:36 (xfer#5, to-check=25/31)

A very rough guide to running BaseX on Openshift

Update: 24Apr2014 see openshift-basex-quick-start

I hope to release an Openshift quick start cartridge for BaseX soon. Until then here are some quick notes that completely ignore the right way to do this.

1. Use putty to access your gear: https://www.openshift.com/blogs/access-your-application-gear-using-ssh-with-putty

2. Install BaseX

cd app-root/data
wget http://files.basex.org/releases/BaseX-latest.zip
unzip *.zip

3. In jetty.xml change the host and port settings to use Env values

<New class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
    <Set name="port"><Env name="OPENSHIFT_DIY_PORT" default="8080" /></Set>
    <Set name="host"><Env name="OPENSHIFT_DIY_IP" default="127.0.0.1" /></Set>
    <Set name="maxIdleTime">60000</Set>
    <Set name="reuseAddress">true</Set>
    <Set name="Acceptors">2</Set>
    <!-- Support for SSL connections . <Set name="confidentialPort">8986</Set> -->
</New>

4. If the default server, (ruby?) is running kill it.

5. Start the BaseX httpserver
 #!/bin/bash

# start basex
cd ${OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR}basex
nohup bin/basexhttp -X -Dorg.basex.SERVERHOST=$OPENSHIFT_DIY_IP \
                    -X -Dorg.basex.SERVERPORT=$OPENSHIFT_DIY_PORT \
                    -p 15005 -e 15006 -s 15007 -U admin -P admin &

ARM hard float detection

 readelf -a /usr/bin/readelf | grep armhf

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=20873

Unrelated, getting these errors
 smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: unexpected urb length 0

https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/470

Updates

• HTS Tvheadend to 3.9.384~g09de3c7
• Velvet to  RAIDiator-x86 4.2.26