Sweet computer stuff I have found
Here is a quick instruction set on how to setup a Raspberry Pi Full Desktop Image with a basic configuration completed so a fresh build can be put on an SD card from an image so you wont have to start from scratch for each new project/rebuild.
For instructions on creating a base image for Raspbian Light, see the following link – Raspbian Lite Base Image
You don’t need to complete every one of the options below, just the ones that suit you.
**work in progress**
The information below will help you to setup a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian OS that will play a slideshow/PowerPoint presentation using a PPT/PPTX or ODP file.
The system will be setup to automatically login to a desktop, load Libre Office Impress (PowerPoint alternative) and run a slide show presentation with custom slide show settings defined.
Please note, MS Powerpoint slideshows might not display 100% correctly in Libre, you can save from MS PP to an open format or to ensure an output as expected, just grab Libre office for PC or Mac, it is Free after all!!
Instead of using a costly full blown MS Windows desktop PC we can use a Raspberry Pi that not only costs hundreds of pounds less to buy but also consumes a minor percentage of power that a full desktop uses as well as being small enough to attach to the rear of the display device.
Below are instructions on how to configure a wifi adapter on the Raspberry Pi.
O/S – Raspbian Jessie Lite
By default, Cron is disabled meaning anything entered into ‘crontab’ wont be run.
To enable this function, follow the steps below:
Once logged into the Pi use the below command to open up the ‘rsyslog.conf’ file in the Nano editor
cd/etc sudo nano rsyslog.conf
Once the rsyslog is loaded into nano, navigate to the below section and un-comment the ‘cron’ option
# # First some standard log files. Log by facility. # auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog cron.* /var/log/cron.log daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log kern.* -/var/log/kern.log lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log mail.* -/var/log/mail.log user.* -/var/log/user.log
Save the document by pressing CTRL + O and then CTRL+X close the editor.
Reboot the Raspberry Pi:
sudo reboot
If you didn’t know, the Raspberry Pi doesn’t hold the time very well, this is because there is no on board Real Time Clock.
To keep the devices time accurate we need to add a module that holds the time whenever the RPi has no power running to it and then updates the RPi with the time saved on the battery powered module when the full power is restored and the system starts running again.
