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What is the best OS for XBMC on Raspberry Pi?

I want to install XBMC on my Raspberry Pi, but I do not know what OS to choose. There are three: OpenELEC Raspbmc XBian What is the most efficient of the three? Which allows you to continue to use the Raspberry Pi as a classic Linux system?
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How does the RF/FM GPIO transmitter hack work?

A while ago, a few guys figured out that they could transmit FM signals using the Raspberry Pi's GPIO ports, and another person realized that he could use the RasPi for controlling his home automation…
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How can I troubleshoot kernel panics?

My Raspberry Pi 3 has been working stably for a year now as a headless server. In the last month, it's started crashing frequently (every two days). I can attach a monitor and see that there has been a kernel panic. However, I'm not sure how to…
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Calculating resistor value for transistor

I'm creating a circuit with an infrared led and a transistor connected to a gpio pin. I'm currently using 5v with a 40 ohm resistor (four 10 ohm resistors chained) but I'm not sure what resistor to put on the transistor. The only transistor I have…
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Running Selenium & Firefox & geckodriver on Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

I'm trying to run Selenium on my Raspberry Pi 2 Model B but I'm having trouble finding a compatible combination of versions of Selenium, Firefox, and geckodriver. (I've already run sudo apt-get update, upgrade and dist-upgrade.) Using "old"…
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how to run netflix on a raspberry pi 3?

I have a legitimate subscription to Netflix, but even though I can login, I can't watch any content other than previews. If I try I get the message Error Code M7701-1003 when I try to watch anything. Does anyone have a good solution to this? I have…
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QtMultimedia on RaspBerry Pi

I've been trying to get QtMultimedia working on Raspberry Pi for a few weeks now, cross-compiling using the BakeQtPi script, yet the QtMultimedia plugin never seems to find an appropriate service to output video through a MediaPlayer element, which…
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How to start Xorg while showing splashscreen?

I'm creating a simple device with a Raspberry Pi and a touchscreen display connected to it. On boot, I want to show a loading image (a simple gif or jpg) while X is starting. Then a chromium-browser instance will be started in kiosk mode showing my…
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Raspberry Pi 3 Freezes

My Raspberry Pi 3 Model B freezes randomly. This as been going on since I got it, about 4 months ago. It sometimes freezes on reboot causing reboot loops. It freezes on Chromium when all that's open is 1 Chromium tab. The CPU has 100% usage, when…
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Switch out the X1 Oscillator on a RPI 2/3

Just like a lot of people I'm using a RPi as a NTP server (more info about the basic setup here: https://framkant.org/2017/03/stratum-1-ntp-server-with-freebsd-on-raspberry-pi/) I have found that the stability is really bad and it's especially…
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Remote Desktop With xrdp

I have installed xrdp on my Raspberry Pi (which is connected to my TV) and a program called CoRD on my Mac that lets me connect to the RPi remotely and I am able to see the RPi desktop without any issue. However, the TV screen doesn't show what I am…
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Waterproof solar battery enclosure for my Pi?

There are numerous topics out there about powering Raspis from batteries or from solar or just making a waterproof enclosure... But I'm a programmer, not an electrician. I would end up plugging the flux capacitor into the manifold, blowing up the…
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Raspberry Pi Custom SSH/Normal Login Message

I am currently using Raspbian Stretch Lite and would like to know how, if possible, I could make custom login messages. e.g Currently, I get this: Linux RPi 4.9.41-v7+ #1023 SMP Tue Aug 8 16:00:15 BST 2017 armv7l The programs included with the…
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'ifdown wlan0' returns 'interface wlan0 not configured' but 'ifconfig wlan0' shows the connection

I'm having a strange problem on a RPi 2 Model B. I just reformatted the sd card with the newest version of Raspbian and done all the sudo get update/upgrade stuff. I've plugged in an ethernet connection and a wifi-dongle. They both are operational.…
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What is the purpose of SCLK pin of SPI protocol?

I read about SPI(Serial Peripheral Interface) protocol and try to understand their pin functionalities. Where i read about SCLK pin, which is provide serial clock to synchronize the master and slave communication. So, I have a query regarding to…
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