Quote Originally Posted by Starterman View Post
Hi Tim,

If it is any use (1) I can email you my personalised setup guide - which has my additions in blue, but is actually legible, unlike the pasted in version above. It is written from the point of view of somebody who is not particularly computer literate.

Sorry if I mislead you, the Wifi dongle is a standard one. I meant that I use it so that I can control the Pi from a browser (with no ethernet connection), not that it enables an actual remote control handset as such. This is the one:
http://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi/...ongle-nano-usb

(2) Is there an easy way to duplicate my micro SD card, in case I have another problem?

(3) Could I also clarify that I am doing the power down procedure correctly:
System Menu -> Turn-off -> Power-off
Wait until the green light has stopped flashing (in my case about 10 seconds after the USB drive has spun down) then turn off the 5V PI/DAC supply.

The reason for asking is that I cannot see any other way to power up, other than turning on the 5V supply, when following step 3:
3. CONFIGURE FOR WIFI CONNECTION
a) power off (from Menu/Turn off)
b) insert wifi dongle
c) power up (leave eth cable connected!)

Also, since going from V2.1 to V2.3 my (4)bootup time has gone from 90 seconds to 'ages'. I never managed to work out how to do step 4:
4. DISABLE ETH0 INTERFACE FOR FASTER BOOT
- WARNING: this is for an already operational WIFI setup!
a) /var/www/tcmods/r23/cmds/utility.sh edit-eth0
b) # out the eth0 lines
c) reboot

I have no idea where to look to do 4a.

Sorry for more questions!!

Cheers,
Dave
Hi Dave,

Here are answers to your questions :-)

(1) I can email you my personalised setup guide

Yes, please email me the document. I am looking for input on how to improve the admittedly sparse setup guide.

(2) Is there an easy way to duplicate my micro SD card

Not that I am aware of. I just copy the image to the card.

(3) Could I also clarify that I am doing the power down procedure correctly:

The procedure is correct. The Raspberry Pi LED will flash 10 times during shutdown. Then disconnect power.

(4)bootup time has gone from 90 seconds to 'ages'

This is odd. My Pi's boot up < 1min, usually 30 secs even without the fast boot patch.

Here is how to do 4a. It must be done from a terminal session to Moode. Use the PuTTY app if you are on Windows, otherwise for Mac or Linux just open a terminal and ssh in.

Linux/Mac
ssh root@moode (pwd = moode)

Windows
PuTTY, host name = moode, connection type = ssh, then press OPEN button, a terminal window will open and password prompt will appear (pwd = moode)

Once the Moode command prompt appears in the terminal window, enter the command string in step (1) below. If you are using Moode 2.4 test release then replace r23 with r24

(1) /var/www/tcmods/r23/cmds/utility.sh edit-eth0

This opens the network interface config file in the nano editor

==================
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-power off
wpa-ssid <YOUR-SSID-NAME>
wpa-psk <YOUR-WIFI-PASSWORD>

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
==================

(2) Put comment char (#) in front of last two lines as follows:

#auto eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

(3) Save the file by entering the keystrokes below. <return> is the return or enter key

Ctrl-x
y
<return>

(4) reboot

Regards,
Tim