[raspberry-vi] Re: Happy Birthday Raspberry VI
- From: Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:44:44 +0000
Hi. Only just got around to replying to this thread. Happy birthday to the
project and a huge slap on the back mike for making the project possible in the
first place.
Mo.
Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hello Patrick and welcome to the list.
>
>There is an issue with the Accessible Arch image with Pi boards which
>have Hynix RAM chips instead of the Samsung ones.
>
>I think these are manufactured by Radiospares. And yes they fail to
>boot. One of our other members has had some success replacing the boot
>
>sector files with those from a newer image.
>
>I have a Hynix board here so I can test this myself and maybe we can
>put
>up an image which will boot. Do you have somebody sighted who can
>confirm whether or not the RAM chip is a Hynix device? I believe this
>is the chip on the upper side of the board mounted directly over the
>SoC.
>
>Mike
>
>On 31/12/2013 03:45, Patrick Smyth wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Patrick, a partially-sighted
>English
>> teacher from New York City. I also moonlight as a technology
>consultant,
>> and I've enjoyed messing around with the Pi so far. Haven't managed
>to get
>> your image to boot, but I've enjoyed reading your site and have
>learned a
>> great deal already.
>>
>> Looking forward to seeing what you guys cook up in the new year.
>Perhaps
>> I'll put my two cents in once I have a little more experience under
>my belt.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Patrick
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds like a lot Rill.
>>>
>>> In 2014 I hope we can:
>>>
>>> 1. Fix the latency issues which cause tts to stutter and cause a
>kernel
>>> oops. Hopefully in both Arch Linux and other distros too.
>>>
>>> This might be either by getting espeak to work with pulse audio, or
>by
>>> using some other method. Possibly even by writing a new connector
>which
>>> will connect SpeakUp to espeak and a new sound server for Emacspeak.
>>>
>>> If I can get this to work I will then again start work on getting
>some
>>> kind of lightweight graphical desktop working on the Pi.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 31/12/2013 00:43, Rill wrote:
>>>> One of my 2014 resolutions is to again push the boundaries of my
>emacs
>>>> knowledge and my use of the pi. My blog needs a great deal of love
>and
>>>> my hoped-for booklet on my experience of using the pi needs to be
>done.
>>>> How many items is that?
>>>> Rill
>>>> On 12/30/2013 6:40 PM, Mike Ray wrote:
>>>>> Hello Rill,
>>>>>
>>>>> The year has gone by very fast. I think our greatest victory to
>date
>>>>> has been Emacspeak, and thanks to Jason for first getting that to
>run on
>>>>> Arch Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> I say that Emacspeak is the greatest victory for us because it is
>so
>>>>> much more than just a screen-reader. And your use of it
>demonstrates
>>>>> that admirably.
>>>>>
>>>>> In 2014 we can hopefully get audio latency issues fixed, perhaps
>to such
>>>>> a degree that text-to-speech can work on other Linux distributions
>and
>>>>> we can take kernel and firmware updates off the Arch Linux
>black-list
>>>>> and create a totally up to date version.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>> On 31/12/2013 00:33, Rill wrote:
>>>>>> Only a year and so much has been accomplished!
>>>>>> Rill
>>>>>> On 12/30/2013 6:30 PM, Mike Ray wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello list,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It was a year ago today (31st December) that I created this list
>>> while I
>>>>>>> waited for my first Raspberry Pi to drop through the letter box.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The list was created because while I was waiting to get my mits
>on the
>>>>>>> little board I could not find answers to some of the questions I
>had
>>>>>>> which were relevant to me as a blind user. Questions like 'is
>there
>>> an
>>>>>>> SSH server running out-of-the-box' and 'what are all these
>sockets and
>>>>>>> spikey pins'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A year on my knowledge of Linux has increased by an order of
>magnitude
>>>>>>> and several of us have had some fun trying to get some
>accessibility
>>>>>>> tools running on the Pi.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have the Accessible Arch Linux image on the web site. This
>has the
>>>>>>> SpeakUp screen-reader and Emacspeak running on it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unfortunately their continues to be problems with firmware
>changes and
>>>>>>> latency issues meaning we have had to black-list kernel updates,
>and
>>> the
>>>>>>> Accessible Arch image will currently not boot on a Pi board with
>a
>>> Hynix
>>>>>>> RAM chip.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But I'm working on fixing that, if I can.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have several new joiners since Christmas day so I guess Santa
>may
>>>>>>> have been carrying a few Raspberry Pi boards on his sleigh.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The list is very quiet. This means either that nobody is doing
>>> anything
>>>>>>> with their Pi, or they are not sharing what they are doing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So come on, what are you all up to?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>> --
>>> Michael A. Ray
>>> Analyst/Programmer
>>> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
>>>
>>> I KEEP six honest serving-men, They taught me all I know. Their
>names are
>>> What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.
>>> -- Rudyard Kipling (paraphrased)
>>>
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>Michael A. Ray
>Analyst/Programmer
>Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
>
>I KEEP six honest serving-men, They taught me all I know. Their names
>are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.
>-- Rudyard Kipling (paraphrased)
>
>Interested in accessibility on the Raspberry Pi?
>Visit: http://www.raspberryvi.org/
>
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>hackers
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