New Raspberry Pi

Prepare Disk & Install Raspbian

The following guide helps you to install an empty SD card: https://www.andrewmunsell.com/blog/getting-started-raspberry-pi-install-raspbian

The system is tested on the following operating system:

• RASPBIAN (version: September 2014, release date: 2014-09-09, kernel version: 3.12).

Note: From the official website the "download torrent" was significantly faster then the "download zip".

[Hint!]: While the dd command is running, there’s no visible progress bar. Hit ctrl+t, it prints the number of transferred bits.

###Configure the system On first run a configuration window should appear, log in with the following credentials:

• user: pi
• password: raspberry

Then you can type to the terminal

sudo raspi-config

The following configurations should be executed:

1. Expand Filesystem (to use all of the 8 GB memory) (Raspbian image file is as tiny as it can be in order to make the download faster. It’s not possible to work on such a tiny disk, so we need to expand it. With this command it can be done easily)
2. Enable Boot Desktop / Desktop Log in as User ‘pi’ (optional, when needed) (as it will be necessary to reboot the computer a couple of times, and setting up the Wifi is quite painful from terminal, we recommend this)
3. Overclock: Try to set to the highest setting. If it fails booting, press the shift key, and choose a lower setting. You can read about it here
4. Advanced Options / A3. Memory Split delete 64 and set it to 16 (This will make the build much faster.) Select Finish, hit enter, and reboot the system.

###Set up Wifi Note: If you connect with Ethernet cable, you can skip this

If in the previous section the enable boot desktop was selected, after the reboot the system should automatically log into the graphical interface. Select the “WiFi Config” icon on the desktop. Select scan, and add the new network, type password in the PSK field if needed.

Another way to setup the WiFi is from the command line: http://www.howtogeek.com/167425/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-your-raspberry-pi-via-the-command-line/

###Update Firmware If the Pi is online, open a terminal window and run

sudo rpi-update

and when it is finished type to restart and apply changes

sudo reboot

Not updating the firmware may lead to error, we recommend to do this step.

###Prevent Pi from Powersave Mode Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and use the following xserver-command:

[SeatDefaults]
xserver-command=X -s 0 -dpms