Raspberry Pi

setup

to get back into this later: sudo raspi-config

initial settings

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setup wireless networking

• sudo nano \etc\network\interfaces

connect

• see assigned IP address during Pi boot
• using Putty
• ssh pi@192.168.2.X

run updates

• sudo apt-get update

setup VNC[1]

setup

• sudo apt-get install tightvncserver
• tightvncserver
• reboot

start

manually: vncserver :1 -geometry 1024x720 -depth 24

automatically (see [2] and [3]): 

• cd /home/pi
• cd .config
• mkdir autostart
• cd autostart
• nano tightvnc.desktop

   [Desktop Entry]
   Type=Application
   Name=TightVNC
   Exec=vncserver :1
   StartupNotify=false

• close and save (ctrl-X...)

Connecting from PC

• install TightVNC [4]
• connect to 192.168.0.1**:1

other links

• onscreen keyboard - http://ananddrs.com/2013/09/25/rpi-onscreen-keyboard/
• Adafruit's Raspberry Pi lessons - https://www.google.ca/search?q=adafruit%27s+raspberry+pi+lesson&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gfe_rd=cr&ei=R0LAUv-FLKqC8QfO9YDgDA