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Visual/audio status/activity indicators
What, if any, indicators of system status or activity are available on the Pi?
Audio - I'm talking about a beep when it's turned off, or a series of beeps indicating POST information, etc.
Video - Does it have a power on LED? What about a disk…

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No option to enable a camera in "sudo raspi-config"
I would like to enable my camera in my Raspberry.
But when I go to sudo raspi-config, I don't have an option to enable/disable my camera.
I've already tried to upgrade and reboot my Pi, but it doesn't seem to work.
Anyone who could help me out?

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Pi camera v2 - fast, full sensor capture mode with downsampling
I've a Pi camera v2 which I'm planning to use with an RPi3 for a computer vision project.
I need to capture full sensor images from the camera - no cropping. The resolution actually used by the software is very low, around 120 x 90 or so (plus or…

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Is the pi-zero capable enough to play video?
The project would be a turnkey video player: plug it in to the hdmi display and power, and it plays a prepared video list in a loop. No user controls or anything; brute stupid to use in the field.
Is the pi-zero fast enough and/or its GPU capble…

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Is it safe to run Raspberry Pi in its antistatic bag?
I'm wondering if it is safe to run a Raspberry Pi in its antistatic bag for a short while or some long time?
Also what about heat? Is it possible for Pi to melt the antistatic bag its shipped in?

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Does Raspbian come with Perl?
I got a Pi a while ago and I'm wondering if Raspbian comes with Perl? If so, what version?
user6531
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How Can I Emulate An x86 CPU on a Raspberry Pi with Qemu?
NOTE: I am aware that this question has been asked before HERE, but after having followed that question step by step, troubleshooted on my own and having done plenty of research on the internet to try and find a solution, I have been unable to run…

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I can not get my WiFi connection to work
I've bought a nano wifi adapter at modmypi.com (this one).
It works, I checked it in a raspbmc configuration (I used raspbmc to configure it there).
Now I'm back at my wheezy distro, and I can't get it to work.
When I do a ifconfig it's there (see…

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Connecting the Pi3 automatically to Wifi
My new Raspberry Pi 3 is great, but I am facing one difficulty: my router is in the lounge (one floor down), and my laptop has no Ethernet port. Since I am using SSH to control the Pi, I always have to connect it to the router via an Ethernet cable.…

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LIRC won't transmit (irsend: hardware does not support sending)
I’m trying to control an IR HVAC unit in my house with a Raspberry Pi 2 and an infrared shield (see here: http://bit.ly/29iC0lr).
I followed the instructions on the IR shield product page with tips from a few other places and receiving signals from…

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What happened to Raspberry Pi 2- and 3- Model A?
I've been reading the FAQ section of the Raspberry Pi official site
and I've noticed there was a list of all the devices ever made, which are (as of June 2016):
Raspberry Pi Model A
Raspberry Pi Model B
Raspberry Pi Model A+
Raspberry Pi…

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Ad Hoc setup in RPi 3
How to configure RPi 3 ad-hoc mode?
I can't configure my RPi 3, i have seen tutorials but everything is about RPi 2 and the wireless usb but the RPi 3 has that module integrated, so i can't continue with my project, i'm trying to do it from the…

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How to prevent autologin of GUI?
I have found this thread on how to switch boot default behaviour on Raspbian Jessie from boot to command-line to boot to GUI and back.
Booting to command-line:
sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
Booting to GUI:
sudo systemctl set-default…

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Raspberry Pi won't update time
I bought a Raspberry Pi 3 approximately two months ago, and since then time has never updated. Details:
The operating system is a fresh installation of Raspbian Jessie (4.1.19-v7+).
The Internet connection is via native Wi-Fi and no other problem…

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Whats the difference between NOOBS and Berryboot?
Whats the difference between NOOBS and Berryboot? Why would you use one vs the other?

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