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Can the Pi 3's internal Wi-Fi chip act as an Access Point?
From what I can find, the internal Wi-Fi chip on the pi 3 is a custom
Broadcom BCM43438.
Is it capable of operating in AP mode?

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How to run spotify on Raspberry Pi
I have tried to install spotimc in XBian but it did'nt work.
How can I play spotify in XBMC?
/Cheers

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How can I turn the lights off on my pi?
I'd like to build a small internet radio out of my pi, but I'd like to use it at night, when the flashing LEDs would be disturbing. Is there any way to disable them?

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Raspberry 3 - Boot From USB - but how?
Apparently the Raspberry Pi 3 can boot from things other than the SD Card, including USB flash drives. I got my Pi 3 today (hurray!) and burnt the latest Raspbian to both an SD card and a USB flash drive.
The Pi boots from the SD Card no worries (of…

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Is Ubuntu Snappy compatible with Raspberry Pi 3
I have the new Raspberry Pi 3 and trying to run Snappy on it. I know that there is a 100% compatibility between 2 and 3 but Sanppy fails to boot on 3 (rainbow screen no IO light flashing).
Has anyone tried running Snappy on 3?

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Windows 10 IoT / Raspberry Pi 3
Does anyone have any links to information on the planned support / roadmap for Windows 10 IoT on Raspberry Pi3?
In particular;
64 bit support
Wifi / Blue tooth drivers

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Need a way to pull MAC Addresses from my Router for a "Who's Home" project
This kind of project has been done with Bluetooth before but the 30 foot range and extra battery consumption make me want to just ping the router instead of people's phones. I know that routers keep track of unique MAC address's for each device. I…

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How to install node.js with GPIO
I am trying to install node.js on my Raspberry Pi as well as GPIO.
I am running a brand new install of Debian Jessie
I could get nodejs v.0.10.29 installed. No matter what I do, this is pretty much the most recent package I have been able to install…

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Initial setup without a monitor or keyboard
A similar question has been asked before: How to set up Raspberry Pi without a monitor?
However, given that the accepted answer doesn't appear to offer an appropriate solution, and given that there's a level of ambiguity in what was being asked, I'm…

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How to connect a graphic card to Raspberry pi?
I want a way to connect a graphic card like nvidia or amd to raspberry pi do you think has a way to do that?

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Can I get elementary os freya on my raspberry pi 2 model B?
I recently purchase a new Raspberry Pi 2 model B. I really liked the look of the elementary os freya, when I tried it in a vm. So, I wondered if I could install it onto my new Raspberry Pi.

Martin
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How do I configure wpa_supplicant with default iPhone SSID?
Newer iPhones will broadcast an SSID in hotspot mode as such:
My Name\342\\\200\\\231\\s iPhone
I observed this SSID in the GUI.
When I grab the SSID via the command line:
$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan | grep ESSID
> My Name\xE52\x80\x99s iPhone
In the…

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Log output of background or boot script
I have a short script which is executed by a system daemon for particular events. I know the event is occurring and the script is executing, but it does not do what I intend. Strangely, it does when I run it manually, so I am very confused.
How…

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Make permanent change in the routing table
I have a Raspberry PI 2 model B with Raspbian version Jessie and I'm trying to bring the internet from my PC to the Raspberry. I have 2 network interfaces between them, one is over Ethernet and the other one is over Wifi. I have configured the…

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Make iw work on Raspbian
I tried to scan for available wifi networks in my area, but sudo iw wlan0 scan gives me command failed: No such device (-19). Since I have no detailed knowledge about the iw command, I also tried sudo iw phy wlan0 scan, which gave me command failed:…

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