STICKY: X86 Debian Jessie with PIXEL desktop for PC and Mac (obsolete)

[B.Goode]

You know those posts that crop up from time to time that ask "Can I run Raspbian on my PC?"

Well you still can't.

But this might come close enough for a lot of people: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/pixel-pc-mac/

[mahjongg]

changed to sticky for now...

changed back to normal post on November 4 2020

[Nathalia21]

Raspberry has pins. How i can connect sensors to my Mac if i run it in my Mac?

[B.Goode]

Raspberry has pins. How i can connect sensors to my Mac if i run it in my Mac?

Literally, you can't. But you can control the gpio pins on a 'remote' RPi from a script on your Mac, like this: https://mobile.twitter.com/ben_nuttall/ ... 1449791488

Links to: https://gist.github.com/bennuttall/5727 ... da1bdc813e

[DougieLawson]

Raspberry has pins. How i can connect sensors to my Mac if i run it in my Mac?

Run pigpiod on your Raspberry, run a pigpio (client) on your remote system. Joan added networking to that wonderful GPIO pin control system she's built.

[jamesh]

Raspberry has pins. How i can connect sensors to my Mac if i run it in my Mac?

Apart from the suggestions above, you don't. Use the Raspberry if you want GPIO.

[mikerr]

Booted straight up on my mid 2009 Mac Book Pro

- had to toggle wifi off/on in the top bar to get it to scan though
(I've had the same happen on a pi3, so might be a pixel issue)

Raspberry has pins. How i can connect sensors to my Mac if i run it in my Mac?

Ryanteck has rtk.gpio board available shortly to use Pi HATS etc on a PC / MAC
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ry ... escription

[bensimmo]

That just means my MagPi is late and I've still not got my Zero for the renewed subscription.
Time to complain well a quick query email
Edit/They do respond quickly.

Plus I don't have DVD players in my computers.
Will have to do it the old fashioned way of sticking it on a pendrive

[spl23]

- had to toggle wifi off/on in the top bar to get it to scan though
(I've had the same happen on a pi3, so might be a pixel issue)

It only scans very intermittently if the wifi menu is closed - if you open the wifi menu, the frequency of scans significantly increases. Try just leaving the wi-fi menu open for 30 seconds or so.

[r3d4]

Raspberry has pins. How i can connect sensors to my Mac if i run it in my Mac?

Literally, you can't. But you can control the gpio pins on a 'remote' RPi from a script on your Mac, like....

speculatively,.. with a pi-zero and some kind of otg mode module/driver ?

[fruitoftheloom]

Raspberry has pins. How i can connect sensors to my Mac if i run it in my Mac?

Literally, you can't. But you can control the gpio pins on a 'remote' RPi from a script on your Mac, like....

speculatively,.. with a pi-zero and some kind of otg mode module/driver ?

Yep RPi 0 Gadget Mode: http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=791

[Pithagoros]

Deleted, just noticed info already posted.

[DougieLawson]

If you want to control GPIO pins from a desktop PC then you need something like this: ...

pigpiod (already installed)
pigpio (already installed)

http://abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/python.html
http://abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/sif.html

[r3d4]

Yep RPi 0 Gadget Mode: http://blog.gbaman.info/?p=791

Strangely the appears to be the cheaper option !

If you want to control GPIO pins from a desktop PC then you need something like this: ...

pigpiod (already installed)
pigpio (already installed)

http://abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/python.html
http://abyz.co.uk/rpi/pigpio/sif.html

&
https://github.com/RPi-Distro/python-gpiozero - "A simple interface to GPIO devices with Raspberry Pi"

install GPIO Zero on a PC and create objects referencing GPIO pins on a Pi over the network.

[scruss]

Raspberry has pins. How i can connect sensors to my Mac if i run it in my Mac?

… or use any of the more traditional options like Arduino+Firmata, Flyfish FF32, ESP8266/ESP 32 over wifi, etc …

[fruitoftheloom]

https://liliputing.com/2016/12/raspberr ... 6-pcs.html

[DougieLawson]

I got this to boot in a Oracle VirtualBox first go, straight from the ISO. Couldn't get a USB stick created with Etcher to boot on my lappy, so I'm trying UUI to see if that one will work. If that doesn't work I'll try dd'ing the ISO to my USB stick on a real Raspberry.

https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal ... -as-1-2-3/

[rubikwizard]

I have an 8 year old PC with a Gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard, Intel Q6600 processor, NVIDIA GT640 graphics and 4GB RAM.

It boots to Pixel from USB okay, however there is no menu bar at the top (it flickers briefly when starting up, but then disappears). The rest of the desktop is fine e.g. right-click/preferences etc. I can change the menu position from top to bottom but makes no difference.

[ShiftPlusOne]

I have an 8 year old PC with a Gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard, Intel Q6600 processor, NVIDIA GT640 graphics and 4GB RAM.

It boots to Pixel from USB okay, however there is no menu bar at the top (it flickers briefly when starting up, but then disappears). The rest of the desktop is fine e.g. right-click/preferences etc. I can change the menu position from top to bottom but makes no difference.

Try removing the volumealsa plugin from the panel and restarting the panel.

[rubikwizard]

Try removing the volumealsa plugin from the panel and restarting the panel.

Thanks. How would I do that?

[ccpetersen]

Alas no luck on an iMac. No boot option. Would running rEFInd help?

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4

[spl23]

Try removing the volumealsa plugin from the panel and restarting the panel.

Thanks. How would I do that?

Open a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T)

Launch Geany to open the lxpanel configuration file - geany ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel

Find the section which looks like

Code: Select all

Plugin {
  type=volumealsa
  Config {
  }
}

Delete it

Save and restart

[spl23]

Alas no luck on an iMac. No boot option. Would running rEFInd help?

It certainly won't hurt - worth a try. Please let us know if it does make a difference!

[mikerr]

I am using rEfind on my 2009 MBP, and pixel ran OK (usb).
Not sure if it's required for USB boot but it's definitely required for me to boot off an SD card - that's why I use it

It stays at a black screen with blinking cursor at top left for 10-15 seconds on boot though (at first I thought it had failed there but it does continue)

[edit] imaged an SD card and that works fine in the MBP too (still with boot delay - but ok)

[rubikwizard]

Try removing the volumealsa plugin from the panel and restarting the panel.

Thanks. How would I do that?

Open a terminal (Ctrl-Alt-T)

Launch Geany to open the lxpanel configuration file - geany ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel

Find the section which looks like

Code: Select all

Plugin {
  type=volumealsa
  Config {
  }
}

Delete it

Save and restart

Thank you. All sorted and working now, although I have no sound. Really fast and smooth! Would be great to see a HDD install-able version.