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How to install Real Time Clock (RTC) on Raspbian?

I have: Raspberry Pi with 2015-05-05-raspbian-wheezy ds1307 attached (it's an Adafruit board, pullup resistors not installed). How do I: configure drivers make sure the Pi actually uses the RTC time on startup? I've actually done the first…
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Is there an I2C Library

Is there a simple library to talk to I2C for C++? I have found some stuff for python and Java, but I wanted C++. I was hoping someone has ported the Arduino Wire library so I could use code I have already written for the Arduino.
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Run Windows 10 IoT app at startup?

I have a .NET universal application which I deployed to Raspberry Pi 2. It runs when I select "Debug" in Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition. But whenever Raspberry shuts down, I need to start the app again. How can I make my app run at startup…
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Is Raspbian big-endian or little endian

I'm getting a crashing bug in an X-Windows XCreateImage call. I could be wrong but it appears that Raspbian is running the pi 2 in big-endian mode. Can someone confirm/deny this suspicion?
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Windows 10 WiFi Adapters

I have two Raspberry Pis RP B+ running Raspbian RP 2 running Windows 10 IoT Core I have a Vilros USB WiFi adapter (details here) that works in Raspbian but not in Windows 10 IoT Core. In Raspbian the adpater has a blue light when connected. I do…
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How can I deactivate the login password on my Raspberry Pi?

I would to know how I can deactivate the login password on my Raspberry Pi? I need to login automatically after entering the following command on terminal: ssh pi@ i.e., it should not ask for password to login.
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Errors with espeak

I am getting an error using espeak. Audio comes out the head phone jack, but all of this stuff get written to the command line. I installed espeak and alsa-utils. Any idea how to fix these errors? [kevin@raspberrypi ~]$ sudo espeak "hello" [sudo]…
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"shutdown now" or "shutdown -h now" to power off Raspberry Pi?

I'm new to Linux (using Raspbian) and Raspberry Pi, and I'm wondering which of the two commands mentioned in the title that I should use when powering off my Pi. I googled them but still don't really get the difference between the two, does it…
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What cases are available?

What cases are currently available for the Raspberry Pi?
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Raspberry Pi and read/write on NTFS with Raspbian 5/5/2015

I haven't stumbled across many recent articles or websites explaining how to get Raspberry Pi with Raspbian 5/5/2015 (and presumably later) working with an NTFS volume/drive. What is the default behavior of Raspbian? What packages do you need? Are…
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How can I install PHP 5.6 (instead of 5.4)?

I'm actually stuck with a little problem. I want to use Laravel on my pi but it requires at least PHP 5.5.9. But actually, the latest version of PHP that I am able to install (via the official repository) is the 5.4 How can I upgrade to 5.6 (or…
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Windows 10 IoT on RPi2 as a small HTTP / REST Web API Server

Currently Windows 10 Core for IoT is in Preview, and there is available to use Visual Studio 2015 RC with new Windows Universal project and develop some apps. However, I am interested in making my own ASP.NET WebAPI (REST / JSON) on Raspberry Pi 2…
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Is it possible to communicate with I²C devices via the GPIO?

Is it possible to communicate with I²C devices via the GPIOs? Also, are there any existing drivers or libraries that make this possible from Python?
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Trying to turn off X11 in Jessie

I am running Debian Jessie which uses SystemD. I have so far been unable to find a way to stop X11 from starting on bootup. The raspi-config setting apparently does not do anything. Can anyone help?
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How can I add another Operating System onto NOOBS?

When NOOBS is booted up, there is a choice of a variety of Operating Systems. Is it possible for me to add another Operating System onto this list (for example MinePeon)? If so, how do I do it? Additional Notes: I am using a Raspberry Pi B with…
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