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Re: [LUG] HDMI to DVI cable and code needed for Raspbery Pi.

 

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013, tom wrote:

On 26/01/13 13:30, Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jan 2013, JOHN DAVEY wrote:

Hi all , I have a Raspbery Pi which my wife doesn't want me to plug into the TV for obvious reasons...she can't watch the TV. I googled the problem, got the apropriate HDMI toDVI lead but paarently there's something else I need to do. THere is some code I need to change. I found the solution on the Raspbery site but I can't re-find it so I thought 'd ask here. Which bit of which dev/etc (or whatever) do I need to change....does anybody know.
Thanks JOn DAvey.

No code. Just an adapter unit. Buy them from your local TV shoppie for £20, Tesco for a tenner, or off amazon for under a fiver.

e.g.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Male-HDMI-Female-Converter-Adapter/dp/B003VR8OZW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1359206912&sr=8-3 Or just don't bother and ssh into your Pi from your Linux PC and run simple aplications using ssh -X, or if you want a full desktop, then vncserver.

As a matter of interest - what sort of things don't work using ssh -X

Anything using the GPU.

It's only pure X programs that will work.

However - it's slow, as encryption on the Pi is relatively slow (compared to what we're used to on a modern desktop), so things that use e.g. SDL where you're effectively blitting a large framebuffer will be slow. I've found vncserver to be much faster as there is no encryption going on.

Gordon
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