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== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
 
=== Hot off the Press ===
 
=== Hot off the Press ===
(circa 5/8/2013)
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(circa 5/29/2013)
 
Many problems I've encountered have been caused by known problems in Raspbian (see below). Because fixes are in the pipeline, I choose to wait for them to get into the distro via updates. I'm keeping track of them here for my own benefit, you're welcome to ride along...
 
Many problems I've encountered have been caused by known problems in Raspbian (see below). Because fixes are in the pipeline, I choose to wait for them to get into the distro via updates. I'm keeping track of them here for my own benefit, you're welcome to ride along...
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As of this date, some tres importante fixes still haven't made it into the pipeline, and I'm wondering now if they will -- for the version of Raspbian I'm running. I'll be reviewing this and updating shortly. I'm still pretty frustrated at not being able to use Raspbian for the purposes I have in mind... which in the meantime are hogging up other, less suitable, but more capable hardware.
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==== Hot Links ====
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5/29/13 Stumbled across this: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=7107 but beware of the dates!
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==== mmap Kernal Update ====
 
==== mmap Kernal Update ====
 
The mmap method for driver communication is not supported in Raspbian at present. This has been solved thanks to [http://martinezjavier.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/mmap-support-for-raspberry-pi-bcm2835-alsa-driver/ Javier Martinez Canillas]. The preceeding link will take you to the details. It was dated 4/27/2013 at this writing.
 
The mmap method for driver communication is not supported in Raspbian at present. This has been solved thanks to [http://martinezjavier.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/mmap-support-for-raspberry-pi-bcm2835-alsa-driver/ Javier Martinez Canillas]. The preceeding link will take you to the details. It was dated 4/27/2013 at this writing.

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