{"id":1402,"date":"2015-09-27T17:39:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T16:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quantum-bits.org\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2022-08-12T17:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T16:28:01","slug":"e-v-e-is-a-yodeling-cowgirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quantum-bits.org\/?p=1402","title":{"rendered":"E.V.E is a Yodeling Cowgirl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a little followup of this week-end work on E.V.E. I’m still at a prototyping stage which means there rough edges and that the source code is sometimes naughty), but it’s getting long nicely.<\/p>\n

\"rasbperrypi-hacks\"<\/p>\n

E.V.E is now a Yodeling Cowgirl<\/strong><\/p>\n

During this week-end tests, I tried to complete the simple internet radio functionalities of the prototype. Unfortunately, while playing with HTML5 Audio capabilities, I quickly stumbled upon limitations with current versions of software packages included with Raspbian<\/a> 7.0.<\/p>\n

Raspbian 7.0 is based on Debian<\/a> 7.0 (Wheezy). Although Debian 8.0 (Jessie) has been out for a while (April 2015), it’s Raspberry Pi port is not yet officially out. Nevertheless, it is possible to upgrade form Raspbian 7.0 to Raspbian 8.0.<\/p>\n

However, a caution must be exercised as there is always a chance to break the entire system. A full backup of the SD card is thus recommended. The less packages are installed the more likely the upgrade process will success. And since I’m at the very the beginning of this project and like to live on the fringe, I took the leap.<\/p>\n

The upgrade to Jessie is actually fairly simple. First, make sure your system is up to date:<\/p>\n

# apt-get update
\n# apt-get upgrade
\n# apt-get dist-upgrade
\n<\/code>
\nThe next step is to update the sources lists. The main source file \/etc\/apt\/sources.list<\/code> should look like this:<\/p>\n

deb http:\/\/mirrordirector.raspbian.org\/raspbian\/ jessie main contrib non-free rpi<\/code><\/p>\n

And \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/raspi.list<\/code> should look like this;<\/p>\n

deb http:\/\/archive.raspberrypi.org\/debian\/ jessie main<\/code><\/p>\n

Now, you can upgrade to Jessie :<\/p>\n

# apt-get update
\n# apt-get upgrade
\n# apt-get dist-upgrade
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Once you start the actual upgrade you will be given a choice to manually restart any currently running services. If you are performing the update via SSH and have no physical access to your Raspberry Pi (like I do) make sure not to disable SSH root access:<\/p>\n

Disable SSH password authentication for root? NO<\/code><\/p>\n

When the upgrade process is completed, reboot your system:<\/p>\n

# reboot<\/code><\/p>\n

It went rather smoothly, I just had after reboot to tweak the runlevels with raspi-config<\/code> not to boot by default in graphical mode (I’m a console adept in a prototyping phases).<\/p>\n

\"eve-jessie\"<\/p>\n

E.V.E is now officially a cute Yodeling Cowgirl. Rock on !<\/p>\n

\"jessie\"<\/p>\n

Chromium 45.* on Raspbian 8.0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was hoping for a more recent version of the chromium browser. The version packaged for Raspian 7.0 is very old (22.*), and I thought it would be better with Jessie. Unfortunately, if Chromium 45.* is on its way for Raspbian 8.0, it is not here yet.<\/p>\n

So, I tried something dirty: installing Ubuntu Vivid for ARMhf port on a fresh Raspbian 8.0. I took these two Debian packages from Ubuntu Launchpad:<\/p>\n