Clarified the installation procedure further.

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Viktor Petersson
2012-09-18 22:35:54 +02:00
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## Requirements
* A Raspberry Pi (Model B).
* An SD Card (>4GB). Class 10 is highly recommended.
* An SD Card (**>4GB**). Class 10 is highly recommended.
* An HDMI-cable.
* A network connection (with DHCP).
* A keyboard and mouse (only required for the installation).
@@ -47,16 +47,21 @@ Note: If you don't have any server where you can make your asset available, you
## Configure the Raspberry Pi
* Flash the SD card and install [Raspbian Wheezy](http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads). Instructions are available [here](http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup).
* Configure Raspbian to automatically log into X.
* Make sure that the system's clock is configured for the proper timezone.
* Expand the filesystem if needed.
First, flash the SD card and install [Raspbian Wheezy](http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads). Instructions are available [here](http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup). On the first boot, you should be presented with a configuration screen (raspi-config). In raspi-config, make sure you make the following changes:
Please note that Screenly currently relies on the user 'pi', so don't change the username.
* Expand the root file system (**required**)
* Disable overscan (if required by your display)
* Change keyboard mapping (optional)
* Change time zone (optional, but Screenly's scheduling uses this)
* Enable SSH (optional)
* Configure boot behaivor to boot into X (**required**)
* Change password for 'pi' user (recommended)
Once you've made all these changes, you must restart your Raspberry Pi.
## Install Screenly OSE
Open a terminal-window (or SSH-session) and as the user 'pi' run:
After you've done all the following changes above **and** rebooted, open a terminal (ctrl+alt+F1) or SSH session and as the user 'pi' run:
cd ~
sudo apt-get update
@@ -64,7 +69,7 @@ Open a terminal-window (or SSH-session) and as the user 'pi' run:
git clone git://github.com/wireload/screenly-ose.git ~/screenly
~/screenly/misc/install.sh
(If you're running the installation over SSH, running the installation through a screen-session is highly recommended.)
(If you're running the installation over SSH, running the installation through a 'screen'-session is highly recommended.)
Assuming everything went well, reboot your system. Screenly should now load.
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ Screenly currently three types of media:
* Images
* Web-pages
Adobe Flash-media *is not* supported.
Adobe Flash-media *is not*, and will most likely never be, supported.
Images and web-pages will be rendered in 1920x1080, so adjust your content for this size.