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jimblom Setup RaspbianAfter NOOBS runs through the installation process the Raspberry Pi will reboot, and present you with the Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool (if you don't see this, scroll down to the next section:
Startx
to open the GUI. Booting to desktop may be easier for those more comfortable with Windows or Mac, though.Once you've made all of your adjustments, scroll down and over to <Finish>
and allow the Pi to Reboot.
If you booted into console mode, type Startx
to open the GUI. Otherwise, you'll already be presented with the beautiful Raspberry Pi desktop.
The default Raspbian desktop.
Booting to Blank, Black Screen?If, after installing Raspbian, your Pi boots up only to land back on a blank, black screen, you may need to edit another config.txt
. This one specific to the Raspbian install.
The key to this is entering recovery mode. When the Pi is booting, you should at least see this screen:
As soon as you see that grey, recovery mode screen hold down shift to enter recovery mode. This should present you with a familiar looking window. "Raspbian" should already be selected, and it should have a greenish background to indicate it's installed. Select your Raspbian image, and then click Edit config (e) (or press e
) to open config.txt
.
Each line that begins with a #
is commented out, so scroll down to the very bottom where there are a handful of non-comment lines. This is where you'll want to modify the NOOBS Auto-generated Settings to match what you need. If you had to manually create a config.txt
file in the last step, try using those same values. For example, this worked for us:
hdmi_drive=2 # HDMI/DVI mode (1=DVI, 2=HDMI) hdmi_group=2 # HDMI type (1=CEA, 2=DMT) hdmi_mode=16 # Resolution (9=800x600/60Hz, 16=1024x768/60, 28=1280x800/60) hdmi_force_hotplug=1 # 1=Force HDMI mode even if no HDMI montor is detected
Check out the RPiconfig page for more help adjusting keys and values. Make sure you comment out (or replace) the keys and values that were already there.
Then hit ESC and cross your fingers as the Pi reboots. If you see a wall of scrolling text as the operating system begins to boot, that's a good sign! If not, go back to recovery mode and try modifying config.txt
some other way.
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