Hi,
Picochess 10 base image, Beta 1
Finally I've been able to get around to finishing the new base image. There are two versions: one configured for the DGTPi, and one configured for a standalone Raspberry. They're basically the same, with the "standalone" image having the dgtpi.service and dgtpistandby.service disabled (but installed), and the "dgtpi" option in picochess.ini disabled.
Features:
Download size: 945 MB (500 MB smaller than previous reference image)
VNC remote desktop (for example: TigerVNC, TightVNC ...)
SSH access (PuTTy, direct from the commandline, etc...)
SFTP-access over port 22 (for example: using Filezilla)
Pi Home folder SAMBA share
Picochess folder SAMBA share
Midnight Commander & MCEdit
SD Card copier still installed (use a cardreader)
GParted for shrinking the data partition of copied images
Bluetooth Fix Script installed (latest version by Eric Singer)
hostname: picochess
username: pi (everywhere)
password: picochess (everywhere)
There are no functional changes to PicoChess 0.9N apart from replacing "ogg123" with "play" to improve sound, and now calling Picochess "10" instead of "0.9N".
Download the 7-zip file, unzip it, and write the image using your preferred software (Win32DiskImage, Balena Etcher, dd...) The unpacked image is 3710 MB, and should fit on any 4GB card. There should still be 450 MB available even if you don't expand the filesystem using raspi-config.
You should then be able to do one of the following:
1. Connect the Raspberry to a screen, keyboard and mouse
2. Use the taskbar icons to connect to WIFI and pair bluetooth
OR
1. Connect the Raspberry to your wired network
2. Log in over VNC on display 1 (In TigerVNC, use picochess:1, and type the password when asked)
3. Connect to WIFI and BT using the taskbar icons.
4. You can now power down the Pi, disconnect from the wired network and reboot
OR
1. Do everything through the commandline on SSH. Haven't bothered to look into WIFI/BT over the commandline.
Download
Follow the link. Click the "Download" button in the top right. Ignore Google Drive's warning that the file is too large to scan for viruses, and click "Download anyway."
Standalone:
Testing
I'd like people who have a Bluetooth board, and/or a DGT Pi and/or a Revelation II to test the images. (I know for sure that the standalone image works on a USB-board; I've tested it myself. I'm using it now.) If something doesn't work and you know the fix, please tell me what to change and I'll implement it as soon as possible.
Should you happen to find any credentials somewhere please report them to mail (at) marcelvanthoor (dot) net. There shouldn't be any; I removed the entire Git Repo, GPG keys, and cleaned out wpa_supplicant.conf, and I cleaned everything that's not config from the home-folder.
After the images are confirmed working, I'll start looking into upgrading Picochess' dependencies... but that may take a while, not least because I'm due for a cataract operation as mentioned before.
Thanks for testing :)