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Missing Directory #32

Closed richardh08 closed 11 years ago

richardh08 commented 11 years ago

Hi Sam,

Just getting started for a day of pi.

Unfortunately I cannot find my directory in the storage. When i navigate to CODE from HOME there is nothing inside (???). Do I have to download it from github...if so would you mind talking me through the process?

In the meantime, can you also show me how I can run SonicPi from my mac, this way I can keep up the momentum.

very best Richard

samaaron commented 11 years ago

Hi Richard,

are you at a stage where you want to be saving your project code to github? If so, could you paste the code here, so I can see what you've been up to?

richardh08 commented 11 years ago

Hi Sam,

I am not at that stage yet, as I don't seem to have a directory or sonic pi on my rasp pi.

Normally I would navigate to CODE and access the directory we set up during Workshop 2...however CODE is empty. None of the files that were set up during workshop 2 are there. Is this correct or am I looking in the totally wrong place (see image below)?

At workshop 3 my memory card was changed...is this the issue? Do we need to repeat the process you talked us through in workshop 2...creating a directory, linking to github and downloading programs.

Can I repeat the request to access sonic pi on my mac. In total I have only been able to work on sonic pi twice and these were during the first two workshops. As yet I haven't had the opportunity to create any code so far.

best Richard

2013-09-25 13 06 07

samaaron commented 11 years ago

Hi Richard,

yes, your code directory is empty as you have a new SD card and we didn't get round to cloning your github repo to it. However, it's not an issue at this stage as you only need to use it when you want to save code you've already written.

To start Sonic Pi, you need to use the run.sh file, although make sure you run update.sh first to get the latest version. You can then put your code directly into the browser.

Giving you instructions to run Sonic Pi on your Mac isn't easy. You have to install a specific version of the programming langauge ruby, install the ruby package manager, install some ruby gems, install git, install supercollider and do a lot of command line work - there's no simple .app to download.

richardh08 commented 11 years ago

Thanks Sam,

I am trying this however this is the start screen now. 2013-09-28 16 34 43

I restarted the pi and this came up? 2013-09-28 16 38 27

What should I do?

samaaron commented 11 years ago

Hi Richard,

looks like your SD card has hosed again. I wonder why yours is doing this...

Could you email me your address, and I'll post you a new SD card and RPi (you can return the old RPi at the next workshop).

richardh08 commented 11 years ago

Cheers for the quick reply. Is it something I am doing? I purposely haven't touched/removed the SD card since the last workshop.

Could the new pack be sent to; Richard Healy Studio Voltaire 1a Nelsons Row London SW4 7JR

best Rich

samaaron commented 11 years ago

I'll send something Tuesday morning (I'm currently in the states).

Not sure what's going wrong, it might be that you have a dodgy RPi which is why I'm going to send a new one.

You shouldn't let a lack of working setup from stopping you from working on the project though - we can still discuss ideas and code...

richardh08 commented 11 years ago

Thanks Sam. I have broken down my code plans and will raise them in separate issues now.

best Rich