Wifi and keyboard/mouse problems

[juniperz]

I used XBian on my Pi a few months ago (XBian0.8) and was very impressed - it streamed video and music from my Synology NAS over wifi (Edimax EW-7811UN) and I could control it with a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse with their USB "Unifying Receiver". No need for a powered hub - all just worked.

Today I decided to try XBian 1.0 Alpha 4 with the fancy Windows installer. It booted perfectly, but the keyboard and mouse wouldn't work. I took the receiver and mouse to a Windows PC - all worked fne. Rebooted the RPi - nothing.
Got a powered hub and wired keyboard & mouse - rebooted.
Input devices work - but no wifi shows up in the Network-Manager in Programs! That wasn't even there last time I used XBian...

So I am stuck - the wifi adapter used to work out-of-the-box (as did the Logitech stuff) and now nothing seems to. Have drivers that used to be in by default, been removed? I remember that when I first booted (today) with the Logitech USB receiver in place, the boot info that scrolls up the screen did include successful references to Logitech, so it was certainly recognised.

Any clues please? Thanks.

[Koenkk]

SSH -> xbian-config (will auto pop up) -> System -> network. you can set up your wifi easily there. (drivers are included by default)

[juniperz]

Thanks, will give that a try later.

[juniperz]

Hmm... Installed MobaXterm and can SSH into the Pi, but
sudo xbian-config
just gives
This program requires the dialog package: apt-get install dialog
I then try
sudo apt-get install dialog
and I get
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency Breaks
E: Error occurred while processing libc6-dev (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Spot the linux noobie and first-tims SSHer eh? Got to start somewhere...
All googling seems to suggest that just doing xbian-config should bring up the xbian-config panel.

[juniperz]

Any hints tonight would be much appreciated, as I am not going to be home again until Thursday night... Thanks.

[Koenkk]

Try this

Code:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo apt-get update

[juniperz]

Thanks but,
xbian@xbian:~# sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
Just gives
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': Is a directory

[Koenkk]

That shouldn't be a problem, however if this does not fix it try this

Code:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vfr

instead of this

Code:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf

[juniperz]

Thanks - that did it.
Now the forum won't let me post, saying it is spam...
How do you get the Code paste box? Maybe it relates to that? Anyway the 23 install failed with

Code:

Reading package lists... Error!
E: Problem parsing dependency Breaks
E: Error occurred while processing libc6-dev (NewVersion2)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

(wheezy/rpi armhf Packages [14 B]  )

[Koenkk]

I added the code tags to your post, press the edit button on your post to see how this can be done

Can you try this?

Code:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vfr
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg --configure -a

[bradleyss]

Hello - I am the OP, and somewhat amazed that I have been banned with this:
Your forum account is currently banned. Ban Reason: Automatically banned by the Akismet system for spamming.
Ban will be lifted: Never
I don't know why. Apart from using plain English, all I did was paste in text (using code tags) from SSH, saying the Koenkk's help worked until line 4, at which point the error repeated just as in my post at Today 06:29 AM
I would be interested to know what was supposed to have constituted spam, and why I received a life time ban.

[CurlyMo]

Our spam filter is sometimes to strict, we will unlock your account asap.

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Done

[juniperz]

   

(14th Jan, 2013 08:28 AM)CurlyMo Wrote:  Our spam filter is sometimes to strict, we will unlock your account asap.

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Done

Thanks CurlyMo.
Daren't paste any text in now, so will try an image instead. Still stuck and would appreciate help:

[raspberry_pd]

(14th Jan, 2013 08:40 AM)juniperz Wrote:  

(14th Jan, 2013 08:28 AM)CurlyMo Wrote:  Our spam filter is sometimes to strict, we will unlock your account asap.

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Done

Thanks CurlyMo.
Daren't paste any text in now, so will try an image instead. Still stuck and would appreciate help:

This might not be much help but I have seen similar problems when running apt and the already-suggested:

Code:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vfr

fixed it.

[juniperz]

Thanks raspberry_pd, though that is the 1st of the 5 lines that Koenkk suggested, so I have tried that...
(Edit - you realise that).
I am almost tempted to go back to 0.8 that I had working very well once.