Quote from: pluMmet on September 20, 2013, 05:06:04 PM

Thanks tk1337.

I read that the USB 3.0 issues have been resolved with latest distros... Is that correct with Peon?

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http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=53564

"I actually got this to work. It's not the power issue which everyone immediately points to because I was using a powered USB hub. The drives I'm using actually have an adapter that translates their multi-use interface to USB (Seagate backup plus).. looking at some linux forums I found that this was a Kernal issue and I realized I didn't perform the regular
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

on this new build (using SqueezPlug actually).. after the upgrade, which took a while, everything shows up and mounts fine. That solved it for me."
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I ask because I cant seem to get it running....

To my knowledge the limitations are on the raspberryPi, technically with that being said, devices that have backwards compatibility are a "shot-in-the-dark" as to if said device will work on the raspberryPi. All they basically did was update the package lists and then upgrade the packages installed on said system. Depending on the distribution and package support of said distro, it may or may not help you.

Quote from: pluMmet on September 20, 2013, 05:24:27 PM

Would man pacman work the same as apt-get in this instance? If so which man pacman operation would I use?

There also seems to be this solution: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/176400-possible-solution-get-usb-3-0-devices-work.html

but I'm not the best Linux guy so I was hoping it was already in MinePeon?

pacman is a package manager just like apt-get, however, the commands are different, for more information see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman

The command you are looking for is

Code:

sudo pacman -Syu

which will update the packages and upgrade them in a single command. I have done this recently on both my rPi's running MinePeon, however, I would suggest making sure you've expanded the partition as the default MinePeon installation is a 2GB partition with about 70% used from the get-go. Whether or not this would fix your issue with using a device that's USB 3.0 and backwards compatible, is not for certain.

Quote from: pluMmet on September 20, 2013, 06:58:44 PM

I seem to be asking lots of questions before I get answers. sorry Sad

When you:
sudo systemctl stop cgminer.service
sudo systemctl disable cgminer.service
sudo systemctl enable bfgminer.service
sudo systemctl start bfgminer.service

Does that permanently use bfgminer when MinePeon reboots?

Yes & no problem... I was out having a beer Wink