General help for noob

Tedo1960

I have downloaded the version for the Pi with touch screen as directed in the thread on the topic. Following that entry in the forum there are multiple changes to boot files and configs discussed.
Question:
1. If I downloaded my version from the one drive is it the most up to date version?
2. If it is do I still have to make all the changes discussed on the forum?
3. Am I the only person here who find Github an absolute nightmare? I have yet to successfully conclude anything I have tried from there.

I rally like what rune does on the Pi but find it very frustrating not knowing if the version I have has all the enhancements or not.

Cheers mi dears

Ted

hondagx35

Hi Tedo1960,

1. If I downloaded my version from the one drive is it the most up to date version?

Yes and no. It is the latest you can get.
But the latest changes you will get by updating via git.
To do this you have to navigate to "http://RP-IP-ADDRESS/dev" and select Update RuneUI.

2. If it is do I still have to make all the changes discussed on the forum?

The only thing you have to change for the "touch image" is to edit "/root/.local/share/midori/styles/local-styles.css"

So it looks like this:

body {
	-webkit-user-select: none;
	user-select: none;
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

/*
html {
    overflow: hidden;
}

#volume-knob { display: none; }
*/

#section-sources, #section-network, #section-settings {
	animation: example 5s linear 2s infinite alternate !important;
	-webkit-animation: example 5s linear 2s infinite alternate !important;
}

.container {
    margin-top: 0px !important;
    margin-bottom: 0px !important;
}

.knobs {
    margin-top: 0px !important;
    line-height: 0 !important;
}

.col-sm-12 {
    width: 100% !important;
    height: 0 !important;
	visibility: hidden !important;
}

#currentalbum  .notag {
	font-size: 18px !important;
}

#currentalbum  {
    margin-bottom: 5px !important;
}

#menu-top { 
	height: 47px !important;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px !important;
}

#menu-top .dropdown .dropdown-menu {
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

#menu-top .playback-controls {
    left: 40% !important;
	width: 400px !important;
} 

#menu-bottom { 
	height: 48px !important;
}

#menu-bottom li a {
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

.dropdown-menu {
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

#currentartist, #currentalbum {
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

.btn {
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

.btnlist.btnlist-bottom .btn {
    font-size: 36px !important;
	margin-top: 5px !important;
	padding: 0px 20px !important;
}

.pl-nextPage, .db-nextPage, .pl-lastPage, .db-lastPage, .btnlist-bottom {
    bottom: 50px !important;
    padding: 0px 20px !important;
}

.btnlist-top {
    top: 60px !important;
    padding: 0px 10px !important;
	height: 50px !important;
}

.btnlist-bottom {
    height: 60px !important;
    font-size: 20px !important;
}

#db-search input, #pl-search input {
    height: 42px !important;
}

#playlist, #database {
    padding: 120px 0px !important;
}

#playlist-entries li {
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

#playlist-entries .pl-action {
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

#database-entries li {
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

#database-entries .db-action {
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

.col-sm-10 {
    width: 75% !important;
}

.col-sm-2 {
    width: 25% !important;
}

.input-lg {
    height: 60px !important;
    font-size: 24px !important;
}

.help-block, .help-inline {
    font-size: 18px !important;
}

The UI will get much more responsible on the settings pages and the reboot and shutdown options are back functioning.

3. Am I the only person here who find Github an absolute nightmare? I have yet to successfully conclude anything I have tried from there.

Github is for developers not for users.

Frank

Tedo1960

Thank you for your clear and concise reply
Ted

Tedo1960

Having investigated your clear and concise response I am still confused. Your lovely UI appears on my touch screen so I don't know how I can navigate to http://RP-IP-ADDRESS/dev
Similarly how do I access the command line to make the changes to the styles.

I am sorry I am so dumb but this is an important project for me and whilst I appreciate there are a great many enthusiasts and developers on this site I find it frustrating that I cant achieve my aims.

By the way I have a computing and information systems degree so I am not totally without a clue which only makes this more frustrating for me that I cant achieve what I hoped for in this project.

hondagx35

Hi Tedo1960,

Your lovely UI appears on my touch screen so I don't know how I can navigate to http://RP-IP-ADDRESS/dev

Rune Audio is a "headless solution", so normally you do not need a monitor or keyboard at your Pi.
The only thing you need is a network connection.
To be able to setup the system you first need a ethernet connection.
Out of the box Rune Audio will get an ip address from your dhcp server.

So please try this:
- connect your pi to your local network (ethernet).
- figure out the assigned ip address (see your routers attached devices list or use the touch screen MENU->Network)
- type the URL (IP) in your browser (the thing you are posting from

)
for example http://192.168.0.100 or for the updates http://192.168.0.100/dev
- get access to the console (the most important thing you have to know with linux)
- use nano to edit the file "/root/.local/share/midori/styles/local-styles.css"
Nano is a command line editor.
You also could use something like WinSCP on windows or Cyberduck on MacOS to edit the files.

An other option is to use the Pi TFT and a keyboard.
- disable the local browser MENU->Settings->Local browser
- attach a keyboard to your Pi
- use nano to edit "/root/.local/share/midori/styles/local-styles.css"

nano /root/.local/share/midori/styles/local-styles.css

Frank

- Get access to the console::
There are two ways to get access to the console:

1.) plug in a monitor and a keyboard
2.) use SSH from your PC
- If you are not familiar with SSH read this for Windows or this for Linux/MacOS
  The default login for RuneAudio is "root" with the password "rune" (without quotes).