@korn16ftl3 said in linux novice needing a bit of help:

my question is how or where do i make the changes in the config.txt to enable PWM on the required pins from the guide i am trying to follow?

Just add a line at the end of the existing config.txt with the required dtoverlay option. Lines beginning with # are just comments and will be ignored by the Pi bootloader.

@Addison yes.
I have them connected with my fan and I have a script that powers them both on about 20 sec after first boot

@thorr69 I did say you could mount it vertically on the side of the table where it's not visible. But hey, you don't have to do it if you don't want to.

OK, so I've been googling up a storm looking at the options. I think I'm either going to go with a piglow, and use some code folks have already put together. Seems like the three arms can show something like Temp, CPU Load, something else (I can't remember).

But what really looks like it'd be cool is the Displayotron. Seems I could set it up to show the system and ROM running on Retropie. And I figure the backlights could be setup to have a color that'd match the system (like Red for Nintendo or something). And then use the bargraph to show CPU load. But what I'd love to do is use the joystic on the Displayotron as a safe shutdown button. Could I do that? Does it sound at all reasonable?

@twd said in SNES Mini Classic Edition:

Apparently it's as powerfull as a wii. so no n64 mini classic on that board.

Well, looks like the Wii just got roasted.

@japanwings Will you make a SNES kit? Would buy instantly. (EU Snes/JP Super Famicom)

@Cape-City Yeh, that's the one!