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I love my Pi2 and my Pi3, they’re amazing pieces of cheap kit I can do anything with – although to be honest I don’t use them anywhere near as much as I should. So here is a compilation of things I found useful this last week when I finally got around to building my Pi3 installation for my house-wide audio system \/ automation.<\/p>\n

Update your firmware<\/h2>\n

Just get this done right at the start.
\nsudo BRANCH=next rpi-update<\/code>
\nBe sure to restart after it’s done (sudo shutdown -r now<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Disable onboard audio (useful if you want to use USB only for example)<\/h2>\n

This will stop the onboard audio working. I find this is the easiest option if you always want to have your USB audio as the primary output. I use the Creative WiFi dongle thingy for example.
\nsudo bash -c 'echo blacklist snd_bcm2835 > \/etc\/modprobe.d\/blacklist-onboard-audio.conf'<\/code><\/p>\n

Disable wifi power save mode<\/h2>\n

I am unsure what works for this, so I just set my wlan0 as follows
\nallow-hotplug wlan0
\niface wlan0 inet manual
\nwireless-power off
\npost-up iwconfig wlan0 power off
\npost-up iw dev wlan0 set power_save off<\/strong>
\nwpa-conf \/etc\/wpa_supplicant\/wpa_supplicant.conf<\/code><\/p>\n

Enable bluetooth persistent connection (if using pulseaudio)<\/h2>\n

No idea why, but enabling these two modules for pulseaudio prevents bluetooth from immediately disconnecting for me.
\nsudo vim \/etc\/pulse\/default.pa<\/code>
\nThen find the following lines and ensure they’re not commented out (don’t begin with a #)
\n.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
\nload-module module-bluetooth-policy
\n.endif
\n.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
\nload-module module-bluetooth-discover
\n.endif<\/code><\/p>\n

Install an up-to-date nodejs<\/h2>\n

wget https:\/\/deb.nodesource.com\/setup_4.x
\nsudo -E bash setup_4.x
\nsudo apt-get install -y nodejs<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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