
Attaching an HDMI Display
dongles should also work with Organelle. So long as the data is coming across a USB port,
your peripherals will probably work.
NOTE:
While we have aimed to support regular USB keyboards, not all
manufacturers implement the general USB standards in the same way.
Accordingly, some keyboards may not work with Organelle. Please report
any finding of incompatibility on
our forum
.
Finally, we are talking about more and more USB devices being used with Organelle. (And
don’t forget the USB drive housing your
Patches
folder!) Before you worry about running
out of ports, remember that a USB hub can be connected to Organelle.
Operating Organelle as a Computer
After you have connected an HDMI monitor and powered it on, you will immediately see a
semi-cryptic terminal window for text entry. To optimize performance, Organelle runs in this
fashion (with no graphical user interface, or GUI) by default.
This window helpfully suggests that you run the command
startx
to start up the standard
graphical environment. So if we want to go beyond this screen, we will need a keyboard.
(And we can say now that if you want to edit your Pure Data patches on Organelle, you will
definitely need a mouse as well.)
To start Organelle’s graphical operation mode:
type
startx
, and then press the [ENTER]/
[RETURN] key to execute the function.
NOTE:
Booting Organelle’s graphical operation mode causes the system itself to be
reloaded. This means that any currently loaded patch will be unloaded, and
any audio output being produced will cease.
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