notes

experiment/production/Misc-Notes.md

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Might need to kill `fbi` when starting the kiosk.
 ### Packages
 
 ```
-sudo apt install -y sox espeak mplayer ffmpeg
+sudo apt install -y sox espeak mplayer ffmpeg alsa-utils
 ```
 
 ### Sound
@@ -82,9 +82,26 @@ the first two seconds of the audio if nothing is being played
 through it.
 The 3.5mm jack seems to not have that issue.
 
+---
+
+The 3.5mm jack has a lot of noise on the line.
+The fix looks to be using a USB speaker.
+For now we'll go with the 3.5mm jack but this will
+eventually need replacement.
+
+### Monitor
+
+To get monitor resolution:
+
+```
+fbset -s
+```
 
 ### Other References
 
-*  [cmdline.txt](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/cmdline-txt.md)
+* [raspberrypi.org: cmdline.txt](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/cmdline-txt.md)
+* [raspberrypi.org: 'How do I find out the display resolution?'](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19817)
+* [elinux.com: RPiconfig](https://elinux.org/RPiconfig)
+