write image with imagewriter to sd card.
replace some lines in the cofig/txt file to be able to use the monitor:
	hdmi_force_hotplug=1
	hdmi_group=2 
	hdmi_mode=35
config wheezy : sudo raspi-config

install smbus

sudo nano /etc/modules and add at the end
i2c-bcm2708 
i2c-dev

reboot

sudo apt-get install python-smbus
sudo apt-get install i2c-tools

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf and comment out: (with a '#')
blacklist spi-bcm2708
blacklist i2c-bcm2708

check if a chip is found on the i2c bus with 
sudo i2cdetect -y 1

install serial module in python
http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/ and download release
extract files, and run in terminal: sudo python setup.py install

for the smbus permission denied issue: 
 sudo nano /lib/udev/rules.d/60-i2c-tools.rules, change 0660 to 0666 for all permissions
KERNEL=="i2c-[1-9]*", GROUP="i2c", MODE="0666"