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Title: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 17, 2009, 03:49:16 pm
Hi guys,

I am going to start a thread here highlighting my attempts at LinuxMCE.  I am a beginner when it comes to Linux.  I wouldn't consider myself a noob because I have used a couple different flavors of Linux before but I don't always understand the slang thrown around and shorthand commands.

Hardware


Core:
DFI Lanparty P35 LT MB
Intel QX6700
TeamGroup 2GB Ram
150GB Raptor
Nvidia 8400GS
PC Power & Cooling 500w PS

MD: (yet to be purchased)
Zotac Nvidia Ion

Those are plans thus far in terms of hardware.  As soon as Newegg has a hard drive sale I plan on ordering 3TB of hard drives to put in RAID5.  Either 4 1TB drives or 3 1.5TB drives.  I can add those at a later date.

The core is together and I tried to install 0710 on it but ran into some issues that I suspect might be my fault.  Until I eliminate user error I won't declare failure there.  I want to get the new 8 alpha/beta working but I figured I would start with the simplest install and work my way up to the more complicated.

I also want this Core to double as a general network storage server and web server for the outside world.  I plan on keeping my pfsense box running my internal network and having LinuxMCE managing it's own internal internal network with the firewall turned off.

Any opinions or comments are welcome.  I will post progress/questions/frustrations.  I hope to get a LinuxMCE solution operational and maybe help some others on the way.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: tschak909 on August 17, 2009, 03:55:00 pm
Hello, and welcome.

With your hardware build, you will need to use the 0810 alpha build. We can't support 0710 any more for various reasons.

You can download it by clicking on the 0810-alpha2 link on the wiki.

I wish you the best of luck. The best advice I can give you is:

1. Read the FAQ
2. Please let LMCE manage your entire network. You will get most out of the system this way, and you'll have the least amount of headaches.

-Thom
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 18, 2009, 02:52:33 pm
Thanks for the welcome Thom.  I appreciate it.  Linux forums are notoriously unfriendly to new comers.  I have had bad experiences in the past and I am glad my first impression here is a good one.

I read the FAQ.  Very helpful information.

I went through the 0810 alpha install instructions and got quite frustrated and not until I finished did I realize I was making it way too hard.  Long story short...the instructions work and I think I have it running on my Core.  On the first reboot after updating Kubuntu it dumped me at a command prompt.  I was trying to get back into KDE.  I didn't know the command to do so but a quick Google search taught me that the command, 'startx' was all I needed.

Going through the wizard, my audio works but I don't see any video.  I still want to try a couple of things before I declare a problem.  I think it is a driver or setting issue.

I see Newegg has the Hauppauge 2250 on sale with free shipping this week.  I just need a dual QAM tuner (over the air digital).  I have seen multiple posts that the analogue tuner on the card isn't supported in Linux at all yet.  Am I correct in assuming that the digital tuners will work, 'just fine'?

I figure if I make an order from Newegg I should get my Zotac Ion board for my MD.  Do other people have this board working as a MD and are there any problems or modifications that I should be aware of? 
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: jimbodude on August 18, 2009, 03:24:58 pm
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/FAQ#Nothing_came_up_on_my_TV.21_What.27s_wrong.3F (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/FAQ#Nothing_came_up_on_my_TV.21_What.27s_wrong.3F)
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: merkur2k on August 18, 2009, 04:21:14 pm
if all you need is a digital tuner (OTA is actually 8VSB, not QAM ;) ) then look into the HDHomeRun. It is the easiest one to use by far, just plug it into the network and answer the questions that LinuxMCE asks you. Newegg carries it as well.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 18, 2009, 05:23:44 pm
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/FAQ#Nothing_came_up_on_my_TV.21_What.27s_wrong.3F (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/FAQ#Nothing_came_up_on_my_TV.21_What.27s_wrong.3F)

sorry jimbodude,

I should have clarified.  I am using the vga output going to a regular computer monitor.  I can see and navigate the wizard and everything else so far.  What I can't see are the wizard videos.  I can hear the lady speaking instructions but the window where I should see her is black.  Everything else on the monitor is perfectly viewable.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 18, 2009, 05:26:59 pm
if all you need is a digital tuner (OTA is actually 8VSB, not QAM ;) ) then look into the HDHomeRun. It is the easiest one to use by far, just plug it into the network and answer the questions that LinuxMCE asks you. Newegg carries it as well.

Interesting.  I thought the wiki said QAM but I very easily could be mistaken. 

I do see that recommended across the forums but I would prefer a card in my main machine.  I do see what happens around here when you buck the system.  Very often you end up with a system that doesn't work  ;).  I'll have to weight my options and do some more research before I take the plunge.  Then, prepare for me to cry about how what I bought doesn't work and how you are all suppose to fix it!  Just kidding!
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 19, 2009, 07:18:55 am
Looks like I will be heading into my first reinstall.  On boot up this evening I was greeted with the gray screen of death as it's referred to around here.  Tried installing nvidia drivers that seemed to make things worse and deleting the orbiter and MD.  I just managed to royally screw stuff up.  Now where did I put that Kubuntu CD again?
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 20, 2009, 03:47:20 am
So I finally got Kubuntu to reinstall.  I went ahead and tried to update the nvidia drivers straight away.  According to the wiki article http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers#Latest_Drivers (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers#Latest_Drivers) you should use the command, "telinit 1" to shut down X-Server.  That didn't work for me.  Kubuntu would begin doing so only to hang.  I searched the webternets to discover a command that worked for me.

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

That finally stopped X-Server so that I could install the latest Nvidia drivers.  They actually seem to be working since I am back in KDE and the version matches what I installed.

Hooray!

Next step.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 20, 2009, 06:56:46 am
Well then.  I got 0810 LinuxMCE installed again.  First boot I got a blue screen that said, "Failed to start X".  Couple of reboots later I realized I needed to start some looking.  I didn't find anything on the forums or wiki about my specific problem so I decided to just try reinstalling the 185.18.31 Nvidia drivers I had installed before installing LinuxMCE over Kubuntu.  It worked!  I love it when a stab in the dark solves the problem. 

I can actually see the video as well as hear it now in the wizard.  My resolution shows up correctly.  I did choose UI1 just for compatibility sake.  I don't want to ruin something now that it's working.  I think the advanced UI should work but I don't want to break it quite yet.

The only other issue I ran into and saw elsewhere on the forum is the first boot when the AV wizard started properly, my video was being output on the DVI port by default and I had to grab my DVI to VGA converter for a bit.  Just another FYI.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 20, 2009, 07:05:18 am
Another issue.

I redid the UI with alpha blending and it seems to work well!

The problem is I tried to go to the KDE desktop and now it has an error that says:

The following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE:
No write access to '/home/my user name/.ICEauthority'.
KDE is unable to start.

If I can't get to KDE desktop how do I get a console window open?

Any ideas?
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 21, 2009, 03:31:15 am
I still can't get to the KDE desktop but I did remember I can use Putty from another machine.  So, that's what I have been doing in the mean time.

DVD playback

It wouldn't work.  I would get the DVDCSS error.  I searched all over the forums and the wiki.  What the wiki suggested I do didn't work and the forum posts pointed me in the right direction but nobody ever posted exactly what to do.  I even tried running a program for setting region codes.  http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/ (http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/) That didn't work either.

TO THE INTERNETS!  Luckily, I found information through Google.  Google = My LinuxMCE buddy.

This is what I did to get DVD playback from my drive to work. I ended up installing Restricted Formats https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats#Ubuntu 9.04 ,8.10, 8.04 and 7.10 (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats#Ubuntu 9.04 ,8.10, 8.04 and 7.10) and libdvdcss https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs#Ubuntu 8.10 (i386, amd64) (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs#Ubuntu 8.10 (i386, amd64))

Exact commands for 0810:

Restricted Formats:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

libdvdcss:

sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
then
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh

I still need help with the major KDE fail.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 21, 2009, 06:32:09 am

The problem is I tried to go to the KDE desktop and now it has an error that says:

The following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE:
No write access to '/home/my user name/.ICEauthority'.
KDE is unable to start.

If I can't get to KDE desktop how do I get a console window open?

Any ideas?

Judging from what I have found, this is a permissions issue within Kubuntu not LinuxMCE.  Now I just have to figure out the solution.

EDIT:  I have found the suggestion of deleting or changing the permissions to the .ICEauthory file in the home directory.  I have tried both and it still doesn't work.  Now though, LinuxMCE dumps me to a gray screen with a white pointer when I try to go to the KDE desktop.  This one has got me stumped!
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on August 21, 2009, 07:49:28 am
I did get the ALSA drivers updated!  Again, specifics were either lacking or didn't work from my searches here so I went out to the greater cloud and found something that did work.
http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg24828.html (http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg24828.html)

I followed those instructions and updated to the newest ALSA drivers and all sound still works.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on September 01, 2009, 05:55:50 am
Well Ok,

I was at a stopping point, until today!  I received my HDHomeRun from Newegg.  It was 138 bucks with a special promo code.  I put it on the internal network and LinuxMCE just found it and started setting everything up.  The only issue is when I went to set it up in MythTV.  Everytime I would setup a video source it wouldn't take anything I did.  Everytime I hit 'Finish' it would crash? back to LinuxMCE.  I am not sure why or how I fixed it.  Eventually, using the keyboard, I navigated the menus and it took the info without crashing back to LinuxMCE on one attempt.  I don't recall doing anything special it just suddenly worked.  Now I can watch TV.  I haven't gone much past that.  I still have a lot to do with it before it would be fully usable but I got a channel scan done and I can view the channels.  Just a quick update today.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: merkur2k on September 01, 2009, 09:01:47 am
you should not need to do anything in mythsetup other than scanning for channels. all the rest will be setup by the setup wizard when it is detected.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on September 03, 2009, 07:37:32 am
Next task:

I received four 1TB WD Blacks from Newegg today.  They were very poorly packed so I am doing a complete test on each one.  Full surface scan.  I don't want a drive failing two weeks from now.

I need to create a RAID 5.  Then, move the location of all the LinuxMCE media folders to the RAID from the OS drive.  Is there a wiki article that addresses this task?

Ask questions before searching the wiki and look like a dumbass:  http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Create_RAID_in_LMCE (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Create_RAID_in_LMCE)

This should accomplish my goal, yes?

Edit:  Drive four failed the Western Digital diagnostic tool, consistently.  I tried three times.  I hate UPS.  Submitted RMA.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on September 04, 2009, 06:40:43 am
I have another question for the community.  I run BOINC on my computers (Distributed Computing).  I plan on installing it on my Core when I get everything all working.  My motherboard has room for more GPU's.  I want to throw an extra 8800GT I have lying around in it so that BOINC can use the GPU for processing.  Anyone know what LinuxMCE does with multiple GPU cards?  Would this possibly screw things up?

Another quick question.  Do the MD's get their drivers from the Core?  If my Core drivers are up-to-date then all MD's will match?
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: JaseP on September 04, 2009, 07:34:02 am
I can answer your quick question: Yes, the MD's will typically take their drivers from the Core...

I'm not sure about your second question, but I don't think that LMCE was designed to do multi-headed MDs (including the Core/Hybrid).

Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on September 21, 2009, 04:18:04 am
New update and new request for help.

I now have four working 1TB hard drives for my RAID - still not setup

I have instead moved to setting up my new 330 Zotac ION board as my MD in the Living Room (diskless).  It was a pain trying to find the spot in the BIOS to PXE boot it.  It is in the south bridge setting down at the bottom.  It booted and was found by the core but I noticed that when it tried to get some files from the internets it failed.  Found out the WAN NIC on my core had stopped working for no reason.  Long story short, I had to load BIOS defaults on the core for it to start working again.  Not sure what was going on there. 

The second try with a working Core WAN NIC went slightly better.  Wound up at a Failed to Start X error.  No problem, dove into the wiki here:  http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ZOTAC_ION (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ZOTAC_ION).  Down at the bottom is says to set your xorg.conf to 'vesa' from 'nv'.  Much easier said than done.

Logging into the MD left me at a prompt as the sambahelper user.  That's where I am stuck.  Every time I try doing anything it says I don't have permissions and every time I try logging in as root...I don't know the password and the one I have on the core doesn't seem to work.  I even managed to get into vim and fumble around enough to change 'nv' to 'vesa' but I couldn't save.  Permissions forbade me.  Some prodding or help is politely asked for from the community.

PS...according to the wiki the default password for sambahelper is nothing or just hit enter.  Says I have the wrong password when I try that.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: phenigma on September 21, 2009, 05:01:09 am
The second try with a working Core WAN NIC went slightly better.  Wound up at a Failed to Start X error.  No problem, dove into the wiki here:  http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ZOTAC_ION (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ZOTAC_ION).  Down at the bottom is says to set your xorg.conf to 'vesa' from 'nv'.  Much easier said than done.

Logging into the MD left me at a prompt as the sambahelper user.  That's where I am stuck.  Every time I try doing anything it says I don't have permissions and every time I try logging in as root...I don't know the password and the one I have on the core doesn't seem to work.  I even managed to get into vim and fumble around enough to change 'nv' to 'vesa' but I couldn't save.  Permissions forbade me.  Some prodding or help is politely asked for from the community.

PS...according to the wiki the default password for sambahelper is nothing or just hit enter.  Says I have the wrong password when I try that.

I had a similar issue on my Zotac 330 Ion.  I couldn't use sudo on the MD because sambahelper told me I had the wrong password.  To get around this I had to set an actual root password for the MD. 

When you log into the MD your prompt should tell you what moon# the MD is... remember the number.

On the core/hybrid you need to open a terminal in KDE or press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get tty1.  Login with your username and password.  Then to become superuser type:

Code: [Select]
$ sudo su -
and enter your password.  Change directory to /usr/pluto/diskless and chroot into the MDs structure.  Once you have done this you can change the root password for the MD with the passwd command.

Code: [Select]
# cd /usr/pluto/diskless
# chroot XX   <-- replace XX with the moon number (device number) of your MD.
# passwd
Enter new UNIX password:

Enter the root password for the MD and then exit the chroot environment and give up superuser by typing 'exit' twice.

Code: [Select]
# exit
# exit
$

Now you can login as root on the MD with the password that you just set and you will be able to edit your xorg.conf file.

J.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on September 21, 2009, 04:37:10 pm
Thank you, phenigma.

That is exactly what I needed.  This should probably be added to the wiki.  You have enabled me to get quite a bit farther but now...another roadblock.

After I was able to get root access to the image I loaded it again on the ION.  I installed nano since vim is a pain.  I went to change 'nv' to 'vesa' in the xorg.conf file to find I didn't have a xorg.conf file.  I had a xorg.conf.pluto.avwizard however.  I opened the xorg.conf.pluto.avwizard file, made my changes in nano, and saved it as xorg.conf and presto, on reboot, the config started and I proceeded to follow the rest of the wiki about the ION:  http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ZOTAC_ION (http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ZOTAC_ION).

I proceeded to try and update the nividia drivers.  They keep failing.  I am doing it just like I did on the core where it worked just fine.  I don't have the failure from the log here right now but I will post back.

I do have another idea to try.  Now that I have run through the AV wizard and I have UI1 working do I need to change the xorg.conf back to 'nv' before updating the nvidia drivers?  Could this be a missing step?

Once this ION is up and working I plan on adding what I did to the wiki so that others can use this most perfect of boards for their MD!
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on September 21, 2009, 04:39:38 pm
I can answer your quick question: Yes, the MD's will typically take their drivers from the Core...

I'm not sure about your second question, but I don't think that LinuxMCE was designed to do multi-headed MDs (including the Core/Hybrid).



Oh, and unless I did something wrong...my MD did NOT get it's drivers from the core.  It went out on it's own and tried installing an old 180.xx.xx driver.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on September 24, 2009, 04:22:20 pm
w00t!  My ION MD works!  It was three frustrating days thinking I was majorly screwing something up to find out it wasn't my fault.  I would like to thank:

TSCHAKeeePC
tkmedia
merkur2k

Without their help I probably wouldn't have gotten this far.

I will describe -- as best as I can remember -- the sequence of events that led me to a working ION MD.  This is what I did.  Remember that when reading it.  I ended up not using anything on the ION wiki page.  This way described below worked for me.  Read this post like a fortune cookie.  Instead of 'in bed' at the end of each sentence use something like, "for thezfunk" or "for me".  I find there are a million ways to skin a cat with Linux.  Also, I was using the HDMI port on the ION for this whole procedure

Firstly, make sure your core is up-to-date.  Do your apt-get update and your apt-get upgrade distro.  Boot up your ION and got into the bios.  Head to the southbridge section (which is where they hid the PXE boot option).  Set your gpu buffer to 512mb of your system ram and enable PXE boot.  I think you then have to save and return to the bios to see the network card as a bootable option.  Boot up the ION and if you set the boot options correctly it will boot off the network and LinuxMCE will take over.  You should get all the way to the AVwizard without any problems.  I was on a 61" TV with HDMI and the 1080p option wouldn't display right but the 720p option did.  I went through the AVwizard selecting UI1.  That is very important.  After the AVwizard completed I think I had to reboot.

The ION booted up and it gave the usual messages about loading LinuxMCE and the orbiter will be generated.  I think the orbiter generator ran for 10-15 mins.  There might have been another reboot after the generator ran and then I was in!  UI1 was working and I could get into KDE desktop.  Then some more of the fun began.  I wanted to install the nvidia drivers with a packet manager for dependency reasons.  Luckily the above mentioned guys pointed me in the right direction.  This link:  http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-nvidia-190-25-beta-drivers-in-ubuntu-jauntyintrepidhardy.html (http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-nvidia-190-25-beta-drivers-in-ubuntu-jauntyintrepidhardy.html).  I will run through the commands I used.  I installed nano with a sudo apt-get install nano.  I like nano the best out of the text editors that I have used.

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sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.listSince we are using 0810 we want the Intrepid instructions.
add the following line to the sources.list
Code: [Select]
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
Save and exit file
Install GPG key using the following command
Code: [Select]
sudo apt-key adv -- keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com -- recv-keys CEC06767Update source list
Code: [Select]
sudo apt-get updateNow install the drivers.  If you want the newest 185 which I think are final instead of the 190 betas just replace the 190 with 185.
Code: [Select]
sudo apt-get install nvidia-190-modaliases nvidia-glx-190I think I then did a
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sudo nvidia-xconfigbecause on reboot I got a black screen with cursor.  You can try rebooting and if you get the black screen use the nvidia-xconfig.  It generates a new xorg.conf file.

Now it was time to rerun the AVwizard.  I rebooted and when the tones started sounding I held down SHIFT.  The screen was black (I think) because the video was being output on something other than the HDMI port.  I sat and hit the numeral keys until I got a picture.  I think it was 5 or 6 but start at 1 and work your way up.  Pause at each one and give it a second to switch.  I went through the AVwizard, set it to 1080p and UI2 with overlay.  After a reboot and orbiter regen I was in the UI at 1080p! 

Some notes:
I originally installed the nvidia 190's.  They seemed to be a little slow.  After I was back in at 1080p with the new drivers I did an update from KDE instead of the command line.  Don't do that.  It screwed up my nvidia drivers and I had to reinstall.  When I reinstalled the nvidia drivers I picked the 185's.  They seemed to run smoother.  I want to try the 190's again but right now it runs fine on the 185's. 

I still need to get the audio working via HDMI.  There seems to be mixed luck with that but I know that I need to install the new ALSA drivers.  Does anyone know of a way to do it with a package manager?
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on September 25, 2009, 07:34:54 am
HDMI Audio does not work.  I have been all over the forums.  By 'the forums' I mean every forum ever (I swear).  Out in the wild there is working HDMI audio on Ubuntu 8.10 but not working on LinuxMCE.  I don't feel like typing out everything that I have tried (geekyhawkes has run into all of this before read his posts.  I ran into all of the exact same problems he has and I got no farther than he did) but I will explain how to upgrade your ALSA drivers.  I think it's better than what I did on my core (even though it worked with my core).

The best way I have found to upgrade ALSA is here:  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6589810 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6589810)

Thanks to tkmedia and merkur2k for providing that link.

One more quick word on HDMI audio...
This guy: http://imadethisdesign.blogspot.com/2009/08/htpc-zotac-n330-boxeexbmc-vdpau-1080p.html (http://imadethisdesign.blogspot.com/2009/08/htpc-zotac-n330-boxeexbmc-vdpau-1080p.html)
He has my exact hardware.  He got HDMI audio working.  I wanted to use his settings but I was told LinuxMCE over writes the file that you need to modify each and every time it boots.  No dice.  Since, I am lucky enough to have a receiver that accepts optical and coax digital audio I can work around for now (hopefully, I still have to get that to work).

Oh!  One last thing.  Zotac has some Linux drivers for audio and lan on their website.  Could this be useful?  Linux drivers specifically for this board?
http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=com_docman_2&task=cat_view&gid=189&Itemid=218&lang=en (http://www.zotac.com/index.php?option=com_docman_2&task=cat_view&gid=189&Itemid=218&lang=en)
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: thezfunk on September 27, 2009, 12:30:46 pm
I have moved on to getting VDPAU working since it is pretty essential with the ION.  I followed the wiki about using avenard's patch in mythtv.  The thing is, I can either get the 180 build by using the release repository or I get the 190 build using the testing repository.  I need the 185 build.  The nvidia 180 drivers have poor or no support for the ION and the 190's run like shit on the ION.  I see the 185's are in his testing repository but I obviously need to modify my install command.  Can some help with this?
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: superslacker on October 31, 2009, 12:16:45 am
Hmm. I followed this, and changed the root pw, but this isn't reflected on the MD. Do I need to 'rebuild  image' on the admin site?





I had a similar issue on my Zotac 330 Ion.  I couldn't use sudo on the MD because sambahelper told me I had the wrong password.  To get around this I had to set an actual root password for the MD. 

When you log into the MD your prompt should tell you what moon# the MD is... remember the number.

On the core/hybrid you need to open a terminal in KDE or press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get tty1.  Login with your username and password.  Then to become superuser type:

Code: [Select]
$ sudo su -
and enter your password.  Change directory to /usr/pluto/diskless and chroot into the MDs structure.  Once you have done this you can change the root password for the MD with the passwd command.

Code: [Select]
# cd /usr/pluto/diskless
# chroot XX   <-- replace XX with the moon number (device number) of your MD.
# passwd
Enter new UNIX password:

Enter the root password for the MD and then exit the chroot environment and give up superuser by typing 'exit' twice.

Code: [Select]
# exit
# exit
$

Now you can login as root on the MD with the password that you just set and you will be able to edit your xorg.conf file.

J.
Title: Re: thezfunk LinuxMCE Project build
Post by: phenigma on October 31, 2009, 02:13:05 am
Hmm. I followed this, and changed the root pw, but this isn't reflected on the MD. Do I need to 'rebuild  image' on the admin site?

If you rebuild the image from the admin site the root password on that MD will be reset and you will have to perform these steps to set the root password again.

J.