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Installation issues / Unable to install LinuxMCE from scrach - Intrepid repositories are removed

« on: June 09, 2011, 11:47:05 pm »

I have just downloaded a snapshot to install LinuxMCE, but the process fails, due to Intrepid repositories set up by the install script has been removed (it was deleted 30. april).

Are there any workaround for a fresh install if LinuxMCE in todays market where Intrepid is not so hot anymore ?

GIH

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Installation issues / AC3 working fine with mplayer - no sound from linuxmce(xine) on nvidia CK804

« on: September 15, 2007, 03:47:22 pm »

After a lot of tries I have mange to get working AC3 out on my TOS link (optical SPDIF) with mplayer.

The command used for player is:

mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=0,2 -ac hwac3 dvd:// (my optical output is device 2 on card 0)

LinuxMCE (MD) is silent when playing video. playing mp3 (from media->audio) works.

By changing my asound.conf file to this :

pcm.!default {
        type hw
        card 0
        device 2
}

ctl.!default {
      type hw
      card 0
      device 2
}

Even aplay uses the optical output.

Running the avwizard, I can hear the regular stereo signal, but fail to hear DTS or AC3 sounds (and answer no to those questions)

I am unable to change the volum, but that is ok - I can easily change volum on my amp.

How can I configure xine on the MD to use the  alsa:hw2 port in passthrough mode ?

I have noticed that linuxMC overwrites my asound.conf file. How can I prevent this once I've got a working on ?

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Installation issues / Re: No audio

« on: September 12, 2007, 08:46:28 pm »

I have managed to get audio out from the optical output  on my onboard CK804 (nvidia) soundcard using aplay and mpeg123. There is, however, no sound from linuxMCE (playing dvd or using the setup wizards).

What I did was (on the MD):

sudo alsactl store

sudo vi /var/lib/alsa/asound.state

<edit control.35 so that the value is 0, not 3 as it is by default>

<save file>

sudo  alsactl restore

If you get an error with " ... Cannot write control  ..." it means that you have software using alsa running. Stop the MD software, and retry the last command.

Test the result using aplay (installed) or mpeg123 (found on the internet).


So, What do I need to do to get linuxMCE to use my working optical output ?

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Installation issues / Re: MD install fail when trying to register/connect to the core

« on: September 05, 2007, 11:33:38 pm »

There is no directory called /usr/pluto/diskless/ on my core.

There are no entries in the web-admin for Media directors.

Just to try something different, I turned on my HD (in the MD machine), and booted kubuntu. When I startet the MCE install, it did not recognize a core anymore, and presumed I wanted to install a core.

Things are looking up....

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Installation issues / Re: MD install fail when trying to register/connect to the core

« on: September 05, 2007, 09:09:36 pm »

OK. I performed a "Quick Reload Router" on the core. And, just to be safe, I rebootet the core

unfortunately there is no improvement for the MD. Boots OK until I get to the "We announced ourselves to the router" message, and then nothing happens (I watch the  CPU and disk usage on the core, and there is no significant change there, indicating that the problem is still present.

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Installation issues / Re: MD install fail when trying to register/connect to the core

« on: September 05, 2007, 07:44:04 pm »

Again, thanks for your answers.

1. Yes, I have tried to reboot the MD machine several times, with no change.

2. If by "reload the router" you mean I should re-install the core computer, I don't' know if that is such a good idea. How can I make sure that the next install would be better ? And how can we make sure nobody else runs into a similar problem ?

It is probably better to figure out what is wrong, so that I cal file a popper bug report so others will avoid this problem.


Since I belive some packages are missing, could somebody with a core-only router (version 7.04) run this command, and upload the resulting file to this thread ?

"sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall > ubuntu-files"

It will produce a list of all installed packages, allowing me to run a diff to see what I am missing.

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Installation issues / Re: MD install fail when trying to register/connect to the core

« on: September 04, 2007, 07:52:01 pm »

Thank you for your replies.

1. My MD PC have been waiting at the "announce" prompt for over 2 days now. I detect no extra storage used on the core, So I do not belive that a device is created on the core.

2. I have checked my webinterface, and no devices are shown when I select "Media Directors", only a "Add device" button.

So, I still belive that there is a problem on the core.

Is there any way to detect if any packages are missing on the core ?

How can I verify that the NewMDinteractor service is working properly (I have check the PXE boot image sendt to my MD, and the interactor program is called after the announce message is printed to the screen) ?

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Installation issues / MD install fail when trying to register/connect to the core

« on: September 03, 2007, 11:15:56 pm »

I have recently installed a Core on my server (kubutnu + mce images). The installation was simple, as long as I didn't stray away from the default setup (why do you provide an option to change the hostname of the core, when you ignore my setting ?). The setup completed ok (according to the final dialog box), but not all packages was installed. So far I had to manually install the mythweb package.

Is there any way to verify that all needed packages are installed ?

I then continued to install my first MD (with kubuntu install + mce install pkg). The MCE install program detected that I had a running core, and it tried to create the device on the core. This operation never finished.

Then I disabled the harddrive, and performed a netboot on my MD machine. The boot process found the core, loaded the kernel, and tried to announce itselves to the core. Then nothing happened, and the MD machine stopped booting.

Is my NewMDinteractor service broken ?

Please advice