I was having a lot of issues with getting a Windows MCE IR receiver working.  In the past is was automatically install once you selected the mceusb2 Receiver from admin site but since 704 I could not get it install I kept getting lirc_mceusb2 module not found. 

It turns out that I had to manually do a depmod -ae then modprobed lirc_mceusb2 and finally it started working. 

I am not sure exactly why I had to do that, but I did and it worked. 

Thanks,

Rob

I have ran into a small issue.  When i insert a dvd to play, it fails with a warning that DVD CSS is not installed.  However, the setup wizard indicates that it is installed as well as apt-get, but for some reason it will not let me play back dvd's.

Also, this is a media director as I do not use the Core for Media Playback, but it is a hybrid installation.

Any one else ran into this problem

Thanks,

Rob

Okay,

I thought that I had it fixed.  I am definitely closer, but I am running into a permission problem I believe.  I can ls -asl the files from /mnt/device/91/public/data/audio and all of the files are present via a ssh terminal, but not visible in the orbiter. Then I noticed different permissions from a device that is visible from the orbiter.

The share is being mounted with the following permissions

root:root

whereas the RAID I have mounted has the following permissions (which is shown in media on orbiters)

root:public

It will not let me change the ownership.  Even as root it states that I do not have permission.  I deleted and tried to start over, but even though the orbiter asks me if I want to use the box as a File Server, no device is created.  I can create the device manually, but it always ends up with the wrong permissions.  I originally thought that I fixed the issue, but soon realized that I did not as the media was not present in the orbiter, but I could list the directories from a ssh terminal.  I am going to dig a little deeper, but surely someone has gotten a file server up and running without much difficulty.

Any additional help would be appreciated, as my wife is about to kill me. 

As soon as I can confirm a working setup I will post to solution, but right know I can get it running with the exception of seeing the media in the orbiter. 

Thanks,

Rob

I found the problem, the original SQL is correct.  The Share were listed as a device, but not the box.  There is a Device Template for File/Media Servers.  I created the device and then move the shares under the new device and reloaded the router and the devices are working properly. 

Thanks for your help.  I know that I was doing something wrong.  The problem that I due see is that the orbiter asks to use the FreeNAS box as a file server, but when I select yes, the device was not created.  I had added the Shares myself, so the automatic detection seems to be not added the File Server Device as the orbiter states.  I have it working so I am going to give it a rest for now, but I may look at the reason for the device not being added in the future.
 
Thanks.

Rob

I have tried both ways,  if the shares are listed as a child under the core then the original SQL statement returns the core IP if the shares are not a child device then the SQL statement returns NULL.  If NULL is returned then the next step of /etc/auto.PlutoStorageDevices is to PING the IP addressed returned, but if it is NULL then the script fails. other wise it PINGs  the core which works, but obviously the Share is not found and dmesg is loaded with CIFS errors.

I was going to look at the way the Shares are created and if the Parent IP was the IP address of the machine itself then the original SQL would return the correct IP address.

I did not have this problem until RC1 and I also now have it in 704,  I am going to try  a couple of more things to see if I can found out the issue.

Thanks,
Rob

Take a look at this other post I just submitted, which help correct this problem.  I have used PlutoHome and have recently switched to LinuxMCE, so the instructions I wrote earlier where from my previous experiences, but I too had trouble today mount my FREENAS box, so I posted some questions about this issue.

http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2065.0

Thanks,

Rob

I have a freenas box which I have used since starting with PlutoHome without problems, but starting with RC1 and with this latest release 704.  I can not get the share mounted. I have been digging to try and get to the bottom of this and I have found something that I need clarification on. I have found some SQL code that seems wrong to me, but as I am not a SQL person. I was hoping someone else with more experience would confirm this or point me in the proper direction.

Code:

/etc/auto.PlutoStorageDevices

is the script that controls the mounting of all things storage (as best as I can tell)

you can test the code by running the following:

Code:

sudo /etc/auto.PlutoStorageDevices 91

( please change 91 to the device Number of your Storage Device)

with the original SQL mentioned below it returns no information, but by making the changes below it returns the following

Code:

-fstype=cifs,username=XXXXXXX,password=XXXXXXX,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0777 ://192.168.80.253/NAS

and the media stored is accessible.

So here is the code in question:at line 109 of /etc/auto.PlutoStorageDevices

Code:

## Get the ip address of the parent (computer or nas that has the share)
                Q="     SELECT
                                Parent.IPAddress
                        FROM
                                Device Child
                                LEFT JOIN Device Parent ON Parent.PK_Device = Child.FK_Device_ControlledVia
                        WHERE
                                Child.PK_Device = '$StorageDevice'
                        LIMIT 1
                "

However if you take this code and run it in phpmyadmin for the StorageDevice (91) created by Linuxmce for the NAS Share it always returns the Core IPAddress which is obviously not he IPAddress of the FreeNAS box controlling the shares.

If I change the script as follows: (change Parent to Child in the first SELECT line)

Code:

## Get the ip address of the parent (computer or nas that has the share)
                Q="     SELECT
                                Child.IPAddress
                        FROM
                                Device Child
                                LEFT JOIN Device Parent ON Parent.PK_Device = Child.FK_Device_ControlledVia
                        WHERE
                                Child.PK_Device = '$StorageDevice'
                        LIMIT 1
                "

It returns the correct address and it appears to fix the problem, but I was hoping someone smarter than I, could confirm that this is indeed correct or am I just getting lucky with this switch.

Thanks
Rob

The easiest is way is to set up a sambahelper user on the FREENAS box.  I have two shares that I access. I had problems (and continue to have intermittent) with the share not showing up, but the reliability increase greatly when I created a sambahelper user.

cat /usr/pluto/var/sambaCredentials.secret to get the password.

Rob
 

Take a look at FreeNAS www.freenas.org below is the description from the website.  I have been using it for several months.  I had an old P3 setting around that I converted into a NAS using this software package. Works great never had a problem.

Code:

Welcome to FreeNAS
FreeNAS is a free NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, supporting: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, iSCSI protocols, S.M.A.R.T., local user authentication, Software RAID (0,1,5) with a Full WEB configuration interface. FreeNAS takes less than 32MB once installed on Compact Flash, hard drive or USB key.
The minimal FreeBSD distribution, Web interface, PHP scripts and documentation are based on M0n0wall.

There are a few places that this may be an issue:
1. /usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt which is symlinked to /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
2. I have found that the best combination of information is to use dcerouter as the DBHostName and not localhost or the IP address
3. The last thing that sometimes cause problems is that the user is not allowed access to the database.

Try the following commands and see if you can log into the database.

Code:

$ cat /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
$ mysql -umythtv -p(password from the above output) -h dcerouter mythconverg

if you can log on to the database then the information in the mysql.txt file is accurate. If you can not then you will need to try and few things.

if access is denied for mythtv user then try

Code:

$ mysql -uroot -p -h dcerouter mythconverg

If you can log in as root then you can change the password for mythtv user.

Code:

$ mysql> update user set Password=PASSWORD('new-value') WHERE User='mythtv';
$ mysql> flush privilege;

now change the password in the /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt file

and retry the mysql command above for the mythtv user.

If you are still denied access then you may need to allow additional access.  THis is from the mythtv documentation.

Code:

$ mysql -u root mythconverg
$ mysql> grant all on mythconverg.* to mythtv@"192.168.80.%" identified by "mythtv";
$ mysql> flush privileges;

Note that the above command you should put the LAN you are using 192.168.?.%

These are the things that I have had to deal with in the past when trying to get Pluto up and running.  I am not yet running LinuxMCE but I will be when my equipment arrives.

I hope this helps.
Robert Wilson

There is a method to get to a tumbling menu for TV listings.  It is referred to as the absolute function of the left action button on the gyro mouse.  I use it all of the time, but I do not know if you can get to this menu with out the gyro mouse. 

In LiveTV continue to hold the left action button and the screen tumbling menu on the left hand side of the screen will pop up.  Then you will use the gyro mouse to scroll through the listing quickly.  I have had some occasional problems with it sometimes being empty, and other times it has the data.  I have never really tried to figure out why this is the case. 

This is also true for a DVD in order to get the Chapter Titles.

Here is a link to the Wiki page which describes how to use the Gyro mouse to control the system http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/UI

Thanks,
Rob

nvidia geforce 4 mx440 is not supported in the last NVidia driver release which is installed with LinuxMCE. You need to have the legacy driver install which is 1.0-9631 but LinuxMCE is try to install 1.0-9755.  Look at http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
This was mentioned on another thread.  I do not know the correct solution at this time.  I had a more recent video card and just switched, so I can not give you any more pointers. 

It would be nice if there was some detection so that it did not automatically try and install the most recent nvidia drivers when you select that option. 

Thanks
Rob

hello,

you do not need to configure any files in /etc.

The issue at first glance seems to that you may not have a video source created, since the capture works with other programs. 

1. confirm in mythtv-setup that under video sources you have created a source.
2. under input connections select input you want to attach video source to
3. give source a name and select source from drop down menu.

take a look at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mythtv-setup
and http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/User_Manual:Initial_Installation#Setup_MythTV_backend_preferences_and_tune_TV_cards

the way mythtv is set up is no different then if mythtv was a installed by itself. 

I have been using mythtv for years and I have never edited a file in the /etc directory.  I have also been using Plutohome for a while and I also have not had to edit any files in the /etc for MythTV. 

Thanks.