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61

Users / Re: Newbie with a shopping list for review please

« on: November 19, 2007, 08:45:04 pm »

Rock - thanks for the link...Very Helpful.

700W seems way excessive.

Never heard of the 45w chips before. Learn something everyday.

Num1 - Its up to you. Linuxmce seems better suited for a whole house solution and your looking for just one thing. If all you want is to do the "tivo" like stuff and watch a couple of movies use Myth. Myths got tons of plugins that should give you tons of added functionality. But if you are looking for home DVR - CCTV - VOIP - Automation all rolled into one check out Linuxmce.
Lighs are controlled by X10 - Z-Wave - or (maybe soon Insteon and Zigbee.)

Your hardware looks good.

Regards,
Blair

62

Compatible Products & Services / Re: Need <$100 HTPC case ideas

« on: November 17, 2007, 11:26:13 pm »

I am still looking for a slim case < 5" high. 

63

Compatible Products & Services / Re: Need <$100 HTPC case ideas

« on: November 16, 2007, 08:19:37 am »

It's bigger than I wanted, but for the price I couldn't pass it up.

I still need a case that will fit in a smaller area. My upstairs entertainment area has only 5" between shelves.

Regards,
Blair

64

Compatible Products & Services / Re: Need <$100 HTPC case ideas

« on: November 16, 2007, 02:01:39 am »

I just won this one off Ebay. problem solved.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article104-page1.html

 

Regards,
Blair

65

Compatible Products & Services / Re: Need <$100 HTPC case ideas

« on: November 15, 2007, 11:34:32 pm »

I should have said I am east coast US.
I didn't see any Hiper cases local. I did see that model for 50 pounds. Without shipping(which would cost a lot) it is out of my price range.
Case is very efficient looking.

I am interested in that MSI boards also but I can't find it anywhere other than in a MSI Media Live which is very nice but beyond my means.

Regards,
Blair

66

Compatible Products & Services / Need <$100 HTPC case ideas

« on: November 15, 2007, 07:40:20 am »

I have been scrounging around to put together a MD.
I a trying to keep the build a cheap as possible so I can hopefully have enough soon to build another.

I was looking at this barebones as a good starting point.  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856110057
I think this is the  ASUS M2NPV-VM in a ASUS case with PS.

I think I can get the Asus mobo from the WIKI (above) for around $70. I would rather get my own htpc case. The problem is keeping in under $100.00.
Almost every decent htpc I have seen runs at least $149 with a PS.

My origonal budget was:
Mobo - $70  ASUS M2NPV-VM
CPU - $70   AMD X2 4000+
Ram - $25 Generic 512MB
DVD/RW - $30 Whatever is on sale at newegg
Case - $100 - (??)

I've searched countless web stores and Ebay to try to find a deal but I have not found one that fits my $. Any ideas?
I've searched silverstone, antec, thermaltake, D-Vine etc..

Regards,
Blair

67

Installation issues / Re: Using pppoe on external network card - problems ...

« on: November 01, 2007, 02:51:00 am »

Make sure you get your PPP0e info from your provider and enter it correctly in pppoeconf.
To change eth0 to ppp0 it was easier to go into web-admin and change it under the device tree-->CORE as stated by Zaerc.

Thanx again PIX.

Blair

68

Users / Re: New Version Soon?

« on: October 31, 2007, 05:36:14 am »

Here is a nice quote from MythNews site: http://mythtvnews.com/2007/10/30/linuxmce-710-scheduled-for-release-end-of-november/

LinuxMCE 7.10 scheduled for release end of November

LinuxMCEThis version will be based on Kubuntu 7.10 and the new features are:

    * Support for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray playback, as well as integration with MPlayer
    * 1080p on the nVidia graphics platform
    * Better integration with MythTV
    * The inclusion of VDR, popular with the European Satellite users
    * Lots of bug fixes and tweaks

69

Installation issues / Re: Need help with 2 nic standalone core network setup

« on: October 29, 2007, 03:43:01 am »

I am writing this from winmac. It worked!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

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Windows IP Configuration



        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : winmac

        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:



        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network Connection with I/O Acceleration #2

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-F2-01-DD-D9

        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.252

        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1

        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1

        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 71.243.0.12

                                            71.250.0.12

        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, October 29, 2007 2:13:27 AM

        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:13:27 AM



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network Connection with I/O Acceleration

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-F2-01-DD-D8


I can't wait to get working on the rest of the setup now.

THANK YOU!!!

BEST REGARDS,
Blair

70

Installation issues / Re: Need help with 2 nic standalone core network setup

« on: October 28, 2007, 03:53:22 am »

"sudo route" from CORE.

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linuxmce@dcerouter:~$ sudo route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
10.7.xx.xx      *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
192.168.80.0    *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
192.168.80.0    *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth1
link-local      *               255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
default         *               0.0.0.0         U     0      0        0 ppp0

"vi /etc/dhcp3/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf" CORE

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# option definitions common to all supported networks...
#option domain-name "fugue.com";
#option domain-name-servers toccata.fugue.com;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.80.1;
authoritative;

option routers 192.168.80.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

# lease IPs for 1 day, maximum 1 week
default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 604800;

allow booting;
allow bootp;

option space pxelinux;
option pxelinux.magic code 208 = string;
option pxelinux.configfile code 209 = text;
option pxelinux.pathprefix code 210 = text;
option pxelinux.reboottime code 211 = unsigned integer 32;

subnet 192.168.80.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        next-server 192.168.80.1;
        filename "/tftpboot/pxelinux.0";
        option pxelinux.reboottime = 30;
 default-lease-time 86400;
        max-lease-time 604800;
        pool {
                 allow unknown-clients;
                 range 192.168.80.129 192.168.80.253;
        }
}

# PXE booting machines
group {
        next-server 192.168.80.1;
        filename "/tftpboot/pxelinux.0";
        option pxelinux.reboottime = 30;

}

# regular machines
group {
        # DCEROUTER: DCEROUTER (38)
        host pc1 { hardware ethernet 00:00:00:00:00:00; fixed-address 192.168.80.254; }
}

# CORE (1) has bad mac address:


I have internet access on the CORE so I can post the "route" and the "dhcpd.conf" info.

Here is the "sudo ifconfig" from my Mint Linux box:

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:18:7F:0E:7E 
          inet addr:192.168.80.253  Bcast:192.168.80.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:12199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:17588 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1251649 (1.1 MiB)  TX bytes:1659095 (1.5 MiB)
          Interrupt:16 Base address:0xe000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3002 (2.9 KiB)  TX bytes:3002 (2.9 KiB)
"ipconfig /all" from XP on a MAC:

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Windows IP Configuration



        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : winmac

        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:



        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network Connection with I/O Acceleration #2

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-F2-01-DD-D9

        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.252

        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1

        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1

        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1

        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 27, 2007 7:43:40 PM

        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 28, 2007 7:43:40 PM



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network Connection with I/O Acceleration

        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-F2-01-DD-D8


I hope this helps.

Thank you for all the help getting this set up.

I just did a reinstall today via the DVD. It was pretty painless. I just wanted to make sure the cd install wasn't broken.

THANKS

Best Regards,
Blair

71

Users / Re: New Version Soon?

« on: October 28, 2007, 02:06:04 am »

I just reinstalled from the DVD.
Still trying to work out my network.
I will do a clean install when the new version hits.

Thanks.
Blair

72

Installation issues / Re: Need help with 2 nic standalone core network setup

« on: October 26, 2007, 05:20:07 am »

I changed eth0 to ppp0 in Pluto-Admin.
I am getting this when I view IP Adresses.

------------------------------------------------------------------
EXTERNAL_IFACE     ppp0
EXTERNAL_MAC    
EXTERNAL_IP    inet addr:71.183.23.169 P-t-P:10.6.30.16 Mask:255.255.255.255
EXTERNAL_NETMASK    255.255.255.255
EXTERNAL_DHCP    0
INTERNAL_IFACE    eth1
INTERNAL_MAC    00:1A:92:7B:E7:8D
INTERNAL_IP    192.168.80.1
INTERNAL_NETMASK    255.255.255.0
GATEWAY    0.0.0.0
DNS1    71.242.0.12
DNS2    71.250.0.12
----Addresses modified to protect my Core----------------------

I am on my core typing this, but I can't view web pages on any other computer in the LAN.

I don't know how oto designate the gateway or what address I should use.

I really don't like networking....
 

Regards,
Blair

73

Installation issues / Re: Surviellance cameras/ and bt878 card

« on: October 26, 2007, 05:09:37 am »

I did the lspci before and knew the card is recognized. It shows up as Brooktree Bt878 card.

I added the interface with motion wrapper and linked it to all my cams. I gave each a port number. (1-4)

Now I get blue screens for all the cams.

The card is off ebay and is a KODICOM 4400 I believe. I remember when I used it with the zoneminder live cd I had to add something to modprobe.d.

Thanks for the help. Blue screens = better than no screens.

Blair

74

Users / Re: Gave linuxMCE a chance

« on: October 25, 2007, 05:34:57 am »

Or you could spend $10,000 for a proprietary system that can't do half the stuff LinuxMCE can do.

75

Installation issues / Re: Surviellance cameras/ and bt878 card

« on: October 25, 2007, 04:57:41 am »

Yes.

I have read both multiple times.

I understand the concept. Just not sure how to find make a device template for the bt878 capture card.

Regards,
Blair