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Installation issues / SOLVED: Re: SBLive and Digital Sound

« on: January 02, 2008, 05:27:18 am »

If you are experiencing issues with SPDIF Coax/Optical, stop what you are doing and go read HOWTO Dolby Digital and DTS.  I was directed to that link from this thread:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dolby_Digital_Out_(AC3,_SPDIF)

Trust me, as many problems as I have had, much of this was right under my nose.  Here's some things you should check prior to the link:

1.  If you are connecting to a RECEIVER - Ensure that the correct input for you selection is made.  This was my main problem.  I have a Pioneer Elite and connected as follows:

    MD ---> SAT  DVI ----> HDMI input (since I don't have a sat TV this was perfect)
    SAT Inputs - config
       Digital --- Opt1
       HDMI ---- HDMI1

2.  Alsamixer - turned off Analog for IEC958
3.  Changed IEC958 input to PCM
4.  Unmute PCM
5.  Turned Master Volume to max
6.  Ran the scripts in the link above

Receiver displayed Dolby/DTS and I'm a happy guy.

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Installation issues / Re: SBLive and Digital Sound

« on: January 02, 2008, 12:49:26 am »

I'm able to get Analog out, but not the SPDIF (coax / optical).  I really want to have full surround with this if possible and being able to minimize the number of cables is a must.  From all of the posts I've seen, the SBLive cards (supposedly) work under this software.  It's recognized, I can see it in Alsamixer, but it does not appear to be as plug and play as I would have hoped.  I guess I'll try another card.

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Installation issues / Re: Media director installation failed...

« on: January 01, 2008, 07:02:42 pm »

Did you ever get an answer to this ?  I just upgraded (why don't know) and restarted my MD and now I get this error. 

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Installation issues / SBLive and Digital Sound

« on: January 01, 2008, 02:19:53 am »

Hope someone can help or point me in the right direction:

MD - SPECS
ASUS Mobo 3.2
4 Gb RAM
320 Gb HDD
Yukon GB eth0
SBLive 5.1 Card
Onboard Audio - ICH5 - Disabled
DVI-HDMI output
Digital Coax connected to Receiver

I get no sound with this card or the on-board.  I went with this card due to the fact that it was one of those identified as "working out of the box", based on some of the pleas for help that is not the case.

Here is what I've done:

Alsamixer config -

    I set all of the IE958 settings to un-mute as well as AC97 and saved it (boy this took a while to get through) but I did.

    In KDE loaded a DVD in drive, it autostarted with the XINE player - NO Sound
    Launched KMIX - used a myriad of settings (bad thing about this utility, what is on and what is off, no way to really tell) (light reds, dark reds, greens, yellows).  You would think that GREEN (being a standard for on/go/proceed) would indicate that an option is on.  Go figure.

Ok, so I am a little frustrated and am willing to buy "whatever works with this system out of the box", I just want to finally see it work.

You guys have helped me struggle through the slow speed and really pointed me in the right direction, hopefully you can do the same here.

THANKS IN ADVANCE - HAPPY NEW YEAR

170

Installation issues / SOLVED - Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 31, 2007, 08:18:56 am »

Thanks to you all for helping with this.  1audion, when I returned to the BIOS to check the settings, the Graphics Aperture Size was set to 248.  I changed it to 64 Mb and WOW, the system boots under 2 mins.  Now, that's more like it.

Once again, thanks to you all.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

171

Installation issues / Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 31, 2007, 06:26:47 am »

Sorry for the multiple posts, just learning my way around Linux.


This is MD ifconfig:

root@moon29:~# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:D8:C4:01:02
          inet addr:192.168.80.2  Bcast:192.168.80.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::211:d8ff:fec4:102/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:389668 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:281477 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:399529691 (381.0 MiB)  TX bytes:78302809 (74.6 MiB)
          Interrupt:20

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:304 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:24576 (24.0 KiB)  TX bytes:24576 (24.0 KiB)

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Installation issues / Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 31, 2007, 06:24:02 am »

Here is the ifconfig from Core:

dcerouter_52637:/home/linuxmce# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:AD:80:20:BE
          inet addr:192.168.0.2  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::280:adff:fe80:20be/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:54955 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:14841 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:23931626 (22.8 MiB)  TX bytes:1632474 (1.5 MiB)
          Interrupt:16 Base address:0xd400

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:80:AD:03:5D:02
          inet addr:192.168.80.1  Bcast:192.168.80.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::280:adff:fe03:5d02/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:581892 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:812575 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:172095480 (164.1 MiB)  TX bytes:809557645 (772.0 MiB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xd000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:22569 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:22569 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:4476468 (4.2 MiB)  TX bytes:4476468 (4.2 MiB)

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Installation issues / Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 30, 2007, 11:14:31 pm »

I'm going to purchase new NIC's for both the Core and MD and I'll re-post my results.

Thanks for all of the support, comments and help.

174

Installation issues / Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 29, 2007, 09:22:24 pm »

Thanks to everyone for the info and trying to help.  Here is my current status.

1.  Reinstalled Core software (as usuall setup was a breeze)
2.  Re-configured MD

Used all standard settings without changing anything -

Added VOIP with Teliax
Added Rooms and Names

System up and running.

Reboot time for MD = 10 Mins

    Allowed software updates to take place - restarted all systems -

    Core boot time = 3 mins
    MD boot time = 9/10 mins
    Copied files from Core to MD - 100Mb file = 2/3 mins - 1Gb NIC
    Copied files from Core and MD to other connected systems - 3 or so mins - 1Gb NICs
    All logs are clean - no errors

When the MD boots - it takes a long time to get past the OBD Shell - about 4 mins for that to pass

Where do I go from here


Lost - Don't know where to go or what to do

175

Installation issues / Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 26, 2007, 12:20:50 am »

With regards to sound.  I have another post where I am not able to get sound out of my MD.  I have a SBLive Card and have tried to use Alsa to set the Optical (coax/dig) but no good results.  Any sugesstions ?

176

Installation issues / Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 26, 2007, 12:03:33 am »

What a great group of guys you are.  So, I've started the MD and it is configuring itself.  Do I need to do click on "Setup Diskless" for each MD ? 

OK, I'll let this configure itself and go from there.  NO ERRORS SO FAR

CROSS MY FINGERS - WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO

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Installation issues / Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 25, 2007, 11:29:26 pm »

Thanks, I'll do that.  I do have a clean Core.  So what you appear to be saying is that I should "NOT" need to manually add the MD.  If I click on the Setup Diskless" button that will do everything I need for the MD ?  I've done that a number of times and it has not worked but once.  I've installed this system at least 20 times so far, but loving all the learning.

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Installation issues / Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 25, 2007, 10:14:25 pm »

1audio - Great feedback and thanks a million to you all.  I will try this and look to see what gives.  I've reloaded from the DVD, clean install and yes I was always able to play DVD's from the Core.

I hate to keep asking questions, but since downloaded 3 months ago, I've really been intrigued with the Linux Distro and have changed all of my WHENDOZ systems to Linux (various flavors).  This is really a hot system and I am going to try and connect every module it has.

Thanks and Merry Christmas - a shame to be doing this on this day, but hey, my present to me.

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Installation issues / Re: MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 25, 2007, 06:48:48 pm »

I've checked the network cables and all that and have isolated the Core and the MD and still have the same issue.  I'm all new to this, is there a log I can look at to see if there is some problem ?  Also, it appears that the  MD rebuilds everytime it boots.  It seems that it's either creating a new disk image each time or does not have all of the files necessary to run.  I only see one fail message screen and that is with nfsmount, but the system continues to boot.

Thanks for any help.

Another note. I've reinstalled a number of times both core and MD.  However when setting up the MD I've had to manually add it and then set up the MAC address prior to it being recognized.  only once have I been able to boot a MD without having to first set it up under Add Device.  Yes, I've always push the button to setup diskless boot.

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Installation issues / MD Runs extremely slow over Gb etho - Why

« on: December 25, 2007, 10:33:51 am »

System Stats:

CORE:

P4 3.2 Intel
(2) 500 Gb HDD
4 Gb RAM
DVD Drive
(2) Gb realtek ethernet adapters


MD -

P4 - 3.2 Intel
320 Gb HDD
Onboard YUKON Gb Network interface
DVD Drive
SBLive PCI card - Not able to get sound
MCE Remote with USB IRT
MS USB Keyboard and mouse


Gigabyte switch for internal network

Problems
a.  MD Boot time is approximately 20 Mins (Not sure why)
b.  Playing DVD's goes to black screen for about 4 mins and then plays
c.  Getting to KDE - takes at lease 4 minutes

What do I change ?  Where can I start ?  If everything runs this slow it won't be worth the effort I've put into setting this up.

I've purchased pretty much all of the recommeded hardware or at least where I've seen on the forums compatible H/W.

Help if possible