Kernels are part of Fedora Core 7 (XEN), not customized
[root@bigbear ~]# uname -r
2.6.21-6.fc7xen

So you think I might have a problem when I am able to export the slots to the backend? Hmmm, this isn't making things easier. I refuse to run LCME as my base system, would run into LVM problems. Running it as a VM makes it easier not having to fool around with my stable eviroment. Are there any other options beside Xen to virtualize LCME (Virtual Box) and have PCI access in the VM?

Hi guys,

have been fooling around with LCME for the past two months or so, but I am getting close to a working system  Now that audio and video is working on the MD's I would like to add the PVR card (Hauppauge PVR 150) to the DomU. I know I have to use pciback to free the assignment of the card to Dom0 but all my "googling" could not resolve the issue that pciback is not present in my Xen kernel. Not being a complete Tux guru I hope someone is around and has done this before 
If you need any further info pleaze let me know....

Grtz

DBM

Ok show me, would love to buy a psp, overhere it looks like the N800 is pretty expensive... Maybe a PSP would be a nice workaround

Hi there again.

daballiemo - are you using paravirtualisation or the other option ?
My server doesnt support the other option, because it doesnt have the vanderpool thing.

And in paravirtualisation I can't get it to install .. but maybe I'm the mistake .. maybe you could give me a little more info on how you installed it exactly. For instance - you said, you set up a new virtual machine and installed then ?
What did you use as install source in the xen ui ?

Thanks for your help.

I'm using full virt. Define the machine with the Kubuntu iso as a cdrom. Fire up and install kubuntu. Copy over Kubuntu, LCME 1&2 and the extracted installer. Install LCME with Orbiter and Core and away you go.

BTW do not forget to pick no sound in the AV wizard. Otherwise it will fail :-0

I have used a normal PIII 500MHz 768MB RAM as an MD, but performance with SD video is choppy at best

The config I now have is an AMD Athlon 2400 /512 Mb/MX4000 which is as far as I can see perfect. One disadvantage it's huge compared to what I want. I am not fully up to speed on sleep stuff and that but leaving it on 24/365 is not working towards a greener enviroment I guess.

I wrecked it, so I have to do the setup again :-) Want to try adding another NIC (eth1) before installing LCME, lets see how it works

Thanks, it's indeed a NVidia graphics card. I have seen the same behaviour however on the other hybrid core I have which is running on Xen. That one is running in the least graphical mode. When shutting down the system with the NVidia card the effect becomes worse, until shutdown time ofcourse :-). Both my systems are setup as LMCE first systems, the majority of the problems I have seen start when going into KDE

Hi guys,

after having loads of fun installing LMCE in all kinds of ways, trying to the the hang of the system, I have stumbled on a thing I have not been able to resolve upto now. Infrequent the picture on my monitor starts shifting to the left, almost like folding around the screen. As my English is not perfect, trying to find this behaviour on the forum and on Google has not resulted in a resolution. So please anybody got a clue, I'm getting tired of rebooting the router about every 20 minutes to get my screen back....

I'am running xen under Fedora 7. Setup is easy compared to ubuntu (my favo distro).

Well the part about Xen wasn't rocket science. Basically build a new virtual machine through the GUI of xen. After installation make sure you add another bridged network card. Copy over the iso for Kubuntu 7.04, CD1 and CD2 of LinuxMCE and the installer and.... install. Do not forget to disable DHCP on your home network router and all will work like a charm. Do not expect anything else but the basic GUI of LMCE but it will do on a server. BTW I used the dedicated LCME setup, I had loads of problems just running the core without the GUI

Hello,

ive just worked my way into installing LinuxMCE. It finally runs :-) as domu on xen. Mainly I did this to save power. No my question is regarding the same: is it possible to use thin clients as MD's? I've had a go with a HP T5525 (Via 800 Mhz, 128 Mb) but the system is slow as ..... Only music will play but video hangs the system. Now I am not sure if bad performance is caused by putting the core on xen, or a Via 800 Mhz proc not doing the job. Anybody any experience?

rgds