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Users / Need a new MD

« on: September 02, 2008, 07:49:34 am »

Hey guys,

I need to get a new MD as the one downstairs in my main living / theater room ain't cutting it due to VIA graphics chipset and some other lackies.

I originally had a MSI 700CN based board (essentially mini-itx). It's great for power consumption amongst other thangs, but the lack of optical port (needed for my A/V component) and incompatibility with VIA graphics drivers is a bit annoying.

I'd like to put together something that has the following:

2 Serial Ports
a GOOD nVIDIA based graphics board w/ DVI or HDMI output
an Optical Out Port for connection to my A/V equipment
integrated blue tooth would be nice, but not necessary, I have dongles
low power consumption
small form factor
PXE-BOOT (a must)

That's about it... any suggestions?

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Users / Re: Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive Problems

« on: September 02, 2008, 07:36:08 am »

Hmm I essentially stored the 2 Blu-Ray Discs I was testing with in an ISO file format. Essentially used winbox tools and extracted the BD disc to ISO format which is supossed to be compatible with 710 RC2. between 35GB and 40GB of data, non-transcoded (don't want to lose that BD Quality

To be honest, I haven't even found a program in Windows that will play BD discs yet. Windows Media Player doesn't recognize the blu-ray content in my blu-ray drive.

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Users / Re: Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive Problems

« on: August 30, 2008, 11:04:45 pm »

Ok, well, this shouldn't be a big feat for me to fix. The house is already wired for cat5e. The switches in my server closet however, are only 10/100Mbps switches. And to be honest, I built my core off the same components that were used in the original LMCE video, but I'm not 100% sure if the ethernet card(s) in there is gigE or not. In fact... now that I think about it, I wonder if my MD has a GigE network card? Better check that here...

Besides that though, is there any other reason I might be getting a black screen when it tries to play?

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Users / Re: Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive Problems

« on: August 29, 2008, 08:56:30 pm »

Well, I was able to get the content onto my Core, by using some programs in Windows, and putting the drive on my windows box. Then I mapped my Cores Video Directory, and placed the "ISO" file there. THen I went into the web director and change the type to LinuxMCE-Blu-Ray Disc, and made it HD 1080 and downloaded the amazon pictures and disc info. However.... when I try to play the disc. It locks up my media center essentially. Am I hitting a bandwidth problem at this point? Network is currently 100Mbps... do I need gig-E to play this now?

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Users / Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive Problems

« on: August 29, 2008, 03:35:35 am »

Hey guys,

I have a Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive installed in my core. The core has the BD / DVD Ripping packages are installed. I can play and rip DVD discs just fine, however, whenever I put a BD disc in there, it doesn't even detect it, let alone allow me to rip it. Is there some driver I need to install to enable it?

Thanks!

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Users / Re: Flickr Not Displaying Screen Saver

« on: August 06, 2008, 11:06:56 pm »

Yea I'm wondering if it might be still a graphic driver issue or something... I know the images work on the core just fine... tested it out. And if I look at the directory on the MD, all the files are there and mounted. and the log would "seem" to indicate it's trying to show them at least. I dunno... that's why I posted this one

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Users / Re: Flickr Not Displaying Screen Saver

« on: August 06, 2008, 10:52:58 pm »

It still runs, or at least is Supossed to run, in UI1. Just not with all the nice fades and transitions provided in UI2. I can't for the life of me figure out why I'm getting a white screen instead of actual pictures.

Yea, I posted some better directions on how to install the OpenChrome drivers on the wiki site. I had to do a bit of tinkering, but eventually got it. One thing I forgot to add was that in 710, you need generate a new xorg.conf file using the

X -configure

command. Then copy it from your home directory, place it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Then you have to vi edit it, and change it to your display settings. It's a bit a pain in the arse... but worked fine after that.

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Users / Flickr Not Displaying Screen Saver

« on: August 06, 2008, 10:29:28 pm »

Hey guys,

So I got my new MD up in the living room... everything works great except for the Flickr Screen Saver. When it goes to run, it just gives me a white screen, no pictures. The MD Is using OpenChrome VIA Graphics drivers and UI1. As I said everything else works great, audio, movies, etc. Not sure what the deal is. Core and MD are also both running 710. Someone said it sounded like a "shoddy" network, but i'm sure the network is fine... everything is running at 100MBps or faster.

Not sure what the problem is.... any help or suggestions?

In the Admin website device is configured as so:

Code: [Select]

Device data   Type default   

Directories /home/public/data/pictures   

Name Photo_Screen_Saver   

ZoomTime 10000   

FadeTime 3500   

Supports NPOT Textures - not checked   

Max Size 1024  


If I ssh in and view the log i get the following:

Code: [Select]

05      08/06/08 14:46:28.006           ^[[33;1mPSS released its textures!^[[0m <0xb631ab90>
05      08/06/08 14:47:00.235           ^[[33;1mGot a reload command from 0 ^[[0m <0xb631ab90>
05      08/06/08 14:47:00.485           ^[[33;1mReceived CMD_Off. Terminating...^[[0m <0xb631ab90>
Return code: 139
3       08/06/08 14:47:02       49 (spawning-device)    ^[[1;31mDevice died... count=1/50 dev=49^[[1;00m
Wed Aug  6 14:47:02 CDT 2008 died
========== NEW LOG SECTION ==========
1       08/06/08 14:47:13       49 (spawning-device)    ^[[1;00mStarting... 2^[[1;00m
1       08/06/08 14:47:13       49 (spawning-device)    ^[[1;00mFound ./LaunchPhoto_Screen_Saver.sh^[[1;00m
== ATTEMPT FRESH START ==
1       08/06/08 14:48:51       Spawn_Device.sh 49 (spawning-device)    ^[[1;00m2374 Dev: 49; Already Running list: 44,45,47,46,49,51,50,48,^[[1;00m
1       08/06/08 14:48:51       Spawn_Device.sh 49 (spawning-device)    ^[[1;00m2374 Device 49 was marked as 'running'. Not starting^[[1;00m
1       08/06/08 14:48:51       Spawn_Device.sh 49 (spawning-device)    ^[[1;00m2374 Dev: 49; Exiting because not starting^[[1;00m
05      08/06/08 15:07:16.853           ^[[33;1mStart Gallery thread^[[0m <0xb5a73b90>
05      08/06/08 15:07:18.278           ^[[33;1mPainting the image... (force refresh) ^[[0m <0xb5a73b90>
05      08/06/08 15:10:00.692           ^[[33;1mPSS released its textures!^[[0m <0xb6274b90>

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Installation issues / Re: Windows Shares

« on: August 01, 2008, 05:14:12 am »

Hmmm...

I seem to be having the same problem... I hit the synch button, and I'm getting the following:

Resynchronize directory /home/public/data/videos

sudo -u root /usr/pluto/bin/UpdateMedia -d "/home/public/data/videos"01   07/31/08 22:08:39.050      Cannot find self in maplock! (0x80b07b4) (>2) alarm: AlarmManager.cpp:102  <0xb6b68b90>
ready to dump locks using logger: 0x80b0858
05   07/31/08 22:08:39.050      Dumping 1 locks <0xb6b68b90>
05   07/31/08 22:08:39.050      finished check for exceptions <0xb6b68b90>
05   07/31/08 22:08:39.051      OL: (0x80b07b4) (>1) alarm AlarmManager.cpp l:87 time: 10:08:39p (0 s) thread: 3065419472 Rel: Y Got: Y <0xb6b68b90>


I don't know if it error'd out, or if it's running... can't tell... screen just sits here.

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Users / Need Help Getting files synched

« on: August 01, 2008, 04:09:28 am »

Hey guys,

I'm trying to figure out how to get my Video / Audio / Picture Files from one of my PC's recognized and able to play on my MD in the living room. I'm not certain how this done.

Essentially, my setup is as follows:

Core sits in a server closet, where my cable box also sits (hooked via IR to the living room)
Living Room MD, is connected to Network, TV, A/V Receiver.

Office Computer is connected to the same network, IP of 192.168.80.252 and has a plethora of media files on it (MPGs, AVIs, Pictures, Music, etc.)... located on the G$ which is shared. This is a Windows box.

The core dected and added the windows shares for the Office Computer, as well as my laptop for some odd reason. However, I can't browse or search for any of the movies or anything when I'm in the MD.

Trying to figure out how I can do this... any suggestions?

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Users / Re: New MD need help with RS232 connections

« on: August 01, 2008, 04:01:59 am »

ping

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Users / New MD need help with RS232 connections

« on: July 29, 2008, 05:39:53 pm »

Hey all,

FINALLY got my new MD working (what a pain in the arse...) after struggling with openchrome drivers, and several configuration issues. Anyways... so now I'm trying to figure out how to configure my MD (which is located in my living room where all the main equipment is).

As of right now, the MD is hooked directly via 2 Null Modem Serial cables to each of the RS-232C ports on my components.

The TV is an Element 42" PLX-4202B

The A/V Receiver is a Marantz SR5002

I'm currently running LMCE 704 B3 (yes I know, I need to upgrade to 710... i'm getting there i'm getting there ).

Obviously the MD doesn't detect the RS-232C connection by default, so I'm not sure what my next steps should be. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

v/r

-=USAF=- LT G

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Users / Re: VIA supported yet? - MSI CN700T

« on: July 29, 2008, 05:05:49 pm »

Lol... yea those new instructions posted on the wiki.... lol... they were mine. I finally got my MD to load correctly. I had to go to the core's /tftpboot directory and find the MD # and edit the file (which is named after the MAC) and place the apic=off string in the APPEND line. After that, my MD came up. Although for whatever reason... I still can't get it to play off the HDMI connection, no matter how I configure it in the A/V wizard. It always wants to display on the VGA cable. Bah... at least it's displaying something now.

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Users / Re: VIA supported yet? - MSI CN700T

« on: July 29, 2008, 05:33:55 am »

Well, I got the driver installed (unichrome), and made it to the A/V wizard for the MD. However, I'm still experiencing difficulties. Apparently, when I restart the MD now, it freezes everytime at a Timer screen during bootup.

"..Timer: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1"

I've tried deleting the MD from the core and rebuilt it several times, and i'm still getting unstability. Actually the only time I was ever to get the A/V wizard to come up was last night, and everything was working, until after the MD rebooted.

Keep in mind the MD is Net bootable only, doesn't have it's own HD, or CD-Rom etc. I'm also currently running 704 B3. I downloaded 710 today, but am weary of doing an upgrade on the core yet. I'd like to keep all my settings.... but that's neither here nor there. I'd like to get my MD working first.

Thanks for the help.

-=USAF=- LT G

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Users / Re: VIA supported yet? - MSI CN700T

« on: July 28, 2008, 05:48:32 am »

Here's how far I've gotten using these steps:

I ran the: ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr command, and it produces the following on my MD:

checking for XORG... configure: error: Package requirements (xorg-server xproto xvmc fontsproto libdrm ) were not met:

No package 'xorg-server' found
No package 'xvmc' found
No package 'libdrm' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables XORG_CFLAGS
and XORG_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.