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121  LinuxMCE / Feature requests & roadmap / Re: Core Redundancy:What if? on: October 14, 2008, 09:37:46 pm
Thank you, yeah I think I have gripped the complexity of the architecture, meaning I will not be able to learn what everything is doing in this life Smiley

So, just to make sure I understood you right.
 You basically mean that there is no (easy) way of setting up two nodes(core) the same way and having one in like hibernate state and then make it to take the active role when the main Core dies?
Off course there will always be a difference in the hw(like mac adresses and such) but excluding that and also only concentrate on the security parts.
Sorry for the noobie type questions..

But that's really helpful info since I would more or less waste my time in something that is not really going to work Undecided  or maybe be more challenged to get it working  Grin

Will do some more reading on that page. How could I've missed that one(found it now)

-johan


122  LinuxMCE / Feature requests & roadmap / Re: Roadmap on: October 14, 2008, 09:18:12 pm
There is a hardy based (alpha) test release available.  No guarantees, use at your own risk! http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hardy-iglu

OMG! Feels like yesterday that the 7.10 was released.. are you guys working like 24/7 ?
probarbly.. Embarrassed
Great news! will try it in my other hw setup Smiley

- johan
123  LinuxMCE / Users / Re: Dvd Ripping:Get rid of commersials etc on: October 14, 2008, 09:08:50 pm
Ok, Big Thanks!
Have alot of research to do now.
Guess when my setup is the way I want, the lmce 10.0 will be out  Grin
(damn you're working hard guys)

-johan


124  LinuxMCE / Users / Re: Maemo Diablo.:Nokia N810 Orbiter startup problems:. on: October 14, 2008, 09:02:05 pm
To prevetn misunderstandings I am gonna lock this topic now since the original problem described when starting this post has been solved.

Zaerc, I know  Wink been there done that (even marked it as Bold in the post before that)

Thanks all for your help! It's really appreciated!
 Smiley


Br
Johan
125  LinuxMCE / Users / Re: My planned core hardware - look ok? on: October 14, 2008, 08:56:45 pm
I think you have to go deeper than that in your plans actually. Have a look in the wiki. The network card and motherboard is really critical.

 Evenmore the drivers of the network card, graphic card etc.
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hardware

when decided what components you are going to go for, check the wiki/forum again for those ones to see whether there has been reported issues with them or not. Also look at some of the common posters setups(in the forum)
The more time you spend on research the less time you have to troubleshoot eventual setup issues.
Good Luck!

Br
Johan
126  LinuxMCE / Feature requests & roadmap / Re: Core Redundancy:What if? on: October 14, 2008, 08:29:28 pm
 Grin I know..
Although, Murphy(the guy who makes the impossible happen) is a close friend of mine and I would actually assume that if I setup the Core with it's security functions. It will go down when I'm on holiday with the family in the country far far away..
Ok if only the tv or video sessions where to be disturbed but when talking security we bring the system uptime to a different level. At least I expect the system to have some sort of a parachute in case something goes wrong.
 Just a Very hot summerday can bring a "computer" into sleeping mode.
 Ok, I am not going to try to convince the skeptics about the positive side with node redundancy Smiley
I am strange, I know  Grin

Ok will start a small project on my own on this then.
I will start with that Raid to Nas. starting with the media folders(video,audio and pictures) to get something to base it on, Sounds like something that is already existing in the wiki, will search and read that.
Next step will be to figure out how and if possible to have a system sleeping(for power consumption matter) and still have a poll from the same node(sounds a bit contradicting I know...)
Then I will start experimenting in how to wake up a pc I have seen it in the bios but never used it for real. Think even there is a wiki for that regarding media directors.
I don't see much more than that that has to be settled to make this work actually.
 Except for the hw cost and setup if going for full redundancy with plcbus control etc  Undecided

Going to give a try with a stdby core that has similar hw but only controls/monitors the security first though. Otherwise the $$$ will make this not so attractive.

Questions:

For LMCE, is there a sw architecture page that describes the architecture in more detail? Or is it common Linux/Kubuntu architecture/knowledge that applies?
Just would like to find out what directories are vital for a Core to come up and what directories could be left out since they may be Node specific(hw config etc)
What happens with the alarm when all is locked in case of core dies?
 will it unlock itself, or stay alarmed?

Lets see how far I will come on the limited "free" time given as a parent. Will do extensive research on the matter and maybe it's really an overkill to the extreme Smiley

Br
Johan
127  LinuxMCE / Feature requests & roadmap / Core Redundancy:What if? on: October 14, 2008, 12:08:43 am
Hi!

This thread is more of a poll of if this is possible for me to achieve or if you as Gurus(yes you are) see any obstacles that I should be aware of before attempting or eve spending time on this.
Maybe the majority of users feels that this is a really good killer feature that could be developed by someone more skilled(obviously I am not)  Smiley

Having worked in Telecoms for a decent number of years I like the idea of redundancy.
Is there currently or are there any plans on doing so for the Core?
I know that the mtbf for computer hw is fairly high but still I cannot stop thinking about this.
Off course there cannot be total redundancy of like alarm sensors, phonelines etc etc.
 but...

Let me explain a bit more what is important for me. Without rewriting kernels and patching(cause that's way out of my leage). But by using the excisting components even more(even that is a challenge).

Lmce is controlling the whole house(or actually we are with the help of..) how cool isn't that?
Although.
 Assuming you have a proper UPS and that sort of easy redundant things sorted. What happens when there is a breakage inside the Core, like CPU, Hdd etc?
The alarm system, how does it react to a hw failure in the Core?
Or what happens when the system locks/freezes totally, yeah I know this is not a windows machine but it may happen.
Typically the burgler will try to disarm your system and nothing is impossible. I am not saying that the LMCE should be used to guard Pentagon or the white-house but for most humans their belongings are equally important, are you with me what I try to depict?

I would like to know if it is possible to somehow easily configure the Core to have a close friend(stdby).
 So all config files will be stored externally(for example) maybe and the other core is brought up to life(from suspend maybe) when the Master Core stops responding to whatever is used as status check(echo reply for example)
and starts to load the config from the external hdd's and when it's up it will poll each device for their status and send an message to the orbiters(like the UE = mobile phone)
it will also make sure the Master Core is really dead. Maybe even a script in the Master Core will reset itself when a certain trigger is met and a message is broadcasted to the orbiters.

Another unanswered question(in my head) is how the routing could be sorted, however..
I am not loooking for a hsrp/vrrp setup(even though it would be really nice) but something simpler.

To my understanding this should be possible to achieve in the current LMCE. Am I just being dumb or is it possible?

sorry for all the txt but I want to make sure my idea is understood and not taken as an "I want this, please deliver me this.." kind of thread because I would like to contribute with what I can if possible off course(my time and skills are kinda show-stoppers though)..

Br
Johan

128  LinuxMCE / Users / Dvd Ripping:Get rid of commersials etc on: October 13, 2008, 10:49:36 pm
Hi!

I am not very used to the ripping culture and I have done some searches but can't really get the answers I am looking for. So since there must be at least a bunch of you guys here that Rip's your own dvd:s maybe you can anwer these short but yet so (for me) important questions.

Is there a way of ripping a dvd in LMCE and choose not to gather the commersials etc.?
 Or is there such a ripping program/app that creates files that LMCE (Xine?) can handle?

Reason for asking is that when I (my son) would like to watch a movie I(my son) dont like spending 1-3 more or less waiting for the movie to start.

Br
Johan
asking alot of questions because I want to learn  Smiley
129  LinuxMCE / Users / Re: Maemo Diablo.:Nokia N810 Orbiter startup problems:. on: October 13, 2008, 10:31:18 pm
yeah,  read about that. but I am not sure if it applies to me. Since it's only when I have the N95 orbiter visible but not connected as orbiter that I get that message all the time. When I make it invisible the continous popup stops.  Think it could be that everytime the bluetooth radio scans it finds the n95, and displays the message(?) haven't looked at it that much since it works  will check that log. Thanks!
Smiley
I am using a cheap Dlink thingy..btw

Gah.. trying to add a logfile from the orbiter but keep getting this message.
"Cannot access attachments upload path!" I have the file on my windows laptop and have had no previous problems with uploading files etc. can it be my account not having the proper rights?

here's a snapshot of the log though: (ip has been xx:ed out by me)
WMControllerImpl: switching to primary desktop 0
10   10/13/08 21:02:06,596      WMControllerImpl: user's current desktop: 1091792896
35   10/13/08 21:02:06,597      WmCtrl::ActionCommand('s', '(null)', '0', 0, (nil))

10   10/13/08 21:02:06,601      WMControllerImpl: switching to primary desktop 0
05   10/13/08 21:02:10,607      Connect() failed, Error Code 113 (No route to host))
10   10/13/08 21:02:13,797      WizardLogic::Setup using host 217.174.75.2 ((nil))
01   10/13/08 21:02:13,830      Connect failed Host '2XX.1XX.XX.X' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server

also alot of these:
  display : 0xe144f8
  serial : 27
  error_code : 
  request_code : 7
  minor_code : 
  resourceid : 31457281
ErrorText : BadFont (invalid Font parameter)


Xlib: ErrorHandler_Grabber()
  type : 0
  display : 0xe144f8
  serial : 28
  error_code :
  request_code : F
  minor_code : 
  resourceid : 31457287
ErrorText : BadGC (invalid GC parameter)


Xlib: ErrorHandler_Grabber()
  type : 0
  display : 0xe144f8
  serial : 29
  error_code :
  request_code : J
  minor_code : 
  resourceid : 31457288
ErrorText : BadGC (invalid GC parameter)


Xlib: ErrorHandler_Grabber()
  type : 0
  display : 0xe144f8
  serial : 30
  error_code :
  request_code :
--------------------------------
Belieive the biggest problem is that it can't connect due to "no route to host" which is strange because after reset of device in LMCE admin it usually works =/
anyhow.. this log helps me alot. Now I can see more what happens when fiddling around.
I consider this issue solved. It's just a matter of tuning the routing abit more.

Thanks nite_man!
130  LinuxMCE / Users / Re: Maemo Diablo.:Nokia N810 Orbiter startup problems:. on: October 13, 2008, 07:52:28 pm
Sounds like you've now worked this out, but for clarity and future reference - all your equipment related to LMCE should be on the internal LMCE network as that is the whole point of that network. Trying to hook it in from the external network will work with appropriate firewall rules, etc, but you need to be conscious that this is not how it was designed to work, so you can expect unexpected behaviour Smiley

 Roll Eyes well I know, in the current situation I cannot let the dcerouter be The router (it's in our bedroom and network need to be up 24/7) but when we move to the house  Grin
Also the problem actually did not seem to be related to the routing but something else. As I found the user was not set. (otherwise I would not have posted actually)

nite_man
Thanks. I opened these ports as well but there must be something else missing as well since startup takes along time(click start orbiter,black screen with pointer,wait 10-20s, now the progress bar shows up)
Will do some more tcpdump:s to see what packages get's lost.

I don't expect you to troubleshoot this(since I am not connected the way supposed to), hence the non-informative info that it dies sometimes. The main problem is solved with the user config. I beleive the "dying" is due to routing issues, not with the orbiter sw.

If you however would still like to know what happens for future reference maybe. I can do as much logging as you want me to.
 Since it does actually work _pretty_ well outside of the FW.
For other people who may want to do the same(knowing what you're doing is off course very good)

I also opened these ports(only my orbiter should be able to access these ports from outside):
3450
3451(configured to be the default listening port of the orbiter)

With these ports it works but as I said there are some other ports missing since it seem to loose connection while looking at a movie for example and shuts down(like the dcerouter stops talking due to high proc load) But I find that not so likely.(haven't hade the time to loook into that more)
also when starting the orbiter, it sometimes gets stuck in the pink "prompt_user_window" and then dies..
I assume this is because the orbiter is still beleived to be active(?) by the Core..

Orbiter on the Inside Lan(the way it should be):
I had a few minutes alone in the network today and changed the netw topology abit. The dce router became The router connected directly to my isp and on the internal Lan I had the wlan router routing the traffic for all the other computers(wired and wireless)
Hmm.. need to dig into dns config since dns lookup took very long time and the dns config sent out to th computers where the dcerouter itself and that seemed to have small issues resolving the names with the help from the isp dns:s..

But Wow! the Orbiter became much faster(menu loading) and I actually saw these _sometimes_ annoing popups about added bluetooth yada yada Wink
Had some issues with the startup still, but there where a too short testperiod to say anything.

Really missing tschak909's exit button though.. will try to do what he did but that can wait since compiling sounds difficult  Undecided ..

Also sometimes wish I had some equipment from work at home since then the FW config would be a piece of cake (Checkpoint NGX on ipso) don't like leaving the dcerouter directly conn. to the "big evil" internet Smiley

You guys Rock!

-johan

131  LinuxMCE / Users / Re: twitchy video playback, how to tweak away? on: October 12, 2008, 10:12:32 pm
ok, well I am currently watching  on a 20" cheap o' crappo monitor and suffer from the tearing. Lets see what happens when watching on the projector. Maybe I need to get a PCI-E graphic card anyway, guess that will help(?) however by reading a few posts it looks like it won't.. hmm..

 Can't really test that until the house is ready though.
Thanks for the tip.Great!
 Learning more and more everyday.  Smiley

-johan
132  LinuxMCE / Users / Re: Maemo Diablo.:Nokia N810 Orbiter startup problems:. on: October 12, 2008, 10:05:38 pm
 Smiley Thanks, sounded like a nicer way of saying rtfm  Wink Smiley

 well I am not going to go to deep about the network setup since it's hopefully temporary before we move into the new house and can have the wlan router "behind" the Core.

Anyway, found it out, I think. And I can connect without having to open the fw to the rest of the world. Having problems with that the orbiter gui dies on me sporadically, but guess it's due to the setup and maybe some settings that need more tweking.
 Really neat this device is, and perfect for the use as orbiter.


over and out
Johan
133  LinuxMCE / Users / Re: twitchy video playback, how to tweak away? on: October 12, 2008, 08:04:56 pm
Hey Thanks!  It now plays without twitching.. at least the few movies I have quickly gone trough.
Maybe I should google this but what am I loosing when not choosing alpha blending/to me it sounded like the best of the best) Still possible to do 1080p on a 180 inch screen(I use projector) with top notch picture?


Zaerc, at first I did not know where to look what driver there was(was thinking console command) but found it in the Lmce launch manager under the Video.. Hehe, I think I am sometimes too used by using console all the time so I don't spend so much time looking at what really is there in these Really helpful Gui:s (linux admin, launch mgr etc)

Wow this piece of sw impresses me(and challenges me) even more every day...
Great Work once more(can't be said enough I think)

-johan
134  LinuxMCE / Users / Re: Maemo Diablo.:Nokia N810 Orbiter startup problems:.:solved on: October 12, 2008, 12:10:08 am
Ok, solved it now. The startup issue was due to me not having filled in the user for the orbiter.I assumed that it was not needed since it worked for the weborbiter not to have that defined.

Although if someone could help me on what is the necessary port to open for the communicationa between the 810 and the dcerouter that is highly appreciated.

-johan
135  LinuxMCE / Users / twitchy video playback, how to tweak away? on: October 11, 2008, 09:07:28 pm
Hi again!

as the subject implies I have problems with a twitchy playback when watching ripped dvds or even dvd from the disc drive.(especially noticed during alot of camera movement sideways)

I am sure it's just a setting thing but since I cannot find any tip on the web how to increase buffer size or similar for _this matter_ I decided to start a new thread here.

The Hw I am using is the following and should handle the playback flawlessly(I think)
I am using the Mobo vga output since I am just testdriving the setup, can that cause this? (I am used to have an external card before in previous machines)

Core/Hybrid:
ANTEC NSK2480-EC HTPC-CHASSI M-ATX
ABIT AN-M2HD, nForce 630a+GF7050PV, Socket-AM2, DDR2, HDMI, m-ATX, PCI-Ex16
NOCTUA NC-U6 CHIPSET COOLER
AMD ATHLON X2 4850E 2.5 GHZ 512KB 1000MHZ BOXED S-AM2
Noctua NH-C12P CPU cooler Socket 754/939/940/775/AM2/AM2+
Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 4096MB CL5,Kit w/two matched CM2X2048-6400 Dimm's
Samsung SpinPoint T166 320GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM  (SATA)
D-Link PCI Gigabit Ethernet Adapter    
Creative SB0886 X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro series, PCI Express    
D-LINK DBT-122 USB BLUETOOTH V1.2 ADAPTER

Br
Johan
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