@ Normand:

A card like the following:
     eVGA e-GeForce 6200 Graphics card - 512 MB - DDR2 SDRAM
Ought to work just fine and you should be able to find one for under $40 US. You might have to get it online though.

Just a shot in the dark,... and it's probably not the problem,... but it's worth eliminating it as a cause,... but are you connecting directly or through a USB hub (powered by AC adapter or unpowered) Another process of elimination step is to ask if you're using a USB extension cable and if so, how long of one.  Once you eliminate any physical cause, then it's software.

BTW, I'm using 10.04 and it detects the extra Aeon stick (my Vera is a Vera 1, that has the external Aeon Labs stick) just fine when plugged in, as it does with other supported USB devices.  Do USB drives auto-detect when plugged in???

[capable]

You're saying you HAVE a micasaverde, or just Merten stick (and that it's capable of transfering control to a micasaverde) I'm unsure what you mean...

I know that in 10.04, the Aeon stick is recognized, and when you run the automation wizard it asks yo to set your z-wave master to transfer it's scenes/devices to the LinuxMCE stick... I haven't yet because I wanted to set a few scenes on the MCV box for easy control...

Please see my post in the other thread re: self-righteousness...

I've been helping people switch to Linux for a decade ...

Nobody's got nothing on me...

I have the Aeon stick, ... just got it.  I also have a Micasaverde Vera (intended to be the master controller). Do you have any other z-wave master controller?

[tired]

With all due respect,... This is the same tired old speech I've been getting for, what?!?! ... 3-4 years?!?!
(Well, not continuously,... but it's what drove me away the first time)

You want the bottom line as far as I'm concerned?!?! (Well, I'm certain that you don't,  but I'm a stubborn Jack- [ehem] donkey,... and will give it to you anyway)...

LinuxMCE is an Open Source project (largely, anyway).  As such there are certain principles to be adhered to. The most Importantof those is FREEDOM (I'd apologize for "shouting," but I'm in no mood). The second is important principal is OPENNESS.  That means being open as far as code, but also OPEN as far as accepting other peoples' viewpoints. It seems to me that there is a very much...  There's no good way to say it,... Monolithic,  Pro Tivo-ization, "My way or the highway" type attitude among a large number of the developers and devotees... And frankly, in a "Richard Stallman channeling" sort of way, I'm kinda disgusted with that...

I just spent the better part of 2 days helping a newbie get his legs with the system,... (see the Installation sub-forum). He doesn't even speak my language as his primary language, nor I French. Yet, I didn't see any "gurus" or what-have-you leaping to his aid as I commonly see in other Open Source projects...

I've been accused of not putting up... But where is the help for newbies?!?! Just, saying...

PS: Go ahead and ban me if you want... I'll just lead an effort to fork LinuxMCE and thereby leave any pretence of LinuxMCE being Open Source to rest...

@ #1 & #5 ... That tells me that the AV wizard needs tuning...

PS: Don't give me the LCME is an appliance speech & don't be a hater... peace.

Look for them in the Distro's repository.  The easiest way to look through the repositories is with the graphical software installation and update tool, in Ubuntu's case they use synaptic for the non-KDE UIs. In Fedora and other RPM based distros it's YUM (stands for Yet another Update Manager).

[everything is a file]

Good to see you've been met with success...

I was going to suggest trying an nVidia card or the open source ATI card drivers...

Once you get over the Linux learning curve, going back to Windoze makes Windoze seem like a juvenile, video gaming operating system.

Linux has all the power of a computing center's operating system with unmatched scalability & flexibility... And it costs nothing...

A few simple things to remember,... In Linux, everything is a file... Partitions are loaded as mount points and not given drive letters,... even if the X-server goes down, the rest of the system is usually running (and can be used to kill off the offending application too... Hiting Alt+Ctrl+F1 for a terminal and using killall -9 offending-programs-name is your friend, as is the top command),.... you don't need a virus scanner because (a) the system architecture tends to stop proliferation of viruses, and (b) programs are not set to run on download without permission (generally speaking),... and NOT because there are so few Linux machines out there (the Internet practically runs primarily on Linux (although saying that might spark a flame war).

Linux rewards learning... Knowledge is power...

In that case get an nVidia card... LinuxMCE has better nVidia support.

My systems all have embedded Intel, which has (passable) support with LinuxMCE 10.04.

By the way,... you wouldn't have seen anything after the long command. That just opens up the files on the LinuxMCE install file server.
It's the script that does the work of actually installing...

Not exactly...

Install Kubuntu 10.04 from a burned ISO,...

• After you have it up, make sure to go into the mixer (the speaker icon will get you there).
  
• Make sure to check the menus in the mixer to enable you to view all channels.
• Unmute EVERY sound channel.
• Turn up the volume on all the sound out, but leave the sources (mics, etc) with the volume or boost down.

• Open a terminal:

K>>Applications>>Utilities>>Terminal
(You might want to make the terminal background translucent so you can see through it later)

In the terminal type:

Code:

sudo apt-get install synaptic

Enter your password and enter a Y to allow it to install...

Then:

• Fix your graphic card's driver by using synaptic (Google for the model and Kubuntu 10.04 to be sure) to install the proper drivers, or get them from the ATI website and follow their instructions.
  
• Play back a sound or video from the internet to make sure your sound is working 100%.

• And then from:

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Installing_1004

Or just highlight the below (each separately) and paste it into the terminal (the transparency helps).

Code:

sudo -i

Code:

wget -q http://svn.linuxmce.org/svn/branches/LinuxMCE-1004/src/new-installer/mce-install.sh && chmod +x mce-install.sh

Code:

./mce-install.sh

Code:

reboot

See my post about trying 10.04...

It looks very cool & and very promising...

I'll have to check it out...

Question: Have you considered putting any security (password) on the lock Widgets???

The reason I ask is that I have a Micasaverde Vera, and am ordering a second Aeon Labs Z-wave adapter, to make LinuxMCE a secondary controller to the Vera (the Vera has a service to control it from the Web for free). The Android app I use for that (Home Buddy) really has no security. You'd have to lock the app with one of those app locking applications to secure it. They don't always work so great.

Another suggestion is to look at the Android app, Smart Shortcuts, for ideas, or even going with making your app create actual app icons, rather than Widgets on the desktop, so the can be put inside a Smart Shortcut widget,  sort of like a menu...

But Keep up the good work. I'll be sure to check it out some more.

By the way,...

You probably want to install LinuxMCE 10.04,... I just noticed you listed the Hauppauge HVM-1600. Before Ubuntu 9.10 or so, that card was not well supported in the Ubuntu Linux family of distributions. In 10.04 it should automatically be recognized by the OS.

Radeon driver support is also better in later versions of Ubuntu (for the most part). You don't want your first foray into Linux to be having to compile and install the drivers for the Hauppauge card, or hunting around for how to set up the video card...

I've been there and done that, and I had about 7 years of Linux experience at that time... No fun, I'll tell you...

[synaptic]

Normand,

If you go the installing Kubuntu (either 810 or 1004, whichever you prefer) and then upgrade to LinuxMCE (810 or 1004) using the installer script method, you can:

Install the synaptic package manager from a terminal (a/k/a command prompt in Windoze speak) with the following command;

Code:

sudo apt-get install synaptic

... from there, it should be easy to use the synaptic package manager (a GUI app) at least get the open source ATI drivers, until you can download and install the propriety ones.

Once you have your Kubuntu install stable,... you can then run the LinuxMCE installer script to switch over from Kubuntu to LinuxMCE. You do not want to install the Gnome Desktop metapackage, or too many other packages you don't need, as Gnome Desktop (Meta package) will overwrite the KDM login manager and cause potential conflict headaches.