Love it. Flat and current.

In the very unlikely event that someone's looking for a new LMCE integration project:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/woodenshark/lightpack-ambient-backlight-for-your-displays

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6836/sigma-designs-updates-zwave-soc-portfolio-for-affordable-home-automation

You seem to be suggesting a widget-style approach like android's, where users pick buttons from a bunch of available options WITHIN the interface itself, and arranges their screens to suit them.

But then you say no HA Designer, so I am confused. I haven't used HA Designer myself, but perhaps are you suggesting a simpler more accessible form of it?

Am I on the right track in understanding your proposal?

I agree entirely in concept. I, for example, use climate in my house but mostly the control is automated requiring no user interaction. VERY OCCASIONALLY we override the automated system, but it is so occasional that if it took 10 button presses (exaggeration) to get to it would be no big deal.

Shit... looks nice.

Dumb question probably, but why does the text not align sometimes (see attached)? Is this intentional?

Thanks. Development is proceeding slowly, because I am having to make all of my own widgets, from scratch.

-Thom

Well from the looks of it it's worth the wait.

Can't freaking wait for this to be released!

* davegravy wipes up drool

Works great! Thanks Thom.

If it's trivial to do,  adding a haptic feedback option would be icing on the cake (instant affirmation that touch input was registered!) ,  otherwise it's perfect.

[NewHeaders="linux-headers${CurKernel}-lts-backport-natty"]

Part of installing the natty kernel IS installing the headers file...
CurKernel="-generic"
if uname -r | grep "pae"; then CurKernel="-generic-pae"; fi
NewKernel="linux-image${CurKernel}-lts-backport-natty"
NewHeaders="linux-headers${CurKernel}-lts-backport-natty"
apt-get -yf install "$NewKernel"
apt-get -yf install "$NewHeaders"

Please give me the result of the following:

Code:

CurKernel="-generic"
if uname -r | grep "pae"; then CurKernel="-generic-pae"; fi
apt-cache policy linux-headers${CurKernel}-lts-backport-natty | grep stall

I pasted that whole codeblock in but this time around I watched more carefully and noticed that it stops executing after installing the kernel. I had to separately paste in

Code:

apt-get -yf install "$NewHeaders"

and then

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get -yf dist-upgrade

to my putty client to get all the code in that block to execute. Chalk it up to my newbness I suppose. Now its working fine, except for audio in myth.

I'm getting a failed to setup X after following all the steps from this wiki.

* L3mce determined that my card (GT440, ID=0de0) has its ID in the "backports required" section of /usr/pluto/bin/nvidia-install.sh, and it should NOT be there. We've removed it, and then manually uninstalled the backports.

* We're still getting a failed to setup X however.

[EDIT]

After much fighting with this and continuing to get "Failed to setup X", I realized that each time I installed the nvidia driver manually I was getting an error

Module build for the currently running kernel was skipped since the kernel source for this kernel does not seem to be installed.

According to this page http://typethinker.blogspot.ca/2010/02/ubuntu-fails-to-load-nvidia-kernel.html all it really wants is the headers for the installed kernel.

I did an

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

and voila, nvidia module compiled, and no more failed to setup x. L3mce, I'm guessing this should be run after upgrading to natty kernel as described in your wiki?

This is currently a highly hacked with install, but I now have video and audio* via HDMI working on the GT440 using driver 304, natty kernel, and the modified setupaudiovideo.sh.

I'm going to try a clean install to test if my theory is correct.

*Audio didn't seem to be working in MythTV.

Thanks L3mce,

I am going to try your instructions for my GT440 on a fresh install in the next few days. Will let you know how it goes.

Dave

Although, in l3mce's lastest ssh session on my fresh install, there was still something borked after doing everything described above, so it's still a work in progress as I understand it.

There was also a requirement to change line 225 (i think) in SetupAudioVideo.sh from

device = 7

to

device = 9.

Note, L3mce somehow managed to get HDMI sound working for me, but he hasn't yet been able to nail down the process well enough to work it into the installer. (...yet?)

My bad, mine's actually a GT440, but likely similar to the 430.

Code:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 440] [10de:0de0] (rev a1)

Will try the AlternateSC thing and report back.