Years ago me and my roommate had a very special PC we called "wall monkey."

This PC was a PII 350 board held to the wall with a single drywall screw.  The PSU which hung below the board by its connectors was an ATX (looking back I don't know why we didn't go AT) that because we had no case leads was started with a nickel we kept nearby.  Taking the nickel you had to short the jumpers normally connected to PSwitch.  

This dangerous mess of hanging cables and boards served as a yahoo machine (google was probably around but I hadn't found it yet) which we used to answer questions or look at maps for our MMORPG.

Testing machines without a case now is a tribute to the days of asking each other, "Have you seen wall monkey's nickel?"

Orbiter > Advanced > AV and Audio Setup = reboot to av wizard

Yes, once I get into av wizard I have sound.  Analog Stereo is the only available option, I select that and even though I hear the music I turn it to 100% as the signal out to my receiver is quite low.

This is a reinstall of my core/hybrid.  If the output you need is pre-av wizard I can clone this install (since it has a day now of uptime) and redo it.

No fair checking images for photobombs! Yeah, I have a friend who works for a custom vinyl shop.  He had some scraps after a big job and we did all the trim in this room.

Output of lspci -nnk | grep -i audio -A2 BEFORE I ran AV Wizard (first boot to lmce when it skipped AV Wizard)

jeremy@dcerouter:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -i audio -A2
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:3a3e]
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

Here is the output of lspci -nnk | grep -i audio -A2 AFTER I forced reboot into AV Wizard

jeremy@dcerouter:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -i audio -A2
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:3a3e]
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

Being exactly the same I see that nothing changed?  However I am full screen now with DVI-2/HDMI - 1080p - 60Hz settings.  After I do a little clean up I am going to edit my settings to get dual monitors working, taking screenshots as I go for that guide I owe you.  Should I wait on that until you get all the info you need about AV Wizard skipping?

Running your most recent commands:

jeremy@dcerouter:~$ lspci -nnk | grep VGA -A2
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GT] [10de:0391] (rev a1)
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nvidia-glx-260, nvidiafb, nouveau

jeremy@dcerouter:~$ sudo aplay -l
[sudo] password for jeremy:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Now THAT is interesting!  If I follow that output do I see two separate sound channels on that MSI on-board chip?  I think I am gonna take a look at the squeeze packages again.

I will see what I can do.

That board is in the middle of being modded and put into another case.  It might be a few days until I can put time into reassembling it and verifying your fix.  I will let you know if somebody with the same chipset doesn't post a verification first.

Temporary Test Bench :cases get in the way!

*Yes, that is cardboard.  I typically put boards through a similar power up process to check them out without reaching into a case 1,000 times.  I then add a drive and load up kubuntu 8.10 and push them a little with compiz fusion desktop effects to see what kind of performance I can expect out of them.  Depending on how they do I sell them as browser machines, keep them for MD builds, case mod them into something crazy or use them for a specific task I picked them up for.  I will add "test for lmce compatability" and start updating the wiki if you would like.

Sorry for the delay, here is the output of lspci -nnk | grep -i audio -A2

jeremy@dcerouter:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -i audio -A2
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:3a3e]
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

I believe that after I run AV Wizard it then pulls the ALSA (sp?) drivers.  I will confirm that after a reboot to av wizard but I know it used that in the past and I never manually instructed it to.

I appreciate that explanation, thank you.

Basically LIRC is not only more difficult, it's not fully supported, or at least not as well as others.

I will dig into prices on the alternatives to USB UIRT that you provided.  My tinker budget went out of line adding z-wave recently.

I wanted to confirm again that the nvidia gt 7600 skips AV Wizard.

1004, August 3rd snap
Clean install up through first reboot ( where it ejects the DVD )
On the proceeding boot it states "[the next thing you will see is the av wizard]"
Instead of going anywhere though it continues on with scrolling text about various components.

After gray screen announcements about devices installing I get the Sara wizard in the top left screen corner @ 640 x 480.
Oddly enough, or maybe logical to you, my mouse has full run of the unused dark area.  I assume x recognized my card and defaulted to a higher res than lmce defaulted to without setup wizard to overwrite x?

From the onscreen orbiter I can command reboot to av wiz but am letting this instal sit for a while to catalog this and that and download this and that.  I am in no hurry if it means no packets get disrupted.

You were looking over some things last I mentioned this so let me know if you think you have it, or if I should put in a ticket.

Just glad it was discovered to be an issue and not something screwy with my install.  Thanks for walking me through a few firsts, ssh, editing with vi and chroot.

Oh and I will not forget " :!q " ever again! 

Lack of hardware.  I have considered getting a USB UIRT but at this time that $80 could go to a lot of other things.

Using the remote's learning feature I can turn my fireplace off and on with the gyration under AUX and have one less remote to keep batteries in.  It's not automation and it's not under LMCE but it's a nice feature considering all I need to know is what button to hold on the Gyration to enter learning mode.

I am not sure how it would work but I am thinking I could drop my LIRC (serial to IR emiter) down from the unused serial port of a nearby MD and add those codes as a device template.  LIRC sucks but I have one laying here not being used.  IR wires are ugly but on this fireplace I can move the IR receiver panel back into the enclosure it sits in and connect the emiter there out of sight.  The only part I have to test would be if a MD can share its serial port with the CORE, ie can the CORE tell a MD to fire a signal down it's serial port to LIRC to fireplace?  The CORE I wouldn't think would care what room the device is in, it just knows that according to event criteria it is supposed to turn on 'something' if x, y & z = true.

Correct me here but regardless of how I get the codes, they could be shared as a template so other users with a USB UIRT or equivalent could control their "Generic IR Fireplace."  Haven't found a manufacturer label yet but I am sure I will when I tear into the enclosure.

Of course the moment I delete it, I need it and can't find it.

I am looking for the user manual (in .pdf preferably) for the Gyration Remote GYR3101US.  The Gyration website doesn't recognize this product number and does not offer manuals for discontinued models.  I am hoping to do some work on this in 10.04 under the GC1005 template it uses and get some use out of its' learning mode that I can't remember the keypress for.  That aside I also want to program the AUX channel with learned commands from my fireplace's IR remote, if I get usable code from this I can offer it to the community for control via IRT, LIRC, etc.

Paypal available, as is any trade work or arrangements.  Of particular interest to potential traders would be my skinning work of orbiter UIs.  I can add custom components or personalization to most default skins and make them available to you as drop in replacements for skins you are not otherwise using.  Backup Default skins > Replace file > full regen orbiter > enjoy new skins.  Skins I am currently altering include Titanium and UIta.  I personally enjoy the fat-finger changes to the DVD remote screens.

Message me and be patient for responses please.
 

Thank you both for looking over my layout.  I really appreciate the snapshot info as I always suspected my connection was killing my ability to get my core fully functional.  A few years back in Arizona on a much more conventional service I had a much easier time with updates and installation.  Going the snapshot route will definitely get me that stability but is going to continue to hurt my ability to test and contribute until I find a better ISP option in my area.

I have two new txt files staring at me from my desktop now.  "How to get dual twin-view configured" and "How to put cams on external networks" will develop into guides as I have time to generate them.  I can have the basics done by this weekend I am sure.

Clonezilla has made me a much braver user.  My typical avenue to getting something working is break it, restore, destroy it, restore, almost get it, restore, spend 1-2 days reading everything I can about it (self-proclaimed expert mode /on), break it so badly that it's not recognizable, restore, realize I am over-thinking something and attempt small changes with patience and a notepad to track results (expert mode /off) and then ultimately have a working component.  Preparing a guide requires me to retrace only the last part of that process and document only the necessary bits.  

The cam is actually extremely stable.  Since putting it on the external network I have been able to leave it alone and check it say, when I hear a vehicle pull in the driveway.  I tap my orbiter and I see who stopped by.  I have toyed with different configurations such as using its built in motion detection, adding it under motion wrapper, having it email motion events, etc.  I realize it breaks every rule of lmce networking 101 to keep everything for lmce on the internal network but in this case it works fine.  It is the lmce motion function that I have not been able to get working.

  - After a good chat in IRC last night I have decided the best way to go with motion detection is to use dedicated motion sensors.  If 'they" detect motion then I am given the option to view the cam in that area, or activate established events.  I like that idea a lot better than having a wrapper look at images 5 times a second 365 days a year.

For connectivity everything gets out to the internet fine, I am posting this currently on a PC getting its IP from the core.  My primary error when trying to grab updates is "failed to fetch", or the occasional "something went terribly wrong" errors.  I have also seen a cannot download because there is no public key available error.  Typically after a apt-get update, I run an apt-get upgrade and see about 490megs worth of updates needed.  I enter yes and it fails for various reasons I will try and grab and share here.  If I then run it again I go through update/upgrade and see the same 490ish megs still needing to be DL'ed.

I haven't modified any of my sources since installing this on June 23, so I will scour the forums for any information on current sources lists and try the command again.  Another thing I haven't mentioned is my "ghastly bad" internet connection and how bandwidth crippled I am.  An alternative I would like to look into instead of trying to pull down 500megs is going the snapshot route.

If anyone can point me to a working snapshot with the latest dcecommon patch I would DL it from a friends house and come back home to install.  I know there is a wiki updated with the recommended snapshot but I see quite a few much more recent available on the snapshot page.

... what he said...

Sorry my description was so confusing to follow.  L3mce got it correct but let me see if I can clarify it even further.


USB Modem
plugs into the USB port of:
Cradle Point
The only other connection on this device is ethernet out which goes to my core on eth0
     Settings:  It is DHCP, for its own network that consists of wireless clients and the Core.
                   It gave the Core an IP of 192.168.0.7 I made this static so that port forwarding rules would stick even after a power loss or disconnection
                   Non-lmce devices connect to this wireless network which is named Orphan's Cradle
                   D-Link IP Cam sits on this network as well @ 192.168.0.162
                   My Core/Hybrid can see this network, however devices connected to eth1 of my core can not, obviously

Out from the Core/Hybrid which has a default IP address of 192.168.80.1 and is a DHCP for its own internal network:
     Netgear Router
     Settings:  This router is functioning as a switch, it has nothing on its WAN port and DHCP has been disabled
     This device was given a static IP by me from the Core of 192.168.80.254 (this was done so I can always get into the interface and add new MAC addresses to allow wireless access
     Wifi1 connection is WebDT (192.168.80.135)
     Wifi2 connection is iPhone4 (192.168.80.137)
     LAN1 is connected to eth1 of the Core
     LAN2-4 are connected to internal components (I cant recall which is on what atm)
           HD HomeRun (192.168.80.3)
           VOIP Adapter (192.168.80.4)
           Ubuntu 10.04 PC (192.168.80.136)


It looks worse in person if I was to take a photo of that wiring closet believe me.  Overall though, my Core gets its IP from an external network.  My lmce devices all connect to the internal network. Sorry for the confusion my cradlepoint (and description of it) caused. The only thing non-typical of an external router connected to eth0 would be my IP cam.  I had some issues with it dropping out after a while and after reading I found a work-around of adding it to an external network.  The core still considers it a lease even though it doesn't have the ability to give it a static IP on that network.  It shows up in DHCP leases of the web-admin as 192.168.0.162.  I have not had any dropping out issues since putting it out there.

And now that all of the admins know my external IP and all of my device IPs... If my myth starts recording adult films mysteriously I know who to blame!
     

Chalkboard Drawing of my network

Full network description:

My internet comes in via Verizon 3G usb dongle.  This plugs into a CradlePoint wireless router which as DHCP assigns IPs to wireless clients and it's one wired ethernet out, which connects to my core/hybrid.  Network name = Orphan's_Cradle, WPA security.  Gadgets and guests connect to this wireless network for internet access, as does my IP cam due to issues of having these cams on the same network as my core.   Core/hybrid IP is 192.168.0.7 assigned as static in the cradlepoint interface.  This connection is on the core/hybrid's eth0 (onboard) nic. 

From the core/hybrid out on eth1 is a Netgear wireless N router.  I am connecting from core/hybrid to LAN1 of this router making it function as a switch.  I told it to use IP 192.168.80.254 so that I can still get into it and add MAC addresses to allow wireless connection.  DHCP is turned off.  My iPhone for use with web orbiter 2 and my web DT 366 have their MACs listed so are the only wireless devices allowed on the network atm.  Broadcast is WEP (for the webDT) no password, network name LinuxMCE.

Other connections to the Netgear switch are HDhomeRun, My phone adapter, and this PC which is a ubuntu 10.04 install.  I am limited on adding equipment at this time as my gig switch fried during a firmware update and is now bricked.  So at this time everything comes into the core on eth0 and I can see other devices on the Orphan's Cradle network.  Internal devices connect to the core by eth1 which is on LAN1 of a netgear switch or LinuxMCE network.

That is for the most part my connectivity.  If you want more specifics about addresses and other devices I have on the core/hybrid I can supply those in a flow chart or ms project format if that is more helpful.