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With sharlee's tip to simply change the driver in xorg.conf, I've been able to install LMCE2b2 core on my server.
The core runs ok, the routing works, but that's about it.
Status is as follows:

- The orbiter-generation hangs at stage 2 for every orbiter I try to generate.
- Booting MD stops at "announcing myself", but nothing happens on my winXP orbiter on my laptop. Thus I am unable to install MD's.
- The routing / dns-lookups are slooooooow. I've had to enter static dns's for the routing to work at all.
- Adding child-device (Web orbiter) under the core does not work. (No way to submit information).
- My dynalink ISDN card(hisax) does not show up - and cannot be used as a device in asterisk.
- My Cx88 (Msi Tv@nywhere) tv-card is not autodetected by LinuxMCE.
(Both works perfectly in kubuntu 7.04.

I'll try a couple of more things, but I'm left without much hope. If I am unable to get this to work in a couple of tries - I'll try Pluto. :-)

thx.
Here's what I'll do:
- Swap the TnT2 for a Geforce5 128mb for the install. (Will be removed later)
- Install a new, clean Kubuntu straight off the CD
- Start the install, and apply sharlee's fixes
- See where it takes me....

I'll report back with the results. :-)

Regards
   Anders

Well - when I first tried to install I selected the proprietary driver. The pc rebooted - and nothing. Actually it screwed up my Xorg, and X didn't even start. Had to revert to the generic nv-driver to get X back. This on a Riva Tnt2 16 mb.
Why does it need another nv-driver on the core anyway? I'm going to run it headless as a dedicated core, so the displaydriver doesn't matter anyway. The only usage of KDE and X on the core itself will be via Nx.

What have I done so far?
- dl Kubuntu 7.04 from kubuntu.org.
- dl LMCE 1.1b2 via torrent from tpb
- Clean install of kubuntu on clean harddisk (wd 120 Gb)
- Mounted the LMCE packages CD on /media/cdrom
- Installed the mce-installer deb from kubuntu package-menu.
- Got the "install linux mce" icon on my desktop
- clicked it - and entered password in kdesu
- The "Hybrid or core" box appears, I select "Core"
- The "Nvidia-drivers" box pops up - I select "opensource"
- The Installer say: "The driver has been changed, and the installer will now exit."
- And so it does....

No logs are created anywhere.

I have actually tried all possible combinations of drivers / hybrid / core etc, but it ends there every time.
Looking in /tmp i find that the installer has created and populated the selfext-xxxx dir, and it looks as if it does this twice every time I try a new install.
(Creating 2 selfext dirs.)

I've spent 2 evenings already trying to resolve this. I'm considering Pluto ATM, but I'd really like the option of KDE over Nx on this server. So I'm crying out to you guys for help.

Hardwareinfo:
- dual Xp1900+ on an Asus mobo
- 2 Gb ram
- Nvidia Riva Tnt2   (will be removed - going to run the core headless)
- 120 Gb WD. 

Any Ideas?

Regards
    Anders