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Installation issues / Re: MD5 from wiki link does not match the download...

« on: September 23, 2007, 03:24:55 am »

I went for the "quick" DVD download which only seems to be available via slow services apart from the chibiko. When I actually ran it it seemed more trouble than it was worth and it was suggested to me that using the 3 CD method was the most reliable. The mirror (0704) http://kubuntu.org/~jriddell/linuxmce/ has no errors and I got mine at 8meg so happy days.

It doesn't take that long to load it all anyway (which however long is less time than it takes to download the DVD!) and you do have the benefit of a supposedley fully updated installation. I would suggest this given my own and other peoples trouble with the DVD download. Its just a shame I can't get the video drivers to work!

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Installation issues / Re: NVIDIA installation failed

« on: September 23, 2007, 12:18:18 am »

Zaerc

The output seems fixed until the proper driver is installed. I had a VGA and a DVI (Plasma) connected at the same time from boot to check this and only output 1 works. I will try your suggestion. Thanks.

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Installation issues / Re: NVIDIA installation failed

« on: September 22, 2007, 09:21:07 pm »

Zearc

You seem to know your way around this stuff. I cannot get MCE to display properly and have given up trying to do anything with the nv driver so want to use the nvidia ones as I am using an 8600GT card. LMCE cannot auto load them without crashing so I have followed the wiki but trying to exit the x server using telinit 1 returns the display to the Kubuntu load screen which just hangs. I have tried telinit s but trying to run the nvidia command after this results is a "not recognised" response.

I am a very newbie so if you can help please keep it simple Linux is a foreign language to me right now.

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Installation issues / Re: DVB-T/DVB-C/DVB-S all in one Computer possible with LinuxMCE ?

« on: September 21, 2007, 11:06:56 pm »

Sorry, its a single tuner card but covers just about everything from analogue radio and TV (inc Cable) to DVB Digital TV and DVB-S2 (HDTV Satellite). I cannot vouch for Linux because my knowledge is zip, but quality is excellent. The only prob I encountered on a Windows system was that poor sat signal quality tended to hang the card which could lock up the windows app (made by Cyberlink).

Hauppauge are due to release a CAM card to go with it so it really is an total solution.

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Installation issues / Blank Screen after LinuxMCE installed Nvidia drivers.

« on: September 20, 2007, 04:05:15 pm »

Installed Kubuntu from CD. All working well.

Installed LinuxMCE from CD, it asks about the nvidia card (8600GT) and offers to install the proprietry video drivers and will need to restart. Select yes and it restarts.

Unfortunatley after it goes through the Kubuntu spalsh screen it then goes blank with just a flashing cursor. Any ideas??

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Installation issues / Re: DVB-T/DVB-C/DVB-S all in one Computer possible with LinuxMCE ?

« on: September 20, 2007, 12:36:26 pm »

Hi, don't know if this is any help, but Hauppauge make an excellent card called the HVR-4000 which is a Quad tuner. Drivers for it seem a bit thin on the ground right now but I did find this link;

http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/hvr4000?cmd=summary;s tyle=gitweb

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Installation issues / Have trouble getting LinuxMCE to install from disc? Read this

« on: September 19, 2007, 03:29:28 pm »

As a newbie to Linux I did not now what to expect from the install. Every version of it (CD, DVD even the Pluto CD's) was burnt as an iso but would not load. All the burning was done by RecordNow! then Nero Express (both bundled software). As a last resort I downloaded a trial of Nero Burning ROM (Nero7) and burnt the DVD again. It worked first time! Clearly not all image burners are created equal

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Installation issues / Re: Screen resizes during initial setup

« on: September 19, 2007, 03:25:50 pm »

Thanks,

It didn't ask for the drivers. I will start searching for them!

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Installation issues / Screen resizes during initial setup

« on: September 19, 2007, 03:15:58 pm »

Hi,

I am an experienced system builder but Linux and LinuxMCE is a new experience so forgive my ignorance.

After MCE starts and you are presented with the green setup options, the process works fine until you select the type of audio connection. When you have done this, setup restarts with the picture 4x the size it should be leaving only the top left of the screen visible. If you just hit enter a few times it obviously moves through the setup process and arrives at the MCE setup desktop which is sized almost correctly, but the image quality is really bad (very grainy, text is very crude). I am assuming that there is some issue with the graphics driver. Our test machine has an 8600GT card in it. Nvidia do drivers for Linux. Should I attempt to use these?