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Installation issues / Re: New installation wows....

« on: April 25, 2009, 01:55:22 am »

I didn't check the alsa mixer yet because if I can't get it to boot right, it makes it kind of moot (and it seemed to work on my new PC).  But I'll check that.

I'm pretty sure I have the boot sequence set right.  I've tried changing it so that all three boot priority levels are set to the HD (and I only had one HD installed with no partitions).  That didn't work.  After POST it just hangs.  It is the same thing that happens when I have the boot priority set to CD drive first except that before it would check the CD drive for a bootable disk and when one wasn't installed, it would hang instead of booting from the HD.  But with all the boot priorities set to HD, it simply doesn't even try to check the CD driver (as expected) and simply hangs after post.  I've tried various combination ranging from the HD being first, last, or all of the three motherboard boot priority rankings.

Thanks for the responses!  I'll definitely be trying your sound solution suggestions, but I don't think the boot problem is a simple boot priority order problem.  But I'll triple check and try some variations.

Thanks again!  The help is much appreciated!

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Installation issues / Re: New installation wows....

« on: April 24, 2009, 09:56:36 pm »

I tried downloading a new DVD ISO image from a different source and re-burned the ISO image but still had the same problems.

I think it is a motherboard issue.  I tried installing the same empty HD in my new computer (AMD 9950 2.6GHz Quad Core with an ASUS M3A78-T Motherboard, 4GB RAM).  I installed LinuxMCE on the 40GB hardrive that I placed in my new PC. Both of my initial installation issues went away.  New install properly booted from the HD and sound was playing as it is suppose to be during the MCE A/V Wizard audio set-up.

The problem is I don't want my new PC to be a Core or a Core/Hybrid and I didn't want to have to shell out money for all new hardware at the moment.

Anyone know of any fixes to get the GA-8IK1100 Motherboard set-up working properly?  Or will it not be compatible with LinuxMCE??

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Installation issues / Re: New installation wows....

« on: April 24, 2009, 03:33:49 am »

Downloaded the 0710 version and burned to a single layer DVD per the link below. 

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

Running the 32 bit version I believe (downloaded this torrent iso image from the instructions above: LinuxMCE-DVD-i386-rc2.iso )

Sorry, should have clarified that.


I did notice that in the Linux MCE Launch Manager on the KDE desktop, the Audio tab does not havfe an "audio driver" listed (but the Video table shows the "video driver" as "ati".  Not sure if that means anything or not.

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Installation issues / New installation woes....

« on: April 24, 2009, 03:12:01 am »

Well, first of all... I'm new to the Linux game, so be gentle.

While researching some things for a potential future HTPC, I stumbled upon the LinuxMCE tutorial video.  The more I read, the more impressed I am with this light weight free software.  I recently upgraded my desktop and am trying to make the LinuxMCE work as a core on my old desktop.  It's a P4 2.0Ghz with a GA-8Ik1100 Motherboard.  Currently only 512MB of RAM and a 40GB HD (have a second 60GB drive that was going to use to store PVR, and will likely buy an additional 1TB+ drive for ripping my DVD's to as well as a little more RAM).

The first problem I'm encountering that after I do the DVD install and all seems to go well (tells me to eject disk and press "enter" to continue), when it reboots it will not boot.  It checks for a boot CD and then just hangs.  If I insert the DVD and boot from the DVD, then select "boot from first hard disk" during the initial menu options, it will then perform it's first boot properly.  But for some reason the booting from the HD needs to be initialized by the DVD. 

The second thing I'm having a problem with is when I get to the audio portion of the A/V Set-Up Wizard I can not hear any analog audio.  (Even when I try turning the Linux menu volume up to 100% and my speakers are turned all the way up).  I'm using the same speakers and the same audio out port that I used previously when this was an XP machine. 

Thoughts?  Suggestions?  Is it a Mobo compatibility issue??

Thanks for the assistance.