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Im unsure what is wrong now that ive got my install basically working nice...  everything works sound video... stuck at 720p buts okay for now...  during AV wizard i noticed it could find the audio track to play so it said no sound ...  and after that couldn't find the video setup girl  file either...  Now all setup  i get this when i try and play audio or video...

File not found: /home/public/data/other/flash(sbd1)-core [34]/ the movie.avi or audio.mp3

I decided to test sound to make sure the hardware was working...  i added a MH play Internet radio button to orbiter for MD  under investigation ... plays Internet music like a charm.... same for my weather stream...

What can i do to fix the issue to allow my MD to connect to music and video's on network... or in this case for testing a usb flash plugged into core  (haven't moved my NAS off my 0710 core and 1 MD for keeping the family at bay)  but very close i think...

all the drive mappings are done for you, automatically  seems mine didn't go through since gettings video workings was a pain...  Is there a script or something i can run to recreate these mappings?


-emac

I have followed the instructions for setting up diskless MD's, using MD that was previously worked perfect with 0710...   

its video card
PCIE Geforce 8400GS 256ram    will this work? did before i change to 0810b2

after switching 64 to i386 and rebuilding finally got the MD to boot ... then ofcourse the "failed to start X" error... so after installing/uninstalling nividia drivers many many times...  and following info i found on forums... was able to get nvidia 195 beta drivers installed and to not go failed X

It now goes black screen and when ever i try mode change or resolution change 1-0 on keyboard any time i hit one it goes back to console showing Nivdia 195 installation ended and the date... then 2 sec later goes black again.... press a key 1 beep  few sec later ring with 3 beeps...  never get to avwizard...  have i missed something?

here is lspci
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00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)       
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)                 
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMU (rev a2)           
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)       
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)                 
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)                   
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)     
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)     
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)     
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)     
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration                                                                                                         
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map           
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller       
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control         
01:09.0 PCI bridge: Hint Corp HB6 Universal PCI-PCI bridge (non-transparent mode) (rev 11)                     
02:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)                         
02:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)                               
02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)                         
02:09.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)                               
02:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)                         
02:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)                               
02:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)                         
02:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)                               
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400 GS (rev a1)   
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after running X -configure  end with this
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dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//viaprop_drv.so: file too short
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//viaprop_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "viaprop" (loader failed, 7)
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
  Configuration failed.
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the xorg.conf.new is
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nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder57)  Fri Dec 18 15:05:43 PST 2009
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier     "Configured Monitor"
        Modeline        "640x480" 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525
        HorizSync       20-500
        VertRefresh     59-61
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier     "Default Screen"
        Device         "Configured Video Device"
        Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
        Option "XvmcUsesTextures" "true"
        Option "renderAccel" "true"
        Option "NoDDCValue"
        Option "UseEDID" "true"
        Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "true"
        Option "NoLogo" "true"
        Option "NoBandWidthTest" "true"
   Option "ModeValidation" "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck, NoEdidMaxPClkCheck, NoMaxPClkCheck, AllowInterlacedModes, AllowNon60HzDFPModes, NoEdidModes"
        Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
        Option "UseEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load    "dbe"
        Load    "extmod"
        Load    "record"
        Load    "xtrap"
        Load    "speedo"
        Load    "type1"
        Load    "int10"
        Load    "v4l"
        Load    "dri"
        Load    "GLcore"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier     "Keyboard0"
        Driver         "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier     "Mouse0"
        Driver         "mouse"
        Option         "Protocol" "auto"
        Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
        Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option "RENDER" "true"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
        Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier     "Configured Video Device"
        Option "XvmcUsesTextures" "true"
        Option "renderAccel" "true"
        Option "NoDDCValue"
        Option "UseEDID" "true"
        Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "true"
        Option "NoLogo" "true"
        Option "NoBandWidthTest" "true"
        Option "ModeValidation" "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck, NoEdidMaxPClkCheck, NoMaxPClkCheck, AllowInterlacedModes, AllowNon60HzDFPModes, NoEdidModes"
        Option "DynamicTwinView" "false"
        Option "UseEvents" "true"
        Driver  "nv"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection


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any insight into getting this MD to boot wizard be great been over and over it for last 10 hours

Thanks

I have a bunch of ide 40g - 80gig hdd's can i just use the DVD installer disc I use to install core or core hybrid? to install them as media directors that have hdd's  or is there a process?

Hello, im pretty familiar with with linuxmce now ... i have been building a few test units controlling the MD's with iphone and other wifi orbiters.... Im currently building a whole house audio and video distribution system using russound sphere system... there are 6 plasmas throughout out the house on different zones with russsound  sphere key pads. All of the equipment and wires for everything is in a media closet off the home theatre room that is the 7th media director for the 1080i projector... So all the 6-7MD's and the core will all be in a rack next to the all the other AV equipment for the house.... Most of the house A/V equipment is all source controlled right on the keypads in each zone. I Would like to have a 7 capture cards 1 in each MD connected to the output on all the cable boxes and then IR control all the cable boxs in each zone.....

So I would like to know how I can control all of the AV equipment equipment  in the media closet with a wifi orbiter everything in closet is IR except for xbox controller...which type of PCI tv capture cards are best for my application... They need to be able to communicate with each TV cable box independently and yes I want to use the cable boxes for the TV guides no direct connections without boxes...


Sorry if this is hard to follow...This is a custom set-up so ask anything you need to know..

Thanks