iMon from Soundgraph.

[cirion]

Is iMon supported in LinuxMCE?
http://www.soundgraph.com/Eng_/Products/imon25.aspx?topMenu=2&subMenu=1&leftMenu=25

Can this driver be used?
http://venky.ws/projects/imon/

Can the VFD be used for anything?

[sharlee_angelo]

you should give it a try, as long as it is supported by lirc. but then, you must build a device template to map other buttons, by adding some functions from linuxmce.

[cirion]

I'll do but first i'll have to get my HTPC up and running...
No PXE support for my Nics

[sharlee_angelo]

what kind of nics do you have?

[cirion]

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard with 2 integrated gigabit nics.

This is from the manual:
LAN:
Marvell® PCI Express Gigabit LAN controller
Marvell® Gigabit LAN PHY
NVIDIA® nForce4 SLI built-in Gigabit MAC with external
Marvell Gigabit LAN PHY supports:
- NV ActiveArmor
- NV Firewall
- NV RIS (Remote Installation Service)
- AI NET

[sharlee_angelo]

from what i know, the nvidia card should have the problem.

[cirion]

And the Marvell has the same problem...

[sharlee_angelo]

well, for Marvell is another matter. from what i know, in the linux kernel are 2 or 3 drivers for marvell. i had an issue once with this kind of chipset, because, when i was starting the system, the pnp system in the kernel detected the card but was trying to install one of the drivers which was declared obsolete (by the Gentoo developers ). so, this problem could persist in the present ubuntu kernel.

/later edit

if are trying to boot an ubuntu live cd on the system with marvell card, does it works?

[cirion]

Yes, ubuntu works fine and connects to the internet with the marvell card.

[nite_man]

Is iMon supported in LinuxMCE?
http://www.soundgraph.com/Eng_/Products/imon25.aspx?topMenu=2&subMenu=1&leftMenu=25

Can this driver be used?
http://venky.ws/projects/imon/

Can the VFD be used for anything?

Since Plutohome supports iMON remote LinuxMCE should do the same. But VFD display driver you should manually according to Venky's howto. It works fine with MythTV.