Startup troubles on mac mini intel core 2 duo 1,83 gHz

[Sjakob]

Hi

I am new to linux and trying to set op my mac mini to run linuxMCE.

Problems:

1. When the installation is running, my mac bluetooth and mouse is working fine, but when the setup starts the mouse and keyboard stops working and the system keeps telling me that it has found and installed a bluetooth dongle.

2. The system finds my Nokia N95 and I choose the "Symbian Series 60 mobile" but the phone can't install the PlutoMO.sis file the first time I try, the second time I try linuxMCE tells me that "LinuxMCE failed to upload the LinuxMCEMO installer to your N/A phone. Would you like to try again ....".

3. The system can't find the build in ir in the mac mini (don't know if this is supportet).

P.S. Is there any way to get eyetv 610 to work with linuxMCE?

Hope someone can help

Sjakob

[chaos1965]

I don't think you'll get your keyboard working in linux on a mac.  I say this because of an experience I had.  I had bought one of those slim bluetooth keyboard they make for Mac's, because I liked it.  I use it on a Windows machine.  Well, once I installed linux on my windows box, and could not get it to see my keyboard.   Come to find out, this is because the way a Mac bluetooth keyboard authenticates to the dongle is backwards then PC based bluetooth keyboards. 

Normal scenario with say a Microsoft Bluetooth keyboard under windows. 

You connect the dongle, connect the keyboard, discover the device.  You then enter a 4 to 6 digit number into your keyboard and press enter.  You then type that same number into the dialog box on your windows computer.


A scenario with a mac keyboard under windows.

You connect the dongle, connect keyboard, discover the device.  The dialog box on the screen gives you a 6 digital number to type into the keyboard and press enter.

See, backwards.  I actually found out that only the Bluesoliel software will make a Mac keyboard work under Windows.  This is because Bleusoliel knows how to handle the backwards auth.  The Widcomm stack does not, Widcomm just gives me a blank dialog box waiting for input.  Except the keyboard already broadcasted the input to the dongle, the software just doesn't know it supposed to be listening for it.

Linux is a similar problem, I got my microsoft bluetooth keyboard working great under linux, but the Mac keyboard will not.

[Sjakob]

Ok, thank you. I have connected an USB keyboard so that will do for now. Maybe I will buy a new keyboard later (to bad the mac bluetooth keyboard i so nice).

Sjakob

[Sjakob]

Is no one out there using LinuxMCE on a Mac Mini ?? Please help

[Sjakob]

Ok, now I know why my phone dosen't work. It's a symbian 60 v3 and linuxMCE only support v1 and v2.

Still need answers on the last two questions, anyone

3. The system can't find the build in ir in the mac mini (don't know if this is supportet).

P.S. Is there any way to get eyetv 610 to work with linuxMCE?

[totallymaxed]

Is no one out there using LinuxMCE on a Mac Mini ?? Please help

See this response in another thread here

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http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=4829.msg28317#msg28317

All the best

Andrew

[nite_man]

I'm playing a bit with AppleTV to use it as MD. How did you install LMCE on Mac Mini? Using this approach - http://tinyurl.com/28v9ol?

[Sjakob]

No, I just used the LMCE installation DVD

Maybe this will help you?
http://mythic-beasts.com/resources/appletv/walk-through.html