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[SOLVED- at last]eee-box 202 and lmce 8.10

Started by maverick0815, July 21, 2009, 07:28:43 PM

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maverick0815

Last weekend I tried my luck with the latest 8.10 alpha. I installed it on my core and after having done that part successfully proceeded setting up my MD (eee-box 202)
As I read here before it should be supported out of the box, since the drivers for the nic have been included now, unlike in 7.10. So I had high hopes and didn't expect much of a problem.
Unfortunately I got a "kernel-panic - not syncing" I got past the message "We announce ourselves to the core"...shortly before the kernel-panic I noticed eth0 link down.
I read here in the forum, that there might be some issue with ACPI, so I went to the Bios and changed the value (don't remember if it was enabled or disabled) and tried again-without luck

So does anyone here have a eee-box running successfully with 8.10 and if so- how did you make it?

fastie81

Hi

I have two eeebox (B202) running in my setup.
My core died last week so I have just reinstalled it again. I will be setting up them again.
My only problem I had was the 720p/DVI out put and my IR MCE remote. besides that there was not problems..
I will be doing a step by step tonight if you are interested.
Chris

maverick0815

that would be interesting...perhaps I can find out, where I went wrong. This friday I'm planning to try another run since my system is a bit fubar, but I'm not sure if I should try 8.10 again. In theory I should get my eee-box running the same way you do..so lets see

fastie81

Hi

Ok this is my steps..
This is still a Draft, when I am done I will at it to the LMCE wiki
http://www.it1stop.com/Home/linux/mythbuntu---linuxmce/asus-eebox-setup-with-linuxmce-810
Let me know how you get on.
Chris

maverick0815

#4
Well, I got my system up and running in 81.0 now :-) wonders never cease.
I even got my TV-Card running...the only thing there is, I need to find the rest of the stations, but that will sort itself out.

Now the biggest gripe I have is this:
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/init: .: Can't open /tmp/net-eth0.conf
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempting to kill init!
Seems to me like I am one of the unlucky ones whose eee-box isn't supported out of the box yet
so I will try the old manual procedure to setup the nic.
I hope it will work, otherwise I'd really like to know what I else could do.

--------------Update-------------
I can't get the box over the above mentioned point....So if anyone knows something...please, some help would be appreciated

maverick0815

I tried a bios update on the eee box (release 1111) because I thought that would help. So now not only does it still not work, the box won't even boot up without a keyboard attached to it, and no option in the bios to be found to change that.

fastie81

There should be an option to "ignore errors". I will have a look later on my box and let you know the option..
Chris

fastie81

Hi

Ok if you go into the BIOS in the eeebox
then go to Boot -- > Boot Settings Configuration -- > Wait for 'F1' Error
Then Disable that..
I think that will fix it..
Let me know.
Chris

maverick0815

one small step for me, one big step for my eee-box :-)
at least I found out how to boot it up again without a keyboard....just switch off the express gate....call me stupid, why I didn't do that earlier already...must have been the nice colors :-)

tschak909

damn it, guys.

Let's actually try to get this working PNP in 0810. Please. The code is available, inluding all the startup scripts...

-Thom

fastie81

Hi Thom

I don;t know how we can make this more PNP. Maverick has got a weird problem.
The only think I can think of is to sort of detect if it is a eeebox and apply the xorg.conf file..
Chris

maverick0815

Trust me, I don't mess it up on purpose. I did a clean install twice, because I thought I missed something or did something wrong..but actually there is not much to do wrong with the procedure as it is: install kubuntu, get the installer,execute the scripts one after another and you're done. In theory this should be enough to get it all started. Thing is...Chris has 2 eee-boxes running nicely...and mine messes up the nic-setup.
So, anything I can do to make it work, I will do within my abilities. Currently this is setup on a separate hdd so I can go back and forth between the releases. I can do a clean install again if that would be required....

pigdog

Hi,

Just wondering...

the manufacturer didn't change chipsets on you during the production run?

lspci for ethernet matches between maverick0815 and the 2 fastie81 has?

maverick0815

here is what lspci produced on my box
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)

maverick0815

Ok, last night I made a clean install - twice actually. When setting up Kubuntu it always recognized my nics in the wrong order. That has never been a problem, since I could later change it in the webadmin of linuxmce. However last night it caused trouble right in the middle of ./mce-install.sh, when suddenly ip-adresses did not get resolved anymore. So I quickly swapped the cables and after I restarted the script it when through. The next problem was with Orbiter-generation for the hybrid. It crashed and went on without actually generating an orbiter, so I got a message, that the config for the orbiter could not be retrieved. I managed to login to the webadmin and enter the required information. it created an orbiter but could not connect to the dcerouter. just out of curiosity at this point I wanted to see what the eee-box would do. interestingly it went past the nic without a problem, but gave me a mount 13 error. since I could not get the orbiter to cooperate I decided to scrap it all again. What I thought was the critical change that might have gotten the eee-box running was, that I did a reboot after the aptitude dist-upgrade (which was not explicitly mentioned in the install instructions, but which made sense since you update the kernel). So I was full of hope and did it all over again, only this time connecting the internetcable to the right nic, so I would not need to restart the script. After the ./post-install.sh was finished, I just shutdown the core and went to bed. This morning I resumed, but now the eee-box just stubbornly does not want to start, no matter what I tried. Someone suggested to me I should update the kernel to 2.26.28, but I do not think this to be a good long term solution, since the final release of LMCE would not be based on this one. I really do not know what I should do. Is there some script I need to run or something...please let me know.