Simple Newbie Problem

[jerryk1234]

Hello,

   I'm sure this is ridiculously simple.  I'm trying to install LinuxMCE on a small PC that I plan to dedicate to it.
I am using the three-CD system.  I wiped the disk with a fresh install of Kubuntu 8.1 ( Intrepid Ibex ) . 
Popped in CD #1, it plopped a file called mce-installer.desktop in my ~/Desktop directory.
Clicked on that file in the file manager - nothing.
Looked at the file - focused on this line:

Exec:/usr/share/mce-installer/mce-installer.sh

...OK, I tried executing it (as root) ....nothing.
then I tried this:

sh /usr/share/mce-installer/mce-installer.sh

 Linux MCE Installer Starting ... please wait
gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
/usr/share/mce-installer/mce-installer.sh: 35: [[: not found
No protocol specified

(mce-installer:6252): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0

   What gives?

  Is the archive in mce-installer.sh corrupt?  Chopped off maybe?

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5054221 2009-12-17 04:21 /usr/share/mce-installer/mce-installer.sh

....Is that the right file size?

            Thanks,

                                  - Jerry Kaidor

[tkmedia]

There is no 3 cd install for 0810.

please see http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/LinuxMCE-0810_beta for instructions.



Tim

[jerryk1234]

Thanks Tim,

   That was that.  Seems to be installing....

                                           - Jerry Kaidor

[jerryk1234]

OK,

   Now it gets stuck in the AVWizard.  It goes up through step 5 ( choose your audio connector ).  After step 5 it goes back to step 1.  It does so regardless of which audio connector I choose.
I suspect it has something to do with my hardware.  Because the software is the same as everybody else's....
 
   It's an ITX PC with a Migrus C787 motherboard, a 1.5GHz VIA CPU, 1 gig of RAM, and an 80-gig SATA notebook drive.  It has the "VIA Graphics Unichrome Pro IGP graphics core" and an "advanced 2D/3D graphics core" (whatever those are).  I suppose it's state of the art for motherboard embedded graphics for 2003.

                                          - Jerry

[jerryk1234]

Hmm,

   If I say "No Audio", it moves on to the next level.  I'm guessing that there's no support for the embedded motherboard audio.  Too bad, it does have a SPDIF connector.  I'm going to try a USB sound card.

                                                    - Jerry Kaidor

[tkmedia]

You may want to check the FAQ..

The via graphics have been terrible with lmce

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

please use Nvidia graphics and two nics as a minimum, and you will have a much better experience.


Tim

[jerryk1234]

You may want to check the FAQ..

The via graphics have been terrible with lmce

*** Hmm, I'm sure you're right.  The FAQ mostly talks about ATI cards. 

please use Nvidia graphics and two nics as a minimum, and you will have a much better experience.

*** If at all possible, I'd like to try it out with this minimal hardware.  Later, can upgrade to better.

It _does_ seem to successfully set the graphics mode.  The problem seems to be sound, not graphics.
Which actually surprises me.

    If I say "No sound at all", it pops over to the end of the Wizard.  Spends an age and a half setting things up,
and then displays a blank screen with the arrow cursor.

   I tried disabling onboard sound through the BIOS, no difference.  I stuck in a USB sound card - the kind they sell on
Ebay for a buck and a half with free shipping .

   WRT two NICs - if I need a second NIC, I'll just get a USB one.  This sucker has 8 USB connectors!

   What log files should I look at to figure out what happened?

                           - Jerry Kaidor

[tschak909]

Dude, don't make me thwap you upside the head. We're trying to help.

The hardware you are trying on, will be an uphill battle. STOP IT.

Get the hardware we are telling you to get, and things will be a lot better. We promise.

-Thom