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User:Bozza

2010-11-27T07:12:00Z

Bozza:

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I used to have a fairly well working setup of LinuxMCE 710 until my wife got the shits with it and forced me to change it. Now that I don't have a wife I'm attempting to bring it back to its former glory using 810 (Components marked as "Out of Order" are sections I am yet to re-implement and may contain incomplete component lists)

=== Changes from Previous Setup ===

* Am only using a single NIC this time with DHCP only for devices in Pluto Database. This method disables automatic setup of Diskless MD's but its not too much of a hassle to add an entry in the Media Directors sections of the web admin before booting.
* Now using a Hybrid Core in the living room instead of a seperate core and MD.

=== Core/Hybrid ===

* MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz
* RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz
* Main HDD: Seagate 40gb IDE
* HDD 2: Seagate 250gb SATA
* HDD 3: Seagate 250gb SATA
* HDD 4: Seagate 500gb SATA
* Video: nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512mb
* CD/DVD: LG DVD+RW IDE
* Case: Cheiftec Black ATX Full Tower
* Screen: Teco 32" LCD TV
* Tuner: Asus U3100 USB Tuner
* NIC: Integrated Realtek Gigabit (Internal Network)
* Remote: Genuine Microsoft Windows Media Centre Remote & Reciever
* Remote: Nintendo Wii-Mote
* OS: LinuxMCE 810-23436 Snapshot

=== Master Bedroom MD (Out of Order) ===

* System non-existent at the moment

=== Second Bedroom MD (Out of Order) ===

* System non-existent at the moment

=== Network (192.168.0.0) ===

* Multiple TP-Link 8-port 10/100/1000 Switches
* Smoothwall Express 3.0 Firewall
* TP-Link TL-8810 Modem
* Minitar MVA111A VoIP ATA
* TP-Link 300mbps Wireless Access Point
* 1 Server (web, mail ect)
* 1 PC
* 2 Laptops
* 1 Mac Mini
* XBox 360 Slim Consoles
* HP LaserJet 2550L
* HP PhotoSmart D5360
* Dell Streak

=== X10 Automation ===

* Controller: Smarthome HA125 PC Controller (CM11 Clone)
* Light: 1x Bayonet on/off Light
* Appliance: 2x Appliance Modules
* Lamp: 1x Lamp Modules

=== Future Additions ===

* Replace MD's in Bedrooms

=== My experience with 810 ===

[[Category:User Setups]]

User:Bozza

2010-11-27T06:22:40Z

Bozza:

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I used to have a fairly well working setup of LinuxMCE 710 until my wife got the shits with it and forced me to change it. Now that I don't have a wife I'm attempting to bring it back to its former glory using 810 (Components marked as "Out of Order" are sections I am yet to re-implement and may contain incomplete component lists)

=== Changes from Previous Setup ===

* Am only using a single NIC this time with DHCP only for devices in Pluto Database. This method disables automatic setup of Diskless MD's but its not too much of a hassle to add an entry in the Media Directors sections of the web admin before booting.
* Now using a Hybrid Core in the living room instead of a seperate core and MD.

=== Core/Hybrid ===

* MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz
* RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz
* Main HDD: Seagate 40gb IDE
* HDD 2: Seagate 250gb SATA
* HDD 3: Seagate 250gb SATA
* HDD 4: Seagate 500gb SATA
* Video: nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512mb
* CD/DVD: LG DVD+RW IDE
* Case: Cheiftec Black ATX Full Tower
* Screen: Teco 32" LCD TV
* Tuner: Asus U3100 USB Tuner
* NIC: Integrated Realtek Gigabit (Internal Network)
* Remote: Genuine Microsoft Windows Media Centre Remote & Reciever
* OS: LinuxMCE 810-23436 Snapshot

=== Master Bedroom MD (Out of Order) ===

* System non-existent at the moment

=== Second Bedroom MD (Out of Order) ===

* System non-existent at the moment

=== Network (192.168.0.0) ===

* Multiple TP-Link 8-port 10/100/1000 Switches
* Smoothwall Express 3.0 Firewall
* TP-Link TL-8810 Modem
* Minitar MVA111A VoIP ATA
* TP-Link 300mbps Wireless Access Point
* 1 Server (web, mail ect)
* 1 PC
* 2 Laptops
* 1 Mac Mini
* XBox 360 Slim Consoles
* HP LaserJet 2550L
* HP PhotoSmart D5360
* Dell Streak

=== X10 Automation ===

* Controller: Smarthome HA125 PC Controller (CM11 Clone)
* Light: 1x Bayonet on/off Light
* Appliance: 2x Appliance Modules
* Lamp: 1x Lamp Modules

=== Future Additions ===

* Replace MD's in Bedrooms

=== My experience with 810 ===

[[Category:User Setups]]

User:Bozza

2010-11-27T06:18:46Z

Bozza:

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I used to have a fairly well working setup of LinuxMCE 710 until my wife got the shits with it and forced me to change it. Now that I don't have a wife I'm attempting to bring it back to its former glory using 810 (Components marked as "Out of Order" are sections I am yet to re-implement and may contain incomplete component lists)

=== Changes from Previous Setup ===

* Am only using a single NIC this time with DHCP only for devices in Pluto Database. This method disables automatic setup of Diskless MD's but its not too much of a hassle to add an entry in the Media Directors sections of the web admin before booting.
* Now using a Hybrid Core in the living room instead of a seperate core and MD.

=== Core/Hybrid ===

* MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz
* RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz
* Main HDD: Seagate 40gb IDE
* HDD 2: Seagate 250gb SATA
* HDD 3: Seagate 250gb SATA
* HDD 4: Seagate 500gb SATA
* Video: nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512mb
* CD/DVD: LG DVD+RW IDE
* Case: Cheiftec Black ATX Full Tower
* Screen: Teco 32" LCD TV
* Tuner: Asus U3100 USB Tuner
* NIC: Integrated Realtek Gigabit (Internal Network)
* Remote: Genuine Microsoft Windows Media Centre Remote & Reciever
* OS: LinuxMCE 810-23436 Snapshot

=== Master Bedroom MD (Out of Order) ===

* System non-existent at the moment

=== Second Bedroom MD (Out of Order) ===

* System non-existent at the moment

=== Network (192.168.0.0) ===

* D-Link 5 port 10/100 Switch
* Alloy 8 port 10/100 Switch
* Smoothwall Express 3.0 Firewall
* TP-Link TL-8810 Modem
* Minitar MVA111A VoIP ATA
* TP-Link 300mbps Wireless Access Point
* 1 Server (web, mail ect)
* 1 PC
* 2 Laptops
* 1 Mac Mini
* XBox 360 Slim Consoles
* HP LaserJet 2550L
* HP PhotoSmart D5360
* Dell Streak

=== X10 Automation ===

=== Future Additions ===

* Replace MD's in Bedrooms

=== My experience with 810 ===

[[Category:User Setups]]

User:Bozza

2009-09-12T06:09:26Z

Bozza: /* Future Additions */

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=== Core/Hybrid ===

* MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz
* RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz
* HDD: Seagate 250gb PATA
* HDD 2: Seagate 200gb SATA
* HDD 3: Seagate 250gb SATA
* Video: nVidia GeForce 7300GS
* CD/DVD: LG DVD/CDRW
* Case: Generic Biege Full Tower Server Case
* Screen: Chimei 19" LCD
* Tuner: Asus U3100 USB Tuner (Auto Detected in 810)
* NIC: Integrated Realtek Gigabit (Internal Network)
* NIC: Realtek 8139D 10/100 PCI (External Network)
* Remote: AIM Microsoft Compatible remote with mini USB reciever (Needed to install lirc-0.8.5 to make this work)
* OS: LinuxMCE 810 32-bit

=== Lounge MD ===

* MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset
* Processor: Intel Dual Core E2160 2.0GHz
* RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz
* HDD: None
* Video: nVidia GeForce 8500GT
* CD/DVD: LG DVD/CDRW
* Case: Cheiftec Black Midi Tower
* Screen: Teco 32" LCD TV
* NIC: Integrated Realtek Gigabit
* Remote: Genuine Microsoft Media Centre Remote (mce_usb)
* OS: LinuxMCE 810 64-bit

=== Master Bedroom MD ===

* MB: DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra-D SLi
* Processor: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ 2.0GHz
* RAM: Generic 2gb DDR 400MHz
* HDD: None
* Video: nVidia GeForce 7300GS
* CD/DVD: Lite-On DVD+RW DL
* Case: Generic Biege Midi Tower Case
* Screen: Fujitsu 19" Widescreen LCD
* NIC: Integrated nVidia Gigabit
* Remote: AIM Microsoft Compatible remote with mini USB reciever (Needed to install lirc-0.8.5 to make this work)
* OS: LinuxMCE 810 64-bit

=== Second Bedroom MD ===

* MB: Giga-Byte K8NF9
* Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
* RAM: Generic 1gb DDR 400MHz
* HDD: None
* Video: nVidia GeForce 6600GT
* CD/DVD: Sony DVD-ROM
* Case: Generic Biege Midi Tower Case
* Screen: 68cm CRT TV
* NIC: Integrated nVidia Gigabit
* Remote: None (Will add another AIM remote at some point but until then I will use the a keyboard and mouse)
* OS: LinuxMCE 810 64-bit

=== Internal Network (192.168.80.0) ===

* TP-Link 5 port gigabit switch

=== External Network (192.168.0.0) ===

* D-Link 5 port 10/100 Switch
* Alloy 8 port 10/100 Switch
* Smoothwall Express 3.0 Firewall
* Netgear DG632 Modem
* Minitar MVA111A VoIP ATA
* TP-Link 108mbps Wireless Access Point
* 1 Server (web, mail ect)
* 1 PC
* 2 Laptops
* 1 Mac Mini
* 2 XBox 360 Consoles
* HP LaserJet 2550L
* HP PhotoSmart D5360
* Apple iPhone

=== Future Additions ===

* Garage MD (Specs undecided yet but probably just another old AMD system)
* X10 Home Automation Equipment (Attempting to get this to work now but not having much luck as CM15A doesn't seem very well supported)
* Any handheld device capable of running a non-web based orbiter

=== My experience with 710 ===

After doing days of research on whether or not the specific hardware I had would work with linuxmce I took the plunge and installed 710
Installation went fine after I finally found a DVD drive that would read the entire disc and not produce I/O errors

Once installed everything went hunky dory and worked "out-of-box" so to speak. That is until I got to the TV Tuner, I have an Asus U3100 mini USB Tuner and was aware of the risks as it wasn't already supported my linuxmce 710 or any ubuntu pre 8.10 for that matter. I spent the next 6 hours installing v4l-dvb, hunting down the firmware then finding it was the wrong version so it wouldn't work anyway until I found the one it wanted.

I now had TV and was a happy camper.

Everything else was reasonably simple, I added some Diskless MD's and the process was 100% painless, added my movies with no problems until Amazon went down and I had to install the IMDB patch

I recently got some RC6 IR Remotes and receivers which wouldn't work until I install lirc-0.8.5 but that wasn't too much of a hassle.

Overall I'm quite happy with 710 it did what I wanted it to do when I wanted it to do it.

=== My experience with 810 ===

I wish I could say I had as much luck with 810 as I did with 710 but that would be a lie :P
On the plus-side my TV Tuner was detected "out-of-box" as was everything else I have.

First problem I had was with Video on the core.. after the install I got defaulted to UI1 on 640x480 and couldn't change it, AVWizard simply wouldn't start regardless of what I tried (Button just rebooted the system without loading the wizard, holding shift made all the correct beeps but still no wizard, running it manually from terminal gave me a blank screen)
I then decided to install 185 nVidia drivers hoping maybe I would get somewhere with that and I was right, once the drivers installed correctly I was able to access the AVWizard (But only by running it manually from terminal, button on orbiter and shift key still don't do anything but as long as it worked I didn't care)

My remotes has the same problem as 710 (Had to update to lirc-0.8.5 (currently comes with 0.8.3)

Probelm I have now is that the remotes only work in the linuxmce menus. I can only control MythTV using the keyboard and mouse.

[[Category:User Setups]]

User:Bozza

2009-08-31T13:37:33Z

Bozza:

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=== Core/Hybrid ===

* MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz
* RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz
* HDD: Seagate 250gb PATA
* HDD 2: Seagate 200gb SATA
* HDD 3: Seagate 250gb SATA
* Video: nVidia GeForce 7300GS
* CD/DVD: LG DVD/CDRW
* Case: Generic Biege Full Tower Server Case
* Screen: Chimei 19" LCD
* Tuner: Asus U3100 USB Tuner (Auto Detected in 810)
* NIC: Integrated Realtek Gigabit (Internal Network)
* NIC: Realtek 8139D 10/100 PCI (External Network)
* Remote: AIM Microsoft Compatible remote with mini USB reciever (Needed to install lirc-0.8.5 to make this work)
* OS: LinuxMCE 810 32-bit

=== Lounge MD ===

* MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset
* Processor: Intel Dual Core E2160 2.0GHz
* RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz
* HDD: None
* Video: nVidia GeForce 8500GT
* CD/DVD: LG DVD/CDRW
* Case: Cheiftec Black Midi Tower
* Screen: Teco 32" LCD TV
* NIC: Integrated Realtek Gigabit
* Remote: Genuine Microsoft Media Centre Remote (mce_usb)
* OS: LinuxMCE 810 64-bit

=== Master Bedroom MD ===

* MB: DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra-D SLi
* Processor: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ 2.0GHz
* RAM: Generic 2gb DDR 400MHz
* HDD: None
* Video: nVidia GeForce 7300GS
* CD/DVD: Lite-On DVD+RW DL
* Case: Generic Biege Midi Tower Case
* Screen: Fujitsu 19" Widescreen LCD
* NIC: Integrated nVidia Gigabit
* Remote: AIM Microsoft Compatible remote with mini USB reciever (Needed to install lirc-0.8.5 to make this work)
* OS: LinuxMCE 810 64-bit

=== Second Bedroom MD ===

* MB: Giga-Byte K8NF9
* Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
* RAM: Generic 1gb DDR 400MHz
* HDD: None
* Video: nVidia GeForce 6600GT
* CD/DVD: Sony DVD-ROM
* Case: Generic Biege Midi Tower Case
* Screen: 68cm CRT TV
* NIC: Integrated nVidia Gigabit
* Remote: None (Will add another AIM remote at some point but until then I will use the a keyboard and mouse)
* OS: LinuxMCE 810 64-bit

=== Internal Network (192.168.80.0) ===

* TP-Link 5 port gigabit switch

=== External Network (192.168.0.0) ===

* D-Link 5 port 10/100 Switch
* Alloy 8 port 10/100 Switch
* Smoothwall Express 3.0 Firewall
* Netgear DG632 Modem
* Minitar MVA111A VoIP ATA
* TP-Link 108mbps Wireless Access Point
* 1 Server (web, mail ect)
* 1 PC
* 2 Laptops
* 1 Mac Mini
* 2 XBox 360 Consoles
* HP LaserJet 2550L
* HP PhotoSmart D5360
* Apple iPhone

=== Future Additions ===

* Garage MD (Specs undecided yet but probably just another old AMD system)
* X10 Home Automation Equipment (Due mid September 09)
* Any handheld device capable of running a non-web based orbiter

=== My experience with 710 ===

After doing days of research on whether or not the specific hardware I had would work with linuxmce I took the plunge and installed 710
Installation went fine after I finally found a DVD drive that would read the entire disc and not produce I/O errors

Once installed everything went hunky dory and worked "out-of-box" so to speak. That is until I got to the TV Tuner, I have an Asus U3100 mini USB Tuner and was aware of the risks as it wasn't already supported my linuxmce 710 or any ubuntu pre 8.10 for that matter. I spent the next 6 hours installing v4l-dvb, hunting down the firmware then finding it was the wrong version so it wouldn't work anyway until I found the one it wanted.

I now had TV and was a happy camper.

Everything else was reasonably simple, I added some Diskless MD's and the process was 100% painless, added my movies with no problems until Amazon went down and I had to install the IMDB patch

I recently got some RC6 IR Remotes and receivers which wouldn't work until I install lirc-0.8.5 but that wasn't too much of a hassle.

Overall I'm quite happy with 710 it did what I wanted it to do when I wanted it to do it.

=== My experience with 810 ===

I wish I could say I had as much luck with 810 as I did with 710 but that would be a lie :P
On the plus-side my TV Tuner was detected "out-of-box" as was everything else I have.

First problem I had was with Video on the core.. after the install I got defaulted to UI1 on 640x480 and couldn't change it, AVWizard simply wouldn't start regardless of what I tried (Button just rebooted the system without loading the wizard, holding shift made all the correct beeps but still no wizard, running it manually from terminal gave me a blank screen)
I then decided to install 185 nVidia drivers hoping maybe I would get somewhere with that and I was right, once the drivers installed correctly I was able to access the AVWizard (But only by running it manually from terminal, button on orbiter and shift key still don't do anything but as long as it worked I didn't care)

My remotes has the same problem as 710 (Had to update to lirc-0.8.5 (currently comes with 0.8.3)

Probelm I have now is that the remotes only work in the linuxmce menus. I can only control MythTV using the keyboard and mouse.

[[Category:User Setups]]

User:Bozza

2009-08-30T11:13:22Z

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2009-08-30T11:10:03Z

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2009-08-30T11:09:09Z

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User:Bozza

2009-08-29T10:43:46Z

Bozza: /* Core/Hybrid */

User:Bozza

2009-08-29T10:41:58Z

Bozza: /* Core/Hybrid */

User:Bozza

2009-08-29T10:30:39Z

Bozza: New page: {| align="right" | __TOC__ |} === Core/Hybrid === * MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset * Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz * RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz * HDD: Seagate 250gb P...

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2009-08-29T09:44:28Z

Bozza: Removing all content from page

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2009-08-29T09:41:53Z

Bozza:

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2009-08-29T09:39:32Z

Bozza: New page: === Core/Hybrid === * MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset * Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz * RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz * HDD: Seagate 250gb PATA * HDD 2: Seagate 250gb SATA * HD...

=== Core/Hybrid ===

* MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset
* Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2GHz
* RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz
* HDD: Seagate 250gb PATA
* HDD 2: Seagate 250gb SATA
* HDD 3: Seagate 250gb SATA
* Video: nVidia GeForce 7300GS
* CD/DVD: LG DVD/CDRW
* Case: Generic Biege Full Tower Server Case
* Screen: Chimei 19" LCD
* Tuner: Asus U3100mini DVBT
* NIC: Integrated Realtek Gigabit (Internal Network)
* NIC: Realtek 8139D 10/100 PCI (External Network)
* Remote: AIM Microsoft Compatible remote with mini USB reciever (Needed to install lirc-0.8.5 to make this work)
* OS: LinuxMCE 710 32-bit

Added IMDB searches after Amizon went down

=== Lounge MD ===

* MB: MSI with Intel G31 Chipset
* Processor: Intel Dual Core E2160 2.0GHz
* RAM: Kingston 2gb DDRII 533MHz
* HDD: None
* Video: nVidia GeForce 8500GT
* CD/DVD: LG DVD/CDRW
* Case: Cheiftec Black Midi Tower
* Screen: Teco 32" LCD TV
* NIC: Integrated Realtek Gigabit
* Remote: Genuine Microsoft Media Centre Remote (mce_usb)

=== Master Bedroom MD ===

* MB: DFI LanParty nF4 Ultra-D SLi
* Processor: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ 2.0GHz
* RAM: Generic 2gb DDR 400MHz
* HDD: None
* Video: nVidia GeForce 7300GS
* CD/DVD: Lite-On DVD+RW DL
* Case: Generic Biege Midi Tower Case
* Screen: Fujitsu 19" Widescreen LCD
* NIC: Integrated nVidia Gigabit
* Remote: AIM Microsoft Compatible remote with mini USB reciever (Needed to install lirc-0.8.5 to make this work)
* OS: LinuxMCE 710 64-bit

=== Second Bedroom MD ===

* MB: Giga-Byte K8NF9
* Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
* RAM: Generic 1gb DDR 400MHz
* HDD: None
* Video: nVidia GeForce 6600GT
* CD/DVD: Sony DVD-ROM
* Case: Generic Biege Midi Tower Case
* Screen: 68cm CRT TV
* NIC: Integrated nVidia Gigabit
* Remote: None (Will add another AIM remote at some point but until then I will use the a keyboard and mouse)
* OS: LinuxMCE 710 64-bit

=== Internal Network (192.168.80.0) ===

* TP-Link 5 port gigabit switch

=== External Network (192.168.0.0) ===

* D-Link 5 port 10/100 Switch
* Alloy 8 port 10/100 Switch
* Smoothwall Express 3.0 Firewall
* Netgear DG632 Modem
* Minitar MVA111A VoIP ATA
* TP-Link 108mbps Wireless Access Point
* 1 Server (web, mail ect)
* 1 PC
* 2 Laptops
* 1 Mac Mini
* 2 XBox 360 Consoles
* HP LaserJet 2550L
* HP PhotoSmart D5360
* Apple iPhone

=== Future Additions ===

* Garage MD (Specs undecided yet but probably just another old AMD system)
* X10 Home Automation Equipment (Due mid September 09)
* Any handheld device capable of running a non-web based orbiter

[[Category:User Setups]]