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Talk:Error Running Diskless CreateTBZ.sh

2010-02-22T16:04:53Z

Gray: /* Problems with pluto-orbiter */

== Problems with pluto-orbiter ==
I get error messages about pluto-orbiter instead. And "deb http://www.avenard.org/files/ubuntu-repos/" isn't in the source list at all! Did you change something recently? [[User:Gray|Gray]] 17:04, 22 February 2010 (CET)

Talk:Error Running Diskless CreateTBZ.sh

2010-02-22T16:04:35Z

Gray: Nothing makes any sense here

Talk:Installing 0810

2010-02-22T15:47:14Z

Gray: /* "/usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh"? */ grr this is so frustrating

== DVD Installation Instructions ==
Hi All, I am confused by the DVD Installation Instructions. It advises:

...Upon DVD boot, select LinuxMCE install(it is the bottom option). This will install a regular Kubuntu 810 system, with an additional button on the desktop to install LinuxMCE upon restart.
Let Kubuntu's install run through, and after restart, login. Open a terminal and run

sudo su - #This might ask for the password you specified earlier during the install of kubuntu.
apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
..."

But then at the bottom of the page it says:
Note: You should NOT run apt-get dist-upgrade after the initial install, as it can cause several problems, including having different kernel versions on your core and media directors, and the installation of new Kubuntu packages that can break some features! .."

Am I missing something obvious or does this contradict itself? I did the
"sudo su - #This might ask for the password you specified earlier during the install of kubuntu.
apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"

Have I now busted something and should reinstall?

:I too have the same question. After spending quite some time updating Kubuntu, I read that note. Can someone clarify this?

::This is confusing me, too. We shall add all available Kubuntu updates before installing MCE, but NOT afterwards? This doesn't make much sense. What if a new Kubuntu updates breaks MCE, preventing the correct installation? Wouldn't it have been better to start with a defined version of Kubuntu as a base for the installation? [[User:Gray|Gray]] 15:53, 22 February 2010 (CET)

== "/usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh"? ==
"no such file or directory"! Actually, there is no such file on the whole damn disk, after the MCE "installation". And that, after doing everything according to instructions (DVD install, Linux MCE 810). And now, what? [[User:Gray|Gray]] 14:48, 22 February 2010 (CET)
:Tried internet installation instead. New interesting error messages: "Package Pluto Orbiter failed". Great. Folks, withall respect for your hard work, and for what you've accomplished so far, but could you pls focus on the installation problems of 8.10 before adding new gimmicks or correcting minor bugs? This is worse than 7.10! Not encouraging. [[User:Gray|Gray]] 16:28, 22 February 2010 (CET)
::Installer says something about a dependency problem because "pluto-avwizard" and "xine-ui" are missing. But Adept says xine-ui is installed alread. And with sudo apt-get source pluto-avwizard, I can't find this package. Wtf? And even though the installer can't find it, too, he retries all the time. Only way to get out of this is stopping the script, no option to skip this step. Grr. [[User:Gray|Gray]] 16:36, 22 February 2010 (CET)

LinuxMCE:Community Portal

2010-02-22T15:39:14Z

Gray: /* To do */ Obvious case of wrong priorities, folks!

__NOTOC__
<div align="center">
<h1>'''[http://linuxmce.org LinuxMCE]''' community portal</h1>
</div>

==Request for comment==
'''LinuxMCE Reference Design''' -- I am creating documentation on the from-scratch design of my home system based around LinuxMCE. I am hoping that this will serve as a sort of known-working real-world-used reference design. As it stands, it is on [[User:Alx9r|my user page]]. Once mature, I propose to move the documentation of my reference design into the official wiki. Please see [[LinuxMCE Wiki:Community Portal:Reference Design Proposal|Reference Design Proposal]] for details and comment. --[[User:Alx9r|Alx9r]] 08:23, 12 May 2008 (PDT)

'''Coding Media Components Section''' -- I have added a new section for coding Media Components. In addition, I have also added a new template stub called <nowiki>{{Needs Programmer Review}}</nowiki> which automatically categorizes the article. This is intended for programming primers and information that needs to be verified and refined by other programmers. --[[User:Tschak909|Tschak909]] 10:39, 3 February 2008 (PST)

'''Categorization''' -- Comments and ideas welcomed in a [[LinuxMCE Wiki talk:Community Portal|debate about categorization]].

==News==
*'''19/10-07''' - Danielk has set up a public development area ([http://svn.linuxmce.org/ Trac], [http://www.charonmedia.org dev mailing list]). Please do also comment on moving development related stuff on the [[LinuxMCE_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal#Separating_development-related_stuff_into_the_Trac_Wiki|discussion page]]. Thanks --[[User:Chriss|chriss]] 05:08, 20 October 2007 (MST)
*'''27/9-07''' - [[User:Lozzo|Lozzo]] and [[User:Trout|Trout]] are now also admins.
*'''24/9-07''' - New template added, [[:Template:Delete]], add this to pages that you propose for deletion, these pages will also be added to the category [[:Category:Delete Page|Delete Page]]. --[[User:Samme|Samme]] 06:09, 24 September 2007 (MST)
*'''24/9-07''' - I have now blocked the known spammers, another thing I've done is that I've added the category [[:Category: NeedsToBeFixed|NeedsToBeFixed]], look at the page for further information. --[[User:Samme|Samme]] 02:48, 24 September 2007 (MST)
*''12/12-07''' - Dan Damron knows a little about templates.. Offer to help with this section. dan at damron period ca
*'''22/9-07''' - Is there somebody out there who knows how to make templates? If so we need your help!!!
*'''15/9-07''' - [[User:Trout|Trout]] has now also volunteered as admin.
*'''14/9-07''' - I, [[User:Samme|Samme]] is now administrator of the wiki, after a discussion with Paul, other interested in helping, mail me, you'll find my adress under the [[Contacts|contact page]].

==To do==
#REPAIR ALL INSTALLATION PROBLEMS OF 810! Disregard all other minor bugs.

#<strike>Spam prevention</strike>
#<strike>Recruit a second admin and also volunteers, up for the task? Contact me!</strike>
#<strike>Delete garbage pages all can be found in the category [[:Category:Delete Page|Delete Page]]</strike>
#Set up rules & guidelines for the wiki
#<strike>New first page</strike>
#<strike>Fix hardware pages</strike>
#[[LinuxMCE Wiki:Community Portal:Category Proposal|Categories, proposal]], very important
#Various guides maybe replace FAQ?
#Dictionary?
#Join associated pages by unision or cross-referencing (if they are definately in different categories)

Feel free to add things to do, after all it is a wiki :o)

==Pages needing attention==
*[http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php?title=Special:Lonelypages&limit=500&offset=0 Orphaned articles] (65 as of 29 September)
*[http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php?title=Special:Uncategorizedpages&limit=500&offset=0 Uncategorized articles] (241 as of 29 September)
*[http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php?title=Special:Deadendpages&limit=500&offset=0 Dead-end articles] (279 as of 29 September)
*[[:Category:Articles needing categorization|Articles needing categorization]] <nowiki>{{nocat}}</nowiki>
*[[:Category:Articles needing expansion|Articles needing expansion]] <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>
*[[:Category:Articles with sections needing expansion|Articles with sections needing expansion]] <nowiki>{{sectstub}}</nowiki>
*[http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php?title=Special:Shortpages&limit=500&offset=0 Short articles]
*[[:Category:NeedsToBeFixed|Articles needing to be fixed in some way]] <nowiki>{{NeedsToBeFixed}}</nowiki>
*[http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/Special:Uncategorizedcategories Categories with no parent] (currently one root category but needs checking periodically)
*[[:Category:Delete Page|Articles and categories to be deleted]] <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki>

==Handy templates==
* <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> used to specify articles which need expanding
* <nowiki>{{sectstub}}</nowiki> used to specify sections which need expanding
* <nowiki>{{uncat}}</nowiki> used to specify articles which need to be categorized
* <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> article nominated for deletion
* <nowiki>{{merge|articlename}}</nowiki> specifies article with which the current article should be merged
* <nowiki>{{NeedsToBeFixed}}</nowiki> article needs to be fixed in some way - ''better to use more descriptive templates if possible''

==Some useful links==

*[http://LinuxMCE.com LinuxMCE homepage]
*[http://forum.linuxmce.com LinuxMCE Forums]
*[http://ubuntuforums.org/ Ubuntu Forums]

[[Category:Wiki administration]]

Talk:Installing 0810

2010-02-22T15:36:35Z

Gray: /* "/usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh"? */ this ir really the %&#/*!

Talk:Installing 0810

2010-02-22T15:28:58Z

Gray: /* "/usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh"? */ Grrr. Folks, this is %§/#*!

Talk:Installing 0810

2010-02-22T14:53:27Z

Gray: don't understand this, too.

User:Gray

2010-02-22T14:05:00Z

Gray:

New user, some old Linux experience with RedHat and Slackware ten years ago, but not much with Ubuntu yet. Interest in Linux MCE motivates me to get more accustomed with Linux now. Managed to get 7.10. up, and already recorded some TV movies with a Technisat sat card. But the frontend always looked weird (titles were too long and cut off), couldn't get cameras to work, frontend netboot didn't work at all and I didn't manage to bind in the gamepad I want to use for buttons on the case, either. Hoping that Kubuntu 8.10 and new MCE beta will solve those issues.

So far, Kubuntu did install on the Sata disk and runs nicely (even though I don't like this sudo crap), but MCE 810 didn't install correctly. Will try internet install now.

User:Gray

2010-02-22T14:04:12Z

Gray: My experiences with MCE so far

New user, some old Linux experience with RedHat and Slackware ten years ago, but not much with Ubuntu yet. Interest in Linux MCE motivates me to get more accustomed with Linux now. Managed to get 7.10. up, and already recorded some TV movies with a Technisat sat card. But the frontend always looked weird (titles were too long and cut off), couldn't get cameras to work, frontend netboot didn't work at all, the Sata controller on my MB (MSI 845PE Max2) wasn't supported, and I didn't manage to bind in the gamepad I want to use for buttons on the case, either. Hoping that Kubuntu 8.10 and new MCE beta will solve those issues.

So far, Kubuntu did install on the Sata disk and runs nicely (even though I don't like this sudo crap), but MCE 810 didn't install correctly. Will try internet install now.

Talk:Installing 0810

2010-02-22T13:48:39Z

Gray: Grrr where is that effing file?

Hi All, I am confused by the DVD Installation Instructions. It advises:

...Upon DVD boot, select LinuxMCE install(it is the bottom option). This will install a regular Kubuntu 810 system, with an additional button on the desktop to install LinuxMCE upon restart.
Let Kubuntu's install run through, and after restart, login. Open a terminal and run

sudo su - #This might ask for the password you specified earlier during the install of kubuntu.
apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
..."

But then at the bottom of the page it says:
Note: You should NOT run apt-get dist-upgrade after the initial install, as it can cause several problems, including having different kernel versions on your core and media directors, and the installation of new Kubuntu packages that can break some features! .."

Am I missing something obvious or does this contradict itself? I did the
"sudo su - #This might ask for the password you specified earlier during the install of kubuntu.
apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"

Have I now busted something and should reinstall?

I too have the same question. After spending quite some time updating Kubuntu, I read that note. Can someone clarify this?

== "/usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh"? ==
"no such file or directory"! Actually, there is no such file on the whole damn disk, after the MCE "installation". And that, after doing everything according to instructions (DVD install, Linux MCE 810). And now, what? [[User:Gray|Gray]] 14:48, 22 February 2010 (CET)