User:Rperre - Revision history

Rperre at 16:04, 16 July 2010

2010-07-16T16:04:52Z

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	Bought a windows vista MCE remote, this was plug and play with mceusb2 selected, mceusb will not work with these vista remotes.		Bought a windows vista MCE remote, this was plug and play with mceusb2 selected, mceusb will not work with these vista remotes.

			I have 2 WebDT 366's which work great with Tschak's image, even after re-installs it's easy to add them back in. Awesome orbiter. I will probably use these as fixed orbiters on the wall somewhere since battery life isn't the greatest.

	I am also very interested in the 2440 all in one boards, which would be perfect to put in place of the current intercom system for fixed orbiters around the house.		I am also very interested in the 2440 all in one boards, which would be perfect to put in place of the current intercom system for fixed orbiters around the house.

Valent at 11:51, 22 June 2010

2010-06-22T11:51:49Z

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	As I had a lot of hardware "laying around" from my computer upgrading spurts I have every other year or so, I decided to gives this setup a try.		As I had a lot of hardware "laying around" from my computer upgrading spurts I have every other year or so, I decided to gives this setup a try.

	Motherboard: [[Asus A7N8X Deluxe]]		*Motherboard: [[Asus A7N8X Deluxe]]
	Socket A with a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ installed		** Socket A with a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ installed
	Memory at 1Gb PC3200 (will upgrade to 2Gb, still have a slot open)		** Memory at 1Gb PC3200 (will upgrade to 2Gb, still have a slot open)
	2 Internal NICs, 3COM, and nforce (forcedeth) both 100Mb max, disabled the nforce, added intel pci Nic for Gb.		** 2 Internal NICs, 3COM, and nforce (forcedeth) both 100Mb max, disabled the nforce, added intel pci Nic for Gb.
	Added a Soundblaster Card for audio, cannot get internal card to work.		Added a Soundblaster Card for audio, cannot get internal card to work.

	Videocard: Axle Geforce 7600GS		*Videocard: Axle Geforce 7600GS
	512Mb of memory		** 512Mb of memory
	AGP8x		** AGP8x

	Storage: OCZ core2 SATA II 60Gb SSD		* Storage: OCZ core2 SATA II 60Gb SSD
	500Gb Hard drive for storage		** 500Gb Hard drive for storage

	Drive: Generic DVD-drive		* Drive: Generic DVD-drive

	Power supply: ANTEC True430P		* Power supply: ANTEC True430P

	Case: old generic full tower case, kinda bulky but good enough for now.		* Case: old generic full tower case, kinda bulky but good enough for now.

	'''NAS'''		*'''NAS'''
			** Mvixbox with 2 drives for a total of 1.5Tb
	Mvixbox with 2 drives for a total of 1.5Tb		** Simpleshare with 250Gb for daily use on our home computers and backup of Core image
	Simpleshare with 250Gb for daily use on our home computers and backup of Core image

Valent at 11:30, 22 June 2010

2010-06-22T11:30:05Z

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	As I had a lot of hardware "laying around" from my computer upgrading spurts I have every other year or so, I decided to gives this setup a try.		As I had a lot of hardware "laying around" from my computer upgrading spurts I have every other year or so, I decided to gives this setup a try.

	Motherboard: Asus A7N8X Deluxe		Motherboard: [[Asus A7N8X Deluxe]]
	Socket A with a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ installed		Socket A with a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ installed
	Memory at 1Gb PC3200 (will upgrade to 2Gb, still have a slot open)		Memory at 1Gb PC3200 (will upgrade to 2Gb, still have a slot open)

Valent: Rperre setup moved to User:Rperre: to comply with other user pages

2010-06-22T11:15:32Z

Rperre setup moved to User:Rperre: to comply with other user pages

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Rperre at 07:24, 9 June 2010

2010-06-09T07:24:03Z

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	Memory at 1Gb PC3200 (will upgrade to 2Gb, still have a slot open)		Memory at 1Gb PC3200 (will upgrade to 2Gb, still have a slot open)
	2 Internal NICs, 3COM, and nforce (forcedeth) both 100Mb max, disabled the nforce, added intel pci Nic for Gb.		2 Internal NICs, 3COM, and nforce (forcedeth) both 100Mb max, disabled the nforce, added intel pci Nic for Gb.
	~~Audio is an ALC650 with 5~~.~~1 output~~		Added a Soundblaster Card for audio, cannot get internal card to work.

	Videocard: Axle Geforce 7600GS		Videocard: Axle Geforce 7600GS
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	I disabled the nforce network card and added a gigabit network card for the internal network. The nvidia 'forcedeth' seemed to be getting a new nic name each reboot, disabling this one was the easiest for me.		I disabled the nforce network card and added a gigabit network card for the internal network. The nvidia 'forcedeth' seemed to be getting a new nic name each reboot, disabling this one was the easiest for me.

	''LinuxMCE 0810 beta2''		''LinuxMCE 0810 beta2 snapshot June 1 2010''

	Installed it from the DVD with no problems		Installed it from the DVD with no problems
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	Got two Zotac ION ITX C-U boards, connected one to my LCD TV and set it up for PXE boot, this works out of the box, i got the black screen when the AVwizard should come up, pressed the number "3" and there it was.		Got two Zotac ION ITX C-U boards, connected one to my LCD TV and set it up for PXE boot, this works out of the box, i got the black screen when the AVwizard should come up, pressed the number "3" and there it was.
	I choose hdmi2, 1080p, 60hz and it works fine.		I choose hdmi2, 1080p, 60hz and it works fine.

			Sound over Hdmi works great in the latest snapshot, only one cable needed to connect your MD

	The only thing I always see, is that you have to restart your MD completely after the whole installation is done. You'll get a black screen otherwise. After restart everything is fine.		The only thing I always see, is that you have to restart your MD completely after the whole installation is done. You'll get a black screen otherwise. After restart everything is fine.
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	'''ORBITERS and REMOTES'''		'''ORBITERS and REMOTES'''

	~~Currently using an old Palm TX and my laptop with the Web orbiter~~, ~~but will expand to gyro remote~~ and~~/or WEBDT 366 as time goes, not interested in the bluetooth capabilities.~~		Have 2 Gyration remotes, work ootb
	~~The Palm TX does not~~ work~~, it constantly goes to~~ the ~~lighting floorplan and stays there, haven't troubleshoot this much, and will when i have time~~.		Have 2 Webdt 366's and they both work great and ootb after installation of the image.

	Bought a windows vista MCE remote, this was plug and play with mceusb2 selected, mceusb will not work with these vista remotes.		Bought a windows vista MCE remote, this was plug and play with mceusb2 selected, mceusb will not work with these vista remotes.
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	SPEAKERS: All Bose with the 701's up front 301's in the back and the VCS10 in the middle, still have to get a good powered SUB or amplify our current passive one.		SPEAKERS: All Bose with the 701's up front 301's in the back and the VCS10 in the middle, still have to get a good powered SUB or amplify our current passive one.

	~~All of these have an IR connection in the back for control.~~

	~~I have learned all IR remote codes and these will be submitted to the sqlcvs database.~~


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	RECEIVER/DVD: Sony 5.1 all in one Home Theater System DAV-HDX265		RECEIVER/DVD: Sony 5.1 all in one Home Theater System DAV-HDX265

	~~I have learned all IR remote codes and these will be submitted to the sqlcvs database.~~

Rperre at 06:17, 28 December 2009

2009-12-28T06:17:58Z

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	Storage: OCZ core2 SATA II 60Gb SSD		Storage: OCZ core2 SATA II 60Gb SSD
			500Gb Hard drive for storage

	Drive: Generic DVD-drive		Drive: Generic DVD-drive
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	Power supply: ANTEC True430P		Power supply: ANTEC True430P

	Case: old generic case ~~which is overheating~~, ~~will go to an ANTEC full tower~~ for ~~space and enough cooling~~		Case: old generic full tower case, kinda bulky but good enough for now.

	'''NAS'''		'''NAS'''

Rperre at 06:16, 28 December 2009

2009-12-28T06:16:37Z

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	Socket A with a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ installed		Socket A with a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ installed
	Memory at 1Gb PC3200 (will upgrade to 2Gb, still have a slot open)		Memory at 1Gb PC3200 (will upgrade to 2Gb, still have a slot open)
	2 Internal NICs, 3COM, and nforce (forcedeth) both 100Mb max, ~~need upgrade internal~~ Nic to Gb.		2 Internal NICs, 3COM, and nforce (forcedeth) both 100Mb max, disabled the nforce, added intel pci Nic for Gb.
	Audio is an ALC650 with 5.1 output		Audio is an ALC650 with 5.1 output

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	Video, Sound and drive are all up and running.		Video, Sound and drive are all up and running.

	I disabled the ~~nvidia~~ network card ~~internally~~ and added a gigabit network card for the internal network. The nvidia 'forcedeth' seemed to be getting a new nic name each reboot, disabling this one was the easiest for me.		I disabled the nforce network card and added a gigabit network card for the internal network. The nvidia 'forcedeth' seemed to be getting a new nic name each reboot, disabling this one was the easiest for me.

	''LinuxMCE 0810 beta2''		''LinuxMCE 0810 beta2''

Rperre at 06:12, 28 December 2009

2009-12-28T06:12:54Z

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	Video, Sound and drive are all up and running.		Video, Sound and drive are all up and running.

	~~Network needed a small tweak,~~ the ~~nforce 'forcedeth' seems to want to add~~ a ~~different MAC for this~~ card ~~each time you start up and increases the eth# accordingly which messes things up~~ for the internal network (i'~~m using this~~ nic ~~for internal)~~, ~~you can get past~~ this ~~by editing~~ the ~~/etc/udev/rules~~.~~d/70-persistent-net-rules.~~		I disabled the nvidia network card internally and added a gigabit network card for the internal network. The nvidia 'forcedeth' seemed to be getting a new nic name each reboot, disabling this one was the easiest for me.
	~~Delete all lines past eth1, leave the eth1 line and make it look as follows:~~

	~~SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="forcedeth", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTRS{device}=="0x0066", NAME=="eth1"~~		''LinuxMCE 0810 beta2''

	~~You can find your vendor and device ID by looking in /sys/class/net/eth#/device.~~		Installed it from the DVD with no problems

	~~This will "lock" your nforce NIC to eth1. After this edit~~ I ~~had~~ no ~~problems with my network cards.~~		I'm using UI2 (no alpha blending, but think it will work just fine)


	~~''LinuxMCE 0810 alpha7''~~

	~~Followed the wiki for the latest~~ alpha ~~installation~~

	~~It worked OOTB~~, but~~... to get the video to play smooth you have to install the latest nvidia drivers, 185.18.14 at the moment I write this. After this everything played nicely with UI2-alpha blending.~~

	~~Follow the display drivers wiki for installation of latest drivers.~~


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	I had a box full of X10 devices in my garage from a previous attempt to automate the house, I have integrated some table lights in the system.		I had a box full of X10 devices in my garage from a previous attempt to automate the house, I have integrated some table lights in the system.

			Make sure to add the CM11A manually and after add your devices as childs, works fine.
			I added a repeater/coupler because of the 2 bus system here in the USA, still tweaking this as i type this.


	''Hauppauge PVR500''		''Hauppauge PVR500''

			Worked out of the box installed in my Core/hybrid, getting local channels available on the cable

	''NAS Mvixbox''		''NAS Mvixbox''
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	'''MEDIA DIRECTORS'''		'''MEDIA DIRECTORS'''

	Got two Zotac ION ITX C-U boards, connected one to my LCD TV and set it up for PXE boot, ~~booted up just fine. I followed~~ the ~~ZOTAC wiki and chose UI1 at 1st boot. Installed the Avanard Repo 180.60 nvidia drivers~~, I got ~~a opengl error, had to manually set~~ the ~~xorg.conf to 'nvidia'. After this it started up great in any resolution.~~		Got two Zotac ION ITX C-U boards, connected one to my LCD TV and set it up for PXE boot, this works out of the box, i got the black screen when the AVwizard should come up, pressed the number "3" and there it was.
	~~Going to try the newest nvidia drivers on~~ the ~~other board, nvidia 190.18~~		I choose hdmi2, 1080p, 60hz and it works fine.

	~~Setup my second Zotac ION ITX C-U board, connected it to our Sony Receiver that is connected to our DLP TV and set it~~ up ~~for PXE boot. After image was done~~, ~~I had a~~ "~~Failed to setup X~~" ~~which is normal since i used a HDMI cable to connect, i manually set the driver to vesa and could go through the AV wizard this time, used UI1 again for first boot~~ and it ~~worked~~. ~~This time~~ I ~~installed the Nvidia 190.32 drivers and re-ran the AV Wizard. Somehow i would get a blank screen when selecting "1" (HDMI/DVI)~~, ~~but "3" (Component) worked~~, ~~strange but~~ it works ~~fine in 720p now.~~

	~~I will try 1080p when my Gigabit switch and nic for the core comes in.~~

	~~Got the boards at Newegg, they had them with a $25 rebate att, great deal for these great boards.~~

	~~The only thing I always see, is that you have to restart your MD completely after the whole installation is done. You'll get a grey screen otherwise. After restart everything is~~ fine.

	~~Still waiting for full vdpau integration~~, ~~but it seems~~ to ~~do great in all resolutions~~.		The only thing I always see, is that you have to restart your MD completely after the whole installation is done. You'll get a black screen otherwise. After restart everything is fine.

	Also looking at other possibilities, especially cheap but performing for e.g. the bedroom TV's that don't require 1080p, I can't see the difference anyway between 720p and 1080p. But if it's possible it will be fine and future proof.		Also looking at other possibilities, especially cheap but performing for e.g. the bedroom TV's that don't require 1080p, I can't see the difference anyway between 720p and 1080p. But if it's possible it will be fine and future proof.

Rperre at 15:20, 12 September 2009

2009-09-12T15:20:19Z

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	Got two Zotac ION ITX C-U boards, connected one to my LCD TV and set it up for PXE boot, booted up just fine. I followed the ZOTAC wiki and chose UI1 at 1st boot. Installed the Avanard Repo 180.60 nvidia drivers, I got a opengl error, had to manually set the xorg.conf to 'nvidia'. After this it started up great in any resolution.		Got two Zotac ION ITX C-U boards, connected one to my LCD TV and set it up for PXE boot, booted up just fine. I followed the ZOTAC wiki and chose UI1 at 1st boot. Installed the Avanard Repo 180.60 nvidia drivers, I got a opengl error, had to manually set the xorg.conf to 'nvidia'. After this it started up great in any resolution.
	Going to try the newest nvidia drivers on the other board, nvidia 190.18		Going to try the newest nvidia drivers on the other board, nvidia 190.18

			Setup my second Zotac ION ITX C-U board, connected it to our Sony Receiver that is connected to our DLP TV and set it up for PXE boot. After image was done, I had a "Failed to setup X" which is normal since i used a HDMI cable to connect, i manually set the driver to vesa and could go through the AV wizard this time, used UI1 again for first boot and it worked. This time I installed the Nvidia 190.32 drivers and re-ran the AV Wizard. Somehow i would get a blank screen when selecting "1" (HDMI/DVI), but "3" (Component) worked, strange but it works fine in 720p now.

			I will try 1080p when my Gigabit switch and nic for the core comes in.

	Got the boards at Newegg, they had them with a $25 rebate att, great deal for these great boards.		Got the boards at Newegg, they had them with a $25 rebate att, great deal for these great boards.
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	'''ORBITERS'''		'''ORBITERS and REMOTES'''

	Currently using an old Palm TX and my laptop with the Web orbiter, but will expand to gyro remote and/or WEBDT 366 as time goes, not interested in the bluetooth capabilities.		Currently using an old Palm TX and my laptop with the Web orbiter, but will expand to gyro remote and/or WEBDT 366 as time goes, not interested in the bluetooth capabilities.
			The Palm TX does not work, it constantly goes to the lighting floorplan and stays there, haven't troubleshoot this much, and will when i have time.

			Bought a windows vista MCE remote, this was plug and play with mceusb2 selected, mceusb will not work with these vista remotes.

	I am also very interested in the 2440 all in one boards, which would be perfect to put in place of the current intercom system for fixed orbiters around the house.		I am also very interested in the 2440 all in one boards, which would be perfect to put in place of the current intercom system for fixed orbiters around the house.
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	All of these have an IR connection in the back for control.		All of these have an IR connection in the back for control.

			I have learned all IR remote codes and these will be submitted to the sqlcvs database.


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	RECEIVER/DVD: Sony 5.1 all in one Home Theater System DAV-HDX265		RECEIVER/DVD: Sony 5.1 all in one Home Theater System DAV-HDX265

			I have learned all IR remote codes and these will be submitted to the sqlcvs database.


			'''Working on'''

			Trying to get the IR control to work correctly, just playing with some settings when i have time.


			All in all it's not very difficult to setup, but it does require some reading and searching the forums/wiki/web for answers, especially when you are a linux noob like me.


	[[Category:User Setups]]		[[Category:User Setups]]

Rperre at 16:56, 26 August 2009

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	'''MEDIA DIRECTORS'''		'''MEDIA DIRECTORS'''

	I ~~am currently looking~~ at ~~hardware for this~~, I ~~will update~~ this ~~page as soon as I'm buying~~ the ~~parts~~, ~~my first pick will probably be one of~~ the ~~ION ITX~~ boards, ~~as vdpau~~ get~~'s integrated the N230 processor will do~~ fine for me.		Got two Zotac ION ITX C-U boards, connected one to my LCD TV and set it up for PXE boot, booted up just fine. I followed the ZOTAC wiki and chose UI1 at 1st boot. Installed the Avanard Repo 180.60 nvidia drivers, I got a opengl error, had to manually set the xorg.conf to 'nvidia'. After this it started up great in any resolution.
			Going to try the newest nvidia drivers on the other board, nvidia 190.18

			Got the boards at Newegg, they had them with a $25 rebate att, great deal for these great boards.

			The only thing I always see, is that you have to restart your MD completely after the whole installation is done. You'll get a grey screen otherwise. After restart everything is fine.

			Still waiting for full vdpau integration, but it seems to do great in all resolutions.

	Also looking at other possibilities, especially cheap but performing for e.g. the bedroom TV's that don't require 1080p, I can't see the difference anyway between 720p and 1080p. But if it's possible it will be fine and future proof.		Also looking at other possibilities, especially cheap but performing for e.g. the bedroom TV's that don't require 1080p, I can't see the difference anyway between 720p and 1080p. But if it's possible it will be fine and future proof.
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	'''PLAYROOM AV GEAR'''		'''PLAYROOM/HOME THEATER AV GEAR'''

	TV: 47" Philips LCD TV (max 1080p) 47PFL5432D/37		TV: 47" Philips LCD TV (max 1080p) 47PFL5432D/37