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My name is Ryan, my user name is Murdock on both the forum and on IRC. I am located in KC, Missouri. I have been interested in technology all of my life, though for the last year have been reading up on and studying/playing with linux. I watched the google video and made the purchasing decision with Fiire November of 2008 to 710. I have a dev SATA HD I boot up on for testing the newer releases. My setup at home is below.  
 
My name is Ryan, my user name is Murdock on both the forum and on IRC. I am located in KC, Missouri. I have been interested in technology all of my life, though for the last year have been reading up on and studying/playing with linux. I watched the google video and made the purchasing decision with Fiire November of 2008 to 710. I have a dev SATA HD I boot up on for testing the newer releases. My setup at home is below.  
  
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==810 Current Issues==
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==1004 Current Issues==
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*USB IR Transceiver - This did not work in 710 or 810 for me, I'm thinking this is a hardware specific issue and not a software issue
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My MCE 1004 issues as of revision: 24454 - 8/24/2011
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**9/12/09 Update - FINALLY got a succesful transmit test, the issue seems to be centered around my receiver which is what I was using to test. MCE can now turn on and off the television, just have to tackle that pesky receiver...
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*Firewall disables MD access to external network upon core boot - Track ticket #329 - Workaround is to disable and re-enable the firewall in the MCE Admin web page
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== Hybrid/Core - Workout Room ==
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Initial testing performed in a VM environment: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Installing_kubuntu_1004_on_virtualbox
  
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'''Fiire 12TB'''
 
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* MSI MS-7366 MotherBoard
 
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* BIOS v1.4 (Required for pci-e slot)
 
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* Intel E8400 Core2 Duo 3.0 GHz
 
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* 2GB RAM
 
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* DVD-ROM Drive
 
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* 1 x onboard gigabit ethernet
 
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* 1 x pci-e gigabit ethernet adapter
 
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* GeForce 7150
 
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* 7.1 HD Audio with analog, SPDIF coaxial and optical outputs
 
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* 1x MiCasa Verde USB Controller
 
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* 2x PCHD5500 Tuner card for Core
 
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''Accessories''
 
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* 1x HDHomerun - 2 x HD tuner ports (Net attached)
 
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* Fiire Chief Remote
 
  
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== Family Room ==
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1. Endless router reload requests, suspected due to the GYR3101US: http://trac.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/1314
  
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'''Fiire Prestige-lite'''
 
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* UI2 with alpha blending (some tearing on ui2 w/ alpha)
 
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* MSI MS-7366
 
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* BIOS v1.0
 
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* 64-bit Intel Core2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz
 
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* 1GB RAM
 
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* DVD-ROM Drive
 
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* 7.1 audio with SPDIF coax and digital outputs
 
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* GeForce 7150
 
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''Accessories''
 
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* Gyration GYR3101US Media Center Remote
 
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* Toshiba 62HM195
 
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* Sony Receiver - STR-DG920
 
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* Webdt 366 (Ordered from TKMedia)
 
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* Xbox 360
 
  
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== Living Room ==
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==1004 Development Thoughts==
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Things to investigate:
  
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* IN WIN IW-BT610T.300BL Black Steel MicroATX Desktop Computer Case 300W Power Supply
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KMS and the benefits to the boot process
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* M3N78-EM MotherBoard (BIOS v0606)
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* AMD Phenom 9650 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor
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* Corsair 2GB DDR2 800Mhz Desktop Memory
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* LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04
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== Z-Wave Setup ==
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Quicker MD startup (more for suspend/resume?)
  
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* 1x MiCasa Verde USB Controller
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DVD installer build process - snapshot - L3MCE is finalizing
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* 1x Intermatic HomeSettings Z-Wave 3-Way In-Wall Toggle Switch Dimmer HA 20C
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More coming...
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Streamlining of installation process?
  
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== Coming up... ==
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*Review mce-install.sh code, ensure everything is following the prescribed architeture and is installing in the manner we want it to
  
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* Additional media director for Master Bedroom
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*Take a look deeper at the package installation process, currently there are about 2 different scripts utilized, merge into one process
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* Z-Wave thermostat (currently looking around)
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* VistaICM (Ordered)
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== House Floorplan ==
 
  
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Forthcoming
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MCE update process that will chroot update all MD FS's, linked to the 'upgrade' button in the advanced dialog box on the OSD orbiter
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  http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/341
  
  
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== Network Setup ==
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==1204 Development Thoughts==
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Clean up boot process, get rid of extraneous errors (most are thought to be inherent to the 1004 build of upstart, need to investigate with 1204)
  
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Forthcoming
 
  
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== My 810 Install Instructions ==
 
  
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The following are instructions for my hardware setup specifically, if you have hardware that deviates, some of the steps (ie sound card names, etc) may vary for you. (Upgrade process: 1 kernel 2 nvidia 3 alsa 4 v41)
 
  
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1. Install Kubuntu Desktop 810
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== Hybrid/Core - Workout Room ==
  
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2. Upgrade Ubuntu to latest
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'''[http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Fiire_Engine Fiire 12TB]'''
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sudo apt-get update
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* MSI MS-7366 MotherBoard
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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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* BIOS v1.4 (Required for pci-e slot)
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* Intel E8400 Core2 Duo 3.0 GHz
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* 2GB RAM
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* DVD-ROM Drive
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* 1 x onboard gigabit ethernet
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* 1 x pci-e gigabit ethernet adapter
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* GeForce 7150
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* 7.1 HD Audio with analog, SPDIF coaxial and optical outputs
  
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At this point I also associate the graphics adapter to the nvidia driver as well (Hardware Drivers program in KDE).  
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''Accessories''
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Honeywell_Vista-20P VistaICM (Functional)]
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Hdhomerun 1x HDHomerun - 2 x HD tuner ports (Net attached)]
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Fiire_Chief Fiire Chief Remote]
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/PcHDTV_HD5500 2x PCHD5500 Tuner cards for Core]
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/MCV_Z-Wave_Dongle 1x MiCasa Verde USB Controller]
  
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I prefer using htop to view system stats:
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== Home Theatre ==
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sudo apt-get install htop
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After this I reboot.
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Foxconn_nT330i Foxconn nT330i]
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* UI2
  
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3. Install OpenSSH for remote command line administration
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''Accessories''
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sudo apt-get install openssh-server
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* LG 55LX6500
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* Pioneer Receiver - VSX1120-K
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* Xbox 360
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* Xantech 78944 IR block with emitters attached to USB UIRT
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Using_the_Gyration_Remote_GYR3101US_(Non-Fiire_Chief) Gyration GYR3101US Media Center Remote]
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/WebDT_366 Webdt 366 (Ordered from TKMedia)]
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/USB_UIRT USB UIRT]
  
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4. Install FreeNX for secure remote GUI administration from ubuntu help site: help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX
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== Living Room ==
  
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5. Install MCE v810 (taken out from the lmce alpha2 wiki page **NOTE** Fiire chief does not yet function on 810, please reference forum post forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=8571.0 for latest details)
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Foxconn_nT330i Foxconn nT330i]
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sudo su -
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* 2GB DDR2 Memory
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mkdir ~/downloads
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cd ~/downloads
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wget -c http:// deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/new-installer-alpha-latest.tar.gz
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tar xvf new-installer-alpha-latest.tar.gz
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cd new-installer
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./pre-install-from-repo.sh
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./mce-install.sh
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./post-install.sh
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sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2 kubuntu-restricted-extras
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reboot
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''' Decided not to perform - The following Steps have caused me issues '''
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== Master Bedroom ==
  
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1. Download and install latest nvidia drivers
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Foxconn_nT330i Foxconn nT330i]
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cd ~/downloads
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* 2GB DDR2 Memory
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wget http:// us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/185.18.14/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.14-pkg1.run  #remove the space between http:// and us.download
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sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
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sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.18.14-pkg1.run
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sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start
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sudo reboot
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2. Download and install latest V4L drivers for PCHDTV 5500 card
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== Z-Wave Setup ==
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sudo apt-get install build-essential mercurial linux-headers-`uname -r`
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cd /usr/src
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sudo hg clone http:// linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb  #Due to wiki constraints I had to insert a space between http:// and linuxtv, close this space prior to running
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cd v4l-dvb
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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#Open permissions so myth can use the adapters
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sudo chmod 775 /dev/video*
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sudo chmod -R 775 /dev/dvb*
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sudo chmod 775 /dev/vbi*
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sudo chmod 775 /dev/dsp*
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/MCV_Z-Wave_Dongle 1x MiCasa Verde USB Controller]
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Intermatic_HA20C 1x Intermatic HomeSettings Z-Wave 3-Way In-Wall Toggle Switch Dimmer HA 20C]
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* [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Wayne-Dalton_Thermostat 1x Wayne Dalton Thermostat]
  
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3. Update to the latest alsa driver (1.20 as of this writing)
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More coming...
  
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'''Easy Way:'''
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== Coming up... ==
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If you have a login to the ubuntu forums, download and install latest install script from ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6589810#post6589810
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Edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base file to include the following at the end of the file:
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options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-dig
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'''Elongated method:'''
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sudo aptitude install build-essential libncurses-dev gettext xmlto xmltoman linux-headers-`uname -r`
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mkdir ~/downloads
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cd ~/downloads
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#The following assumes driver 1.20
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sudo wget ftp:// ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.20.tar.bz2 #Take out space between ftp:// and ftp.alsa
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sudo wget ftp:// ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.20.tar.bz2 #Take out space after ftp:// and ftp.alsa
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sudo wget ftp:// ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.20.tar.bz2 #Take out space after ftp:// and ftp.alsa
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sudo wget ftp:// ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.20.tar.bz2 #Take out space after ftp:// and ftp.alsa
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sudo wget ftp:// ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.20.tar.bz2 #Take out space after ftp:// and ftp.alsa
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sudo wget ftp:// ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/alsa-oss-1.0.17.tar.bz2 #Take out space after ftp:// and ftp.alsa
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sudo mkdir -p /usr/src/alsa
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cd /usr/src/alsa
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sudo cp ~/downloads/alsa* .
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sudo tar xjf alsa-driver*.bz2
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sudo tar xjf alsa-lib*.tar.bz2
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sudo tar xjf alsa-utils*.tar.bz2
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sudo tar xjf alsa-firmware*.tar.bz2
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sudo tar xjf alsa-plugin*.tar.bz2
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sudo tar xjf alsa-oss*.tar.bz2
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#Compile and install driver
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cd alsa-driver*
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sudo ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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#Compile and install alsa-lib
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cd ../alsa-lib*
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sudo ./configure
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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#Compile and install asla-utils
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cd ../alsa-utils*
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sudo ./configure
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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#Compile and install alsa-firmware
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cd ../alsa-firmware*
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sudo ./configure
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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#Compile and install alsa-plugins
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cd ../alsa-plugins*
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sudo ./configure
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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#Compile and install alsa-oss
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cd ../alsa-oss*
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sudo ./configure
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sudo make
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sudo make install
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Edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base file to include the following at the end of the file:
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options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-dig
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''' Not Required '''
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1. Download and install necessary drivers for HDHomeRun (pulled from help.ubuntu.com/community/HDHomeRun)
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* I'd like to start leveraging more of the home automation functionality next, potentially integrating IP Cameras
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sudo apt-get install hdhomerun-config
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hdhomerun_config discover
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Latest revision as of 03:16, 5 February 2012


My name is Ryan, my user name is Murdock on both the forum and on IRC. I am located in KC, Missouri. I have been interested in technology all of my life, though for the last year have been reading up on and studying/playing with linux. I watched the google video and made the purchasing decision with Fiire November of 2008 to 710. I have a dev SATA HD I boot up on for testing the newer releases. My setup at home is below.

1004 Current Issues

My MCE 1004 issues as of revision: 24454 - 8/24/2011

Initial testing performed in a VM environment: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Installing_kubuntu_1004_on_virtualbox


1. Endless router reload requests, suspected due to the GYR3101US: http://trac.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/1314


1004 Development Thoughts

Things to investigate:

KMS and the benefits to the boot process

Quicker MD startup (more for suspend/resume?)

DVD installer build process - snapshot - L3MCE is finalizing

Streamlining of installation process?

  • Review mce-install.sh code, ensure everything is following the prescribed architeture and is installing in the manner we want it to
  • Take a look deeper at the package installation process, currently there are about 2 different scripts utilized, merge into one process


MCE update process that will chroot update all MD FS's, linked to the 'upgrade' button in the advanced dialog box on the OSD orbiter 

 http://svn.linuxmce.org/trac.cgi/ticket/341


1204 Development Thoughts

Clean up boot process, get rid of extraneous errors (most are thought to be inherent to the 1004 build of upstart, need to investigate with 1204)



Hybrid/Core - Workout Room

Fiire 12TB

  • MSI MS-7366 MotherBoard
  • BIOS v1.4 (Required for pci-e slot)
  • Intel E8400 Core2 Duo 3.0 GHz
  • 2GB RAM
  • DVD-ROM Drive
  • 1 x onboard gigabit ethernet
  • 1 x pci-e gigabit ethernet adapter
  • GeForce 7150
  • 7.1 HD Audio with analog, SPDIF coaxial and optical outputs

Accessories

Home Theatre

Accessories

Living Room

Master Bedroom

Z-Wave Setup

More coming...

Coming up...

  • I'd like to start leveraging more of the home automation functionality next, potentially integrating IP Cameras
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