Difference between revisions of "User:Murdock"

Revision as of 16:56, 24 July 2009

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.

Core - Workout Room

Fiire 12TB

• Supports UI2 with alpha blending
• Intel E8400 Core2 Duo 3.0 GHz
• 2GB RAM
• Dual gigabit
• 7.1 HD Audio with analog, SPDIF coaxial and optical outputs
• 1x HDHomerun
• 1x MiCasa Verde USB Controller
• 1x PCHD5500 Tuner card for Core

Family Room

Fiire Prestige-lite

• UI2 with alpha blending (some tearing on ui2 w/ alpha)
• Intel Core2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz
• 1GB RAM
• 7.1 audio with SPDIF coax and digital outputs
• Fiire Chief Remote
• Toshiba 62HM195
• Sony Receiver
• Xbox 360

Z-Wave Setup

• 1x MiCasa Verde USB Controller
• 1x Dimmer

More coming...

Coming up...

• Cat5e to each bedroom
• Additional media directors for these rooms
• Z-Wave thermostat (currently looking around)

House Floorplan

Forthcoming

Network Setup

Forthcoming

Network Map

Forthcoming

810 Install Instructions

1. Install Kubuntu Desktop 810

2. Upgrade Ubuntu to latest

 sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

3. Install OpenSSH for remote command line administration

 sudo apt-get install openssh-server

4. Install FreeNX for secure remote GUI administration from ubuntu help site: help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX

5. Download and install latest V4L drivers for PCHDTV 5500 card

 sudo apt-get install build-essential mercurial linux-headers-`uname -r`
 cd /usr/src
 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
 cd v4l-dvb
 sudo make
 sudo make install