Revision as of 06:25, 22 March 2008

Please take note that the idea of having this was to have a test dev box to work on and screw up so i didn't have to touch my real machine. I'm sure sooner or later we can figure out if we can get it to work for real.

THIS IS STILL A WORKING PROGRESS. WHAT YOU SEE HERE WILL GET YOU STARTED BUT WILL NOT COMPLETE IT JUST YET

Installing LinuxMCE on VirtualBox

Install VirtualBox

1. First grab the source here VirtualBox_1.5.6-1_Linux_x86.run Right click and save as
2. Open up a command line and run su - root
3. CD into the dir you saved the download
4. type, sh VirtualBox_1.5.6-1_Linux_x86.run install
5. Edit /etc/group and add yourself to the vboxusers.
6. Log off and back in.

Create your new VBox

1. Start VirtualBox. Gnome = Apps->Sys Tools->Innotek VirtualBox. KDE = System->VirtualBox
2. Click New
3. Click Next
4. Name it whatever you want and choose Linux 2.6
5. Give your machine at least 1024
6. Click New
7. Click Next
8. Check Fixed-size and Click Next
9. Allocate at least 50GB of space
10. Click Finish to Create your HD. This will take a while. Go grab a Beer!
11. Click Next to use your new virtual drive
12. Click Finish

Setup your Virtual Machine

1. Select your VM and Click on General on the right
2. Give as much memory as you can for video. I did all 128MB
3. Click CD/DVD-ROM
   1. Check Mount CD/DVD Drive
4. Click Audio
   1. Check Enable Audio and choose ALSA Driver
5. Click Network.(still testing how these settings work on the network)
   1. Changed Adapter type to the Intel NIC
   2. Change NAT to Internal Network
   3. Under Network Name type, vboxnet0
6. Click Ok

Installing LinuxMCE

1. Start your VBox and boot the DVD
2. Follow the instructions. Sit back and have another beer :)

Configure LinuxMCE

1. Step 1. Choose, vga and 800x600'. (as of this writing, they were the only modes i could get to work).
2. Step 2. Static images (I only tested that since i wasn't having luck with other resolutions. Please report if you get others working).
3. Step 3. Click Ok.
4. Step 5. Analog Stereo.
5. Step 6. Adjust the volume if you want. Click ok.
6. Step 9. Click I Agree (Yes i can count but it skips steps 7 & 8 due to it not being available)
7. Now we wait for Sara!
8. Once she appears, click Next
9. Tell her you don't want to use a remote
10. Enter in your name and click next
11. Click Okay
12. Click Next
13. Click Next (unless it didn't select the right country)
14. Enter your zip and hit next. If it doesn't find it, just hit skip and hit next.
15. Select your rooms and click next.
16. It now detected itself as a file server. Click on it to use it and select where it is.
17. Continue without setting up light,alarm and voip setup.
18. Choose MythTV
19. Click DOne
20. Click on Media Player
21. Select where you are and choose to not control my TV
22. No receiver
23. Click Next
24. Click Done
25. Click Done
26. Click Next
27. Start using the system. That was easy wasn't it?  :) :) You might have to wait until it's finished downloading all the crap it needs to download.