User:Alaith

Welcome, This is my User Page. I will be using it to document my thoughts, and my setup of Linux MCE so that others can learn from my methods (read: mistakes).

Linux MCE Build

Introduction

My parents wanted a media solution for their living room. LinuxMCE seemed to be the easiest (and cheapest!) choice. So I dived in head first turning their old Desktop PC into the Core, and then purchasing a media director for the living room. Unfortunately I have 0 to no Linux experience. It's not like I didn't do my research; it just turns out that I wasn't to doing the right research.

Hardware

They were trying to get away from a large amount of hardware in the living room, and had some space considerations too; so I decided to build my first microITX system. In Hindsight that was probably not the best, but it hasn't turned out so bad yet.

Core

As I said earlier, I turned their old Intel-based Desktop into the Core. I didn't realize at first how many problems this might cause later on.

Thoughts and Links

Troubleshooting

Kernel Panic

This fix only works for builds in which