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<div>[[Category: Programmer's Guide]]<br />
[[Category: Serial]]<br />
[[Category: LinuxMCE_Devices]]<br />
[[Category: GSD]]<br />
<br />
== How to add your own GSD device ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== Create a new GSD device ==<br />
<br />
The steps to add GSD device are following:<br />
<br />
1. Be sure that you have installed GSD package - <br />
<pre>dpkg -l 'pluto-generic-serial-device'</pre><br />
(it should be there).<br />
<br />
3. Created a device template for your system and specify that it should use GSD. Add it under category lighting interfaces if you want to control lighting devices only. To control all kind of devices (security, climate etc) it's better to use Interface::Specialize. Also, you should specify a communication type - RS232, Ethernet etc.<br />
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4. After you save a new template a new interface will be added automatically. You can see it under Wizard --> Devices --> Interfaces. Also, there is a GSD page - Wizard --> Devices --> Generic Serial Devices. On that page you'll able to add/modify Ruby commands. To do that you should specify a group and tick box 'internal Ruby Command'. After you quick reload router you should see GSD process in console:<br />
<code># ps -elf|grep Generic_Serial_Device</code><br />
<br />
<pre>5 S root 10085 1 0 76 0 - 683 - Jul17 ? 00:00:00 SCREEN -d -m -S LinCon_8000-30 /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 30 localhost Generic_Serial_Device<br />
5 S root 10086 10085 0 75 0 - 646 wait Jul17 pts/8 00:00:00 /bin/bash /usr/pluto/bin/Spawn_Device.sh 30 localhost Generic_Serial_Device<br />
0 S root 31800 10086 0 79 0 - 123146 295621 Jul17 pts/8 00:00:00 ./Generic_Serial_Device -d 30 -r localhost -l /var/log/pluto/30_Generic_Serial_Device.log<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
Have a look into GSD log: /var/log/pluto/<GSD LinuxMCE ID>_Generic_Serial_Device.log. You can find here all Ruby errors, connection status and other useful information.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Add Ruby code ==<br />
<br />
There are 6 base functions which you need:<br />
<ul><br />
<li>'''Private Method Listing''' - you may place here all common functionality and use it from the others functions.</li><br />
<br />
<li>'''Process IDLE''' - method executed each one - two seconds, maybe useful to check a connection between your device and LinuxMCE.</li><br />
<br />
<li>'''Process Incoming Data''' - called when some data come from your device:<br />
<br />
<pre>recv = conn_.Recv(100,500);</pre><br />
<br />
recv contains now the data received from the physical device (some switch is OFF). You can parse it to update a status of that switch in LinuxMCE:<br />
<br />
<pre>cmd = Command.new(plutoID, -1001, 1, 2, 48)<br />
cmd.params_[10] = 0<br />
SendCommand(cmd)</pre></li><br />
<br />
<li> '''Process Receive Command For Child''' - called when the child device (in your case it's a dimmer of switch) gets some command: ON, OFF or SET LEVEL. Actually, those commands are routed to the parent device (your GSD interface) and it send the commands in desired format to the physical device:<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
cmdId = cmd.id_ # Command ID: ON, OFF, SET LEVEL<br />
cmdTo = cmd.devidto_ # Device ID in LinuxMCE<br />
devPort = device_.childdevices_[cmdTo].devdata_[12] # 12 contains a port/channel<br />
childType = device_.childdevices_[cmdTo].devtemplid_ # Template ID to know type of device: switch or dimmer<br />
<br />
case cmdId<br />
when 192 #192 is ON <br />
command = '<your ON command format>' <br />
when 193 #193 is OFF <br />
command = '<your OFF command format>' <br />
when 184 #184 is Level of dimmer<br />
command = '<your SET LEVEL command format>' <br />
end<br />
<br />
conn_.Send(command)<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
In my case the command includes following parameters: LinuxMCE ID - to update the status in LinuxMCE, Port Number - to know where send actual command, command type - ON, OFF, SET LEVEL, level value for SET LEVEL. Plus, I generate an unique ID for each command to check its status. It might be good idea to push unsuccessful commands into array in the GSD device to run them one again.</li><br />
<li><br />
NOTE: From trial and error, I have come to the assumption that ON/OFF and SETLEVEL, internally, have seperate values. Be careful as you can have a device that is OFF with a setlevel of 100%. This results in a pretty UGLY message when to attempt the following: Use cmd[184]=100 to turn a device ON. (but don't actually send a cmd[192].. when you attempt to turn the device OFF, you'll get an ugly message in the GSD device saying that the 'CMD[193] won't be processed because it is useless'. (I'm paraphrasing.. you get the idea...) What makes this worse, is when you use an orbiter to turn a device on, it will send you a cmd[184], not a cmd[192]. You will need to watch for this and send a cmd[192] as needed.<br />
</li><br />
<li><br />
NOTE FOR ABOVE: I have found a way to force the command through. a bit of history first:<br />
The reason we get the infamous 'won't be processed because it is useless' is because DCE has to deal with NON Discrete codes.<br />
for instance: a device that has a power toggle. IF we turn it on, it turns on.<br />
Now, if we turn it ON again, DCE thinks it's on and because it's a toggle, it won't send the command. That is why we get this message.<br />
I dug pretty deep to find this next piece: params[120]=1<br />
this parameter, when set inside a command, will FORCE DCERouter to send the command regardless of what it thinks the state is.<br />
Hope this helps other GSD programmers. DDamron<br />
</li><br />
<br />
<li> '''Process Initialize''' - called when GSD device is starting. It's good point to initialize common variables and start logging for example:<br />
<br />
<pre><br />
time = Time.now<br />
$logFile = File.new("/var/log/pluto/ICPDAS-" + time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M") + ".log", "w")<br />
$bFlush = true # flash output buffer<br />
$waitTime = 4000 # wait time in comunication<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
I use that log approach just for test purpose. When you go live it's better do not use time stamp. To append your GSD device log to the one file after restart of router use that command:<br />
<pre><br />
$logFile = File.new("/var/log/pluto/ICPDAS.log", "a")<br />
</pre><br />
<br />
Also, I use that method to get actual status real child devices and update their statuses in the LinuxMCE. Because some switch can be OFF manually during GSD device was down.<li><br />
<br />
<li> '''Process Release''' - called when GSD device is closing. I don't use at all.</li><br />
<br />
Note that you should quick reload router each time when you modify your Ruby code! Because LinuxMCE caches it.<br />
<br />
== Viewing the logs ==<br />
<br />
The best way to test the new GSD device is to edit the file /etc/pluto.conf and comment out the LogLevels filter, so the logging is verbose. You can do this by typing:<br />
<br />
vim /etc/pluto.conf<br />
<br />
Then move to the start of the line that starts with LogLevels, press 'i' for Insert mode in vim, type a # character, then press [ESC]:wq<br />
The # at the start of a line means it's commented out, or ignored.<br />
<br />
now do a reload router. You can do this from the console with: /usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend dcerouter 0 -1000 7 1<br />
<br />
Then go to the log directory:<br />
<br />
cd /var/log/pluto<br />
<br />
ls<br />
<br />
ls will list the contents of the directory: There will be a log file that starts with the device number of the gsd device. To follow it type:<br />
<br />
tail -f [filename]<br />
<br />
rather than typing in the full filename, you can just type the first letters (ie the device number) and press tab, which does an auto complete.<br />
<br />
Now send commands to the device. You can do this through the web site or the console. For example, assuming your GSD device has the device id 57, you can send it an ON command (ON is command #192), you could type: /usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend dcerouter 0 57 1 192<br />
<br />
The log will show a bunch of data. The lines that start with 40 and 41 are the serial data that is being sent to/from the device. To filter the tail so it only shows the serial data, type:<br />
<br />
tail -f [filename] | grep '^40\|^41'<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
<ul><br />
<li>[[GSD Ruby Interface]]</li><br />
<li>[[GSD - Ruby codes ]]</li><br />
<li>[[Generic Serial Device]]</li><br />
</ul></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Egalax-Touchscreen&diff=14596Egalax-Touchscreen2008-06-30T20:00:09Z<p>Ddamron: </p>
<hr />
<div>{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
=egalax series Touchscreens=<br />
<br />
:I have a few UnyTouch 15" LCD TouchScreens. Here's how I got them to work.<br />
:These instructions are the basic instructions included with the driver. If you get lost, follow those.<br />
:My units are USB. If you have PS2 or Serial devices, follow the instructions included with the driver.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Downloading the drivers==<br />
:Drivers can be downloaded from http://210.64.17.162/web20/eg/drivers.htm.<br />
:The driver I used (32bit) is http://210.64.17.162/web20/drivers/touch_driver/Linux/TouchKit-1.08.1227-32b-k26.tar.gz<br />
:Here's how I did it. My MD is moon80, yours may vary. First, as root, ssh to your MD (from your core)<br />
sudo ssh moon80<br />
:now, make sure your in /root<br />
cd /root <br />
:download the file (below is for 32bit)<br />
wget http://210.64.17.162/web20/drivers/touch_driver/Linux/TouchKit-1.08.1227-32b-k26.tar.gz<br />
:unarchive the file:<br />
tar -xvvf TouchKit-1.08.1227-32b-k26.tar.gz<br />
cd TouchKit<br />
==Installing the drivers==<br />
:First, we have to copy the driver into the right place<br />
cp egalax_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input<br />
==modifying /etc/X11/xorg/conf==<br />
:There are 2 main modifications to the xorg.conf file.<br />
:first define the driver as an inputdevice. Add this section:<br />
<br />
Section “InputDevice”<br />
Identifier “EETI”<br />
Driver "egalax" <br />
Option “Device” “usbauto”<br />
Option “Parameters” “/var/lib/egalax.cal”<br />
Option “ScreenNo” “0”<br />
EndSection<br />
:Second, is to add this section to the serverlayout. Add this line to your [ServerLayout] section:<br />
InputDevice "EETI" "SendCoreEvents"<br />
:That's it for xorg.conf. Restart X, (simply reboot the MD is easiest)<br />
==Configuring the TouchScreen==<br />
:Once your MD comes back up, boot up KDE Desktop, and open a terminal.<br />
cd /root/TouchKit<br />
sudo ./TouchKit<br />
:This will load the touchkit configuration, allow you to calibrate the screen, etc.<br />
==Beta Drivers==<br />
:The download site has some beta drivers for xorg 1.3 / 32bit. From what I can see, it simply automates the above. I did not try them as this worked perfectly.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Tutorials]]<br />
[[Category:Hardware]]<br />
[[Category:Video]]<br />
[[Category:Displays]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Egalax-Touchscreen&diff=14595Egalax-Touchscreen2008-06-30T19:59:13Z<p>Ddamron: </p>
<hr />
<div>{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
=egalax series Touchscreens=<br />
<br />
:I have a few UnyTouch 15" LCD TouchScreens. Here's how I got them to work.<br />
:These instructions are the basic instructions included with the driver. If you get lost, follow those.<br />
:My units are USB. If you have PS2 or Serial devices, follow the instructions included with the driver.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Downloading the drivers==<br />
:Drivers can be downloaded from http://210.64.17.162/web20/eg/drivers.htm.<br />
:The driver I used (32bit) is http://210.64.17.162/web20/drivers/touch_driver/Linux/TouchKit-1.08.1227-32b-k26.tar.gz<br />
:Here's how I did it. My MD is moon80, yours may vary. First, as root, ssh to your MD (from your core)<br />
sudo ssh moon80<br />
:now, make sure your in /root<br />
cd /root <br />
:download the file (below is for 32bit)<br />
wget http://210.64.17.162/web20/drivers/touch_driver/Linux/TouchKit-1.08.1227-32b-k26.tar.gz<br />
:unarchive the file:<br />
tar -xvvf TouchKit-1.08.1227-32b-k26.tar.gz<br />
cd TouchKit<br />
==Installing the drivers==<br />
:First, we have to copy the driver into the right place<br />
cp egalax_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input<br />
==modifying /etc/X11/xorg/conf==<br />
:There are 2 main modifications to the xorg.conf file.<br />
:first define the driver as an inputdevice. Add this section:<br />
<br />
Section “InputDevice”<br />
Identifier “EETI”<br />
Driver "egalax" <br />
Option “Device” “usbauto”<br />
Option “Parameters” “/var/lib/egalax.cal”<br />
Option “ScreenNo” “0”<br />
EndSection<br />
:Second, is to add this section to the serverlayout. Add this line to your [ServerLayout] section:<br />
InputDevice "EETI" "SendCoreEvents"<br />
:That's it for xorg.conf. Restart X, (simply reboot the MD is easiest)<br />
==Configuring the TouchScreen==<br />
:Once your MD comes back up, boot up KDE Desktop, and open a terminal.<br />
cd /root/TouchKit<br />
sudo ./TouchKit<br />
:This will load the touchkit configuration, allow you to calibrate the screen, etc.<br />
==Beta Drivers==<br />
:The download site has some beta drivers for xorg 1.3 / 32bit. From what I can see, it simply automates the above. I did not try them as this worked perfectly.<br />
[[Category:Touch Screen Setup]]<br />
[[Category:Tutorials]]<br />
[[Category:Hardware]]<br />
[[Category:Video]]<br />
[[Category:Displays]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Egalax-Touchscreen&diff=14594Egalax-Touchscreen2008-06-30T19:56:16Z<p>Ddamron: New page: {| align="right" | __TOC__ |} =egalax series Touchscreens= :I have a few UnyTouch 15" LCD TouchScreens. Here's how I got them to work. :These instructions are the basic instructions ...</p>
<hr />
<div>{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
=egalax series Touchscreens=<br />
<br />
:I have a few UnyTouch 15" LCD TouchScreens. Here's how I got them to work.<br />
:These instructions are the basic instructions included with the driver. If you get lost, follow those.<br />
:My units are USB. If you have PS2 or Serial devices, follow the instructions included with the driver.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Downloading the drivers==<br />
:Drivers can be downloaded from http://210.64.17.162/web20/eg/drivers.htm.<br />
:The driver I used (32bit) is http://210.64.17.162/web20/drivers/touch_driver/Linux/TouchKit-1.08.1227-32b-k26.tar.gz<br />
:Here's how I did it. My MD is moon80, yours may vary. First, as root, ssh to your MD (from your core)<br />
sudo ssh moon80<br />
:now, make sure your in /root<br />
cd /root <br />
:download the file (below is for 32bit)<br />
wget http://210.64.17.162/web20/drivers/touch_driver/Linux/TouchKit-1.08.1227-32b-k26.tar.gz<br />
:unarchive the file:<br />
tar -xvvf TouchKit-1.08.1227-32b-k26.tar.gz<br />
cd TouchKit<br />
==Installing the drivers==<br />
:First, we have to copy the driver into the right place<br />
cp egalax_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input<br />
==modifying /etc/X11/xorg/conf==<br />
:There are 2 main modifications to the xorg.conf file.<br />
:first define the driver as an inputdevice. Add this section:<br />
<br />
Section “InputDevice”<br />
Identifier “EETI”<br />
Driver "egalax" <br />
Option “Device” “usbauto”<br />
Option “Parameters” “/var/lib/egalax.cal”<br />
Option “ScreenNo” “0”<br />
EndSection<br />
:Second, is to add this section to the serverlayout. Add this line to your [ServerLayout] section:<br />
InputDevice "EETI" "SendCoreEvents"<br />
:That's it for xorg.conf. Restart X, (simply reboot the MD is easiest)<br />
==Configuring the TouchScreen==<br />
:Once your MD comes back up, boot up KDE Desktop, and open a terminal.<br />
cd /root/TouchKit<br />
sudo ./TouchKit<br />
:This will load the touchkit configuration, allow you to calibrate the screen, etc.<br />
==Beta Drivers==<br />
:The download site has some beta drivers for xorg 1.3 / 32bit. From what I can see, it simply automates the above. I did not try them as this worked perfectly.<br />
[[Category:Touch Screen Setup]]<br />
[[Category:Tutorials]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Display_Drivers&diff=14589Display Drivers2008-06-30T09:19:25Z<p>Ddamron: /* Via Chipsets */</p>
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<div>{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
[[Category: Tutorials]]<br />
[[Category: Hardware| ]]<br />
<br />
An incomplete HowTo on updating LinuxMCE to the latest display drivers and configuring them manually. It could use your help, so if something is different in your situation, please add it.<br />
<br />
'''Note that this should normally not be necessary unless you have specific wishes or trouble getting your display to work properly.''' <br />
<br />
== Installation ==<br />
If the graphical environment cannot start you are likely to see a text screen blinking, this makes it very hard to login, if this is the case you can reboot into "recovery mode" by pressing [Esc] when GRUB tells you to during the boot process and then select it from the menu you will be presented with.<br />
<br />
=== ATI Chipsets ===<br />
The two main ways to install the ATI drivers are described in the [http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide Ubuntu Feisty Installation Guide].<br />
<br />
For more information see also the [http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page Unofficial ATI Linux Driver Wiki] and you might want to have a look at [http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/AtiProprietaryDriver AtiProprietaryDriver] in the MythTV wiki as well since LinuxMCE depends on it for viewing TV. MythTV in turn relies heavily on the support of certain features by the graphics drivers. The ATI drivers turn out to be a bit "challenged" in this area to say the least.<br />
<br />
==== Installing The ATI Driver ====<br />
<br />
Here's the procedure I use for setting up an ATI X1250 MD. Currently the the AVwizard in 0710 does not configure ATI cards properly so you need to to do some manual steps to get things working.<br />
<br />
'''Step 1'''<br />
<br />
Add the MD in the normal way (ie plug it into the network and let it add itself). Let it reboot and then it should run the AVwizard. Choose the options you want - output connector, resolution, refresh.... UI2 with Overlay etc etc and complete the wizard. Now the screen will return to a console screen and will after 5-10 mins will try to run the setup Wizard... but the setup Wizard will run very slowly and the video of 'Sarah' will not play smoothly. This is because the ATI drivers are not installed yet and the X driver is set to 'vesa'.<br />
<br />
'''Step 2'''<br />
<br />
From another machine ssh into the partially installed MD using Konsole from the KDE Desktop or a terminal app like Putty under Windows XP. Do the following from the console;<br />
<br />
sudo su - <return><br />
ssh moonNN <return> (**where the NN is the device number for the MD we're configuring**)<br />
<br />
Alternatively do the following from the MD/Core you are configuring;<br />
<br />
Ctrl+Alt+2<br />
<br />
Now login using the login you created when you installed your system ie When you ran the DVD installer or CD installer. Now we're logged into the MD we are configuring as 'root' and we can install the ATI drivers and configure Xorg.conf;<br />
<br />
Firstly make sure our sources.list is up to date:<br />
<br />
apt-get update <return><br />
<br />
Now lets install the ATI driver and packages;<br />
<br />
apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-generic restricted-manager <return><br />
<br />
Answer 'Y' to installing new packages then do the following steps;<br />
<br />
apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx <return><br />
depmod -a <return><br />
<br />
So far so good... now we have the ATI drivers installed! (the current driver in the repos is not the latest ATI release an updated driver will be packaged soon though). Now we have to configure Xorg to use it! Do the steps below;<br />
<br />
I use the console text editor 'joe' below but you can use whichever you prefer ('nano' is installed by default for example);<br />
<br />
joe /etc/X11/xorg.conf <return><br />
<br />
Now you are editing the xorg.conf of your MD and the only change you need to make is to the 'Device' section. In the 'Device' section you will see a line thats says;<br />
<br />
Driver "vesa"<br />
or<br />
Driver "ati"<br />
<br />
Change the string 'vesa' (or ati) to 'fglrx' which is the name of the ATI driver. The updated driver line should look like below;<br />
<br />
Driver "fglrx"<br />
<br />
Now save the changes you have made to xorg.conf.<br />
<br />
Now reboot the MD from the console with;<br />
<br />
reboot <return><br />
<br />
The MD will now reboot normally and the setup wizard will run again.... but this time the video and the Ui will run smoothly as the ATI driver is installed and confgured.<br />
<br />
Currently the ATI driver will not support UI2 with transparency but it will support UI2 with overlay very nicely indeed. There are two small caveats to running UI2 with Overlay currently with the ATI driver in that the 'Compass Rose' on screen menu for selecting DVD chapters, Lighting levels etc etc and the 'Zoom & Aspect ratio' screen when playing Video do not draw correctly - the bit maps for the menus do not display but the menus do work.<br />
<br />
=== NVidia Chipsets ===<br />
There are several ways to install NVidia drivers, the way described here is meant as a guide to install the very latest drivers from the NVidia website. Note that this way will bypass the LinuxMCE (Kubuntu) packaging system, possibly removing and/or overwriting some of it's files.<br />
<br />
1. Go to a console (text) terminal by holding [CTRL]-[ALT] and pressing the [F1] key simultaneously, log in with the user account you have created during the Kubuntu install and become root, if you haven't done so already. <br />
'''<you>@dcerouter:~$''' sudo -s<br />
2. Download the latest [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html linux drivers from NVidia] (depending [http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html on your hardware], one of versions: 1XX.XX.XX, 1.0-96xx or 1.0-71XX), if you haven't done so already. When you have found the URL for downloading the package on the nvidia site you could download it like this:<br />
'''root@dcerouter:~#''' wget <nowiki>http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/</nowiki>''<version>''<nowiki>/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-</nowiki>''<version>''<nowiki>-pkg1.run</nowiki><br />
3. Go to runlevel 1 to stop the currently running X-server. <br />
<br />
NB: There was no need for me to run this command as I was already in Level 1 - It just locked up the keyboard. --[[User:Mortar|Mortar]] 18:12, 6 January 2008 (MST)<br />
'''root@dcerouter:~#''' telinit 1 <br />
4. Execute the installer and follow instructions. Ignore the warning about runlevel 1 and don't bother looking for precompiled drivers.<br />
'''root@dcerouter:~#''' sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-''<version>''-pkg1.run<br />
5. Now it needs to be configured. The recommended and most convenient way is to use the [[AVWizard]]. For more advanced setup, or if the AVWizard for some reason is unable to set your up your screens to your liking, you can configure the ''X-server'' manually by editing the ''xorg.conf'' file directly.<br />
<br />
If the AVWizard crashes (as it did for me when installing the legacy drivers) try setting the '''driver''' option in the ''xorg.conf'' file to '''vesa''', go through the AVWizard and then change it back. --[[User:Zaerc|Zaerc]] 15:14, 5 June 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
=== Intel Chipsets ===<br />
There is a renewed interest in the Intel graphics chipsets since Intel released the drivers under the GPL. Currently the Intel driver still cannot support UI2 with Alphablending but they will support UI2 with Overlay very nicely and video performance is excellent. LinuxMCE versions after Beta4 have full support for configuring the Intel driver in the AVwizard.<br />
<br />
From LinuxMCE-0710 Beta4 onwards LinuxMCE will install the newer intel driver by default - so the instructions below are only useful if your still running LinuxMCE-0704.<br />
<br />
==== For LinuxMCE-0704 ====<br />
<br />
You will want to make sure you are using the newer intel drivers from http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/i386/xserver-xorg-video-intel/download for i386. These replace the older i810, etc. drivers and should cover all the modern intel chipsets. The name for this driver is 'intel' and would replace the older 'i810' drivers.<br />
<br />
If you're using i810 driver make sure you add Option "LinearAlloc" "8160" to xorg.conf or video players will crash with X11 error: BadAlloc.<br />
<br />
From man i810:<br />
Option "LinearAlloc" "integer"<br />
Allows more memory for the offscreen allocator. This usually<br />
helps in situations where HDTV movies are required to play but<br />
not enough offscreen memory is usually available. Set this to<br />
8160 for upto 1920x1080 HDTV support. Default 0KB (off).<br />
<br />
=== Via Chipsets ===<br />
Use the Openchrome or Via Unichrome drivers. The Via Unichrome drivers can be downloaded from [http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2&OSID=45&CatID=3220]<br />
<br />
At the time of this writing (10/04/08), the binary Via Unichrome driver (released december 2007) works best (stable, good 2d and 3d) on my Via Mini ITX with CLE266 integerated graphics system. It is able to run UI2 medium with very good performance. <br />
There is a crash at bootup (with any via driver) if the complete runlevel 2 starts. <br />
This issue can be worked around by booting recovery mode and manually starting only /etc/init.d/kdm as root.<br />
Issue under investigation - will update here when good workaround is done.<br />
Contact zeratul at fastmail.fm for latest status/tips<br />
<br />
'''HOW-TO VIA Openchrome driver for xorg:'''<br><br />
For VIA CX700M2 UniChrome PRO II Graphics (1" VIA units) or mainly via graphics:<br><br />
===NOTE:[[User:ddamron|ddamron]] Monday June 30, 2008===<br />
Burgiman's instructions did NOT work for me. <br />
Take that for what it's worth. <br />
I had better success installing the VIA Unichrome Driver, and UI1. Use CLE266 mode.<br />
If you have more success, please update this page<br />
Dan<br />
<br />
'''UPDATED FOR 0710!'''<br />
--[[User:Burgiman|burgi]] 11:47, 2 June 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
''shell into your box and do the following:''<br><br />
apt-get install build-essential automake1.9 libtool x11proto-* libgl1-mesa-dev makedepend libxxf86vm-dev libexpat1-dev libexpat1 libxmu-dev xtrans-dev libpng12-dev libxcomposite-dev libxfixes-dev libxdamage-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libgconf2-dev<br />
<br />
cd /usr/src<br />
svn checkout http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome<br />
cd openchrome*<br />
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr<br />
make<br />
make install<br />
<br />
Now we have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the device driver to via openchrome:<br><br />
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf<br />
Go to<br />
Section "Device"<br />
and change<br />
Driver "vesa" <br />
to<br />
Driver "openchrome"<br />
save and test the compiled new driver with a: <br><br />
X :1<br />
and if your xwindow comes up, you can reboot and have fun<br><br />
--[[User:Burgiman|burgi]] 13:37, 3 March 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
=== Other Chipsets ===<br />
Please help out by adding more if you can.<br />
<br />
== Configuration ==<br />
The recommended and most convenient way is to use the [[AVWizard]]. For more advanced setup, or if the X-server (and thus also the AVWizard) is unable to start, you can configure the ''X-server'' manually by editing the ''xorg.conf'' file directly.<br />
<br />
=== Getting started ===<br />
Start by making a backup copy of the ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' file (even if it doesn't work it might contain settings you could need). In this example we will start from scratch and edit the configuration file step by step to get the main display setup. <br />
<br />
Some of these steps require that there will be no X-server active on the system, the easiest way to achieve this is to boot in ''rescue-mode'', just hit [Esc] when [[Grub]] tells you to during the startup of your machine and select the right line from the menu. Another way is to go to a text-mode console (aka. terminal) with [CTRL]-[ALT]-[F1], [[Logging In|log in]], become root and issue the command:<br />
telinit 1<br />
This wil stop the running X-server and drop you into rescue mode as well. <br />
<br />
One of the advantages is that now you can start and stop the X-server by hand with an alternative configuration file and without having to reboot or even start an entire desktop environment.<br />
<br />
=== Generating a template ===<br />
These instructions were originally written for ATI chipsets, so they might need to be adjusted and updated a bit. Not all of the specific options may be relevant for your chipset. <br />
<br />
'''While there is no (other) X-server running''' you can create a template configuration file by running:<br />
X -configure<br />
This will create a file called xorg.conf.new in your ''home'' directory, test it with the following command and hit [CTRL]-[ALT]-[Backspace] when done:<br />
X -config ~/xorg.conf.new<br />
Within a few seconds a gray bitpattern should show up with an 'X' shaped mouse cursor. If the screen is distorted or reports the refresh rate to be out of range then you will either have to specify the proper refreshrate limitations for your screen or insert "modelines" for the resolution(s) you want to use (see below). <br />
<br />
When you're satisfied you can overwrite ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' with this file to make it the default (you did make a backup didn't you?), once you have done that you can use "startx" to test and have the use of your desktop as well. This should at least be enough to allow the use of a graphic configuration tool (like the [[AVWizard]] for instance) to set up your display further. More advanced manual configuration options can be found below.<br />
<br />
Here is an example of such a generated file:<br />
<br />
Section "ServerLayout"<br />
Identifier "X.org Configured"<br />
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0<br />
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"<br />
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Files"<br />
RgbPath "/etc/X11/rgb"<br />
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"<br />
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"<br />
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"<br />
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Module"<br />
Load "extmod"<br />
Load "record"<br />
Load "xtrap"<br />
Load "dri"<br />
Load "glx"<br />
Load "dbe"<br />
Load "GLcore"<br />
Load "type1"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "InputDevice"<br />
Identifier "Keyboard0"<br />
Driver "kbd"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "InputDevice"<br />
Identifier "Mouse0"<br />
Driver "mouse"<br />
Option "Protocol" "auto"<br />
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"<br />
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Monitor"<br />
Identifier "Monitor0"<br />
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br />
ModelName "Monitor Model"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Device"<br />
### Available Driver options are:-<br />
### Values: &lt;i&gt;: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",<br />
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"<br />
### [arg]: arg optional<br />
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]<br />
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>]<br />
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>]<br />
Identifier "Card0"<br />
Driver "vesa"<br />
''VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"''<br />
''BoardName "ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series"''<br />
''BusID '''"PCI:1:5:0"'''''<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Screen"<br />
Identifier "Screen0"<br />
Device "Card0"<br />
Monitor "Monitor0"<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 1<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 4<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 8<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 15<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 16<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 24<br />
EndSubSection<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Note that the only thing really specific to my setup in this config file is ''BusID'', if you only have one graphics adapter in your system this value can be omitted, otherwise the value(s) can be found with:<br />
X -scanpci<br />
Where each card will need it's own Device Section in the config file. The "VendorName" and "BoardName" settings are just labels and serve no real purpose other then being able to identify this particular device, which is usefull if you have more then one.<br />
<br />
We'll be using this sample configuration as a starting point in the other examples below, the comments (lines starting with ''#'' can be safely removed as well as the ''"Display"'' subsections for the colordepths we don't plan on using.<br />
<br />
=== Refresh rate / ModeLine ===<br />
The easiest way to sort this problem is to let the X-server figure this out by not specifying the limits of your screen. However this often fails, leaving you with an unusable display. Simply look up '''your screen''''s refresh rates in the documentation and add them like this:<br />
<br />
Section "Monitor"<br />
Identifier "Monitor0"<br />
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br />
ModelName "Monitor Model"<br />
''HorizSync '''27-102''' # kHz''<br />
''VertRefresh '''50-160''' # Hz''<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Alternatively you could specify a "ModeLine" for each resolution you want to use. By using ModeLines you have much finer controll over the timings of the output signal generated by your videocard. The drawback is that the timing values can be hard to get right. <br />
<br />
Search the web for a "modeline generator", and many of these will include instructions on how to add the modeline, but briefly, you just add it to the "Monitor" section. Read the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modeline wikipedia entry] to learn how to use modelines. <br />
* http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines<br />
* http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl<br />
* http://www.bohne-lang.de/spec/linux/modeline/<br />
* http://amlc.berlios.de/<br />
* http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Working_with_Modelines<br />
If one modeline doesn't work perfectly, try another, perhaps from another generator, because they can vary so much.<br />
<br />
Using the wrong timings could in some (nowadays rare) occasions damage the hardware of your screen, so if it looks garbeled don't leave it like that for hours on end but hit [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[&larr;Backspace] and readjust your settings. Most modern screens however simply report that the signal is out of range if this happens.<br />
<br />
=== Colordepth and resolution ===<br />
Specify the colordepth and resolution(s) you would like to use, like this:<br />
<br />
Section "Screen"<br />
Identifier "Screen0"<br />
Device "Card0"<br />
Monitor "Monitor0"<br />
''DefaultDepth '''24'''''<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 24<br />
''Virtual '''1600 1200'''''<br />
''Modes '''"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "400x300" "320x240"'''''<br />
EndSubSection<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
As most people will only be using 24 bits anyway, I have removed the other redundant subsections. "Virtual" is the size of your desktop and "Modes" are physical resolutions, you can flip through these by holding [CTRL]-[ALT] and pressing the plus or minus on the numeric keypad. These are just examples, most people will only want to specify the resolution they actually use.<br />
<br />
=== DRI device permissions ===<br />
This section is needed to have the X-server set the proper permissions on the DRI device during startup. Simply add it to the end of the /etx/X11.xorg file if it isn't there already.<br />
<br />
Section "DRI"<br />
Mode 0666<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
=== Chipset driver ===<br />
Change "'''vesa'''" to "'''fglrx'''" (or "'''ati'''", depending on which drivers you installed earlier), as shown below, the old line is left as a comment in this example for clarity, but it's better to remove it as some scripts seem to find it confusing. For Nvidia chipsets use '''nvidia''' or '''nv''' as the driver names (instead of '''fglrx''').<br />
<br />
Section "Device"<br />
Identifier "Card0"<br />
''# Driver "'''vesa'''"''<br />
''Driver "'''fglrx'''"''<br />
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"<br />
BoardName "ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series"<br />
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
If your X-server was running you will have to restart it completely for the changes to take effect, the easiest and most thorough way to do this is to reboot.<br />
<br />
=== Physical display size ===<br />
Like specifying the refresh rate his is optional but sometimes necessary, most of the time it is either detected or some sane defaults are used but sometimes it isn't, which can result in unreadable font sizes.<br />
<br />
Section "Monitor"<br />
...<br />
DisplaySize '''155 95'''<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Where you have to replace the numbers with the physical '''width''' and '''height''' of your screen in millimeters (1" = 25mm), feel free to try mine, however these are for a small touchscreen.<br />
<br />
=== Disable composite ===<br />
Aparently the ATI '''fglrx''' driver does not ''yet'' support composite with DRI. So if you are using the fglrx driver, disable it by adding this to the end of the /etx/X11.xorg file if it isn't there already.<br />
<br />
Section "Extensions"<br />
Option "Composite" "Disable"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
=== Additional options ===<br />
To be continued, I don't think this is enough to get UI2 completely (either mode) going yet. Feel free to jump in anytime... <br />
<br />
<br />
Things still to sort out amongst others (i.e. what is it, do we need it and what are the settings if any):<br />
<br />
Section "Module"<br />
Load "i2c"<br />
Load "bitmap"<br />
Load "ddc"<br />
Load "freetype"<br />
Load "int10"<br />
Load "vbe"<br />
Load "speedo"<br />
Load "type1"<br />
Load "dbe"<br />
Load "glx"<br />
Load "v4l"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "ServerFlags"<br />
Option "AIGLX" "off"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Extensions"<br />
Option "Composite" "Disable"<br />
# Option "RENDER" "true"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"<br />
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"<br />
Option "VideoOverlay" "off"<br />
Option "DesktopSetup" "clone"<br />
<br />
TV-out options, 2nd display, etc.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Troubleshooting ==<br />
<br />
=== The AVWizard crashes X-windows ===<br />
<br />
Try setting the [[#Chipset_driver]] option to '''vesa''', run the AVWizard again and then change the driver back to what it was.<br />
<br />
=== Black screen ===<br />
<br />
* Screen is black, after install seemed to go okay. You may have even seen the Kubuntu splash screen. See [[AVWizard]] on how to select the proper output.<br />
<br />
*One problem on nvidia-cards could be that it does not detect the right monitor.<br />
<br />
::Go to Console 1 ([Ctrl]+[Alt]+1) and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf). Find the section ::Device with the driver nvidia add the line <pre>Option "ConnectedMonitor" "XXX"</pre><br />
::where XXX is CRT, CRT-0, CRT-1, DVI-0, DVI-1, ...<br />
::Save and exit (nano: Ctrl+x) and restart the computer. In my case it was "CRT-1".<br />
<br />
=== X-windows won't start ===<br />
<br />
Reboot into rescue-mode if needed (hit [Esc] when [[Grub]] tells you to), and restore a working copy of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or edit it by hand to fix the problem. Test it with the command "X" and press [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[&larr;Backspace] simultaneous to quit (alternative: use "startx" and get the full desktop, if any), then reboot when it works and you're done.<br />
<br />
=== Signal out of range ===<br />
<br />
See ''[[#Refresh rate / ModeLine ]]'' above.<br />
<br />
=== Microscopic fonts in KDE ===<br />
<br />
See ''[[#Physical_display_size]]'' above.<br />
<br />
If the above does not work, probably Xorg is calculating the DPI value in the wrong way.<br />
This can be verified by having a look at the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log related to the MD with this issue searching for the line containing "DPI set to (x , y)",where x and y are values that apply to the specific display.<br />
<br />
If those values are too small, fonts will be displayed accordingly (i.e, VERY small)<br />
<br />
A workaround is to force Xorg to startup with a given DPI value.<br />
<br />
To achieve this the following steps are required:<br />
<br />
* edit the file /usr/pluto/bin/Start_X_Wrapper.sh on your MD where you are facing the font problem<br />
* find the line beginning with xinit<br />
* add "-dpi 96" (without quotes) at the end of this line<br />
* save the file and reboot MD<br />
<br />
Obviously it is possible to set DPI to something different than 96, according to specific needs.<br />
<br />
Please note that after an LMCE update the startup script may be replaced by new ones, so the above workaround may have to be re-applied in order to keep fonts at the desired dimension.<br />
<br />
=== LinuxMCE keeps reconfiguring my display settings ===<br />
<br />
Add a line containing '''exit''' to the top of the ''/usr/pluto/bin/Xconfigure.sh'' file. After you do this you may experience difficulties running the AVWizard again, if so remove this line and add it back again after the wizard is finished.<br />
<br />
For LinuxMCE 710 simply comment out the line that says<br />
. /usr/pluto/bin/X-CleanupVideo.sh<br />
This is the command that gets run that modifies the xorg.conf file on startup. This is different than above because if you put exit at the top your display will not get initialized. And as above if you want to run the AVWizard you will need to uncomment this line.<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page MythTV wiki] <br />
* MythTV Experience [http://brentlagesse.net/~brent/mythtv.php]<br />
* [[X_Configuration_Scripts]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Display_Drivers&diff=14588Display Drivers2008-06-30T09:12:27Z<p>Ddamron: /* Via Chipsets */</p>
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[[Category: Hardware| ]]<br />
<br />
An incomplete HowTo on updating LinuxMCE to the latest display drivers and configuring them manually. It could use your help, so if something is different in your situation, please add it.<br />
<br />
'''Note that this should normally not be necessary unless you have specific wishes or trouble getting your display to work properly.''' <br />
<br />
== Installation ==<br />
If the graphical environment cannot start you are likely to see a text screen blinking, this makes it very hard to login, if this is the case you can reboot into "recovery mode" by pressing [Esc] when GRUB tells you to during the boot process and then select it from the menu you will be presented with.<br />
<br />
=== ATI Chipsets ===<br />
The two main ways to install the ATI drivers are described in the [http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide Ubuntu Feisty Installation Guide].<br />
<br />
For more information see also the [http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page Unofficial ATI Linux Driver Wiki] and you might want to have a look at [http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/AtiProprietaryDriver AtiProprietaryDriver] in the MythTV wiki as well since LinuxMCE depends on it for viewing TV. MythTV in turn relies heavily on the support of certain features by the graphics drivers. The ATI drivers turn out to be a bit "challenged" in this area to say the least.<br />
<br />
==== Installing The ATI Driver ====<br />
<br />
Here's the procedure I use for setting up an ATI X1250 MD. Currently the the AVwizard in 0710 does not configure ATI cards properly so you need to to do some manual steps to get things working.<br />
<br />
'''Step 1'''<br />
<br />
Add the MD in the normal way (ie plug it into the network and let it add itself). Let it reboot and then it should run the AVwizard. Choose the options you want - output connector, resolution, refresh.... UI2 with Overlay etc etc and complete the wizard. Now the screen will return to a console screen and will after 5-10 mins will try to run the setup Wizard... but the setup Wizard will run very slowly and the video of 'Sarah' will not play smoothly. This is because the ATI drivers are not installed yet and the X driver is set to 'vesa'.<br />
<br />
'''Step 2'''<br />
<br />
From another machine ssh into the partially installed MD using Konsole from the KDE Desktop or a terminal app like Putty under Windows XP. Do the following from the console;<br />
<br />
sudo su - <return><br />
ssh moonNN <return> (**where the NN is the device number for the MD we're configuring**)<br />
<br />
Alternatively do the following from the MD/Core you are configuring;<br />
<br />
Ctrl+Alt+2<br />
<br />
Now login using the login you created when you installed your system ie When you ran the DVD installer or CD installer. Now we're logged into the MD we are configuring as 'root' and we can install the ATI drivers and configure Xorg.conf;<br />
<br />
Firstly make sure our sources.list is up to date:<br />
<br />
apt-get update <return><br />
<br />
Now lets install the ATI driver and packages;<br />
<br />
apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-generic restricted-manager <return><br />
<br />
Answer 'Y' to installing new packages then do the following steps;<br />
<br />
apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx <return><br />
depmod -a <return><br />
<br />
So far so good... now we have the ATI drivers installed! (the current driver in the repos is not the latest ATI release an updated driver will be packaged soon though). Now we have to configure Xorg to use it! Do the steps below;<br />
<br />
I use the console text editor 'joe' below but you can use whichever you prefer ('nano' is installed by default for example);<br />
<br />
joe /etc/X11/xorg.conf <return><br />
<br />
Now you are editing the xorg.conf of your MD and the only change you need to make is to the 'Device' section. In the 'Device' section you will see a line thats says;<br />
<br />
Driver "vesa"<br />
or<br />
Driver "ati"<br />
<br />
Change the string 'vesa' (or ati) to 'fglrx' which is the name of the ATI driver. The updated driver line should look like below;<br />
<br />
Driver "fglrx"<br />
<br />
Now save the changes you have made to xorg.conf.<br />
<br />
Now reboot the MD from the console with;<br />
<br />
reboot <return><br />
<br />
The MD will now reboot normally and the setup wizard will run again.... but this time the video and the Ui will run smoothly as the ATI driver is installed and confgured.<br />
<br />
Currently the ATI driver will not support UI2 with transparency but it will support UI2 with overlay very nicely indeed. There are two small caveats to running UI2 with Overlay currently with the ATI driver in that the 'Compass Rose' on screen menu for selecting DVD chapters, Lighting levels etc etc and the 'Zoom & Aspect ratio' screen when playing Video do not draw correctly - the bit maps for the menus do not display but the menus do work.<br />
<br />
=== NVidia Chipsets ===<br />
There are several ways to install NVidia drivers, the way described here is meant as a guide to install the very latest drivers from the NVidia website. Note that this way will bypass the LinuxMCE (Kubuntu) packaging system, possibly removing and/or overwriting some of it's files.<br />
<br />
1. Go to a console (text) terminal by holding [CTRL]-[ALT] and pressing the [F1] key simultaneously, log in with the user account you have created during the Kubuntu install and become root, if you haven't done so already. <br />
'''<you>@dcerouter:~$''' sudo -s<br />
2. Download the latest [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html linux drivers from NVidia] (depending [http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html on your hardware], one of versions: 1XX.XX.XX, 1.0-96xx or 1.0-71XX), if you haven't done so already. When you have found the URL for downloading the package on the nvidia site you could download it like this:<br />
'''root@dcerouter:~#''' wget <nowiki>http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/</nowiki>''<version>''<nowiki>/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-</nowiki>''<version>''<nowiki>-pkg1.run</nowiki><br />
3. Go to runlevel 1 to stop the currently running X-server. <br />
<br />
NB: There was no need for me to run this command as I was already in Level 1 - It just locked up the keyboard. --[[User:Mortar|Mortar]] 18:12, 6 January 2008 (MST)<br />
'''root@dcerouter:~#''' telinit 1 <br />
4. Execute the installer and follow instructions. Ignore the warning about runlevel 1 and don't bother looking for precompiled drivers.<br />
'''root@dcerouter:~#''' sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-''<version>''-pkg1.run<br />
5. Now it needs to be configured. The recommended and most convenient way is to use the [[AVWizard]]. For more advanced setup, or if the AVWizard for some reason is unable to set your up your screens to your liking, you can configure the ''X-server'' manually by editing the ''xorg.conf'' file directly.<br />
<br />
If the AVWizard crashes (as it did for me when installing the legacy drivers) try setting the '''driver''' option in the ''xorg.conf'' file to '''vesa''', go through the AVWizard and then change it back. --[[User:Zaerc|Zaerc]] 15:14, 5 June 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
=== Intel Chipsets ===<br />
There is a renewed interest in the Intel graphics chipsets since Intel released the drivers under the GPL. Currently the Intel driver still cannot support UI2 with Alphablending but they will support UI2 with Overlay very nicely and video performance is excellent. LinuxMCE versions after Beta4 have full support for configuring the Intel driver in the AVwizard.<br />
<br />
From LinuxMCE-0710 Beta4 onwards LinuxMCE will install the newer intel driver by default - so the instructions below are only useful if your still running LinuxMCE-0704.<br />
<br />
==== For LinuxMCE-0704 ====<br />
<br />
You will want to make sure you are using the newer intel drivers from http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/i386/xserver-xorg-video-intel/download for i386. These replace the older i810, etc. drivers and should cover all the modern intel chipsets. The name for this driver is 'intel' and would replace the older 'i810' drivers.<br />
<br />
If you're using i810 driver make sure you add Option "LinearAlloc" "8160" to xorg.conf or video players will crash with X11 error: BadAlloc.<br />
<br />
From man i810:<br />
Option "LinearAlloc" "integer"<br />
Allows more memory for the offscreen allocator. This usually<br />
helps in situations where HDTV movies are required to play but<br />
not enough offscreen memory is usually available. Set this to<br />
8160 for upto 1920x1080 HDTV support. Default 0KB (off).<br />
<br />
=== Via Chipsets ===<br />
Use the Openchrome or Via Unichrome drivers. The Via Unichrome drivers can be downloaded from [http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2&OSID=45&CatID=3220]<br />
<br />
At the time of this writing (10/04/08), the binary Via Unichrome driver (released december 2007) works best (stable, good 2d and 3d) on my Via Mini ITX with CLE266 integerated graphics system. It is able to run UI2 medium with very good performance. <br />
There is a crash at bootup (with any via driver) if the complete runlevel 2 starts. <br />
This issue can be worked around by booting recovery mode and manually starting only /etc/init.d/kdm as root.<br />
Issue under investigation - will update here when good workaround is done.<br />
Contact zeratul at fastmail.fm for latest status/tips<br />
<br />
'''HOW-TO VIA Openchrome driver for xorg:'''<br><br />
For VIA CX700M2 UniChrome PRO II Graphics (1" VIA units) or mainly via graphics:<br><br />
NOTE:[User:ddamron]] Monday June 30, 2008<br />
Burgiman's instructions did NOT work for me. Take that for what it's worth.<br />
Dan<br />
<br />
'''UPDATED FOR 0710!'''<br />
--[[User:Burgiman|burgi]] 11:47, 2 June 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
''shell into your box and do the following:''<br><br />
apt-get install build-essential automake1.9 libtool x11proto-* libgl1-mesa-dev makedepend libxxf86vm-dev libexpat1-dev libexpat1 libxmu-dev xtrans-dev libpng12-dev libxcomposite-dev libxfixes-dev libxdamage-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libgconf2-dev<br />
<br />
cd /usr/src<br />
svn checkout http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome<br />
cd openchrome*<br />
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr<br />
make<br />
make install<br />
<br />
Now we have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the device driver to via openchrome:<br><br />
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf<br />
Go to<br />
Section "Device"<br />
and change<br />
Driver "vesa" <br />
to<br />
Driver "openchrome"<br />
save and test the compiled new driver with a: <br><br />
X :1<br />
and if your xwindow comes up, you can reboot and have fun<br><br />
--[[User:Burgiman|burgi]] 13:37, 3 March 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
=== Other Chipsets ===<br />
Please help out by adding more if you can.<br />
<br />
== Configuration ==<br />
The recommended and most convenient way is to use the [[AVWizard]]. For more advanced setup, or if the X-server (and thus also the AVWizard) is unable to start, you can configure the ''X-server'' manually by editing the ''xorg.conf'' file directly.<br />
<br />
=== Getting started ===<br />
Start by making a backup copy of the ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' file (even if it doesn't work it might contain settings you could need). In this example we will start from scratch and edit the configuration file step by step to get the main display setup. <br />
<br />
Some of these steps require that there will be no X-server active on the system, the easiest way to achieve this is to boot in ''rescue-mode'', just hit [Esc] when [[Grub]] tells you to during the startup of your machine and select the right line from the menu. Another way is to go to a text-mode console (aka. terminal) with [CTRL]-[ALT]-[F1], [[Logging In|log in]], become root and issue the command:<br />
telinit 1<br />
This wil stop the running X-server and drop you into rescue mode as well. <br />
<br />
One of the advantages is that now you can start and stop the X-server by hand with an alternative configuration file and without having to reboot or even start an entire desktop environment.<br />
<br />
=== Generating a template ===<br />
These instructions were originally written for ATI chipsets, so they might need to be adjusted and updated a bit. Not all of the specific options may be relevant for your chipset. <br />
<br />
'''While there is no (other) X-server running''' you can create a template configuration file by running:<br />
X -configure<br />
This will create a file called xorg.conf.new in your ''home'' directory, test it with the following command and hit [CTRL]-[ALT]-[Backspace] when done:<br />
X -config ~/xorg.conf.new<br />
Within a few seconds a gray bitpattern should show up with an 'X' shaped mouse cursor. If the screen is distorted or reports the refresh rate to be out of range then you will either have to specify the proper refreshrate limitations for your screen or insert "modelines" for the resolution(s) you want to use (see below). <br />
<br />
When you're satisfied you can overwrite ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' with this file to make it the default (you did make a backup didn't you?), once you have done that you can use "startx" to test and have the use of your desktop as well. This should at least be enough to allow the use of a graphic configuration tool (like the [[AVWizard]] for instance) to set up your display further. More advanced manual configuration options can be found below.<br />
<br />
Here is an example of such a generated file:<br />
<br />
Section "ServerLayout"<br />
Identifier "X.org Configured"<br />
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0<br />
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"<br />
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Files"<br />
RgbPath "/etc/X11/rgb"<br />
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"<br />
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"<br />
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"<br />
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Module"<br />
Load "extmod"<br />
Load "record"<br />
Load "xtrap"<br />
Load "dri"<br />
Load "glx"<br />
Load "dbe"<br />
Load "GLcore"<br />
Load "type1"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "InputDevice"<br />
Identifier "Keyboard0"<br />
Driver "kbd"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "InputDevice"<br />
Identifier "Mouse0"<br />
Driver "mouse"<br />
Option "Protocol" "auto"<br />
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"<br />
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Monitor"<br />
Identifier "Monitor0"<br />
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br />
ModelName "Monitor Model"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Device"<br />
### Available Driver options are:-<br />
### Values: &lt;i&gt;: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",<br />
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"<br />
### [arg]: arg optional<br />
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]<br />
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>]<br />
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>]<br />
Identifier "Card0"<br />
Driver "vesa"<br />
''VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"''<br />
''BoardName "ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series"''<br />
''BusID '''"PCI:1:5:0"'''''<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Screen"<br />
Identifier "Screen0"<br />
Device "Card0"<br />
Monitor "Monitor0"<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 1<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 4<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 8<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 15<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 16<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 24<br />
EndSubSection<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Note that the only thing really specific to my setup in this config file is ''BusID'', if you only have one graphics adapter in your system this value can be omitted, otherwise the value(s) can be found with:<br />
X -scanpci<br />
Where each card will need it's own Device Section in the config file. The "VendorName" and "BoardName" settings are just labels and serve no real purpose other then being able to identify this particular device, which is usefull if you have more then one.<br />
<br />
We'll be using this sample configuration as a starting point in the other examples below, the comments (lines starting with ''#'' can be safely removed as well as the ''"Display"'' subsections for the colordepths we don't plan on using.<br />
<br />
=== Refresh rate / ModeLine ===<br />
The easiest way to sort this problem is to let the X-server figure this out by not specifying the limits of your screen. However this often fails, leaving you with an unusable display. Simply look up '''your screen''''s refresh rates in the documentation and add them like this:<br />
<br />
Section "Monitor"<br />
Identifier "Monitor0"<br />
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br />
ModelName "Monitor Model"<br />
''HorizSync '''27-102''' # kHz''<br />
''VertRefresh '''50-160''' # Hz''<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Alternatively you could specify a "ModeLine" for each resolution you want to use. By using ModeLines you have much finer controll over the timings of the output signal generated by your videocard. The drawback is that the timing values can be hard to get right. <br />
<br />
Search the web for a "modeline generator", and many of these will include instructions on how to add the modeline, but briefly, you just add it to the "Monitor" section. Read the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modeline wikipedia entry] to learn how to use modelines. <br />
* http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines<br />
* http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl<br />
* http://www.bohne-lang.de/spec/linux/modeline/<br />
* http://amlc.berlios.de/<br />
* http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Working_with_Modelines<br />
If one modeline doesn't work perfectly, try another, perhaps from another generator, because they can vary so much.<br />
<br />
Using the wrong timings could in some (nowadays rare) occasions damage the hardware of your screen, so if it looks garbeled don't leave it like that for hours on end but hit [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[&larr;Backspace] and readjust your settings. Most modern screens however simply report that the signal is out of range if this happens.<br />
<br />
=== Colordepth and resolution ===<br />
Specify the colordepth and resolution(s) you would like to use, like this:<br />
<br />
Section "Screen"<br />
Identifier "Screen0"<br />
Device "Card0"<br />
Monitor "Monitor0"<br />
''DefaultDepth '''24'''''<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 24<br />
''Virtual '''1600 1200'''''<br />
''Modes '''"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "400x300" "320x240"'''''<br />
EndSubSection<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
As most people will only be using 24 bits anyway, I have removed the other redundant subsections. "Virtual" is the size of your desktop and "Modes" are physical resolutions, you can flip through these by holding [CTRL]-[ALT] and pressing the plus or minus on the numeric keypad. These are just examples, most people will only want to specify the resolution they actually use.<br />
<br />
=== DRI device permissions ===<br />
This section is needed to have the X-server set the proper permissions on the DRI device during startup. Simply add it to the end of the /etx/X11.xorg file if it isn't there already.<br />
<br />
Section "DRI"<br />
Mode 0666<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
=== Chipset driver ===<br />
Change "'''vesa'''" to "'''fglrx'''" (or "'''ati'''", depending on which drivers you installed earlier), as shown below, the old line is left as a comment in this example for clarity, but it's better to remove it as some scripts seem to find it confusing. For Nvidia chipsets use '''nvidia''' or '''nv''' as the driver names (instead of '''fglrx''').<br />
<br />
Section "Device"<br />
Identifier "Card0"<br />
''# Driver "'''vesa'''"''<br />
''Driver "'''fglrx'''"''<br />
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"<br />
BoardName "ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series"<br />
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
If your X-server was running you will have to restart it completely for the changes to take effect, the easiest and most thorough way to do this is to reboot.<br />
<br />
=== Physical display size ===<br />
Like specifying the refresh rate his is optional but sometimes necessary, most of the time it is either detected or some sane defaults are used but sometimes it isn't, which can result in unreadable font sizes.<br />
<br />
Section "Monitor"<br />
...<br />
DisplaySize '''155 95'''<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Where you have to replace the numbers with the physical '''width''' and '''height''' of your screen in millimeters (1" = 25mm), feel free to try mine, however these are for a small touchscreen.<br />
<br />
=== Disable composite ===<br />
Aparently the ATI '''fglrx''' driver does not ''yet'' support composite with DRI. So if you are using the fglrx driver, disable it by adding this to the end of the /etx/X11.xorg file if it isn't there already.<br />
<br />
Section "Extensions"<br />
Option "Composite" "Disable"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
=== Additional options ===<br />
To be continued, I don't think this is enough to get UI2 completely (either mode) going yet. Feel free to jump in anytime... <br />
<br />
<br />
Things still to sort out amongst others (i.e. what is it, do we need it and what are the settings if any):<br />
<br />
Section "Module"<br />
Load "i2c"<br />
Load "bitmap"<br />
Load "ddc"<br />
Load "freetype"<br />
Load "int10"<br />
Load "vbe"<br />
Load "speedo"<br />
Load "type1"<br />
Load "dbe"<br />
Load "glx"<br />
Load "v4l"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "ServerFlags"<br />
Option "AIGLX" "off"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Extensions"<br />
Option "Composite" "Disable"<br />
# Option "RENDER" "true"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"<br />
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"<br />
Option "VideoOverlay" "off"<br />
Option "DesktopSetup" "clone"<br />
<br />
TV-out options, 2nd display, etc.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Troubleshooting ==<br />
<br />
=== The AVWizard crashes X-windows ===<br />
<br />
Try setting the [[#Chipset_driver]] option to '''vesa''', run the AVWizard again and then change the driver back to what it was.<br />
<br />
=== Black screen ===<br />
<br />
* Screen is black, after install seemed to go okay. You may have even seen the Kubuntu splash screen. See [[AVWizard]] on how to select the proper output.<br />
<br />
*One problem on nvidia-cards could be that it does not detect the right monitor.<br />
<br />
::Go to Console 1 ([Ctrl]+[Alt]+1) and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf). Find the section ::Device with the driver nvidia add the line <pre>Option "ConnectedMonitor" "XXX"</pre><br />
::where XXX is CRT, CRT-0, CRT-1, DVI-0, DVI-1, ...<br />
::Save and exit (nano: Ctrl+x) and restart the computer. In my case it was "CRT-1".<br />
<br />
=== X-windows won't start ===<br />
<br />
Reboot into rescue-mode if needed (hit [Esc] when [[Grub]] tells you to), and restore a working copy of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or edit it by hand to fix the problem. Test it with the command "X" and press [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[&larr;Backspace] simultaneous to quit (alternative: use "startx" and get the full desktop, if any), then reboot when it works and you're done.<br />
<br />
=== Signal out of range ===<br />
<br />
See ''[[#Refresh rate / ModeLine ]]'' above.<br />
<br />
=== Microscopic fonts in KDE ===<br />
<br />
See ''[[#Physical_display_size]]'' above.<br />
<br />
If the above does not work, probably Xorg is calculating the DPI value in the wrong way.<br />
This can be verified by having a look at the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log related to the MD with this issue searching for the line containing "DPI set to (x , y)",where x and y are values that apply to the specific display.<br />
<br />
If those values are too small, fonts will be displayed accordingly (i.e, VERY small)<br />
<br />
A workaround is to force Xorg to startup with a given DPI value.<br />
<br />
To achieve this the following steps are required:<br />
<br />
* edit the file /usr/pluto/bin/Start_X_Wrapper.sh on your MD where you are facing the font problem<br />
* find the line beginning with xinit<br />
* add "-dpi 96" (without quotes) at the end of this line<br />
* save the file and reboot MD<br />
<br />
Obviously it is possible to set DPI to something different than 96, according to specific needs.<br />
<br />
Please note that after an LMCE update the startup script may be replaced by new ones, so the above workaround may have to be re-applied in order to keep fonts at the desired dimension.<br />
<br />
=== LinuxMCE keeps reconfiguring my display settings ===<br />
<br />
Add a line containing '''exit''' to the top of the ''/usr/pluto/bin/Xconfigure.sh'' file. After you do this you may experience difficulties running the AVWizard again, if so remove this line and add it back again after the wizard is finished.<br />
<br />
For LinuxMCE 710 simply comment out the line that says<br />
. /usr/pluto/bin/X-CleanupVideo.sh<br />
This is the command that gets run that modifies the xorg.conf file on startup. This is different than above because if you put exit at the top your display will not get initialized. And as above if you want to run the AVWizard you will need to uncomment this line.<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page MythTV wiki] <br />
* MythTV Experience [http://brentlagesse.net/~brent/mythtv.php]<br />
* [[X_Configuration_Scripts]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=Display_Drivers&diff=14587Display Drivers2008-06-30T09:07:51Z<p>Ddamron: </p>
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[[Category: Hardware| ]]<br />
<br />
An incomplete HowTo on updating LinuxMCE to the latest display drivers and configuring them manually. It could use your help, so if something is different in your situation, please add it.<br />
<br />
'''Note that this should normally not be necessary unless you have specific wishes or trouble getting your display to work properly.''' <br />
<br />
== Installation ==<br />
If the graphical environment cannot start you are likely to see a text screen blinking, this makes it very hard to login, if this is the case you can reboot into "recovery mode" by pressing [Esc] when GRUB tells you to during the boot process and then select it from the menu you will be presented with.<br />
<br />
=== ATI Chipsets ===<br />
The two main ways to install the ATI drivers are described in the [http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide Ubuntu Feisty Installation Guide].<br />
<br />
For more information see also the [http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page Unofficial ATI Linux Driver Wiki] and you might want to have a look at [http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/AtiProprietaryDriver AtiProprietaryDriver] in the MythTV wiki as well since LinuxMCE depends on it for viewing TV. MythTV in turn relies heavily on the support of certain features by the graphics drivers. The ATI drivers turn out to be a bit "challenged" in this area to say the least.<br />
<br />
==== Installing The ATI Driver ====<br />
<br />
Here's the procedure I use for setting up an ATI X1250 MD. Currently the the AVwizard in 0710 does not configure ATI cards properly so you need to to do some manual steps to get things working.<br />
<br />
'''Step 1'''<br />
<br />
Add the MD in the normal way (ie plug it into the network and let it add itself). Let it reboot and then it should run the AVwizard. Choose the options you want - output connector, resolution, refresh.... UI2 with Overlay etc etc and complete the wizard. Now the screen will return to a console screen and will after 5-10 mins will try to run the setup Wizard... but the setup Wizard will run very slowly and the video of 'Sarah' will not play smoothly. This is because the ATI drivers are not installed yet and the X driver is set to 'vesa'.<br />
<br />
'''Step 2'''<br />
<br />
From another machine ssh into the partially installed MD using Konsole from the KDE Desktop or a terminal app like Putty under Windows XP. Do the following from the console;<br />
<br />
sudo su - <return><br />
ssh moonNN <return> (**where the NN is the device number for the MD we're configuring**)<br />
<br />
Alternatively do the following from the MD/Core you are configuring;<br />
<br />
Ctrl+Alt+2<br />
<br />
Now login using the login you created when you installed your system ie When you ran the DVD installer or CD installer. Now we're logged into the MD we are configuring as 'root' and we can install the ATI drivers and configure Xorg.conf;<br />
<br />
Firstly make sure our sources.list is up to date:<br />
<br />
apt-get update <return><br />
<br />
Now lets install the ATI driver and packages;<br />
<br />
apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-generic restricted-manager <return><br />
<br />
Answer 'Y' to installing new packages then do the following steps;<br />
<br />
apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx <return><br />
depmod -a <return><br />
<br />
So far so good... now we have the ATI drivers installed! (the current driver in the repos is not the latest ATI release an updated driver will be packaged soon though). Now we have to configure Xorg to use it! Do the steps below;<br />
<br />
I use the console text editor 'joe' below but you can use whichever you prefer ('nano' is installed by default for example);<br />
<br />
joe /etc/X11/xorg.conf <return><br />
<br />
Now you are editing the xorg.conf of your MD and the only change you need to make is to the 'Device' section. In the 'Device' section you will see a line thats says;<br />
<br />
Driver "vesa"<br />
or<br />
Driver "ati"<br />
<br />
Change the string 'vesa' (or ati) to 'fglrx' which is the name of the ATI driver. The updated driver line should look like below;<br />
<br />
Driver "fglrx"<br />
<br />
Now save the changes you have made to xorg.conf.<br />
<br />
Now reboot the MD from the console with;<br />
<br />
reboot <return><br />
<br />
The MD will now reboot normally and the setup wizard will run again.... but this time the video and the Ui will run smoothly as the ATI driver is installed and confgured.<br />
<br />
Currently the ATI driver will not support UI2 with transparency but it will support UI2 with overlay very nicely indeed. There are two small caveats to running UI2 with Overlay currently with the ATI driver in that the 'Compass Rose' on screen menu for selecting DVD chapters, Lighting levels etc etc and the 'Zoom & Aspect ratio' screen when playing Video do not draw correctly - the bit maps for the menus do not display but the menus do work.<br />
<br />
=== NVidia Chipsets ===<br />
There are several ways to install NVidia drivers, the way described here is meant as a guide to install the very latest drivers from the NVidia website. Note that this way will bypass the LinuxMCE (Kubuntu) packaging system, possibly removing and/or overwriting some of it's files.<br />
<br />
1. Go to a console (text) terminal by holding [CTRL]-[ALT] and pressing the [F1] key simultaneously, log in with the user account you have created during the Kubuntu install and become root, if you haven't done so already. <br />
'''<you>@dcerouter:~$''' sudo -s<br />
2. Download the latest [http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html linux drivers from NVidia] (depending [http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html on your hardware], one of versions: 1XX.XX.XX, 1.0-96xx or 1.0-71XX), if you haven't done so already. When you have found the URL for downloading the package on the nvidia site you could download it like this:<br />
'''root@dcerouter:~#''' wget <nowiki>http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/</nowiki>''<version>''<nowiki>/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-</nowiki>''<version>''<nowiki>-pkg1.run</nowiki><br />
3. Go to runlevel 1 to stop the currently running X-server. <br />
<br />
NB: There was no need for me to run this command as I was already in Level 1 - It just locked up the keyboard. --[[User:Mortar|Mortar]] 18:12, 6 January 2008 (MST)<br />
'''root@dcerouter:~#''' telinit 1 <br />
4. Execute the installer and follow instructions. Ignore the warning about runlevel 1 and don't bother looking for precompiled drivers.<br />
'''root@dcerouter:~#''' sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-''<version>''-pkg1.run<br />
5. Now it needs to be configured. The recommended and most convenient way is to use the [[AVWizard]]. For more advanced setup, or if the AVWizard for some reason is unable to set your up your screens to your liking, you can configure the ''X-server'' manually by editing the ''xorg.conf'' file directly.<br />
<br />
If the AVWizard crashes (as it did for me when installing the legacy drivers) try setting the '''driver''' option in the ''xorg.conf'' file to '''vesa''', go through the AVWizard and then change it back. --[[User:Zaerc|Zaerc]] 15:14, 5 June 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
=== Intel Chipsets ===<br />
There is a renewed interest in the Intel graphics chipsets since Intel released the drivers under the GPL. Currently the Intel driver still cannot support UI2 with Alphablending but they will support UI2 with Overlay very nicely and video performance is excellent. LinuxMCE versions after Beta4 have full support for configuring the Intel driver in the AVwizard.<br />
<br />
From LinuxMCE-0710 Beta4 onwards LinuxMCE will install the newer intel driver by default - so the instructions below are only useful if your still running LinuxMCE-0704.<br />
<br />
==== For LinuxMCE-0704 ====<br />
<br />
You will want to make sure you are using the newer intel drivers from http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/i386/xserver-xorg-video-intel/download for i386. These replace the older i810, etc. drivers and should cover all the modern intel chipsets. The name for this driver is 'intel' and would replace the older 'i810' drivers.<br />
<br />
If you're using i810 driver make sure you add Option "LinearAlloc" "8160" to xorg.conf or video players will crash with X11 error: BadAlloc.<br />
<br />
From man i810:<br />
Option "LinearAlloc" "integer"<br />
Allows more memory for the offscreen allocator. This usually<br />
helps in situations where HDTV movies are required to play but<br />
not enough offscreen memory is usually available. Set this to<br />
8160 for upto 1920x1080 HDTV support. Default 0KB (off).<br />
<br />
=== Via Chipsets ===<br />
Use the Openchrome or Via Unichrome drivers. The Via Unichrome drivers can be downloaded from [http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2&OSID=45&CatID=3220]<br />
<br />
At the time of this writing (10/04/08), the binary Via Unichrome driver (released december 2007) works best (stable, good 2d and 3d) on my Via Mini ITX with CLE266 integerated graphics system. It is able to run UI2 medium with very good performance. <br />
There is a crash at bootup (with any via driver) if the complete runlevel 2 starts. <br />
This issue can be worked around by booting recovery mode and manually starting only /etc/init.d/kdm as root.<br />
Issue under investigation - will update here when good workaround is done.<br />
Contact zeratul at fastmail.fm for latest status/tips<br />
<br />
'''HOW-TO VIA Openchrome driver for xorg:'''<br><br />
For VIA CX700M2 UniChrome PRO II Graphics (1" VIA units) or mainly via graphics:<br><br />
--[[User:ddamron]] Monday June 30, 2008<br />
Burgiman's instructions did NOT work for me. Take that for what it's worth.<br />
Dan<br />
<br />
'''UPDATED FOR 0710!'''<br />
--[[User:Burgiman|burgi]] 11:47, 2 June 2008 (PDT)<br />
<br />
''shell into your box and do the following:''<br><br />
apt-get install build-essential automake1.9 libtool x11proto-* libgl1-mesa-dev makedepend libxxf86vm-dev libexpat1-dev libexpat1 libxmu-dev xtrans-dev libpng12-dev libxcomposite-dev libxfixes-dev libxdamage-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libgconf2-dev<br />
<br />
cd /usr/src<br />
svn checkout http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome<br />
cd openchrome*<br />
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr<br />
make<br />
make install<br />
<br />
Now we have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the device driver to via openchrome:<br><br />
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf<br />
Go to<br />
Section "Device"<br />
and change<br />
Driver "vesa" <br />
to<br />
Driver "openchrome"<br />
save and test the compiled new driver with a: <br><br />
X :1<br />
and if your xwindow comes up, you can reboot and have fun<br><br />
--[[User:Burgiman|burgi]] 13:37, 3 March 2008 (PST)<br />
<br />
=== Other Chipsets ===<br />
Please help out by adding more if you can.<br />
<br />
== Configuration ==<br />
The recommended and most convenient way is to use the [[AVWizard]]. For more advanced setup, or if the X-server (and thus also the AVWizard) is unable to start, you can configure the ''X-server'' manually by editing the ''xorg.conf'' file directly.<br />
<br />
=== Getting started ===<br />
Start by making a backup copy of the ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' file (even if it doesn't work it might contain settings you could need). In this example we will start from scratch and edit the configuration file step by step to get the main display setup. <br />
<br />
Some of these steps require that there will be no X-server active on the system, the easiest way to achieve this is to boot in ''rescue-mode'', just hit [Esc] when [[Grub]] tells you to during the startup of your machine and select the right line from the menu. Another way is to go to a text-mode console (aka. terminal) with [CTRL]-[ALT]-[F1], [[Logging In|log in]], become root and issue the command:<br />
telinit 1<br />
This wil stop the running X-server and drop you into rescue mode as well. <br />
<br />
One of the advantages is that now you can start and stop the X-server by hand with an alternative configuration file and without having to reboot or even start an entire desktop environment.<br />
<br />
=== Generating a template ===<br />
These instructions were originally written for ATI chipsets, so they might need to be adjusted and updated a bit. Not all of the specific options may be relevant for your chipset. <br />
<br />
'''While there is no (other) X-server running''' you can create a template configuration file by running:<br />
X -configure<br />
This will create a file called xorg.conf.new in your ''home'' directory, test it with the following command and hit [CTRL]-[ALT]-[Backspace] when done:<br />
X -config ~/xorg.conf.new<br />
Within a few seconds a gray bitpattern should show up with an 'X' shaped mouse cursor. If the screen is distorted or reports the refresh rate to be out of range then you will either have to specify the proper refreshrate limitations for your screen or insert "modelines" for the resolution(s) you want to use (see below). <br />
<br />
When you're satisfied you can overwrite ''/etc/X11/xorg.conf'' with this file to make it the default (you did make a backup didn't you?), once you have done that you can use "startx" to test and have the use of your desktop as well. This should at least be enough to allow the use of a graphic configuration tool (like the [[AVWizard]] for instance) to set up your display further. More advanced manual configuration options can be found below.<br />
<br />
Here is an example of such a generated file:<br />
<br />
Section "ServerLayout"<br />
Identifier "X.org Configured"<br />
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0<br />
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"<br />
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Files"<br />
RgbPath "/etc/X11/rgb"<br />
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"<br />
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"<br />
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"<br />
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"<br />
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Module"<br />
Load "extmod"<br />
Load "record"<br />
Load "xtrap"<br />
Load "dri"<br />
Load "glx"<br />
Load "dbe"<br />
Load "GLcore"<br />
Load "type1"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "InputDevice"<br />
Identifier "Keyboard0"<br />
Driver "kbd"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "InputDevice"<br />
Identifier "Mouse0"<br />
Driver "mouse"<br />
Option "Protocol" "auto"<br />
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"<br />
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Monitor"<br />
Identifier "Monitor0"<br />
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br />
ModelName "Monitor Model"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Device"<br />
### Available Driver options are:-<br />
### Values: &lt;i&gt;: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",<br />
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"<br />
### [arg]: arg optional<br />
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]<br />
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>]<br />
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>]<br />
Identifier "Card0"<br />
Driver "vesa"<br />
''VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"''<br />
''BoardName "ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series"''<br />
''BusID '''"PCI:1:5:0"'''''<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Screen"<br />
Identifier "Screen0"<br />
Device "Card0"<br />
Monitor "Monitor0"<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 1<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 4<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 8<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 15<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 16<br />
EndSubSection<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 24<br />
EndSubSection<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Note that the only thing really specific to my setup in this config file is ''BusID'', if you only have one graphics adapter in your system this value can be omitted, otherwise the value(s) can be found with:<br />
X -scanpci<br />
Where each card will need it's own Device Section in the config file. The "VendorName" and "BoardName" settings are just labels and serve no real purpose other then being able to identify this particular device, which is usefull if you have more then one.<br />
<br />
We'll be using this sample configuration as a starting point in the other examples below, the comments (lines starting with ''#'' can be safely removed as well as the ''"Display"'' subsections for the colordepths we don't plan on using.<br />
<br />
=== Refresh rate / ModeLine ===<br />
The easiest way to sort this problem is to let the X-server figure this out by not specifying the limits of your screen. However this often fails, leaving you with an unusable display. Simply look up '''your screen''''s refresh rates in the documentation and add them like this:<br />
<br />
Section "Monitor"<br />
Identifier "Monitor0"<br />
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br />
ModelName "Monitor Model"<br />
''HorizSync '''27-102''' # kHz''<br />
''VertRefresh '''50-160''' # Hz''<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Alternatively you could specify a "ModeLine" for each resolution you want to use. By using ModeLines you have much finer controll over the timings of the output signal generated by your videocard. The drawback is that the timing values can be hard to get right. <br />
<br />
Search the web for a "modeline generator", and many of these will include instructions on how to add the modeline, but briefly, you just add it to the "Monitor" section. Read the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modeline wikipedia entry] to learn how to use modelines. <br />
* http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines<br />
* http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl<br />
* http://www.bohne-lang.de/spec/linux/modeline/<br />
* http://amlc.berlios.de/<br />
* http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Working_with_Modelines<br />
If one modeline doesn't work perfectly, try another, perhaps from another generator, because they can vary so much.<br />
<br />
Using the wrong timings could in some (nowadays rare) occasions damage the hardware of your screen, so if it looks garbeled don't leave it like that for hours on end but hit [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[&larr;Backspace] and readjust your settings. Most modern screens however simply report that the signal is out of range if this happens.<br />
<br />
=== Colordepth and resolution ===<br />
Specify the colordepth and resolution(s) you would like to use, like this:<br />
<br />
Section "Screen"<br />
Identifier "Screen0"<br />
Device "Card0"<br />
Monitor "Monitor0"<br />
''DefaultDepth '''24'''''<br />
SubSection "Display"<br />
Viewport 0 0<br />
Depth 24<br />
''Virtual '''1600 1200'''''<br />
''Modes '''"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "400x300" "320x240"'''''<br />
EndSubSection<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
As most people will only be using 24 bits anyway, I have removed the other redundant subsections. "Virtual" is the size of your desktop and "Modes" are physical resolutions, you can flip through these by holding [CTRL]-[ALT] and pressing the plus or minus on the numeric keypad. These are just examples, most people will only want to specify the resolution they actually use.<br />
<br />
=== DRI device permissions ===<br />
This section is needed to have the X-server set the proper permissions on the DRI device during startup. Simply add it to the end of the /etx/X11.xorg file if it isn't there already.<br />
<br />
Section "DRI"<br />
Mode 0666<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
=== Chipset driver ===<br />
Change "'''vesa'''" to "'''fglrx'''" (or "'''ati'''", depending on which drivers you installed earlier), as shown below, the old line is left as a comment in this example for clarity, but it's better to remove it as some scripts seem to find it confusing. For Nvidia chipsets use '''nvidia''' or '''nv''' as the driver names (instead of '''fglrx''').<br />
<br />
Section "Device"<br />
Identifier "Card0"<br />
''# Driver "'''vesa'''"''<br />
''Driver "'''fglrx'''"''<br />
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"<br />
BoardName "ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series"<br />
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
If your X-server was running you will have to restart it completely for the changes to take effect, the easiest and most thorough way to do this is to reboot.<br />
<br />
=== Physical display size ===<br />
Like specifying the refresh rate his is optional but sometimes necessary, most of the time it is either detected or some sane defaults are used but sometimes it isn't, which can result in unreadable font sizes.<br />
<br />
Section "Monitor"<br />
...<br />
DisplaySize '''155 95'''<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Where you have to replace the numbers with the physical '''width''' and '''height''' of your screen in millimeters (1" = 25mm), feel free to try mine, however these are for a small touchscreen.<br />
<br />
=== Disable composite ===<br />
Aparently the ATI '''fglrx''' driver does not ''yet'' support composite with DRI. So if you are using the fglrx driver, disable it by adding this to the end of the /etx/X11.xorg file if it isn't there already.<br />
<br />
Section "Extensions"<br />
Option "Composite" "Disable"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
=== Additional options ===<br />
To be continued, I don't think this is enough to get UI2 completely (either mode) going yet. Feel free to jump in anytime... <br />
<br />
<br />
Things still to sort out amongst others (i.e. what is it, do we need it and what are the settings if any):<br />
<br />
Section "Module"<br />
Load "i2c"<br />
Load "bitmap"<br />
Load "ddc"<br />
Load "freetype"<br />
Load "int10"<br />
Load "vbe"<br />
Load "speedo"<br />
Load "type1"<br />
Load "dbe"<br />
Load "glx"<br />
Load "v4l"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "ServerFlags"<br />
Option "AIGLX" "off"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Section "Extensions"<br />
Option "Composite" "Disable"<br />
# Option "RENDER" "true"<br />
EndSection<br />
<br />
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"<br />
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"<br />
Option "VideoOverlay" "off"<br />
Option "DesktopSetup" "clone"<br />
<br />
TV-out options, 2nd display, etc.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Troubleshooting ==<br />
<br />
=== The AVWizard crashes X-windows ===<br />
<br />
Try setting the [[#Chipset_driver]] option to '''vesa''', run the AVWizard again and then change the driver back to what it was.<br />
<br />
=== Black screen ===<br />
<br />
* Screen is black, after install seemed to go okay. You may have even seen the Kubuntu splash screen. See [[AVWizard]] on how to select the proper output.<br />
<br />
*One problem on nvidia-cards could be that it does not detect the right monitor.<br />
<br />
::Go to Console 1 ([Ctrl]+[Alt]+1) and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf). Find the section ::Device with the driver nvidia add the line <pre>Option "ConnectedMonitor" "XXX"</pre><br />
::where XXX is CRT, CRT-0, CRT-1, DVI-0, DVI-1, ...<br />
::Save and exit (nano: Ctrl+x) and restart the computer. In my case it was "CRT-1".<br />
<br />
=== X-windows won't start ===<br />
<br />
Reboot into rescue-mode if needed (hit [Esc] when [[Grub]] tells you to), and restore a working copy of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or edit it by hand to fix the problem. Test it with the command "X" and press [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[&larr;Backspace] simultaneous to quit (alternative: use "startx" and get the full desktop, if any), then reboot when it works and you're done.<br />
<br />
=== Signal out of range ===<br />
<br />
See ''[[#Refresh rate / ModeLine ]]'' above.<br />
<br />
=== Microscopic fonts in KDE ===<br />
<br />
See ''[[#Physical_display_size]]'' above.<br />
<br />
If the above does not work, probably Xorg is calculating the DPI value in the wrong way.<br />
This can be verified by having a look at the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log related to the MD with this issue searching for the line containing "DPI set to (x , y)",where x and y are values that apply to the specific display.<br />
<br />
If those values are too small, fonts will be displayed accordingly (i.e, VERY small)<br />
<br />
A workaround is to force Xorg to startup with a given DPI value.<br />
<br />
To achieve this the following steps are required:<br />
<br />
* edit the file /usr/pluto/bin/Start_X_Wrapper.sh on your MD where you are facing the font problem<br />
* find the line beginning with xinit<br />
* add "-dpi 96" (without quotes) at the end of this line<br />
* save the file and reboot MD<br />
<br />
Obviously it is possible to set DPI to something different than 96, according to specific needs.<br />
<br />
Please note that after an LMCE update the startup script may be replaced by new ones, so the above workaround may have to be re-applied in order to keep fonts at the desired dimension.<br />
<br />
=== LinuxMCE keeps reconfiguring my display settings ===<br />
<br />
Add a line containing '''exit''' to the top of the ''/usr/pluto/bin/Xconfigure.sh'' file. After you do this you may experience difficulties running the AVWizard again, if so remove this line and add it back again after the wizard is finished.<br />
<br />
For LinuxMCE 710 simply comment out the line that says<br />
. /usr/pluto/bin/X-CleanupVideo.sh<br />
This is the command that gets run that modifies the xorg.conf file on startup. This is different than above because if you put exit at the top your display will not get initialized. And as above if you want to run the AVWizard you will need to uncomment this line.<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page MythTV wiki] <br />
* MythTV Experience [http://brentlagesse.net/~brent/mythtv.php]<br />
* [[X_Configuration_Scripts]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Ddamron&diff=14448User:Ddamron2008-06-26T04:55:54Z<p>Ddamron: /* Media Director 6 */</p>
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my current configuration: (work in progress at the moment)<br />
<br />
==System Specifications:==<br />
<br />
===Satellite Setup===<br />
Antennae: 2 x 60cm eliptical<br />
2 x 60cm Starchoice<br />
LNB: 4 x Standard LNB<br />
2 x quad LNB (starchoice)<br />
Switch: 1 x Emp Centauri 9x8 Multiswitch<br />
receivers: 1 x Starchoice PVR-530<br />
2 x Starchoice DVR-505<br />
3 x Starchoice DVR-300<br />
1 x Nokia DBox2 (Thanks to Hari)<br />
===Camera Setup===<br />
IP Cameras: 3 x GS1600H Outdoor Day/night <br />
1 x GS9403 Pan/Tilt<br />
Curently connected to ZoneMinder Server<br />
==Systems==<br />
===DCERouter===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidia 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6600<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x Samsung SH-S183 sata (DVD RW)<br />
HD: 1 x Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1022A<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1020A<br />
OS: 0710 64bit<br />
Primary App: linuxMCE Core/Hybrid<br />
Interface: Insteon PLM on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===server (development)===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidea 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6400<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x sata DVD<br />
HD: 2 x Seagate ST3320620AS sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP-1020A<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.04<br />
Primary App: Server / development core<br />
Interface:CM11A X10 Computer Interface on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===Media Director 1(Fiire Engine)===<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.10 64bit<br />
Primary App: LinuxMCE MD<br />
<br />
<br />
===Media Director 2===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (1")<br />
Display: 24" 16:9 flat panel<br />
location: Bedroom<br />
===Media Director 3===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (2.2")<br />
Display: 68" Samsung DLP<br />
location: Living Room<br />
===Media Director 4===<br />
System Name: Compaq<br />
Primary App: PXE linuxMCE Media Director<br />
<br />
===Media Director 5===<br />
System Name: another box<br />
primate App: PXE LinuxMCE Media Director<br />
===Media Director 6===<br />
System Name: Digipos<br />
OS: PXE Ubuntu 7.10<br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) UI1<br />
<br />
==Laptops==<br />
===Dan===<br />
System Name: Laptop (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: Dell Inspiron 9300<br />
CPU: Intel Centrino 2.13Ghz<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
HD: 100GB<br />
OS: Ubuntu 804 32bit<br />
DVD Burner: built-in<br />
NIC: 10/100TX/802.11g/Bluetooth<br />
<br />
===Wife===<br />
System Name: Laptop (wife)<br />
Motherboard: Macbook (Intel)<br />
CPU: Intel Core Duo<br />
HD: 100MB<br />
OS: OS X Tiger<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
Optical: DVD / CDRW combo<br />
Primary App: Wife's Workstation<br />
Mythfrontend (mac)<br />
==Other Systems==<br />
===PS3===<br />
System Name: PS3<br />
OS: YDL 5.01<br />
OS: game-os (standard)<br />
Primary App: Upnp Client / child's nexopia.. ;)<br />
System Name: Xbox360 Elite<br />
Primary App: sitting there collecting dust <br />
<br />
===Work machine===<br />
System Name: Development (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: MS-6380E<br />
CPU: AMD XP2200<br />
RAM: 2G<br />
HD: 2 x ST3200822A 200Gb<br />
Primary App: Development (collecting dust)<br />
===Zoneminder===<br />
System Name: IBM<br />
Motherboard: NetVista<br />
RAM: 1Gb<br />
OS: Ubuntu 6.10<br />
Primary App: ZoneMinder 1.22.2 Server<br />
Primary App: workstation<br />
===Broken Media Directo<br />
System Name: DigiMatrix<br />
OS: PXE ubuntu 7.04<br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) (currently broken)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Orbiters/Remote Controls==<br />
HP Ipaq 4150<br />
2 x Fiire Chief Remotes<br />
<br />
==Home Automation==<br />
INSTEON everywhere.<br />
Insteon RemoteLinc Black Suede<br />
Venstar T1800 Thermostat with INSTEON Module<br />
Simplehomenet EZBridge<br />
Simplehomenet EZRain Sprinkler Controller<br />
Simplehomenet EZIO8SA I/O board<br />
Simplehomener EZX10RF (for legacy X10 controllers, motion sensors, etc)<br />
Smarthome Insteon Software Developer's Kit<br />
Plethra of older X10 equipment, some still being used<br />
X10 wireless Motion Sensors (Hawkeyes)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Orbiter Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Insteon User Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Fiire Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Satellite Setups]]<br />
[[Category:High Definition Setups]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Ddamron&diff=14447User:Ddamron2008-06-26T04:55:39Z<p>Ddamron: /* Dan */</p>
<hr />
<div>{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
my current configuration: (work in progress at the moment)<br />
<br />
==System Specifications:==<br />
<br />
===Satellite Setup===<br />
Antennae: 2 x 60cm eliptical<br />
2 x 60cm Starchoice<br />
LNB: 4 x Standard LNB<br />
2 x quad LNB (starchoice)<br />
Switch: 1 x Emp Centauri 9x8 Multiswitch<br />
receivers: 1 x Starchoice PVR-530<br />
2 x Starchoice DVR-505<br />
3 x Starchoice DVR-300<br />
1 x Nokia DBox2 (Thanks to Hari)<br />
===Camera Setup===<br />
IP Cameras: 3 x GS1600H Outdoor Day/night <br />
1 x GS9403 Pan/Tilt<br />
Curently connected to ZoneMinder Server<br />
==Systems==<br />
===DCERouter===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidia 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6600<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x Samsung SH-S183 sata (DVD RW)<br />
HD: 1 x Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1022A<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1020A<br />
OS: 0710 64bit<br />
Primary App: linuxMCE Core/Hybrid<br />
Interface: Insteon PLM on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===server (development)===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidea 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6400<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x sata DVD<br />
HD: 2 x Seagate ST3320620AS sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP-1020A<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.04<br />
Primary App: Server / development core<br />
Interface:CM11A X10 Computer Interface on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===Media Director 1(Fiire Engine)===<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.10 64bit<br />
Primary App: LinuxMCE MD<br />
<br />
<br />
===Media Director 2===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (1")<br />
Display: 24" 16:9 flat panel<br />
location: Bedroom<br />
===Media Director 3===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (2.2")<br />
Display: 68" Samsung DLP<br />
location: Living Room<br />
===Media Director 4===<br />
System Name: Compaq<br />
Primary App: PXE linuxMCE Media Director<br />
<br />
===Media Director 5===<br />
System Name: another box<br />
primate App: PXE LinuxMCE Media Director<br />
===Media Director 6===<br />
System Name: Digipos<br />
OS: PXE Ubuntu 7.04 <br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) UI1<br />
==Laptops==<br />
===Dan===<br />
System Name: Laptop (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: Dell Inspiron 9300<br />
CPU: Intel Centrino 2.13Ghz<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
HD: 100GB<br />
OS: Ubuntu 804 32bit<br />
DVD Burner: built-in<br />
NIC: 10/100TX/802.11g/Bluetooth<br />
<br />
===Wife===<br />
System Name: Laptop (wife)<br />
Motherboard: Macbook (Intel)<br />
CPU: Intel Core Duo<br />
HD: 100MB<br />
OS: OS X Tiger<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
Optical: DVD / CDRW combo<br />
Primary App: Wife's Workstation<br />
Mythfrontend (mac)<br />
==Other Systems==<br />
===PS3===<br />
System Name: PS3<br />
OS: YDL 5.01<br />
OS: game-os (standard)<br />
Primary App: Upnp Client / child's nexopia.. ;)<br />
System Name: Xbox360 Elite<br />
Primary App: sitting there collecting dust <br />
<br />
===Work machine===<br />
System Name: Development (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: MS-6380E<br />
CPU: AMD XP2200<br />
RAM: 2G<br />
HD: 2 x ST3200822A 200Gb<br />
Primary App: Development (collecting dust)<br />
===Zoneminder===<br />
System Name: IBM<br />
Motherboard: NetVista<br />
RAM: 1Gb<br />
OS: Ubuntu 6.10<br />
Primary App: ZoneMinder 1.22.2 Server<br />
Primary App: workstation<br />
===Broken Media Directo<br />
System Name: DigiMatrix<br />
OS: PXE ubuntu 7.04<br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) (currently broken)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Orbiters/Remote Controls==<br />
HP Ipaq 4150<br />
2 x Fiire Chief Remotes<br />
<br />
==Home Automation==<br />
INSTEON everywhere.<br />
Insteon RemoteLinc Black Suede<br />
Venstar T1800 Thermostat with INSTEON Module<br />
Simplehomenet EZBridge<br />
Simplehomenet EZRain Sprinkler Controller<br />
Simplehomenet EZIO8SA I/O board<br />
Simplehomener EZX10RF (for legacy X10 controllers, motion sensors, etc)<br />
Smarthome Insteon Software Developer's Kit<br />
Plethra of older X10 equipment, some still being used<br />
X10 wireless Motion Sensors (Hawkeyes)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Orbiter Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Insteon User Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Fiire Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Satellite Setups]]<br />
[[Category:High Definition Setups]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:Screenshot-LinuxMCE.png&diff=14363File:Screenshot-LinuxMCE.png2008-06-22T20:16:10Z<p>Ddamron: Screenshot of LinuxMCE Webadmin right after you log in.</p>
<hr />
<div>Screenshot of LinuxMCE Webadmin right after you log in.</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Ddamron&diff=13399User:Ddamron2008-06-11T17:37:03Z<p>Ddamron: </p>
<hr />
<div>{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
my current configuration: (work in progress at the moment)<br />
<br />
==System Specifications:==<br />
<br />
===Satellite Setup===<br />
Antennae: 2 x 60cm eliptical<br />
2 x 60cm Starchoice<br />
LNB: 4 x Standard LNB<br />
2 x quad LNB (starchoice)<br />
Switch: 1 x Emp Centauri 9x8 Multiswitch<br />
receivers: 1 x Starchoice PVR-530<br />
2 x Starchoice DVR-505<br />
3 x Starchoice DVR-300<br />
1 x Nokia DBox2 (Thanks to Hari)<br />
===Camera Setup===<br />
IP Cameras: 3 x GS1600H Outdoor Day/night <br />
1 x GS9403 Pan/Tilt<br />
Curently connected to ZoneMinder Server<br />
==Systems==<br />
===DCERouter===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidia 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6600<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x Samsung SH-S183 sata (DVD RW)<br />
HD: 1 x Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1022A<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1020A<br />
OS: 0710 64bit<br />
Primary App: linuxMCE Core/Hybrid<br />
Interface: Insteon PLM on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===server (development)===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidea 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6400<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x sata DVD<br />
HD: 2 x Seagate ST3320620AS sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP-1020A<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.04<br />
Primary App: Server / development core<br />
Interface:CM11A X10 Computer Interface on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===Media Director 1(Fiire Engine)===<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.10 64bit<br />
Primary App: LinuxMCE MD<br />
<br />
<br />
===Media Director 2===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (1")<br />
Display: 24" 16:9 flat panel<br />
location: Bedroom<br />
===Media Director 3===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (2.2")<br />
Display: 68" Samsung DLP<br />
location: Living Room<br />
===Media Director 4===<br />
System Name: Compaq<br />
Primary App: PXE linuxMCE Media Director<br />
<br />
===Media Director 5===<br />
System Name: another box<br />
primate App: PXE LinuxMCE Media Director<br />
===Media Director 6===<br />
System Name: Digipos<br />
OS: PXE Ubuntu 7.04 <br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) UI1<br />
==Laptops==<br />
===Dan===<br />
System Name: Laptop (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: Dell Inspiron 9600<br />
CPU: Intel Centrino 2.13Ghz<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
HD: 100GB<br />
OS: Ubuntu 804 32bit<br />
DVD Burner: built-in<br />
NIC: 10/100TX/802.11g/Bluetooth<br />
===Wife===<br />
System Name: Laptop (wife)<br />
Motherboard: Macbook (Intel)<br />
CPU: Intel Core Duo<br />
HD: 100MB<br />
OS: OS X Tiger<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
Optical: DVD / CDRW combo<br />
Primary App: Wife's Workstation<br />
Mythfrontend (mac)<br />
==Other Systems==<br />
===PS3===<br />
System Name: PS3<br />
OS: YDL 5.01<br />
OS: game-os (standard)<br />
Primary App: Upnp Client / child's nexopia.. ;)<br />
System Name: Xbox360 Elite<br />
Primary App: sitting there collecting dust <br />
<br />
===Work machine===<br />
System Name: Development (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: MS-6380E<br />
CPU: AMD XP2200<br />
RAM: 2G<br />
HD: 2 x ST3200822A 200Gb<br />
Primary App: Development (collecting dust)<br />
===Zoneminder===<br />
System Name: IBM<br />
Motherboard: NetVista<br />
RAM: 1Gb<br />
OS: Ubuntu 6.10<br />
Primary App: ZoneMinder 1.22.2 Server<br />
Primary App: workstation<br />
===Broken Media Directo<br />
System Name: DigiMatrix<br />
OS: PXE ubuntu 7.04<br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) (currently broken)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Orbiters/Remote Controls==<br />
HP Ipaq 4150<br />
2 x Fiire Chief Remotes<br />
<br />
==Home Automation==<br />
INSTEON everywhere.<br />
Insteon RemoteLinc Black Suede<br />
Venstar T1800 Thermostat with INSTEON Module<br />
Simplehomenet EZBridge<br />
Simplehomenet EZRain Sprinkler Controller<br />
Simplehomenet EZIO8SA I/O board<br />
Simplehomener EZX10RF (for legacy X10 controllers, motion sensors, etc)<br />
Smarthome Insteon Software Developer's Kit<br />
Plethra of older X10 equipment, some still being used<br />
X10 wireless Motion Sensors (Hawkeyes)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Orbiter Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Insteon User Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Fiire Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Satellite Setups]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Ddamron&diff=13398User:Ddamron2008-06-11T17:33:25Z<p>Ddamron: </p>
<hr />
<div>{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
my current configuration: (work in progress at the moment)<br />
<br />
==System Specifications:==<br />
<br />
===Satellite Setup===<br />
Antennae: 2 x 60cm eliptical<br />
2 x 60cm Starchoice<br />
LNB: 4 x Standard LNB<br />
2 x quad LNB (starchoice)<br />
Switch: 1 x Emp Centauri 9x8 Multiswitch<br />
receivers: 1 x Starchoice PVR-530<br />
2 x Starchoice DVR-505<br />
3 x Starchoice DVR-300<br />
<br />
===Camera Setup===<br />
IP Cameras: 3 x GS1600H Outdoor Day/night <br />
1 x GS9403 Pan/Tilt<br />
Curently connected to ZoneMinder Server<br />
==Systems==<br />
===DCERouter===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidia 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6600<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x Samsung SH-S183 sata (DVD RW)<br />
HD: 1 x Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1022A<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1020A<br />
OS: 0710 64bit<br />
Primary App: linuxMCE Core/Hybrid<br />
Interface: Insteon PLM on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===server (development)===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidea 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6400<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x sata DVD<br />
HD: 2 x Seagate ST3320620AS sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP-1020A<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.04<br />
Primary App: Server / development core<br />
Interface:CM11A X10 Computer Interface on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===Media Director 1(Fiire Engine)===<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.10 64bit<br />
Primary App: LinuxMCE MD<br />
<br />
<br />
===Media Director 2===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (1")<br />
Display: 24" 16:9 flat panel<br />
location: Bedroom<br />
===Media Director 3===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (2.2")<br />
Display: 68" Samsung DLP<br />
location: Living Room<br />
===Media Director 4===<br />
System Name: Compaq<br />
Primary App: PXE linuxMCE Media Director<br />
<br />
===Media Director 5===<br />
System Name: another box<br />
primate App: PXE LinuxMCE Media Director<br />
===Media Director 6===<br />
System Name: Digipos<br />
OS: PXE Ubuntu 7.04 <br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) UI1<br />
==Laptops==<br />
===Dan===<br />
System Name: Laptop (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: Dell Inspiron 9600<br />
CPU: Intel Centrino 2.13Ghz<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
HD: 100GB<br />
OS: Ubuntu 804 32bit<br />
DVD Burner: built-in<br />
NIC: 10/100TX/802.11g/Bluetooth<br />
===Wife===<br />
System Name: Laptop (wife)<br />
Motherboard: Macbook (Intel)<br />
CPU: Intel Core Duo<br />
HD: 100MB<br />
OS: OS X Tiger<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
Optical: DVD / CDRW combo<br />
Primary App: Wife's Workstation<br />
Mythfrontend (mac)<br />
==Other Systems==<br />
===PS3===<br />
System Name: PS3<br />
OS: YDL 5.01<br />
OS: game-os (standard)<br />
Primary App: Upnp Client / child's nexopia.. ;)<br />
System Name: Xbox360 Elite<br />
Primary App: sitting there collecting dust <br />
<br />
===Work machine===<br />
System Name: Development (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: MS-6380E<br />
CPU: AMD XP2200<br />
RAM: 2G<br />
HD: 2 x ST3200822A 200Gb<br />
Primary App: Development (collecting dust)<br />
===Zoneminder===<br />
System Name: IBM<br />
Motherboard: NetVista<br />
RAM: 1Gb<br />
OS: Ubuntu 6.10<br />
Primary App: ZoneMinder 1.22.2 Server<br />
Primary App: workstation<br />
===Broken Media Directo<br />
System Name: DigiMatrix<br />
OS: PXE ubuntu 7.04<br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) (currently broken)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Orbiters/Remote Controls==<br />
HP Ipaq 4150<br />
2 x Fiire Chief Remotes<br />
<br />
==Home Automation==<br />
INSTEON everywhere.<br />
Insteon RemoteLinc Black Suede<br />
Venstar T1800 Thermostat with INSTEON Module<br />
Simplehomenet EZBridge<br />
Simplehomenet EZRain Sprinkler Controller<br />
Simplehomenet EZIO8SA I/O board<br />
Simplehomener EZX10RF (for legacy X10 controllers, motion sensors, etc)<br />
Smarthome Insteon Software Developer's Kit<br />
Plethra of older X10 equipment, some still being used<br />
X10 wireless Motion Sensors (Hawkeyes)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Orbiter Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Insteon User Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Fiire Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Satellite Setups]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=User:Ddamron&diff=13397User:Ddamron2008-06-11T17:31:55Z<p>Ddamron: </p>
<hr />
<div>{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
my current configuration: (work in progress at the moment)<br />
<br />
==System Specifications:==<br />
<br />
===Satellite Setup===<br />
Antennae: 2 x 60cm eliptical<br />
2 x 60cm Starchoice<br />
LNB: 4 x Standard LNB<br />
2 x quad LNB (starchoice)<br />
Switch: 1 x Emp Centauri 9x8 Multiswitch<br />
receivers: 1 x Starchoice PVR-530<br />
2 x Starchoice DVR-505<br />
3 x Starchoice DVR-300<br />
<br />
===Camera Setup===<br />
IP Cameras: 3 x GS1600H Outdoor Day/night <br />
1 x GS9403 Pan/Tilt<br />
Curently connected to ZoneMinder Server<br />
==Systems==<br />
===DCERouter===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidia 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6600<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x Samsung SH-S183 sata (DVD RW)<br />
HD: 1 x Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1022A<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP1020A<br />
OS: 0710 64bit<br />
Primary App: linuxMCE Core/Hybrid<br />
Interface: Insteon PLM on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===server (development)===<br />
Motherboard: 1 x nVidea 680iSLI<br />
Case: 1 x 4U Rackmount<br />
CPU: 1 x Intel Core 2 Duo 6400<br />
RAM: 2 x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2G)<br />
Optical: 1 x sata DVD<br />
HD: 2 x Seagate ST3320620AS sata<br />
GPU: 1 x nVidia 7600GT 256MB<br />
DVB-S: 1 x Twinhan VP-1020A<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.04<br />
Primary App: Server / development core<br />
Interface:CM11A X10 Computer Interface on ttyS0<br />
<br />
===Media Director 1(Fiire Engine)===<br />
Tuner: 1 x PVR-150 MCE<br />
OS: Kubuntu Feisty 7.10 64bit<br />
Primary App: LinuxMCE MD<br />
<br />
<br />
===Media Director 2===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (1")<br />
Display: 24" 16:9 flat panel<br />
location: Bedroom<br />
===Media Director 3===<br />
System Name: Fiire Station (2.2")<br />
Display: 68" Samsung DLP<br />
location: Living Room<br />
===Media Director 4===<br />
System Name: Compaq<br />
Primary App: PXE linuxMCE Media Director<br />
<br />
===Media Director 5===<br />
System Name: another box<br />
primate App: PXE LinuxMCE Media Director<br />
===Media Director 6===<br />
System Name: Digipos<br />
OS: PXE Ubuntu 7.04 <br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) UI1<br />
==Laptops==<br />
===Dan===<br />
System Name: Laptop (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: Dell Inspiron 9600<br />
CPU: Intel Centrino 2.13Ghz<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
HD: 100GB<br />
OS: Ubuntu 804 32bit<br />
DVD Burner: built-in<br />
NIC: 10/100TX/802.11g/Bluetooth<br />
===Wife===<br />
System Name: Laptop (wife)<br />
Motherboard: Macbook (Intel)<br />
CPU: Intel Core Duo<br />
HD: 100MB<br />
OS: OS X Tiger<br />
RAM: 512MB<br />
Optical: DVD / CDRW combo<br />
Primary App: Wife's Workstation<br />
Mythfrontend (mac)<br />
==Other Systems==<br />
===PS3===<br />
System Name: PS3<br />
OS: YDL 5.01<br />
OS: game-os (standard)<br />
Primary App: Upnp Client / child's nexopia.. ;)<br />
System Name: Xbox360 Elite<br />
Primary App: sitting there collecting dust <br />
<br />
===Work machine===<br />
System Name: Development (Dan)<br />
Motherboard: MS-6380E<br />
CPU: AMD XP2200<br />
RAM: 2G<br />
HD: 2 x ST3200822A 200Gb<br />
Primary App: Development (collecting dust)<br />
===Zoneminder===<br />
System Name: IBM<br />
Motherboard: NetVista<br />
RAM: 1Gb<br />
OS: Ubuntu 6.10<br />
Primary App: ZoneMinder 1.22.2 Server<br />
Primary App: workstation<br />
===Broken Media Directo<br />
System Name: DigiMatrix<br />
OS: PXE ubuntu 7.04<br />
Primary App: Frontend (media Director) (currently broken)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
==Orbiters/Remote Controls==<br />
HP Ipaq 4150<br />
2 x Fiire Chief Remotes<br />
<br />
==Home Automation==<br />
INSTEON everywhere.<br />
Simplehomenet EZBridge<br />
Simplehomenet EZRain1 Sprinkler Controller<br />
Simplehomenet EZIO8SA I/O board<br />
Simplehomener EZX10RF (for legacy X10 controllers, motion sensors, etc)<br />
Smarthome Insteon Software Developer's Kit<br />
Plethra of older X10 equipment, some still being used<br />
X10 wireless Motion Sensors (Hawkeyes)<br />
<br />
[[Category:User Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Orbiter Setups]]<br />
[[Category:Insteon User Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Fiire Setups]]<br />
[[Category: Satellite Setups]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13321LinuxTag 20082008-06-11T01:40:22Z<p>Ddamron: /* Wednseday May 28 */</p>
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The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's system at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
* Playing with some not-recommended setups (just to see if it COULD work)<br />
<br />
Special Thanks to Katrin for putting up with 4 geeks taking over her precious TV.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth. A member of the press came by early in the show and told us he was going to come back with a film crew. Later that day, he kept his word.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video. The slides are available in [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.pdf PDF format] and [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.odp OpenOffice.org format].<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* [[Freecom DVB-T-Stick]]<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* [[Pioneer 428]] 720p HDTV (RS-232 controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio]''<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.computacenter.de ComputaCenter]'' + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Generic amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* [[Z-Wave]] appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Generic [[Bluetooth Dongle]]<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone, ''Courtesy of [http://www.cisco.com Cisco]''<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* [[3Com 3CDSG10PWR]] 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE<br />
* [[ZyXEL P-335U]] Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
* Fujitsu TabletPC<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon]] switches, interfaces, etc<br />
* [[X10]] switches and interfaces<br />
* [[LIRC]] Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB<br />
* [[Cisco ATA-186/188]]<br />
* [[GlobalCache GC-100]]<br />
* 3&times; [[USB UIRT ]]<br />
* 2&times; [[IRTrans]], ''Courtesy of [http://www.irtrans.de IRTrans]''<br />
* Curtain Controllers<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.irtrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
<gallery caption="LinuxTAG 2008 Pictures" perrow="6"><br />
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|TSCHAK and ddamron<br />
Image:IMG_0538.JPG|Hari<br />
Image:IMG_0539.JPG|First day closing time<br />
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|Front of Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0542.JPG|One last visitor remains<br />
Image:IMG_0544.JPG|Insteon Equipment<br />
Image:IMG_0546.JPG|Insteon RemoteLinc and Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0548.JPG|Sisco 7905 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0550.JPG|Nokia N800 weborbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0551.JPG|Nokia N800 viewing IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0552.JPG|TSCHAK and his eeepc<br />
Image:IMG_0554.JPG|Dlink IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0555.JPG|Symbian Orbiter on Nokia 7650<br />
Image:IMG_0558.JPG|Powerfile C200 & Hari's MD<br />
Image:IMG_0559.JPG|Sisco 7970 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0560.JPG|Fujitsu TabletPC Orbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0561.JPG|Toys!!!<br />
Image:IMG_0562.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06<br />
Image:IMG_0563.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06 (rear)<br />
Image:IMG_0564.JPG|ZWave PIR<br />
Image:IMG_0566.JPG|ZWave Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0567.JPG|ZWave Thermostat (apart)<br />
Image:IMG_0569.JPG|ZWave Switch<br />
Image:IMG_0571.JPG|Digium IP Phone Adapter<br />
Image:IMG_0572.JPG|Didium IP Phone Adapter (bottom)<br />
Image:IMG_0574.JPG|IRTRANS<br />
Image:IMG_0575.JPG|IRTRANS Side (ethernet)<br />
Image:IMG_0576.JPG|IRTRANS Side (IR)<br />
Image:IMG_0578.JPG|Quiet Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0579.JPG|everyone is TIRED<br />
Image:IMG_0580.JPG|Quick look busy everyone!<br />
Image:IMG_0581.JPG|Hari exhausted :)<br />
Image:IMG_0582.JPG|Zaerc grinning<br />
Image:IMG_0585.JPG|ddamron filming around<br />
Image:IMG_0586.JPG|Posse talking to visitor<br />
Image:IMG_0640.JPG|Hari & TSCHAK<br />
Image:IMG_0777.JPG|DanielK<br />
Image:IMG_0780.JPG|Pioneer Plasma<br />
Image:IMG_0781.JPG|Team Photo<br />
Image:IMG_0783.JPG|Team Photo<br />
</gallery></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13320LinuxTag 20082008-06-11T01:40:02Z<p>Ddamron: /* Tuesday May 27 */</p>
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|}<br />
The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's system at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
* Playing with some not-recommended setups (just to see if it COULD work)<br />
<br />
Special Thanks to Katrin for putting up with 4 geeks taking over her precious TV.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video. The slides are available in [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.pdf PDF format] and [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.odp OpenOffice.org format].<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* [[Freecom DVB-T-Stick]]<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* [[Pioneer 428]] 720p HDTV (RS-232 controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio]''<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.computacenter.de ComputaCenter]'' + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Generic amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* [[Z-Wave]] appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Generic [[Bluetooth Dongle]]<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone, ''Courtesy of [http://www.cisco.com Cisco]''<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* [[3Com 3CDSG10PWR]] 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE<br />
* [[ZyXEL P-335U]] Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
* Fujitsu TabletPC<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon]] switches, interfaces, etc<br />
* [[X10]] switches and interfaces<br />
* [[LIRC]] Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB<br />
* [[Cisco ATA-186/188]]<br />
* [[GlobalCache GC-100]]<br />
* 3&times; [[USB UIRT ]]<br />
* 2&times; [[IRTrans]], ''Courtesy of [http://www.irtrans.de IRTrans]''<br />
* Curtain Controllers<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.irtrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
<gallery caption="LinuxTAG 2008 Pictures" perrow="6"><br />
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|TSCHAK and ddamron<br />
Image:IMG_0538.JPG|Hari<br />
Image:IMG_0539.JPG|First day closing time<br />
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|Front of Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0542.JPG|One last visitor remains<br />
Image:IMG_0544.JPG|Insteon Equipment<br />
Image:IMG_0546.JPG|Insteon RemoteLinc and Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0548.JPG|Sisco 7905 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0550.JPG|Nokia N800 weborbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0551.JPG|Nokia N800 viewing IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0552.JPG|TSCHAK and his eeepc<br />
Image:IMG_0554.JPG|Dlink IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0555.JPG|Symbian Orbiter on Nokia 7650<br />
Image:IMG_0558.JPG|Powerfile C200 & Hari's MD<br />
Image:IMG_0559.JPG|Sisco 7970 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0560.JPG|Fujitsu TabletPC Orbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0561.JPG|Toys!!!<br />
Image:IMG_0562.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06<br />
Image:IMG_0563.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06 (rear)<br />
Image:IMG_0564.JPG|ZWave PIR<br />
Image:IMG_0566.JPG|ZWave Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0567.JPG|ZWave Thermostat (apart)<br />
Image:IMG_0569.JPG|ZWave Switch<br />
Image:IMG_0571.JPG|Digium IP Phone Adapter<br />
Image:IMG_0572.JPG|Didium IP Phone Adapter (bottom)<br />
Image:IMG_0574.JPG|IRTRANS<br />
Image:IMG_0575.JPG|IRTRANS Side (ethernet)<br />
Image:IMG_0576.JPG|IRTRANS Side (IR)<br />
Image:IMG_0578.JPG|Quiet Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0579.JPG|everyone is TIRED<br />
Image:IMG_0580.JPG|Quick look busy everyone!<br />
Image:IMG_0581.JPG|Hari exhausted :)<br />
Image:IMG_0582.JPG|Zaerc grinning<br />
Image:IMG_0585.JPG|ddamron filming around<br />
Image:IMG_0586.JPG|Posse talking to visitor<br />
Image:IMG_0640.JPG|Hari & TSCHAK<br />
Image:IMG_0777.JPG|DanielK<br />
Image:IMG_0780.JPG|Pioneer Plasma<br />
Image:IMG_0781.JPG|Team Photo<br />
Image:IMG_0783.JPG|Team Photo<br />
</gallery></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13319LinuxTag 20082008-06-11T01:39:31Z<p>Ddamron: /* Tuesday May 27 */</p>
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| __TOC__<br />
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The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's system at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
* Playing with some not-recommended setups (just to see if it COULD work)<br />
<br />
Special Thanks to Katrin for putting up with 4 geeks taking over her precious TV.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth. A member of the press came by early in the show and told us he was going to come back with a film crew. Later that day, he kept his word.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video. The slides are available in [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.pdf PDF format] and [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.odp OpenOffice.org format].<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* [[Freecom DVB-T-Stick]]<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* [[Pioneer 428]] 720p HDTV (RS-232 controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio]''<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.computacenter.de ComputaCenter]'' + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Generic amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* [[Z-Wave]] appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Generic [[Bluetooth Dongle]]<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone, ''Courtesy of [http://www.cisco.com Cisco]''<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* [[3Com 3CDSG10PWR]] 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE<br />
* [[ZyXEL P-335U]] Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
* Fujitsu TabletPC<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon]] switches, interfaces, etc<br />
* [[X10]] switches and interfaces<br />
* [[LIRC]] Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB<br />
* [[Cisco ATA-186/188]]<br />
* [[GlobalCache GC-100]]<br />
* 3&times; [[USB UIRT ]]<br />
* 2&times; [[IRTrans]], ''Courtesy of [http://www.irtrans.de IRTrans]''<br />
* Curtain Controllers<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.irtrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
<gallery caption="LinuxTAG 2008 Pictures" perrow="6"><br />
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|TSCHAK and ddamron<br />
Image:IMG_0538.JPG|Hari<br />
Image:IMG_0539.JPG|First day closing time<br />
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|Front of Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0542.JPG|One last visitor remains<br />
Image:IMG_0544.JPG|Insteon Equipment<br />
Image:IMG_0546.JPG|Insteon RemoteLinc and Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0548.JPG|Sisco 7905 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0550.JPG|Nokia N800 weborbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0551.JPG|Nokia N800 viewing IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0552.JPG|TSCHAK and his eeepc<br />
Image:IMG_0554.JPG|Dlink IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0555.JPG|Symbian Orbiter on Nokia 7650<br />
Image:IMG_0558.JPG|Powerfile C200 & Hari's MD<br />
Image:IMG_0559.JPG|Sisco 7970 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0560.JPG|Fujitsu TabletPC Orbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0561.JPG|Toys!!!<br />
Image:IMG_0562.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06<br />
Image:IMG_0563.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06 (rear)<br />
Image:IMG_0564.JPG|ZWave PIR<br />
Image:IMG_0566.JPG|ZWave Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0567.JPG|ZWave Thermostat (apart)<br />
Image:IMG_0569.JPG|ZWave Switch<br />
Image:IMG_0571.JPG|Digium IP Phone Adapter<br />
Image:IMG_0572.JPG|Didium IP Phone Adapter (bottom)<br />
Image:IMG_0574.JPG|IRTRANS<br />
Image:IMG_0575.JPG|IRTRANS Side (ethernet)<br />
Image:IMG_0576.JPG|IRTRANS Side (IR)<br />
Image:IMG_0578.JPG|Quiet Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0579.JPG|everyone is TIRED<br />
Image:IMG_0580.JPG|Quick look busy everyone!<br />
Image:IMG_0581.JPG|Hari exhausted :)<br />
Image:IMG_0582.JPG|Zaerc grinning<br />
Image:IMG_0585.JPG|ddamron filming around<br />
Image:IMG_0586.JPG|Posse talking to visitor<br />
Image:IMG_0640.JPG|Hari & TSCHAK<br />
Image:IMG_0777.JPG|DanielK<br />
Image:IMG_0780.JPG|Pioneer Plasma<br />
Image:IMG_0781.JPG|Team Photo<br />
Image:IMG_0783.JPG|Team Photo<br />
</gallery></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13318LinuxTag 20082008-06-11T01:37:46Z<p>Ddamron: /* Thursday May 29 */</p>
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| __TOC__<br />
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The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's system at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
* Playing with some not-recommended setups (just to see if it COULD work)<br />
<br />
Special Thanks to Katrin for putting up with 4 geeks taking over her precious TV.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video. The slides are available in [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.pdf PDF format] and [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.odp OpenOffice.org format].<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* [[Freecom DVB-T-Stick]]<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* [[Pioneer 428]] 720p HDTV (RS-232 controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio]''<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.computacenter.de ComputaCenter]'' + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Generic amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* [[Z-Wave]] appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Generic [[Bluetooth Dongle]]<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone, ''Courtesy of [http://www.cisco.com Cisco]''<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* [[3Com 3CDSG10PWR]] 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE<br />
* [[ZyXEL P-335U]] Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
* Fujitsu TabletPC<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon]] switches, interfaces, etc<br />
* [[X10]] switches and interfaces<br />
* [[LIRC]] Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB<br />
* [[Cisco ATA-186/188]]<br />
* [[GlobalCache GC-100]]<br />
* 3&times; [[USB UIRT ]]<br />
* 2&times; [[IRTrans]], ''Courtesy of [http://www.irtrans.de IRTrans]''<br />
* Curtain Controllers<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.irtrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
<gallery caption="LinuxTAG 2008 Pictures" perrow="6"><br />
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|TSCHAK and ddamron<br />
Image:IMG_0538.JPG|Hari<br />
Image:IMG_0539.JPG|First day closing time<br />
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|Front of Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0542.JPG|One last visitor remains<br />
Image:IMG_0544.JPG|Insteon Equipment<br />
Image:IMG_0546.JPG|Insteon RemoteLinc and Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0548.JPG|Sisco 7905 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0550.JPG|Nokia N800 weborbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0551.JPG|Nokia N800 viewing IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0552.JPG|TSCHAK and his eeepc<br />
Image:IMG_0554.JPG|Dlink IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0555.JPG|Symbian Orbiter on Nokia 7650<br />
Image:IMG_0558.JPG|Powerfile C200 & Hari's MD<br />
Image:IMG_0559.JPG|Sisco 7970 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0560.JPG|Fujitsu TabletPC Orbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0561.JPG|Toys!!!<br />
Image:IMG_0562.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06<br />
Image:IMG_0563.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06 (rear)<br />
Image:IMG_0564.JPG|ZWave PIR<br />
Image:IMG_0566.JPG|ZWave Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0567.JPG|ZWave Thermostat (apart)<br />
Image:IMG_0569.JPG|ZWave Switch<br />
Image:IMG_0571.JPG|Digium IP Phone Adapter<br />
Image:IMG_0572.JPG|Didium IP Phone Adapter (bottom)<br />
Image:IMG_0574.JPG|IRTRANS<br />
Image:IMG_0575.JPG|IRTRANS Side (ethernet)<br />
Image:IMG_0576.JPG|IRTRANS Side (IR)<br />
Image:IMG_0578.JPG|Quiet Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0579.JPG|everyone is TIRED<br />
Image:IMG_0580.JPG|Quick look busy everyone!<br />
Image:IMG_0581.JPG|Hari exhausted :)<br />
Image:IMG_0582.JPG|Zaerc grinning<br />
Image:IMG_0585.JPG|ddamron filming around<br />
Image:IMG_0586.JPG|Posse talking to visitor<br />
Image:IMG_0640.JPG|Hari & TSCHAK<br />
Image:IMG_0777.JPG|DanielK<br />
Image:IMG_0780.JPG|Pioneer Plasma<br />
Image:IMG_0781.JPG|Team Photo<br />
Image:IMG_0783.JPG|Team Photo<br />
</gallery></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13317LinuxTag 20082008-06-11T01:22:34Z<p>Ddamron: /* Monday May 26 */</p>
<hr />
<div>{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's system at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
* Playing with some not-recommended setups (just to see if it COULD work)<br />
<br />
Special Thanks to Katrin for putting up with 4 geeks taking over her precious TV.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video. The slides are available in [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.pdf PDF format] and [http://www.linuxmce.org/misc/lmce_presentation_linuxtag2008.odp OpenOffice.org format].<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* [[Freecom DVB-T-Stick]]<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* [[Pioneer 428]] 720p HDTV (RS-232 controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio]''<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled), ''Courtesy of [http://www.computacenter.de ComputaCenter]'' + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Generic amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; [[Z-Wave]] light module + lamp<br />
* [[Z-Wave]] appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Generic [[Bluetooth Dongle]]<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone, ''Courtesy of [http://www.cisco.com Cisco]''<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* [[3Com 3CDSG10PWR]] 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE<br />
* [[ZyXEL P-335U]] Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
* Fujitsu TabletPC<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon]] switches, interfaces, etc<br />
* [[X10]] switches and interfaces<br />
* [[LIRC]] Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB<br />
* [[Cisco ATA-186/188]]<br />
* [[GlobalCache GC-100]]<br />
* 3&times; [[USB UIRT ]]<br />
* 2&times; [[IRTrans]], ''Courtesy of [http://www.irtrans.de IRTrans]''<br />
* Curtain Controllers<br />
<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.irtrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
<gallery caption="LinuxTAG 2008 Pictures" perrow="6"><br />
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|TSCHAK and ddamron<br />
Image:IMG_0538.JPG|Hari<br />
Image:IMG_0539.JPG|First day closing time<br />
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|Front of Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0542.JPG|One last visitor remains<br />
Image:IMG_0544.JPG|Insteon Equipment<br />
Image:IMG_0546.JPG|Insteon RemoteLinc and Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0548.JPG|Sisco 7905 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0550.JPG|Nokia N800 weborbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0551.JPG|Nokia N800 viewing IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0552.JPG|TSCHAK and his eeepc<br />
Image:IMG_0554.JPG|Dlink IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0555.JPG|Symbian Orbiter on Nokia 7650<br />
Image:IMG_0558.JPG|Powerfile C200 & Hari's MD<br />
Image:IMG_0559.JPG|Sisco 7970 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0560.JPG|Fujitsu TabletPC Orbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0561.JPG|Toys!!!<br />
Image:IMG_0562.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06<br />
Image:IMG_0563.JPG|GlobalCache GC100-06 (rear)<br />
Image:IMG_0564.JPG|ZWave PIR<br />
Image:IMG_0566.JPG|ZWave Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0567.JPG|ZWave Thermostat (apart)<br />
Image:IMG_0569.JPG|ZWave Switch<br />
Image:IMG_0571.JPG|Digium IP Phone Adapter<br />
Image:IMG_0572.JPG|Didium IP Phone Adapter (bottom)<br />
Image:IMG_0574.JPG|IRTRANS<br />
Image:IMG_0575.JPG|IRTRANS Side (ethernet)<br />
Image:IMG_0576.JPG|IRTRANS Side (IR)<br />
Image:IMG_0578.JPG|Quiet Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0579.JPG|everyone is TIRED<br />
Image:IMG_0580.JPG|Quick look busy everyone!<br />
Image:IMG_0581.JPG|Hari exhausted :)<br />
Image:IMG_0582.JPG|Zaerc grinning<br />
Image:IMG_0585.JPG|ddamron filming around<br />
Image:IMG_0586.JPG|Posse talking to visitor<br />
Image:IMG_0640.JPG|Hari & TSCHAK<br />
Image:IMG_0777.JPG|DanielK<br />
Image:IMG_0780.JPG|Pioneer Plasma<br />
Image:IMG_0781.JPG|Team Photo<br />
Image:IMG_0783.JPG|Team Photo<br />
</gallery></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13271LinuxTag 20082008-06-09T16:32:15Z<p>Ddamron: /* Pictures */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's sytem at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video.<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* Freecom DVB-T USB dongle.<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* Pioneer 428 720p HDTV (Thanks for [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio] (RS-232 controlled)<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled) + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Z-Wave appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Bluetooth dongle<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* 3Com 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE (3CDSG10PWR)<br />
* ZyXEL P-335U Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon switches, interfaces, etc]]<br />
* [[X10 switches and interfaces]]<br />
* [[LIRC Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB]]<br />
* [[Sisco 186]]<br />
* [[Globecache GC100]]<br />
* [[3 x USB-UIRT ]]<br />
* [[Curtain Controllers]]<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.itrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
<gallery caption="LinuxTAG 2008 Pictures" perrow="6"><br />
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|TSCHAK and ddamron<br />
Image:IMG_0538.JPG|Hari<br />
Image:IMG_0539.JPG|Busy Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|Front of Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0542.JPG|another Busy Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0544.JPG|Insteon Equipment<br />
Image:IMG_0546.JPG|Insteon RemoteLinc and Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0548.JPG|Sisco 7905 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0550.JPG|Nokia N800 weborbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0551.JPG|Nokia N800 viewing IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0552.JPG|TSCHAK and his eeepc<br />
Image:IMG_0554.JPG|Dlink IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0555.JPG|Symbian Orbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0558.JPG|Powerfile C200 & Hari's MD<br />
Image:IMG_0559.JPG|Sisco 7970 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0560.JPG|Fujitsu TabletPC Orbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0561.JPG|Toys!!!<br />
Image:IMG_0562.JPG|GlobeCache GC100<br />
Image:IMG_0563.JPG|GlobeCache GC100 (rear)<br />
Image:IMG_0564.JPG|ZWave PIR<br />
Image:IMG_0566.JPG|ZWave Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0567.JPG|ZWave Thermostat (apart)<br />
Image:IMG_0569.JPG|ZWave Switch<br />
Image:IMG_0571.JPG|Digium IP Phone Adapter<br />
Image:IMG_0572.JPG|Didium IP Phone Adapter (bottom)<br />
Image:IMG_0574.JPG|IRTRANS<br />
Image:IMG_0575.JPG|IRTRANS Side (ethernet)<br />
Image:IMG_0576.JPG|IRTRANS Side (IR)<br />
Image:IMG_0578.JPG|Busy Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0579.JPG|everyone is TIRED<br />
Image:IMG_0580.JPG|trying to breath<br />
Image:IMG_0581.JPG|Hari exhausted :)<br />
Image:IMG_0582.JPG|Zaerc<br />
Image:IMG_0585.JPG|ddamron<br />
Image:IMG_0586.JPG|Posse B*tch<br />
Image:IMG_0640.JPG|Hari & TSCHAK<br />
Image:IMG_0777.JPG|DanielK<br />
Image:IMG_0780.JPG|Pioneer Plasma<br />
Image:IMG_0781.JPG|Team Photo<br />
Image:IMG_0783.JPG|Team Photo<br />
</gallery></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13270LinuxTag 20082008-06-09T16:25:17Z<p>Ddamron: /* Pictures */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's sytem at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video.<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* Freecom DVB-T USB dongle.<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* Pioneer 428 720p HDTV (Thanks for [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio] (RS-232 controlled)<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled) + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Z-Wave appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Bluetooth dongle<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* 3Com 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE (3CDSG10PWR)<br />
* ZyXEL P-335U Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon switches, interfaces, etc]]<br />
* [[X10 switches and interfaces]]<br />
* [[LIRC Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB]]<br />
* [[Sisco 186]]<br />
* [[Globecache GC100]]<br />
* [[3 x USB-UIRT ]]<br />
* [[Curtain Controllers]]<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.itrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
<gallery caption="LinuxTAG 2008 Pictures" perrow="6"><br />
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|TSCHAK and ddamron<br />
Image:IMG_0538.JPG|Hari<br />
Image:IMG_0539.JPG|Busy Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|Front of Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0542.JPG|another Busy Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0544.JPG|Insteon Equipment<br />
Image:IMG_0546.JPG|Insteon RemoteLinc and Thermostat<br />
Image:IMG_0548.JPG|Sisco 7905 IP Phone<br />
Image:IMG_0550.JPG|Nokia N800 weborbiter<br />
Image:IMG_0551.JPG|Nokia N800 viewing IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0552.JPG|TSCHAK and his eeepc<br />
Image:IMG_0554.JPG|Dlink IP Camera<br />
Image:IMG_0555.JPG|Symbian Orbiter<br />
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</gallery></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13269LinuxTag 20082008-06-09T16:22:39Z<p>Ddamron: /* Pictures */</p>
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<div>[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's sytem at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video.<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* Freecom DVB-T USB dongle.<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* Pioneer 428 720p HDTV (Thanks for [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio] (RS-232 controlled)<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled) + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Z-Wave appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Bluetooth dongle<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* 3Com 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE (3CDSG10PWR)<br />
* ZyXEL P-335U Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon switches, interfaces, etc]]<br />
* [[X10 switches and interfaces]]<br />
* [[LIRC Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB]]<br />
* [[Sisco 186]]<br />
* [[Globecache GC100]]<br />
* [[3 x USB-UIRT ]]<br />
* [[Curtain Controllers]]<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.itrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
<gallery caption="LinuxTAG 2008 Pictures" perrow="6"><br />
Image:IMG_0537.JPG|TSCHAK and ddamron<br />
Image:IMG_0538.JPG|Hari<br />
Image:IMG_0539.JPG|Busy Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0541.JPG|Front of Booth<br />
Image:IMG_0542.JPG|another Busy Booth<br />
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</gallery></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13268LinuxTag 20082008-06-09T16:16:43Z<p>Ddamron: /* Pictures */</p>
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<div>[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's sytem at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video.<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* Freecom DVB-T USB dongle.<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* Pioneer 428 720p HDTV (Thanks for [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio] (RS-232 controlled)<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled) + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Z-Wave appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Bluetooth dongle<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* 3Com 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE (3CDSG10PWR)<br />
* ZyXEL P-335U Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon switches, interfaces, etc]]<br />
* [[X10 switches and interfaces]]<br />
* [[LIRC Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB]]<br />
* [[Sisco 186]]<br />
* [[Globecache GC100]]<br />
* [[3 x USB-UIRT ]]<br />
* [[Curtain Controllers]]<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.itrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
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The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's sytem at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video.<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* Freecom DVB-T USB dongle.<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* Pioneer 428 720p HDTV (Thanks for [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio] (RS-232 controlled)<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled) + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Z-Wave appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Bluetooth dongle<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* 3Com 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE (3CDSG10PWR)<br />
* ZyXEL P-335U Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon switches, interfaces, etc]]<br />
* [[X10 switches and interfaces]]<br />
* [[LIRC Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB]]<br />
* [[Sisco 186]]<br />
* [[Globecache GC100]]<br />
* [[3 x USB-UIRT ]]<br />
* [[Curtain Controllers]]<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.itrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
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The Team</p>
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Booth Pictures<br />
The Team</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0781.JPG&diff=13265File:IMG 0781.JPG2008-06-09T16:10:07Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Booth Pictures<br />
The Team</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0780.JPG&diff=13264File:IMG 0780.JPG2008-06-09T16:09:26Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Pioneer Plasma
other assorted goodies</p>
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Booth Pictures<br />
Pioneer Plasma<br />
other assorted goodies</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0777.JPG&diff=13263File:IMG 0777.JPG2008-06-09T16:08:40Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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DanielK</p>
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DanielK</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0640.JPG&diff=13262File:IMG 0640.JPG2008-06-09T16:07:07Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Hari and TSCHAK</p>
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Hari and TSCHAK</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0586.JPG&diff=13261File:IMG 0586.JPG2008-06-09T16:06:28Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Posde</p>
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Posde</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0585.JPG&diff=13260File:IMG 0585.JPG2008-06-09T16:05:50Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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ddamron</p>
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ddamron</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0582.JPG&diff=13259File:IMG 0582.JPG2008-06-09T16:05:07Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Zaerc</p>
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Zaerc</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0581.JPG&diff=13258File:IMG 0581.JPG2008-06-09T16:04:38Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Hari</p>
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Hari</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0580.JPG&diff=13257File:IMG 0580.JPG2008-06-09T16:04:14Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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IRTrans Module (front)</p>
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Booth Pictures<br />
IRTrans Module (front)</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0575.JPG&diff=13253File:IMG 0575.JPG2008-06-09T16:01:45Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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IRTrans Module</p>
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IRTrans Module</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0574.JPG&diff=13252File:IMG 0574.JPG2008-06-09T16:00:56Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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LIRC Ethernet IR Module</p>
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LIRC Ethernet IR Module</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0572.JPG&diff=13251File:IMG 0572.JPG2008-06-09T16:00:07Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Digium Phone Adapter (bottom)</p>
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Digium Phone Adapter (bottom)</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0571.JPG&diff=13250File:IMG 0571.JPG2008-06-09T15:59:27Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Digium Phone Adapter</p>
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Digium Phone Adapter</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0569.JPG&diff=13249File:IMG 0569.JPG2008-06-09T15:58:47Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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ZWave Light Switch</p>
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ZWave Light Switch</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0567.JPG&diff=13248File:IMG 0567.JPG2008-06-09T15:58:05Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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ZWave Thermostat (apart)</p>
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ZWave Thermostat (apart)</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0566.JPG&diff=13247File:IMG 0566.JPG2008-06-09T15:57:31Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Zwave Thermostat</p>
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Zwave Thermostat</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0564.JPG&diff=13246File:IMG 0564.JPG2008-06-09T15:56:46Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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ZWave PIR</p>
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ZWave PIR</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0563.JPG&diff=13245File:IMG 0563.JPG2008-06-09T15:56:15Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Back side of GC100</p>
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Back side of GC100</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0562.JPG&diff=13244File:IMG 0562.JPG2008-06-09T15:55:42Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Booth Pictures</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=File:IMG_0561.JPG&diff=13243File:IMG 0561.JPG2008-06-09T15:55:18Z<p>Ddamron: LinuxTAG 2008
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Booth Pictures</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13242LinuxTag 20082008-06-09T15:52:38Z<p>Ddamron: </p>
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<div>[[image:linuxtag2008team.JPG|thumb|300px|center|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
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The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's sytem at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video.<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* Freecom DVB-T USB dongle.<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* Pioneer 428 720p HDTV (Thanks for [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio] (RS-232 controlled)<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled) + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Z-Wave appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Bluetooth dongle<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* 3Com 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE (3CDSG10PWR)<br />
* ZyXEL P-335U Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon switches, interfaces, etc]]<br />
* [[X10 switches and interfaces]]<br />
* [[LIRC Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB]]<br />
* [[Sisco 186]]<br />
* [[Globecache GC100]]<br />
* [[3 x USB-UIRT ]]<br />
* [[Curtain Controllers]]<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.itrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
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</gallery></div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13241LinuxTag 20082008-06-09T15:37:47Z<p>Ddamron: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[{{ns:6}}:linuxtag2008team.JPG|300px|From Left to Right: KR, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK]]<br />
<br />
{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's sytem at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video.<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* Freecom DVB-T USB dongle.<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* Pioneer 428 720p HDTV (Thanks for [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio] (RS-232 controlled)<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled) + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Z-Wave appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Bluetooth dongle<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* 3Com 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE (3CDSG10PWR)<br />
* ZyXEL P-335U Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon switches, interfaces, etc]]<br />
* [[X10 switches and interfaces]]<br />
* [[LIRC Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB]]<br />
* [[Sisco 186]]<br />
* [[Globecache GC100]]<br />
* [[3 x USB-UIRT ]]<br />
* [[Curtain Controllers]]<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.itrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
[[{{ns:6}}:IMG_0537.JPG]]<br />
[[Image:IMG_0538.JPG]]</div>Ddamronhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php?title=LinuxTag_2008&diff=13240LinuxTag 20082008-06-09T15:24:59Z<p>Ddamron: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[{{ns:6}}:linuxtag2008team.JPG]]<br />
This is the LinuxTAG Team 2008. From Left to right, |KR|, Zaerc, Hari, DanielK22, Posde, ddamron, TSCHAK<br />
{| align="right"<br />
| __TOC__<br />
|}<br />
The first ever LinuxMCE gathering, and if you weren't there then, well... you've missed it! Everybody else: please dump your stories, pictures, videos, etcetera here. <br />
<br />
== Timeline ==<br />
Please improve/expand/correct...<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 24 ===<br />
<br />
Dan ("ddamron") arives at Berlin airport, and is picked up by Hari after some delay. Dan wanted to make sure he'd have no problem if he took his equipment back home again, which aparently confused some officials.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday May 25 ===<br />
<br />
Zaerc arrives late in the afternoon at the trainstation in Hamburg and is picked up by Possy ("posde"). They both ride to Berlin in the "possy-wagon" and are welcomed by Katrin and Hari into their home where Dan is also staying. <br />
<br />
=== Monday May 26 ===<br />
<br />
This day was mostly spent playing around with Hari's sytem at home while preparing and testing a lot of things we were going to use in the booth. Amongst others we:<br />
* Played around with setting up MDs<br />
* Checked in a template for the camera<br />
* Tested several orbiters on mobile phones and nokia webpads.<br />
<br />
=== Tuesday May 27 ===<br />
<br />
Daniel ("danielk") arrives at the airport around 10am and is picked up by Hari, we all meet at Hari's house, before going to the convention center. After checking in and receiving our passes we arrive at the booth and start unloading the cars. We rearrange the furniture a bit and setup the hardware. Thom ("TSCHAK") arrives at the airport around 2pm and is picked up by Possy and Dan, together they return to the booth.<br />
<br />
Since Hari had dropped the install DVD, we decided to install from CDs because Daniel has a Kubuntu live CD with him and the ISOs on his laptop. The install of linuxmce-0710 i386 took about an hour (after the kubuntu install). We ran into the problem that the Media Directors were recognized as AMD64. So Thom set them up manually as i386.<br />
<br />
=== Wednseday May 28 ===<br />
<br />
The first day of the show. Daniel finished setting up MythTV with DVB-t. Dan and Zaerc set up their laptops as extra Media Directors. Kaj ("|kr|") whom we know from the chatroom comes by as a visitor.<br />
<br />
After the show closed at 6pm (for visitors at least) one of the major sponsors had arranged a tap with free beer. Lateron we went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. Where Hari ordered a very "special" beer for Dan, who had enjoyed the free beer earlier just a little to much. And there was much rejoicing when, halfway through, Dan discovered his "special" beer was actually alcohol-free beer. Kaj joined us for dinner a bit later, he wanted to stay for the next days as well. Zaerc offered Kaj the fold-out couch in his appartment so he wouldn't have to sleep in his car.<br />
<br />
=== Thursday May 29 ===<br />
<br />
Marko ("Maroko") joins us.<br />
<br />
Daniel's wife Jessie arrives in Berlin.<br />
<br />
German TV station ZDF films in our booth?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
Daniel had gotten us all tickets for the LinuxTag social gathering party, but strangely enough he didn't show up himself. There was lots of good food, cold drinks, interesting people, a band playing and a DJ afterwards.<br />
<br />
At the end of the party Dan, Kaj and Hari decided to promote LMCE some more with a few wrestling demonstrations in a hallway with huge glass windows on both sides, fortunately nobody got hurt.<br />
<br />
=== Friday May 30 ===<br />
<br />
Michael ("m1ch43l") and Ladislav (also known from the chatroom) came by, and showed the beautiful new skin they're working on.<br />
<br />
In the afternoon there were some hardware problems with the core involving the external ethernet port. So after some mucking about, we decide to continue without internet acces, since that is not really needed for the demonstrations anyway.<br />
<br />
Possy won us an OpenMoko phone to use for development, after Zaerc made everyone enter in the competition where they gave them away. After that we closed the booth around 6pm and went to dinner, then straight to our sleeping quarters. Everybody was beat and glad to get an early night in.<br />
<br />
=== Saturday May 31 ===<br />
<br />
The core machine kept acting up so we ditched it and installed one of the Media directors as a Hybrid instead, problems solved. The DVDs to hand out have finaly arrived from Pluto. A decision is made to just hand them out left and right since it's the last day anyway.<br />
<br />
There was a successful [http://www.linuxtag.org/2008/en/conf/events/vp-samstag/details.html?talkid=192 presentation by Daniel in the London room between 12am and 1pm], Dan was there to capture it on video.<br />
<br />
Suddenly we get a prize from the organization for having one of the best 2 booths at the show, a shiny new nokia810. Everybody is dead tired at the end of the afternoon, but we wait until closing time before packing everything up not to dissapoint the last visitors that came by. At 6pm we took everything down and moved most of it back to Hari's house. He stayed at home to get some rest while the rest of us went out to dinner. After Dinner Michael and Ladislav had to go home, and Possy was to tired to join us for drinks so he went for a nap in the posse-wagon.<br />
<br />
The remaining party of Dan, Thom, Daniel, Jessie, Kaj and Zaerc went for some drinks in a place that Hari and Katrin had taken Dan earlier, it had a really nice alternative atmosphere. Some crazy things happened but we all enjoyed ourselves and had a really great time. Dan spent the night on the couch at Thom's appartment to give Hari some desperately needed alone time with Katrin.<br />
<br />
=== Sunday June 1 ===<br />
<br />
Possy, Thom and Dan leave for Poland in the possy-wagon to visit Thom's girlfriend Quynh ("grebe"). Daniel and Jessie take off for a short vacation touring through Germany. And before driving home himself, Kaj drops Zaerc off at the central station of Berlin, from where Zaerc took the train back home.<br />
<br />
== Equipment used ==<br />
<br />
=== "Closet" setup ===<br />
* Generic PC as Core<br />
* Z-Wave [[Seluxit viaSENS Home Controller|Seluxit viaSENS]] Home Controller<br />
* Freecom DVB-T USB dongle.<br />
<br />
=== "Living room" setup ===<br />
* [[MSI Media Live Barebone]]<br />
* Pioneer 428 720p HDTV (Thanks for [http://www.primusaudio.de PrimusAudio] (RS-232 controlled)<br />
* [[Denon AVR-4306]] Receiver (ethernet controlled) + Teufel System 4 loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== "Bedroom" setup ===<br />
* [[MD Newbie Pack Slim I]]<br />
* Generic flat panel<br />
* Amplifier + loudspeakers<br />
* 2&times; Z-Wave light module + lamp<br />
* Z-Wave appliance module to drive a table fan<br />
* Bluetooth dongle<br />
* Fiire dongle<br />
<br />
=== Other ===<br />
* [[Cisco 7970]] Phone<br />
* [[D-Link DCS-5300G]] IP camera<br />
* 3Com 10 Port GigaBit Switch with PoE (3CDSG10PWR)<br />
* ZyXEL P-335U Wifi router<br />
<br />
==== Remotes ====<br />
* [[Fiire Chief]]<br />
* [[Gyration Remote GYR3101US|Gyration GYR3101US]]<br />
==== Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia 770]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N800]] webpad<br />
* [[Nokia N810]] webpad<br />
==== Mobile Orbiters ====<br />
* [[Nokia N70]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
* [[Nokia N73]] mobile phone (JavaMO)<br />
* [[Nokia 7650]] mobile phone (SymbianMO)<br />
==== Extra Media Directors ====<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-9300]]<br />
* [[Dell Inspiron-8200]]<br />
==== Equipment for Display purposes ====<br />
* [[Powerfile C200]]<br />
* [[Insteon switches, interfaces, etc]]<br />
* [[X10 switches and interfaces]]<br />
* [[LIRC Modules, 1 ethernet, 1 USB]]<br />
* [[Sisco 186]]<br />
* [[Globecache GC100]]<br />
* [[3 x USB-UIRT ]]<br />
* [[Curtain Controllers]]<br />
== Credits ==<br />
Huge thanks go out to:<br />
* LinuxTag (http://www.linuxtag.org) for sponsoring the booth, special thanks go to Marko Jung<br />
* SerNet (http://www.sernet.de) for sponsoring all our expenses (travel, hotel, t-shirts), special thanks go to Johannes Loxen<br />
* IrTrans (http://www.itrans.de) for sponsoring two IrTrans units<br />
* Cisco (http://www.cisco.com) for providing a Cisco CP7970 IP Phone<br />
* Abaton (http://www.abaton.at) for providing a MSI MediaLive Barebone<br />
* Insteon (http://www.smarthome.com) for providing Insteon equipment<br />
* ComputaCenter (http://www.computacenter.de) for providing a Denon AVR 4306<br />
* Primus Audio (http://www.primusaudio.de) for providing the Pioneer plasma display.<br />
* everybody that made this possible in one way or another, special thanks go to possy (and we all know why)<br />
== Pictures ==<br />
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