thomasf Wrote:what about power on/off via the remote - does it work?

josh4trunks Wrote:with minimal install ubuntu this works out of the box so should work for mint, which is based on ubuntu but has extra stuff built in., also mouse by remote work, but not every button out of the box.

Necochino Wrote:2 days later, still working perfectly. I only needed to add lirc (sudo apt-get install lirc) so the Windows remote would work well. Great little machine. Very quiet !

josh4trunks Wrote:Now test it out and you should have a system that auto boots to xbmc, tell me if something doesn't work for you.

JohnC Wrote:Does not boot cleanly.

I get 'ata1.00: Exception Emask' on boot.

Boot process then pauses, and restarts on tty2 with ubuntu in low graphics mode.

The Emask error looks like a kernel bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462425#c80

I dont want to launch x in tty2 from here, but just stay at run level 2 at the command prompt.

The good news is I can cancel the x low-graphics nonsense, and them xbmc from the command prompt to start perfectly. IE, xorg.conf IS configured correctly. HDMI working perfectly.

Questions are:

1. How to overcome Emask error on boot.
2. How to launch xbmc cleanly from boot. I guess I'll remove txbmc from grub menu and rc.local instead.

speed32219 Wrote:Should have left the wifi stuff in there for those who want to get the wifi going. Unless you change out the Atheros wifi with an intel pro you'll most likely have poor performance. But that being said, sd contnet over wifi is pretty good as well as some of the other on-line services. (Pandora to name one) HD content requires mucho bandwidth, and does not work perfectly across wifi with current technologies using 802.11n. They have announced a new standard for HD content over wireless (10MB bandwidth I believe), that is a far ways out.

I am now working on trying to get my MCE remotes to work with the built in IR, if I succeed I'll post my results. Just ordered another one for $184 plus $18 for 1GB ram from the egg. They have some returns, ppl probably can't get hdmi sound working.

josh4trunks Wrote:Hey I've been experimenting with this jetway nettop and have got my system pritty completed. Most of this is not my work, thanks to Speed3229 for helping me get sound working (using his method didn't work perfectly for me but I'm sure my method works if followed exactly).

What I got working
+HDMI sound
+wifi
+suspend / wol

Whats not working
*IR remote (about 1/3 of the buttons work as of now)

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What you'll need (I recommend 64bit, I also added some other stuff that will increase performance)

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso

http://www.nvidia.com/content/DriverDownload-March2009/confirmation.php?url=/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/260.19.12/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.12.run&lang=us&type=Other

Burn iso to usb, install onto nettop, add ssh
In bios disable ERP, then enable wol

Code:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc-svn/ppa
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tldm217/tahutek.net
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-fast
sudo apt-fast install xbmc xinit x11-xserver-utils nvidia-current sysv-rc-conf upower preload alsa-utils

sudo sysv-rc-conf #delete startup services you don't need
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/59511828/cgroup_patch
chmod +x cgroup_patch
sudo nvidia-xconfig -s --no-logo --force-generate --output-xconfig=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
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options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=0 probe_mask=0xfff2
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sudo reboot

sudo alsamixer     #change all m's to 00's
sudo alsactl store 0
sudo adduser xbmc --gecos XBMC
sudo usermod --group audio,video,fuse,cdrom,plugdev xbmc
sudo apt-fast install xbmc-live

sudo su
cd /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/
nano custom-actions.pkla
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[Actions for xbmc user]
Identity=unix-user:xbmc
Action=org.freedesktop.devicekit.upower.*;org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.*
ResultActive=yes
ResultAny=auth_admin
ResultInactive=yes
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aplay -l  #find card and device number
sudo nano /home/xbmc/.asoundrc # change card/device number
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pcm.hdmi03 {
    type hw
    card 0
    device 3
}
pcm.!default hdmi03
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sudo reboot

Now test it out and you should have a system that auto boots to xbmc, tell me if something doesn't work for you.

nmirza Wrote:Hi, i went aheda and ordered this jetway and will use it with a spare 320 gb drive and 1 gb ram i have. i have read this thread from start to finish and it seems most people using it are linux users. has anybody used this with windows 7, with 1/2 gb ram. could you let me know a couple of things:

- if someone used 1 gb ram, hows the performance with windows 7? 32 or 64 bit? since this is purely for htpc i dont mind windows xp, but i dont want to mess around with the os much so id rather start with windows 7 if i can.

- is your sound via hdmi working with windows?

- harmony remote: can someone confirm if the IR receive used in this jetway is a standard IR receiver, or if its some special receiver that only works with their own remote? one of the main reasons i liekd this ,other than price, was built in IR receiver . i have a spare MCE remote and dongle somewhere, but id rather avoid the clutter if i can. can someone confirm if they've gotten the built in IR receive to work with harmony remote and how the performance is.

- i read somewhere else on the internet theres some update to set fan speed to auto rather than the 3 settings currently. but i cant find this update anywhere. does anybody know what this is all about?

- hows performance with latest xbmc 10.0?

Bairum Wrote:I have a Jetway with Windows 7 64 bit. I can't comment on 32 bit.

1. I have 4GB of ram, but its WAY overkill. I have never seen the the system use more than 1GB.

3. The IR receiver is not a standard receiver, and did not work with any of my harmony remotes. I spent a considerable amount of time trying to get it to work. I bought a generic HP receiver and it works fine.