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Disclaimer: These are notes are intended for me and me alone. These notes may not work for you or may burn your house down.

Requirements;
Ubuntu 9.04 Server PC; inel 2 core, 4 hardrives 1 terabytes each, 2 gigs ram.
Ubuntu 9.04 Client PC; intel 2 core, 780i nvidia mother board, 9800 GTX, 4 gigs ram.
Gigabit ethernet switch network for 1080p movies.

1a: Install Ubuntu 9.04 with; samba, iscsi-target, nomachine's nx server.
1b: Format the 4 hardrives to ext4 file system.
1c: Samba map the 3 harddrives.
1d: Setup iscsi-target 1 harddrive for 1080p movies over 7 gigs.
1e: Disable gui startup.

NOTES for server:
1a: A gigabyte network with iscsi-target for 1080p movies is a must with more than 3 clients.
2b: Hdparm sleep does not work with iscsi-target or samba.

2a: Install Ubuntu 9.04 client.
2b: Install latest Nvidia drivers.
2c: Install Lirc; Microsoft USB2 -> Direct TV.
2d: Install pulseaudio and libpulse-dev.
2e: Follow this guide for cifs auto mounts on startup.
http://rockpenguin.wordpress.com/2008/05...mountcifs/

# example of /etc/fstab for 1 mount.
//192.168.1.10/storage1 /media/storage cifs credentials=/root/.smbcreds,rw,iocharset=utf8,setuids,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=0777 0 0

2f: Install open-iscisi, auto mount drive on startup, mount read only.
2g: Compile XBMC, do not use "-j2" option.
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO_compi...ource_code

NOTES for client:
1a: XBMC crashes when there is high cpu usage.

NOTES for converting DVD library to XBMC VDPAU aware files with near losses quality.
1a: Install HandBrake
1b: HandBrake DVD Lossess quality settings;
Presets -> Basic -> Normal,
MP4 Filetype,
Detelecine,
Deinterlace -> Fast,
Video Quality 65.5 with constant rate factor.

robrob22 Wrote:text

October already? (Ubuntu 9.10)

robrob22 Wrote:2g: Compile XBMC, do not use "-j2" option.

why?

"make -j2" fails under ubuntu 9.04.

Well my friend, I fear to tell you make -j2 works perfectly fine for me on Jaunty, and I did A LOT of builds lately.

boba

boba23 these are notes for me.
make -j2 failed when 9.04 first was released. Im also using ccache during builds.
Mabe XBMC devs fix something or Ubuntu devs fixed something since.
Thanx for the update.

P.S.
I'm not your friend, buddy!

make -j2 really works without a problem.... (ubuntu 9.04 DESKTOP, should be the same on Server)

distcc and make -j8 for me

robrob22 Wrote:boba23 these are notes for me.
make -j2 failed when 9.04 first was released. Im also using ccache during builds.
Mabe XBMC devs fix something or Ubuntu devs fixed something since.
Thanx for the update.

P.S.
I'm not your friend, buddy!

Alright, make -j2 worked right way for me WHEN jaunty was released. From day 1 on. These are the facts. Period.

boba

-j2 works (and has worked) just fine on my 9.04 mini install.

Just a thought, but are if your going to use/ are useing ext4 for your data, a word of warning....

Not a expert, but worried me so I use ext3 for the data and ext4 for the root.

this is a bizarre thread.

motd2k Wrote:this is a bizarre thread.

That's right, especially if you look at the first phrase:

Disclaimer: These are notes are intended for me and me alone.

Why post this in a public forum then?

boba

boba23 Wrote:That's right, especially if you look at the first phrase:

Disclaimer: These are notes are intended for me and me alone.

Why post this in a public forum then?

boba

You beat me to it....