(2014-06-12, 04:20)denrock Wrote:

(2014-06-11, 23:48)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2014-06-11, 23:42)denrock Wrote: Hey Matt


So yesterday I updated the firmware to the then current 2.8. I thought it seemed faster when I booted up after that… which I realized it was faster as it didn’t appear to be going to the boot menu screen for the 5 seconds to give you a chance to hit escape to choose a drive.

So, today I noticed you updated the firmware again so I was going to flash the latest version, but I cannot get to the boot menu (I was actually concerned about this happening after the flash yesterday). It instantly goes into openelec. I don’t seem to be able to choose any other drive… it just goes right into openelec then xbmc…. even if i’m holding down the escape key when I turn on the unit.

So did you change that 5 second time out or did something go wrong when I updated to 2.8 yesterday? It seems like it went fine since xbmc works okay, but I guess not? Am I the only one who had this issue? Thanks.

2.9 resolved the issue of not seeing any boot text at all when using HDMI. If that's your issue, you'll need to hit ESC then 2 and time it correctly to boot from your USB stick.

If you are seeing the boot text, just don't have the opportunity to press ESC for the boot menu, it's because your USB stick is not being detected as bootable, so the boot menu timeout (5s) gets skipped and it boots directly to the internal HDD. Try another USB stick, or try re-partitioning as described in the wiki

Hey Matt,

Ah, okay, so basically I screwed myself by updating to the 2.8 firmware yesterday? Because for the last couple of weeks everything was working fine and I would always have that boot screen option pop up for 5 seconds. I'll give the ESC and 2 a try and hopefully that'll work. Thanks for the fast reply. Eric

(2014-06-12, 23:14)denrock Wrote: Matt... how's everything with the i3? I haven't updated my i3 box yet and was wondering if it works as well as the celeron and if there's any bugs or little things specific to the i3 I should look out for. Thanks.

(2014-06-12, 23:20)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2014-06-12, 23:14)denrock Wrote: Matt... how's everything with the i3? I haven't updated my i3 box yet and was wondering if it works as well as the celeron and if there's any bugs or little things specific to the i3 I should look out for. Thanks.

everything is working 100% with the i3 version. They use the exact same firmware from the factory, and the only thing I needed to account for with my custom firmware was that they have different VGA PCI ID's since it's a different GPU (HD4000 vs HD4400).

So far in testing, there's zero performance difference in running OpenELEC between the i3 and celeron versions. I haven't tried deinterlacing 1080i content though, which may be an issue for people watching live TV. If someone links me to a sample file I'm happy to test however.

(2014-06-13, 06:19)denrock Wrote: Hey Matt,

Yeah I've been really pleased with the celeron version. Between the firmware you put together and openelec this thing boots up like it's a xbmc appliance designed for instant turn on and plays everything I throw at it with no problems. So because of that I'm actually thinking of using the i3 version as a desktop linux box. I imagine you've tried different linux distros on it in your testing. Have you any quirks or issues with the i3 if you have tested something like ubuntu on it? If not, I'll probably make it a dedicated ubuntu box. Right now I'm using crouton on it and it runs ubuntu with no issues at all that way, but I'm thinking I might just make it ubuntu only.

Thanks again for all the work you've done.

(2014-06-11, 23:48)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2014-06-11, 23:42)denrock Wrote: Hey Matt

So yesterday I updated the firmware to the then current 2.8. I thought it seemed faster when I booted up after that… which I realized it was faster as it didn’t appear to be going to the boot menu screen for the 5 seconds to give you a chance to hit escape to choose a drive.

So, today I noticed you updated the firmware again so I was going to flash the latest version, but I cannot get to the boot menu (I was actually concerned about this happening after the flash yesterday). It instantly goes into openelec. I don’t seem to be able to choose any other drive… it just goes right into openelec then xbmc…. even if i’m holding down the escape key when I turn on the unit.

So did you change that 5 second time out or did something go wrong when I updated to 2.8 yesterday? It seems like it went fine since xbmc works okay, but I guess not? Am I the only one who had this issue? Thanks.

2.9 resolved the issue of not seeing any boot text at all when using HDMI. If that's your issue, you'll need to hit ESC then 2 and time it correctly to boot from your USB stick.

If you are seeing the boot text, just don't have the opportunity to press ESC for the boot menu, it's because your USB stick is not being detected as bootable, so the boot menu timeout (5s) gets skipped and it boots directly to the internal HDD. Try another USB stick, or try re-partitioning as described in the wiki

(2014-06-13, 06:32)Dougie Fresh Wrote: ^ this guy deserves more reps than he has

(2014-06-13, 22:33)trick420 Wrote:

(2014-06-13, 06:32)Dougie Fresh Wrote: ^ this guy deserves more reps than he has

How is that achieved?

(2014-06-13, 06:32)Dougie Fresh Wrote: ^ this guy deserves more reps than he has

(2014-06-14, 00:11)jsp1 Wrote: I'm doing my part. Any more and he might get to thinking I'm a stalker or something.

(2014-06-13, 23:29)noggin Wrote:

(2014-06-13, 22:33)trick420 Wrote:

(2014-06-13, 06:32)Dougie Fresh Wrote: ^ this guy deserves more reps than he has

How is that achieved?

That's what the +/- signs next to PM and FIND are for. Click on them on a post that Matt Devo has made.

(2014-06-14, 03:31)trick420 Wrote: Well, that explains it... I don't have a +/- in my view...

(2014-06-14, 05:22)levendis Wrote:

(2014-06-14, 03:31)trick420 Wrote: Well, that explains it... I don't have a +/- in my view...

I'm guessing that we need to have some reputation here before we're allowed to vote on others...