(2016-12-18, 09:11)D-an-W Wrote: Hi Matt, I am going to upgrade to the UEFI firmware so I can use my ASUS Chromebox on my 4K TV.

My LibreELEC install (Millhouse builds) is all backed up so not bothered if things get wiped, is there a best way to go about this please?

I am thinking I create a Linux USB stick and run the firmware updater from that then install LibreELEC using there install creator and update to Millhouse build as normal, does that sound about right?

(2016-12-18, 17:47)D-an-W Wrote: Everything went without a hitch, now rocking the latest UEFI firmware and the latest build from Millhouse.

Many thanks Matt and Seasons Greetings to everyone.

(2016-12-20, 14:46)t2ffn Wrote: Hi Matt,

I have been using the Chromebox with Openelec from your installer for a very long time, but having recently played around with it trying to move from Openelec to LibreElec I seem to have broken a few bits. (What's that saying, if it ain't broke...) I wondered what the best route is to do a full clean fresh install? It's a full Kodi Openelec only box at the minute, no dual boot etc.

Should I go back, flash the coreboot again and do a fresh USB installer of Openelec/LibreELEC? I was going to use Openelec as I'm toying with the idea of setting up a TVHeadend backend & frontend on the Chromebox with the help of a Digibit R1 box. I have started to look into this and it looks like Openelec comes with TVHeadend backend installed, does LibreELEC?

Any experience using the chromebox for TVHeadend backend & frontend?

Thanks in advance.
Paul

(2016-12-20, 18:44)Matt Devo Wrote: I'd boot a GalliumOS ISO, install my latest UEFI Firmware, then do a clean install of LE 7.90.009 (Kodi 17). LE comes with TVH client for sure, and I'd assume backend as well; I only use the front end on my setup as i have the back end on my NAS.

(2016-12-20, 21:33)t2ffn Wrote: To confirm I have things in the right order, as I can follow Linux commands via instruction but that's about it;

1. Download the Haswell GalliumOS (HP Chromebox) and save to a bootable USB stick. Reboot Chromebox and install GalliumOS from the ISO onto the Chromebox. (On the Gallium ISO Wiki it only mentions installing from ISO, not booting from ISO)

(2016-12-18, 07:48)Matt Devo Wrote: ok cool well LMK how the 4K goes, I'll be testing here too soon hopefully

(2016-12-21, 08:05)eros28 Wrote:

(2016-12-18, 07:48)Matt Devo Wrote: ok cool well LMK how the 4K goes, I'll be testing here too soon hopefully

@ Matt,

Sorry for the late reply. I can confirm that your UEFI firmware did in fact work on 4K TV. I tested it tonight on a Samsung 6500 curved UHD TV and the Chromebox with LibreElec booted without a problem.

Thanks again and awesome work!!

Merry Christmas and hope you're able to enjoy your 4K TV as well.

(2016-12-23, 07:44)giant25 Wrote: I have a 6500 Samsung UHD as well and use a M004U Chromebox in standalone mode with LE. I have 4k handshaking issues sometimes that I've tried to mitigate with an autostart.sh forcing 1080p, but still gives issues sometimes (TV and Chromebox handshake a 2160p connection per xrandr but screen is blank). Did you have to do anything to get this working? Is your connection at 2160p or 1080p? I'm thinking of making a live boot of GalliumOS and trying this out, just haven't found step by step instructions for how to push the UEFI firmware yet (I'll go look around some more). Any help is appreciated, nice TV.

(2016-12-23, 07:48)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2016-12-23, 07:44)giant25 Wrote: I have a 6500 Samsung UHD as well and use a M004U Chromebox in standalone mode with LE. I have 4k handshaking issues sometimes that I've tried to mitigate with an autostart.sh forcing 1080p, but still gives issues sometimes (TV and Chromebox handshake a 2160p connection per xrandr but screen is blank). Did you have to do anything to get this working? Is your connection at 2160p or 1080p? I'm thinking of making a live boot of GalliumOS and trying this out, just haven't found step by step instructions for how to push the UEFI firmware yet (I'll go look around some more). Any help is appreciated, nice TV.

the UEFI firmware should work OOTB without any tweaking. Best thing to do is backup your existing userdata (use LE's built-in tool), boot a Linux USB (GalliumOS works well), install the UEFI firmware, create LE install media, reboot, reinstall LE fresh, then restore your old userdata.

(2016-12-23, 08:26)giant25 Wrote: Thanks Matt. I've done each of those steps in the past except "install the UEFI firmware." Is that just a new option within the EZ script?

(2016-12-23, 08:58)BB90 Wrote: Hi Matt,

I'm currently on Kodi 17 beta. It recently tried updating to the newest beta release that came out. This error occurred.

It stated "Your system FAT partition is too small for this update and there is not enough space for the update to be installed. You must your system using the disc image of a current release or resize your current partitions so that the FAT size is at least 512 mb in size."

What would be the best solution for this, and how would I go about that?


Thanks!!!!