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RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - un1versal - 2012-12-27
In bios it probably can be disabled, either way in alsamixer you can select cards, via F6.
uNi
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - illiac4 - 2012-12-27
Hi I am using this script as installer. I am ggoing ti implement 'irexec' to make it possible to restart XBMC or. system if xbmc hangs. Most of the time the network is alive and you can ssh into it if anything goes wrong.
The nice feature in AppleTV is that you can restart even if XBMC hangs. I am really missing this option because it is easier for other users to press on logitech harmony one button and the system will reboot if needed.
So i have asked on forum and they suggested to implement 'irexec'.
There is a tutorial about it.
http://www.technazgul.com/2010/12/using-and-autostarting-irexec-irxevent.html
http://www.technazgul.com/2010/12/autostarting-irexec-irxevent-with-xbmc.html
What do you think of implementing it into script by default?
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - illiac4 - 2012-12-27
Second question is how can i extract EDID from my tv so i can reboot the system even if the tv is off. Because now a have to turn on the tv so that the system can handshake with it and it boots. Otherwise it keeps restarting. On nvidia this was easy but on ATI i have no experiences to set permanent EDID.
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - un1versal - 2012-12-27
@illiac4
for edid stuff you can try these instructions just adpat them to your paths and Linux
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Config_EDID_nvidia
idk anything about irexec.
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uNi
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - illiac4 - 2012-12-27
Well i this one is for nvidia and i have ati. Is the extracted edid.bin file always the same no mater with which device is extracted. I am asking this because i can extract edid with appletv.
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - fritsch - 2012-12-27
@illiac4:
To overwrite the EDID when using fglrx is a bit harder. You have to copy the edid (multiply of 128Byte size) to /etc/ati/ and name it dfpX.edid where X is the output actually used (e.g. dfp1.edid dfp0.edid , ...). You can check Xorg.0.log which one it uses.
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - yankees9920 - 2012-12-27
I want to thank you a ton for this script. I was having a lot of trouble getting hdmi audio working with the Trinity APU.
The one issue I am having is that the XBMC display is underscanned on the TV. If I try using the XBMC overscan tweaker and try to enlarge the display area, the corners become invisible as if they are going off the screen even though there is still room left before it gets to the edge. Right now there's about 1-2 inches of unused space surrounding the XBMC window.
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - ylafont - 2012-12-27
(2012-12-26, 19:53)ylafont Wrote: After I got the system running I proceed to install my usual addons- in particular. PseudoTV, Wake on LAN and Wifi Manager from the repository.
I did not see refereces to the below in the thread, forgive me if I missed anything relevant.
• Oddly, the XBMC .org Add-ons Repository does not contain some add-ons, PseudoTv , in particular – I wonder if there is a reason for this or if others are missing.
• There is no “choose skin” or get more option from the skin menu – found it odd that only three skins are listed “Backrow”, “Hybrid” and “Transparency!” without the option of installing other default skins. Easy enough fix to download manually and install from zip
• After installing PseudoTv (2.1.0) from zip, DOES NOT LAUNCH, NO ERROR.
• Advance Wake-on LAN add-on -gives Error on startup “Hostup-check - - XBMC must be run as root for ping-based host-up checks to you. You can disable this.”
• Network Manager Add-on - Reports “ERROR Script failed script.linux.nm” is there no way of allowing users to configures wireless via the XBMC interface? Is installing wicd the only solution? Just want to double check.
Thanks for all the hard work, Prompt replies and all the assistance!
anyone knows why addons are not working?
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - un1versal - 2012-12-27
Yes, see http://xbmc.org/natethomas/2012/11/15/xbmc-12-0-frodo-beta-1/
under heading A FEW ISSUES.
Essentially addons will be fixed if the ppl who develop them update them, if they are no developed they wont be updated. Some developers never submit new addons into official repo either only offer .zip installs.
Go complain and submit reports here http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=27
uNi
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - illiac4 - 2012-12-27
Just a note how did I solve the grub when dirty shutdown occured which forced me to use keyboard just to press enter. So to get around this i have edited /etc/grub.d/00_header
and changed from:
if [ "\${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=${2}
fi
to
if [ "\${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=${2}
else
set timeout=${2}
fi
and after that updated grub with:
sudo update-grub
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - illiac4 - 2012-12-27
(2012-12-27, 14:51)fritsch Wrote: @illiac4:
To overwrite the EDID when using fglrx is a bit harder. You have to copy the edid (multiply of 128Byte size) to /etc/ati/ and name it dfpX.edid where X is the output actually used (e.g. dfp1.edid dfp0.edid , ...). You can check Xorg.0.log which one it uses.
TNX that did it.
I have lost the sound but the resolution is ok now. Will try to dump edid with other system. I have used 'sudo get-edid edid.bin'
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - fritsch - 2012-12-27
@illiac4:
This is in deed a problem, when you do this with the fglrx. Here is an EDID, that does 1080p 24, 23.765, 29.97, 59.97, 50, 60, 25 hz.
I dumped this from my Samsung LE40: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55728161/dfp1.edid
Edit: Check carefully, if your TV can do all of those - it might break.
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - illiac4 - 2012-12-28
Funny. I have tried all my edids and yours is the only one which works the best. I have tried with lg and denon edid extract and on both the sound was not working.
What would be the right way to dump edid from my denon (like you did for your samsung)?
Tnx
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - fritsch - 2012-12-28
@illiac4:
To be honest, and this is the reason why i did not reply to you in the other thread :-) I booted up the TV with my nvidia card and dumped the EDID with nvidia-settings - was pretty easy, works and also dumps the audio info and fglrx eats it afterwards.
RE: HOW-TO: Automated efficient (dedicated) XBMC installation on Ubuntu minimal 12.10 - ylafont - 2012-12-28
Quick question -
I install MythTv Back end on my box and I am having a problem configuring the Mytth-Setup back-end remotely via ssh. is there s quick method that i can use to boot the box in cli mode, run myth-setup locally and then return it back to its original state?
thnx