(2015-11-18, 01:19)walkerx Wrote: Hi Matt,

I'm using 15.2 git:02e7013

The system had auto updated so I downloaded stable build, copied to the update folder, rebooted, it then updated - powered off and shows the box in suspend (light-on) but will check tomorrow to see if still the case

also the keyboard I'm using is 'Rii i8+ 2.4GHz Mini Mobile Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad Mouse' which works fines as a remote

(2015-11-18, 10:56)McButton Wrote: On my Chromebox, I notice that it doesn't always keep an external drive connected. I had a 2TB that would disco then reconnect, and my 6 does now too. I've used 4 different cables and 3 of the 4 ports. All the same issue. Also, when it idles for long periods of time, upon turning the system back on, it's no longer accessible, though it is clearly on.

Any ideas? I read somewhere about the USB 3.0 having some sort of power save mode that may disconnect and not allow a reconnect. Whether it's a temp or total disconnect, a reboot always fixes it. It's pretty annoying.

(2015-11-17, 21:49)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2015-11-17, 20:55)Soli Wrote: I hope this hasn't been answered lately, I did do a quick search.
Matt: is there any way I can force the fan speed to less rotations on my HP chromebox. The fan is pretty annoying when Kodi is idle. I suspect because I use Artic Zephyr skin with animated backgrounds. (Although it's the same if I'm in the system info windows with only a single picture animating) I see the cpu usage is around 15-80/5-35 when idle, avg. cpu is probably around 40/20 temps are 59/58.

With (stock) Confluence it's 0-40/0-10, but the average is maybe around 15% (although it's all over the place), cpu speed is usually between 800mhz to 1240. Cpu temps are around 49-51 on both cores. With Confluence the fan stays at the lowest speed.

I'm using ubuntu kernel 4.1.x atm. with Kodibuntu. Although the idle cpu usage is just ridiculous, i don't really mind ..except that the fan gets pretty loud. I think I read it stays at the lowest speed until 67c, and stays at medium speed until 58c,so I guess I'm right at the edge:

With arctic zephyr it hovers around 65/66 for a little while before it hit's 67c. I guess I'd be ok with a threshold of 72c and a fallback threshold of 65c. Since the Chromebox feels pretty cool, so again, I wonder if there is any way to up the threshold of when the fan ramps up (and/or change the speeds)?

Actually I just bought an Asus CB to replace my HP (and give away the HP as xmas present for my folks), I hope it's as silent as you say it is, as it is the only reason I bought the Asus with the better cooling I'll probably stay under the thresholds.

the firmware-specified fan speeds/temp ranges can be overridden by the OS. For ubuntu, look at thermald

(2015-11-18, 12:36)Soli Wrote: Thanks. TBH I was looking for the offset/numbers that I manually could modify the firmware. If possible: Would it be a good idea to implement this as a "super-advanced" mode in the script, to manually sett the temperature thresholds? No, it's probably not, but I'd still like it there

(2015-11-18, 20:48)McButton Wrote: Weird. I have a 2.0 hub, but wouldn't it still disco since it's routing through the chromebox 3.0? I have all my files on my cloud too. The drive is a backup. Cloud would be easier, but I don't want buffering. It's usually really good, but I'd rather keep it more of a stable source.

If I could access the 3.0 to ensure it always stayed live, I'd be set. I'll try the 2.0 route. It doesn't need to be faster to play my VIDS and all I transfer to it is from my laptop through the network.

(2015-11-17, 23:13)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2015-11-17, 23:07)VanillaXtract Wrote: I'll give that a shot next. I've always used your script and it has always worked, so I never looked for more. I installed using your script 15.04 and ubuntu boots just fine now. Terminal still doesn't work though. I've had this issue before and I can't remember how I solved it. The search key doesn't bring up the search menu, etc. Oh well.

seriously, chrx is miles better. I'll probably remove the Ubuntu dual boot feature soon and just point people to chrx

(2015-11-19, 01:31)VanillaXtract Wrote: Thank you for the suggestion. chrx works and I am currently running GalliumOS. My last question, which I believe is on topic, what are differences between your seabios and johnlewis's? Is one more suitable for certain uses over the other?

(2015-11-18, 16:53)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2015-11-18, 12:36)Soli Wrote: Thanks. TBH I was looking for the offset/numbers that I manually could modify the firmware. If possible: Would it be a good idea to implement this as a "super-advanced" mode in the script, to manually sett the temperature thresholds? No, it's probably not, but I'd still like it there

since you can adjust the fan speeds/temperature thresholds via a userspace program like thermald, there's no reason to modify the firmware defaults. Allowing those to be set dynamically at the time of flashing would require a non-trivial amount of effort (in terms of code changes), and would essentially duplicate functionality that already exists, so I can't see a good reason to do that.

(2015-10-22, 05:03)red_z Wrote: I've been searching for several days for a Kodibuntu/OpenElec solution that will allow Atmos, TrueHD, HD Audio 7.1 passthrough to an AVR for decoding. After much searching and trials on various boxes, I was finally able to get this to work using OpenElec on a Dell Chromebox. I used the method outlined here (which is very easy to follow) and used the OpenElec dual-boot method. I am now able to playback all of my high bit-rate mkv movies and the AVR receives the audio as bitstream Atmos and even displays Atmos on the receiver indicating the stream is coming through properly.

Many thanks to all who have pointed me in the right direction. For anyone else trying to do this (and I know there are many that I've seen in various forums), I hope this helps. For what its worth, I tried several other solutions before landing here and this was the only one that came through correctly. This includes trying the Dual-Boot Ubuntu method on the same Chromebox and running Kodi 15.2 RC. This last solution appeared to not recognize the HDMI correctly as it would only output PCM and not the raw passthrough audio. In fact it only gave me a single option to select Passthrough (which didn't seem to work) and did not expose the other options you usually get on passthrough - like TrueHD capable receiver, DTS-HD capable receiver, etc. So the same box with Kodibuntu wouldn't work, but with OpenElec worked flawlessly right out of the box.

This appears to be an amazing solution for a low-cost, simple, fast-booting HTPC. High bit-rate mkvs are playing smoothly and with full Atmos audio with no stuttering, hiccups, etc. Been looking for something like this for a very long time... :-)