2016-01-16, 11:08
Hi!
I´ve been running Kodi on Windows for a long time but wanted to try linux.
My requirements are to boot in EFI, run Kodi in the front and dropbox, and torrent etc .. in the background. I´m running it on HSW NUC (D54250WYKH - it´s a D54250WYK + 2.5 inch hdd). Stability is important hence I thought using the latest Ubuntu LTS release (LXDE based 14.04), and Kodi from the stable branch.
Out of the box Ubuntu 14.04 didn´t support the integrated Intel NIC and I had to get the driver (e1000e) from the Intel site. Also had problems getting audio over HDMI to work. In my hunt for a solution I tried a more recent release from ALSA daily build snapshot. Still no success, so I enabled LTS Enablement Stacks This bumped the kernel to 3.19.xx along with some other changes. Still didn´t work.
My method used to check if sound was sent over HDMI was to watch streaming media using a browser. Finally I tried to set the default audio output device by creating this file "/etc/asound.conf"
And it worked! Wish I tried this option from the start. Not sure if the updated alsa driver, nor LTS enabledment stack was required at all.
I also added the Intel repos to get the latest graphics driver. Then I found this thread Linux - VAAPI: Nuc, Chromebox, HSW, IVB, Baytrail with Ubuntu 14.04 and learnt that the graphics driver in the release I was using was outdated (version 1.4.0) and reading at the Intel linux site Intel also had dropped support for Ubuntu 14.04.
So, here I am, have it all set up, stability is important, still want recent graphics drivers to make sure a get a pleasant video experience. Would it be a bad move to enable Wsnipex´s PPA to get intels more recently updated graphics drivers into my system?
Or should I start all over, using another more bleeding edge Ubuntu release?
I´ve been running Kodi on Windows for a long time but wanted to try linux.
My requirements are to boot in EFI, run Kodi in the front and dropbox, and torrent etc .. in the background. I´m running it on HSW NUC (D54250WYKH - it´s a D54250WYK + 2.5 inch hdd). Stability is important hence I thought using the latest Ubuntu LTS release (LXDE based 14.04), and Kodi from the stable branch.
Out of the box Ubuntu 14.04 didn´t support the integrated Intel NIC and I had to get the driver (e1000e) from the Intel site. Also had problems getting audio over HDMI to work. In my hunt for a solution I tried a more recent release from ALSA daily build snapshot. Still no success, so I enabled LTS Enablement Stacks This bumped the kernel to 3.19.xx along with some other changes. Still didn´t work.
My method used to check if sound was sent over HDMI was to watch streaming media using a browser. Finally I tried to set the default audio output device by creating this file "/etc/asound.conf"
Code:
pcm.!default
{
type plug slave.pcm
{
type hw card 0 device 3
}
}And it worked! Wish I tried this option from the start. Not sure if the updated alsa driver, nor LTS enabledment stack was required at all.
I also added the Intel repos to get the latest graphics driver. Then I found this thread Linux - VAAPI: Nuc, Chromebox, HSW, IVB, Baytrail with Ubuntu 14.04 and learnt that the graphics driver in the release I was using was outdated (version 1.4.0) and reading at the Intel linux site Intel also had dropped support for Ubuntu 14.04.
So, here I am, have it all set up, stability is important, still want recent graphics drivers to make sure a get a pleasant video experience. Would it be a bad move to enable Wsnipex´s PPA to get intels more recently updated graphics drivers into my system?
Or should I start all over, using another more bleeding edge Ubuntu release?
