2009-04-12, 00:17
Great guide!
I have no idea how Linux works, but following your guide step-by-step eventually got me booted into XBMC!
The thing is... I have no keyboard! Infrared mouse works fine, but a DiNovo Edge and DiNovo Mini doesn't work (both Bluetooth). I'm assuming this has something to do with LIRC, but i honestly have no idea - they both worked in terminal.
As I haven't gotten to much playing around (as mouse-navigating sucks) I don't really know, if everything is running as it should.
One thing I noticed: when booting up XBMC my plasma reports the resolution to be 1080i (should be 1080p), but changing the resolution in XBMC only resizes the XBMC window, the resolution stays the same (and when moving the mouse out of the XBMC window, the cursor just changes to a "X" on a black bg).
Wee, this is actually my first post, though I've been registered for a while... Been using XBMC since the Xbox was hacked and it was just the best media center one could ask for! But now HD is a necessity, so I have to get it running on my HTPC. I've used the Windows build since atlantis beta 1, and while it's been good it hasn't been perfect, so though I'm a Windows guru, I've decided to go for Linux - which I have absolutely no idea of how to operate - a simple thing as a missing keyboard is so easy to fix on Win, but with Linux I just don't know where to start
EDIT: I'm on Hardy!
EDIT2: Update: A PS/2 keyboard doesn't work either, though when the screen dimms due to inactivity, I can get it active again with the with it, but I have no control of the GUI - the DiNovos have no contact what so ever! I guess these are two seperate problems :/
... yes, I've been f5'ing ever since my original post
EDIT3: One more question and this is just about general Linux usage: how the hell do you shut it down? Pressing the power button just suspends and remote "sudo shutdown 0" just gives me a recovery menu! I'm so lost here. At one point I accidently set the shutdown to 10 as I thought it meant seconds... it was minutes! So I actually sat there for 10mins just looking at the screen, as I couldn't input any commands and I don't know how a hard-off can affect a Linux install :/ n00balicious!
I have no idea how Linux works, but following your guide step-by-step eventually got me booted into XBMC!
The thing is... I have no keyboard! Infrared mouse works fine, but a DiNovo Edge and DiNovo Mini doesn't work (both Bluetooth). I'm assuming this has something to do with LIRC, but i honestly have no idea - they both worked in terminal.
As I haven't gotten to much playing around (as mouse-navigating sucks) I don't really know, if everything is running as it should.
One thing I noticed: when booting up XBMC my plasma reports the resolution to be 1080i (should be 1080p), but changing the resolution in XBMC only resizes the XBMC window, the resolution stays the same (and when moving the mouse out of the XBMC window, the cursor just changes to a "X" on a black bg).
Wee, this is actually my first post, though I've been registered for a while... Been using XBMC since the Xbox was hacked and it was just the best media center one could ask for! But now HD is a necessity, so I have to get it running on my HTPC. I've used the Windows build since atlantis beta 1, and while it's been good it hasn't been perfect, so though I'm a Windows guru, I've decided to go for Linux - which I have absolutely no idea of how to operate - a simple thing as a missing keyboard is so easy to fix on Win, but with Linux I just don't know where to start
EDIT: I'm on Hardy!
EDIT2: Update: A PS/2 keyboard doesn't work either, though when the screen dimms due to inactivity, I can get it active again with the with it, but I have no control of the GUI - the DiNovos have no contact what so ever! I guess these are two seperate problems :/
... yes, I've been f5'ing ever since my original post
EDIT3: One more question and this is just about general Linux usage: how the hell do you shut it down? Pressing the power button just suspends and remote "sudo shutdown 0" just gives me a recovery menu! I'm so lost here. At one point I accidently set the shutdown to 10 as I thought it meant seconds... it was minutes! So I actually sat there for 10mins just looking at the screen, as I couldn't input any commands and I don't know how a hard-off can affect a Linux install :/ n00balicious!