[LIVE] HOW-TO install XBMC Live on Acer Aspire Revo - The Complete Guide for Newbies

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- schneidz - 2010-06-19 00:22

you can either plug it into a ethernet router and ssh into it or you can plug a usb keyboard in and hold down ctrl-alt-f2 and log in (xbmc/xbmc).
you mite need an internet connection to apt get install gcc to compile the wireless driver.

- elmattarino - 2010-06-19 01:53

I got it to recognize the wireless device as ra0 and now am trying to find the post where it showed how to set it up with WEP encryption...

Editing because I posted before I restarted...

- schneidz - 2010-06-19 03:32

^ i dont use wep but something like this should do it:

Code:

sudo iwconfig ra0 essid MyNet

 sudo iwconfig ra0 key xxxxxxxxxx

 sudo ifconfig ra0 up

 sudo dhclient3 ra0

To have it done automatically, edit the "/etc/network/interface" entry for your wi-fi card and include the options you need. Like :

Code:

# The primary network interface

iface ra0 inet dhcp

wireless-essid XXXXXXXXXXX

wireless-key XXXXXXXX

- elmattarino - 2010-06-19 04:04

It doesn't seem to be working. It's giving me...

No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

in the iwconfig it's showing

Code:

ra0       Ralink STA  ESSID:""  Nickname:"RT2860STA"

          Mode:Auto  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated

          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s

          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off

          Link Quality=10/100  Signal level:0 dBm  Noise level:-115 dBm

          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

and in the iwlist scan it's showing

Code:

ra0       Scan completed :

          Cell 01 - Address: 00:21:63:2C:CC:1E

                    Protocol:802.11b/g

                    ESSID:"DJU6K"

                    Mode:Managed

                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)

                    Quality:100/100  Signal level:-19 dBm  Noise level:-92 dBm

                    Encryption key:on

                    Bit Rates:54 Mb/s

DJU6K is what I want to connect to so I'm currently searching for how to tie the two together... Any advice is welcome!

- elmattarino - 2010-06-19 06:58

It's up and running now! Not sure exactly what I did to get it going but I think adding WICD helped. Now all I have to do is figure out how to change the audio from HDMI to Optical...

How do i get net access?? - mickymcd - 2010-06-23 14:43

Ive managed to get xbox live freak version loaded onto a sd card to boot up no probs.What issue i have i cannot acess internet features such as weather updates apple trailers etc it dont work i have revo connected via ethernet and wirelessly to my router it works fine using xbmc win7 app but not running off sd card Confused

- kuno - 2010-06-25 21:34

XBMC Live doesn't seem to want to install into my USB flash drive. It's a 1gig drive, how much space do I actually need?

- keybaud - 2010-06-26 00:25

kuno Wrote:XBMC Live doesn't seem to want to install into my USB flash drive. It's a 1gig drive, how much space do I actually need?

You don't need to install it onto the USB drive, you should just be able to make it a bootable device and copy the ISO image to it.

- johhhnnn - 2010-07-02 14:28

Im hoping someone can help me. Ive got a r3610 and no matter what i do i cant play .mkvs back perfectly. There is also a slight stutter every 10 seconds or so. Like a split second freeze. My popcorn hour played everything flawlessly.

Ive tried ububtu and xbmc, then windows and xbmc/boxee/haali movie splitter/k-lite codec etc and they all gave me the same stutter.

My last chance was xbmc live which i installed last night (xbmc freak) and i still get this stutter.

Ive set the gpu buffer thing to 512 in the bios and enabled DXVA in windows/VDAPU in live and still get this problem.

Someone please help me!

Thanks

- kuno - 2010-07-05 10:02

I'd just like to say that this forum had been very helpful, thanks to everyone!

Got everything working off the USB drive, HDMI audio work-no jitters or anything and fast forwarding/rewind with no lag.

I just have 3 small things that I can't seem to correct.

1. The resolution seems a little off. It's a little too big so everything gets cut off from all sides in XBMC UI.

2. Video is a little too dark. I thought I found someone here who had the same problem but for the life of me I can't seem to find that post again in this 60+ thread.

3. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I cannot FTP into XBMC Live. I am using WinSCP with the correct IP address. I get "Network Error: Connection refused". The USB thumb drive is connected when I'm trying to FTP.

Thanks to anyone who can help =)