[LINUX] HOW-TO make a minimal Ubuntu Jaunty install with XBMC

Renbad · 2009-06-29 05:27

Is it possible to install a lvm using the minimal cd?

The main reason why I haven't used XBMC Live is because there wasn't a ways to change partitioning at all. LVM is very handy for people without NAS.

DocViper · 2009-06-30 09:28

there is an option for lvm creation within the installer.

Renbad · 2009-06-30 10:46

Wow thanks a bunch for the howto - worked easily for me (noob Laugh

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All I added on for mine was Samba and Lirc and usbmount.

piccolo0u812 · 2009-07-03 14:42

I'm fairly new to Linux. I was following your how-to when I came upon a problem at this step in the ATI driver install:

5. Install the binary drivers:
Code:

sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_jaunty.deb

It gives this error in the command line box when I do that step:

dpkg: error processing fglrx-kernel-source_jaunty.deb (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory

This may be a simple problem but I do not know or cannot find information on how to fix it. I'm setting up XBMC on a fresh build using a M3A78-EM board, a 2 GHz X2, 2GB ram with the OS intalled on a 1.5 TB drive (20 GB partition).

Thanks for any help.

piccolo0u812 · 2009-07-03 15:23

piccolo0u812 Wrote:sudo dpkg -i fglrx-kernel-source_jaunty.deb

I may have solved my own problem. I noticed when compiling, it created files named similarly to what I was looking for, so I put those file names in the place of fglrx-kernel-source_jaunty.deb and it did something. The video seems to have improved and I'm moving forward with installing xbmc. Feel free to let me know if what I've done is not correct.

Great info in this post btw, very excited about getting it working!

ultrabrutal · 2009-07-04 23:02

Three things...

1. THANKS!
2. "sudo apt-get install xbmc-scripts" should be changed to "sudo apt-get install xbmc-scripts-*"
3. What about the nVidia ION Chipset and HDMI audio drivers available at nVidia's site. Don't they need to be installed or?

nmiller · 2009-07-08 20:39

There aren't Linux Drivers for HDMI Audio on the Nvidia website so I'm guessing they aren't needed as Ubuntu already has them anyway.

nmiller · 2009-07-08 21:25

In order to get Audio over HDMI be sure to set the audio output device and passthrough output device to '[COLOR="black"]hdmi' (no quotes) in the System/Audio Hardware Settings in XBMC[/COLOR]

You will also want to perform the following steps from the command line:

sudo nano /etc/asound.conf

Insert the following and save to /etc/asound.conf:

Code:

pcm.!default { 

   type plug

   slave {

       pcm "hdmi"

   }

}

That should do it for the sound...I don't know if you need to reboot but it wouldn't hurt. Make sure you shutdown XBMC prior to rebooting or reboot from within XBMC.

I noticed that by default CPU and GPU temperatures do not show up in XBMC. I found documentation on how to get this working. First you need to install a couple things:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors

Then you need to perform the following steps from the command line:

sudo sensors-detect

There will be a lot of questions here, but you can answer by "enter" key to all of them except the last question which is "Do you want to add these lines automatically?" At here, you have to type "yes", then enter...Once that completes there is one more thing to do while still in the command line:

sudo nano ~/.xbmc/userdata/advancedsettings.xml

Insert the following and save to ~/.xbmc/userdata/advancedsettings.xml:

Code:

<advancedsettings> 

<cputempcommand>sensors|sed -ne "s/Core 1: \+[-+]\([0-9]\+\).*/\1 C/p"</cputempcommand>

<gputempcommand>echo "$(nvidia-settings -tq gpuCoreTemp) C"</gputempcommand>

</advancedsettings>

You'll then need to reboot. Make sure you shutdown XBMC prior to rebooting or reboot from within XBMC. When the system comes back up you can check that the sensors are working via XBMC under Info or via the command line by performing the following:

sensors -u

That's what I've got to add...please let me know if you have any questions regarding this

ultrabrutal · 2009-07-09 08:42

nmiller, thanks for trying to help. However your suggestions for sound does not make any difference on my ASRock ION 330. The only time I heard some sound was with the XBMC Live CD however that was only the two front speakers- the rest was silent (and no downmixing was not enabled and I could not hear voices (center))

Code:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────[AlsaMixer v1.0.20 (Press Escape to quit)]─────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│ Card: HDA NVidia                                                                                                                   │

│ Chip: Nvidia MCP7A HDMI                                                                                                            │

│ View:  Playback  Capture [All]                                                                                                     │

│ Item: Master Front [dB gain=12.00, 12.00]                                                                                          │

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Like you can see in my other posts, I can run the speaker test fine but nothing is heard no matter what.

Regarding the sensor stuff, that doesn't work either:

sudo sensors-detect ->

Sorry, no sensors were detected.
Either your sensors are not supported, or they are connected to an
I2C or SMBus adapter that is not supported.

Tnx

ultrabrutal · 2009-07-09 10:48

nmiller Wrote:sudo nano /etc/asound.conf

Insert the following and save to /etc/asound.conf:

Code:

pcm.!default { type plug slave { pcm "hdmi" } }

That should do it for the sound...I don't know if you need to reboot but it wouldn't hurt. Make sure you shutdown XBMC prior to rebooting or reboot from within XBMC.

It appears this did the trick after all. Second time I rebooted, I suddenly had sound in menu and when playing back movies. Amp says MultiCH and I can see all 6 channels which was in the movie Smile

Amazing. Now I just need to figure out how to get proper image. I tried fixing modelines but hasn't worked out.
Image is jerky even with VDPAU and audio a little out of sync.
I'm waiting for my new plasma to arrive shortly then I will give the picture a go again. Pioneer LCD is just such a piece of crap.

One thing I noticed though, was then I fast forwarded, XBMC stops emitting sound which causes the Amp to click. It would be nice if XBMC just outputted silence while fast forwarding so that app would stay "tuned" in to the multi ch. I might have to trac this one I guess.

Renbad Junior Member Posts: 6 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-06-29 05:27 Post: #51 Is it possible to install a lvm using the minimal cd? The main reason why I haven't used XBMC Live is because there wasn't a ways to change partitioning at all. LVM is very handy for people without NAS.
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DocViper Junior Member Posts: 17 Joined: Jun 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-06-30 09:28 Post: #52 there is an option for lvm creation within the installer.
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Renbad Junior Member Posts: 6 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-06-30 10:46 Post: #53 Wow thanks a bunch for the howto - worked easily for me (noob ) All I added on for mine was Samba and Lirc and usbmount.
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ultrabrutal Posting Freak Posts: 954 Joined: Feb 2005 Reputation: 0 Location: South of Heaven	2009-07-04 23:02 Post: #56 Three things... 1. THANKS! 2. "sudo apt-get install xbmc-scripts" should be changed to "sudo apt-get install xbmc-scripts-*" 3. What about the nVidia ION Chipset and HDMI audio drivers available at nVidia's site. Don't they need to be installed or?
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nmiller Junior Member Posts: 35 Joined: Jun 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-07-08 20:39 Post: #57 There aren't Linux Drivers for HDMI Audio on the Nvidia website so I'm guessing they aren't needed as Ubuntu already has them anyway.
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