Took me a day but I got 97% of it working (Now to the sensors). I really like the box, its small, cheap, and performs as well as my Nvidia 9300 with intel 2.5Mhz dual core so far. And I only have 1 GB DDR2 PC-6400 in it.
The JETway comes with 512 DDR3 dedicated to the ION2 chipset so I only use the 1GB for apps. Useage of the 1GB is roughly 195MB max running SD, 360MB Blue Ray (Avatar), and on average around 10-15% per core running BD. (SHows four cores because of hyperhreading and 2-9% per core usage.) 3D streaming from Hulu in HD perf. was 4% of swap 38-75% CPU per core and 393MB RAM. Running perfectly without any jitter/blocking due to perfomance, other than an ocassional blip on bandwidth, on a 4-5Mbps downstream pipe.
I had to install Maverick 10.10 with the latest svn daily to get the errors to stop from my previous post. It is a bug in the kernel of Lucid using the new pinetrail 525 dual core, karmic did not have it. Also found out not to follow the XBMCubuntu wiki on loading the transitional package "nvidia 195 glx and 195 modaliases" using Maverick 10.10. It only supports the following per the maverick/ubuntu wiki.
"Name:
nvidia-glx-173 Description:
Transitional package for nvidia-glx-173
This is a transitional package for nvidia-glx-173, and can be safely removed
after the installation is complete.
Latest version: 173.14.28-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu release: maverick (10.10) "
If you use 195 you will have probelms for hours, trust me.
The other tricks to get sound over hdmi was as follows:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=0 probe_mask=0xfff2 ##For ION2 only
### to check if you have Ion2 run the following and if you get output you have Ion2.
lspci -nn | grep '0403' | grep '10de:0be3'
If you get an output string wiht Rev A1 you have Ion2.
To check if you have the Ion1 run the following:
lspci -nn | grep '0403' | grep '10de:0ac0'
If you get an output than that's what you have. Courtesy of XBMCfreak.
Maverick will install alsa 1.0.23, and I am running the NVIDIA 260.19 drivers, which require some blacklisting that can be found on the XBMCbuntu wiki or it will not install (You should also install those 175 transitional drivers above) prior to isntall NVIDIA 260.19. I would recommend them for the Ion2.
Lastly you need to run aplay -l to verify your HD sound is being recognized. If you see a bunch of outputs but attached to a USB port then something is not right. Once you have the right output you need to build a .asound.conf file for your home directory. (hidden, . in front)
Here is mine, I jsut got the hdmi working and I am working on my headphones. I think the headphone jack is also the Optical, never saw anything like it but it has a red fiber light in the jack and also you can plug you headphones in. Pretty cool for sure.
Code:
pcm.hdmi09 {
type hw
card 0
device 9
}
pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1
device 0
}
ctl.!default {
type hw
card Headset
}
#pcm.!default hdmi:NVidia
pcm:iec958 hdmi:NVidia
The deivce is pretty quiet if you set the CPU Thresholds to 70C in Bios. Setting here watching Avatar BD and I can only hear my MS box on the floor with this Jetway right under my nose. It's 1/3 the size of my Zoatc mini itx and came with vesa mounting brackets and solo stand. Crappy wireless, atheros 802.11No go more than 10' wireless.
Hmm, next project Jetway/Zotac atheros 802.11n's adhoc to Eken android wireless for whole house remote.
