[mythtv-users] Thoughts on this pico pc?

[David Brieck Jr.]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf
> > Of Nick Rout
> > Sent: Tuesday, 10 February 2015 9:35 AM
> > To: Discussion about MythTV
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Thoughts on this pico pc?
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:28 PM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> I am not sure what chipset your box has, but if it is the z3735f
> > >> intel set, I got the wireless to work with this driver (this is part
> > >> of a quick howto I put on g+ earlier today - my machine is a guleek
> > >> i8. The instructions are for ubuntu):
> > >>
> > >> 1. Install git, build-essential and kernel-headers-generic.
> > >>
> > >> 2. git clone https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723as.git
> > >>
> > >> 3. cd rtl8723as
> > >>
> > >> 4. make
> > >> sudo make install
> > >> sudo modprobe r8723bs
> > >>
> > >> 5. You should now have wifi.
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >
> > > Any chance of a link to your page?
> >
> > SWell you just made me learn how to link to a google+ post (man that
> system
> > is weird to us old guys who grew up on email and static web
> > pages!)
> >
> > Try this
> >
> > https://plus.google.com/106564540838801870133/posts/B8PiQU5nsPj
> > _______________________________________________
>
> Thanks Nick, that worked well for me and I now have (partially) working
> WiFi.
>
> I say partially because it appears that with heavy use of the WiFi I very
> quickly get hard lockups - no tty, no ssh, no response to anything at all,
> a
> complete lock. If I disconnect the WiFi I can operate for quite a long time
> (well, battery capacity permitting anyway). I do have a z3736f chip, not a
> z3735f so whether that makes a difference or not I'm not sure.
>
> I'm not sure if it is the driver or something else I still need to do some
> more troubleshooting on it - although I'm not really sure on how to best
> troubleshoot a hard lockup....
>
>
>
I've not messed around with the windows builds of MythTV, but has anyone
tried it on this box yet? I've got mine and installing Linux seems like a
no-go right now. Can't get past the 32-bit UEFI requirement to even get a
Live disc to run. I can get to the boot menu, but nothing else will run
from there.
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