[mythtv-users] Thoughts on this pico pc?

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Tue Feb 24 20:28:42 UTC 2015


On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:07 AM, David Brieck Jr. <dbrieck at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Live disk is fine - use a 64 bit iso - put it on a USB stick with
unetbootin. Then copy the 32 bit efi file in /EFI/BOOT on your live
usb stick.


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