[mythtv-users] Mythtv frontend on asus chromebook
Hika van den Hoven
hikavdh at gmail.com
Thu Jan 22 23:57:13 UTC 2015
Hoi Tony,
Friday, January 23, 2015, 12:18:07 AM, you wrote:
> hi, I've just bought an asus chromebook,
> Asus C300MA 13.3-inch Chromebook (Intel Celeron N2830
> 2.42GHz, 2GB RAM, 32GB Storage, WLAN, BT, Webcam, Integrated
> Graphics, Google Chrome), and I've installed ubuntu 12.04 via
> crouton (see, e.g.,
> http://lifehacker.com/how-to-install-linux-on-a-chromebook-and-unlock-its-ful-509039343).
> Does anyone have any ideas as to whether a mythtv frontend might
> work ok? I'm only recording SD on my backend, and I have a frontend
> already working on a very underpowered old laptop, and the new
> Chromebook seems much faster and you tube videos etc seem to work
> fine on it. But as is, the ubuntu install is very minimal, and I
> don't want to go to the effort of installing it and configuring it
> only to find out a few hours down the line that it was never going
> to work. Thanks if someone can help or point me in the right direction!
> Slightly cut down lshw and lspci output follows in case that helps.
> localhost
> *-core
> description: Motherboard
> physical id: 0
> *-cpu:0 DISABLED
> description: CPU [empty]
> product: Pentium Pro
> vendor: GenuineIntel
> physical id: 3
> version: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N2830 @ 2.16GHz
> configuration: cores=16
> *-memory
> description: System memory
> physical id: 1
> size: 1920MiB
> *-cpu:1
> product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N2830 @ 2.16GHz
> vendor: Intel Corp.
> physical id: 2
> bus info: cpu at 0
> width: 64 bits
> capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae
> mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx
> fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc
> arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf
> pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm
> sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer rdrand lahf_lm
> 3dnowprefetch ida arat epb dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid tsc_adjust smep erms cpufreq
> *-pci
> description: Host bridge
> product: ValleyView SSA-CUnit
> vendor: Intel Corporation
> physical id: 100
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:00.0
> version: 0e
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> configuration: driver=iosf_mbi_pci
> resources: irq:0
> *-display
> description: VGA compatible controller
> product: ValleyView Gen7
> vendor: Intel Corporation
> physical id: 2
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.0
> version: 0e
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
> configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
> resources: irq:104 memory:d0000000-d03fffff
> memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:1000(size=8)
> *-multimedia
> description: Audio device
> product: ValleyView High Definition Audio Controller
> vendor: Intel Corporation
> physical id: 1b
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:1b.0
> version: 0e
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
> resources: irq:107 memory:d0914000-d0917fff
> *-pci
> description: PCI bridge
> product: ValleyView PCI Express Root Port
> vendor: Intel Corporation
> physical id: 1c
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:1c.0
> version: 0e
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=pcieport
> resources: irq:103 memory:d0800000-d08fffff
> *-network
> description: Wireless interface
> product: Wireless 7260
> vendor: Intel Corporation
> physical id: 0
> bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
> logical name: wlan0
> version: 6b
> serial: 28:b2:bd:10:93:6b
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
> configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi
> driverversion=3.10.18 firmware=25.222.9.0 ip=192.168.1.111 latency=0
> link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
> resources: irq:106 memory:d0800000-d0801fff
> *-isa
> description: ISA bridge
> product: ValleyView Power Control Unit
> vendor: Intel Corporation
> physical id: 1f
> bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.0
> version: 0e
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
> configuration: latency=0
> *-scsi
> physical id: 1
> bus info: scsi at 0
> logical name: scsi0
> capabilities: scsi-host
> configuration: driver=usb-storage
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView SSA-CUnit (rev 0e)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0e)
> 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 0e)
> 00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView SEC (rev 0e)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation ValleyView High Definition Audio Controller (rev 0e)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView PCI Express Root Port (rev 0e)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView Power Control Unit (rev 0e)
> 01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 6b)
The only possible problem at first glance I see is the network.
Wireless is borderline. If you keep the laptop in direct line of sight
of your access-point and you make sure nothing else is using the
connection it might work without reload pauses.
Tot mails,
Hika mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
"Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
Zonder leven is er geen hoop
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