[mythtv-users] Mythtv frontend on asus chromebook

Nelson Tang nelson at tangspace.com
Fri Jan 23 01:23:43 UTC 2015


I installed mythfrontend on an Asus Chromebook C720 (Celeron 1.4GHz) and it
worked just fine. HD shows were mostly okay over Wifi, but I usually used
Ethernet just to avoid the occasional network stutters.

--nelson

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Tony Gould <antonyjgould+myth at gmail.com>
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)
> <https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00K7YAT1O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1>,
> 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)
>
>
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