<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Mike Perkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk">mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 25/07/11 18:04, Tom Bongiorno wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Ken Truesdale<<a href="mailto:kat@tiac.net">kat@tiac.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Ronald Frazier wrote:<br>
>>> Well, as far as I know, it is supposed to be able to be activated in<br>
>>> linux. That said, I couldn't actually get it to do so, and it wasn't<br>
>>> until I put it in the windows box that it activated (though even then<br>
>>> we had some trouble).<br>
>><br>
>> Any suggestion for version or edition of Windows for me to do this? Win XP<br>
>> Pro okay or do I need something newer or do I need a MCE?<br>
>><br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> What does activation have to do with the OS? From what I understand, you<br>
> put the CC in the device and call Comcast with the pairing IDs for the CC<br>
> and device. Also, none of the device manufacturers require Windows so there<br>
> should be no OS requirement. That said, since I have never done this, I am<br>
> certainly no authority. What troubles did you have in Windows?<br>
><br>
</div>I think the point is that your OS needs to read the device with the card<br>
installed in it in order to be able to display the info you need. If your OS<br>
doesn't have a suitable driver, it's not going to work.<br>
<br>
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Mike Perkins<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>Sorry, I somehow missed Ron's original post. Oops!<br><br>Hopefully this will help those of us who do not own a Windows box. Ceton update the Linux support page today with instructions on how to update the firmware.<br>
<br><a href="http://www.cetoncorp.com/infinitv/support/linux.php">http://www.cetoncorp.com/infinitv/support/linux.php</a><br><br>-Tom<br>