<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Ozzy Lash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ozzy.lash@gmail.com" target="_blank">ozzy.lash@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Roger Heflin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rogerheflin@gmail.com" target="_blank">rogerheflin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">If you are using a mce remote you will need to replace fedora's<br>
kernels and compile a <a href="http://kernel.org" target="_blank">kernel.org</a> (or mod fedoras kernel) to fix an<br>
usb3 issue around the mce receiver, since that device does not have a<br>
bios option that will allow you to downgrade usb to 2.0.<br>
<br>
Other that that trouble mine worked fine, and same as you I had it<br>
fail to boot after initial install, I rescue booted and modified the<br>
dracut conf file so that the modules needed for the internal storage<br>
were built into the initrd before I did my initial updates.<br>
<br>
I did have to put tape over all of its little lights (power on, and<br>
network lights) as it is annoying in a dark room.<br>
<br>
Mine is working fine with both the 1080i mpeg and 1080i x264 recordings.<br>
<br>
Given everything else on the market I still might buy it at its<br>
current price given its tiny size, and the fact that it works on<br>
everything I have tried to play.<br>
<div><div><br>
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Calvin Dodge <<a href="mailto:caldodge@gmail.com" target="_blank">caldodge@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> When I saw the 2G/32G (RAM/SSD) model on sale at NewEgg for $109.99,<br>
> it seemed like it was worth a try to replace the used Dell in the<br>
> living room. So far it's working fine, with about 40% CPU usage (dual<br>
> core) while playing HD video (MPEG 2 from HDHomerun).<br>
><br>
> I had only one install glitch - it couldn't find the disk partitions<br>
> on reboot after I installed Fedora 20. So I just booted from the<br>
> install flash drive, went to rescue mode, chrooted to /mnt/sysimage<br>
> (where Fedora mounts filesystems for a rescued system), then ran "yum<br>
> update".<br>
><br>
> Now it's doing great as a frontend system, and it should pay for<br>
> itself in a couple of years due to the power savings. My wife will be<br>
> happy that it can be hidden behind the TV, rather then sitting on the<br>
> floor for all to see.<br>
><br>
> Unfortunately, the sale is over, and the price is back up to $179.99<br>
> (the 2G/64G model is $199.99). But some may still find it worth it<br>
> for the ease of setup (no playing around with nonfree kernel modules<br>
> or weird settings).<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856501007&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856501007&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-</a><br>
><br>
> Calvin Dodge<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><div>I got one of these a few weeks back at $129. I'm using debian
unstable, and really didn't have too many problems. The kernel was
already 3.16 so the mce remote problem had already been fixed.<br><br></div>I've
got to say that it is very snappy compared to my first gen ION frontend
that it is replacing. I see they are back to $109. Might have to get
another to replace an aging frontend in the bedroom (or at least to have
as a hot standby).<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">There are a few "wish it hads". An SPDIF output would be nice for hooking to older recievers. Built in IR would be nice, or an internal USB header so you could de-case a mce remote an mount it in the box. And my eyes and hands are not good enough to connect the antennae to the wireless card. I had to solder them under a magnifying glass.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Bill<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Bill,<br><br></div><div>Thanks for the tip on this, I picked one up. However, I'm having a heck of a time getting it to boot from the MMC flash disk. I ran grub-install with the i386-pc target but the BIOS doesn't recognize it as a valid boot target. Also tried x86_64-efi but still no luck. My partitions are as follows (recommended per Gentoo):<br><br>Number Start End Size File system Name Flags<br> 1 1049kB 3146kB 2097kB grub bios_grub<br> 2 3146kB 137MB 134MB ext2 boot<br> 3 137MB 674MB 537MB linux-swap(v1) swap<br> 4 674MB 31.3GB 30.6GB btrfs rootfs<br><br>Any tips?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Karl<br></div></div></div></div>