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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Ozzy Lash <<a href="mailto:ozzy.lash@gmail.com" target="_blank">ozzy.lash@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Karl Newman <<a href="mailto:newmank1@asme.org" target="_blank">newmank1@asme.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Ozzy Lash <<a href="mailto:ozzy.lash@gmail.com" target="_blank">ozzy.lash@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Roger Heflin <<a href="mailto:rogerheflin@gmail.com" target="_blank">rogerheflin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><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>> _______________________________________________<br>> mythtv-users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" target="_blank">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>> <a href="http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette" target="_blank">http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette</a><br>> MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" target="_blank">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br><a href="http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette" target="_blank">http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette</a><br>MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi Bill,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" target="_blank">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br><a href="http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette" target="_blank">http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette</a><br>MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Well, I installed using a usb thumb drive using the debian testing 64 bit net install iso. I accepted all the defaults, so it is a pretty simple layout. I think you have to use the 64 bit version because of uefi. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for this tip. Indeed, the O/S must be 64-bit or the system will not boot. Not being familiar with UEFI, I was unaware and was trying unsuccessfully to load a 32-bit O/S.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For those perhaps interested, I used Rufus to create the USB stick. I chose a GPT partition scheme for UEFI.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Here is my /etc/fstab, if it helps, The usb partitions are, I think left over from the installation process:<br><br># /etc/fstab: static file system information.<br>#<br># Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a<br># device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices<br># that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).<br>#<br># <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass><br># / was on /dev/mmcblk0p2 during installation<br>UUID=b326121e-74b7-4f23-920d-cba00e20c43e / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1<br># /boot/efi was on /dev/mmcblk0p1 during installation<br>UUID=98EA-2BE4 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1<br># swap was on /dev/mmcblk0p3 during installation<br>UUID=77cb8549-be7c-4b38-9d43-e7f6e5800696 none swap sw 0 0<br>/dev/sda1 /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0<br>/dev/sda2 /media/usb1 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>After installing I pulled the thumb drive and it booted right up. Some others have reported success with other distributions (Fedora 20 I think) and mentioned something about having to boot into rescue and chroot and do a yum update. Not sure about gentoo. I think debian is using grub-efi to be able to boot with the uefi bios. You might look to see if there is anything about installing gentoo on a uefi system.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:33.6pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br><a href="http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette" target="_blank">http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette</a><br>MythTV Forums: <a href="https://forum.mythtv.org" target="_blank">https://forum.mythtv.org</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Just to throw in one more data point. I have one of these and installed Fedora 21 x64 on it. Mine works pretty well, but does have the “will not reboot” issue that others have seen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tim<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>