IRC log of #cubox of Mon 29 Apr 2013. All times are in CEST < Back to index

10:27 David-- morning all
10:27 David-- can anyone point me in the direction of a guide to install xbmc on cubox? cant find one on the website
10:29 Marmotte something like GeeXboX ?
10:29 David-- i dont know... im new to all this
10:30 Marmotte http://www.solid-run.com/mw/index.php/GeeXboX
10:30 David-- thanks pal
10:30 David-- okay cool
11:33 David-- been following this guide: http://www.solid-run.com/mw/index.php/CuBox_Installer and wondering if I need to format the SD card to ext2,3, or 4 first? Or does the installer do it?
11:46 Marmotte David--: in the page you linked : "Choosing yes will wipe out all content from the destination device"
11:46 David-- Marmotte: yes it wipes it but does it format it with the correct partition?
11:47 David-- because i tried that already and am getting errors on boot similar to this guy: http://www.solid-run.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1231
11:47 Marmotte http://www.solid-run.com/mw/images/b/b4/Installer-11.png
11:47 Marmotte it looks like a format
11:48 Marmotte (I never used the installer)
11:48 David-- okay i'll try it again and see what happens
11:48 David-- thanks
11:56 David-- Marmotte: do I need to install arch-hardfp before geexbox-softfp? or just the latter?
12:10 Marmotte don't know... i'd say just it isn't needed, but maybe wait for someone else to be sure :)
12:11 David-- im trying hardfp first because i did it again with just geexbox-softfp and got the same errors then sits there trying to tftp server and wont connect
12:25 David-- okay it seems to work now i used the latest nightly build but when it boots im getting this error: Invalid state for function? in cec_listen_single line 522
12:25 David-- it's constantly repeating itself
17:37 dv_ David--: you are mixing soft- and hardfp?
17:37 dv_ and both geexbox and arch are distros, right? so why do you "need to install arch-hardfp before geexbox-softfp?"
17:38 David-- dv_: didn't know what i was doing to be honest
17:38 dv_ it is generally a bad idea to mix soft- and hardfp
17:38 David-- i figured out that if you selected the latest version though it doesn't download it
17:38 David-- so i selected an older version and it downloaded and installed fine
17:38 David-- just a bit slow so looking for a nice and fast theme
17:39 dv_ oh with "installing" you mean copying the geexbox live stuff to arch?
17:39 David-- i mean using the installer
17:39 David-- i was selecting the latest stable version and it doesn't download it for some reason
17:40 David-- so i selected an older version from the nightly builds and it works
17:41 dv_ I dont get it. how is it possible to install a live CD (geexbox) into a distribution (arch) ?
17:41 dv_ thats like "installing" knoppix into ubuntu
17:41 David-- i was following this guide: http://www.solid-run.com/mw/index.php/CuBox_Installer
17:42 David-- http://www.solid-run.com/mw/index.php/File:Installer-8.png
17:42 David-- selecting geebox-sftp doesn't work though
17:42 dv_ but you can have only one of them, right? either arch or geexbox?
17:43 dv_ because, when you said: "do I need to install arch-hardfp before geexbox-softfp?" it sounded as if you installed both
17:43 David-- i presume so but at the time i didnt know, was just following a guide
17:43 dv_ hmmkay
17:43 David-- yeah cos i wasnt sure why it wasnt workin at first
17:43 David-- i was confused
17:43 dv_ confusions are typical in the cross compilation world :)
17:43 David-- but when i realised it wasnt actually downloading it i realised
17:44 David-- but thank you for trying to help me :)
17:44 dv_ did you consult the forum?
17:44 David-- was getting close but didn't need to cos i got it installed
17:44 David-- gotta go cos im rushing out
17:45 David-- cya :)
20:36 _rmk_ rabeeh: have you noticed the tda998x driver in drivers/drm/i2c ?
20:36 _rmk_ err, +gpu/
20:37 _rmk_ this finally means my drm driver is free of the dodgy NXP stuff... well, almost
20:39 _rmk_ the drm/i2c/ driver doesn't set everything up fully - I suspect it was enough to get OMAP to talk to some montors and TVs, but it omits much (including the info frames)
20:39 _rmk_ most importantly, it blocks audio output completely
20:40 _rmk_ naturally I have something _now_ which doesn't but it's very hacky
20:40 _rmk_ it seems we need to partially turn on the HDCP stuff to get audio
20:40 _rmk_ which, I'll give you, is bizarre
21:32 frilled HDCP = Teh Debbil!
21:35 _rmk_ btw, cubox is loads faster with an external eSATA... the down side is it seems to interfere with my wireless keyboard/mouse
21:35 frilled faster than with what?
21:36 frilled I migrated from usb mdraid to esata and I'm quite happy with that, too