| 13:34 | bedlore | Hi all |
| 13:35 | bedlore | I purchased a second hand i4Pro, I've installed openelec on it and I'm finding the network eth0 won't work. It doesn't appear to be a physical problem but certainly looks borked somehow |
| 13:35 | bedlore | is there any bios updates I can try or ...? |
| 13:37 | bedlore | I'd appreciate it if someone could help me identify the failure point |
| 13:38 | bedlore | wifi works although even that has been intermitten, seems stable currently though, I can ssh in ok |
| 13:39 | MarcusVinter | bedlore, You checked on the solid-run forums? |
| 13:39 | bedlore | they are offline |
| 13:39 | MarcusVinter | I'm sure ive read the problem being discussed on there. |
| 13:40 | MarcusVinter | Oh yeah, down for maintenance. |
| 13:40 | bedlore | :(\ |
| 13:40 | bedlore | bummer timing for me |
| 13:40 | MarcusVinter | Where did you get a second hand i4Pro? |
| 13:40 | bedlore | ebay |
| 13:40 | MarcusVinter | Haha awesome, how much? |
| 13:41 | bedlore | about AUD$150 I think |
| 13:41 | MarcusVinter | Not bad at all. |
| 13:41 | MarcusVinter | Have you tried another distro on there yet? |
| 13:41 | bedlore | not if its borked :( |
| 13:41 | bedlore | Wifi isn't fast enough for HD |
| 13:41 | MarcusVinter | have you tried another distro on there they though? |
| 13:41 | bedlore | which maskes it unusable |
| 13:41 | bedlore | no not yet |
| 13:42 | MarcusVinter | There are some new drivers available for video, if not already, sometime very soon. |
| 13:42 | bedlore | I'd raised it on the openec forums though, seems no one else has this issue |
| 13:42 | MarcusVinter | much better optimized. Thanks to jnettlet |
| 13:42 | MarcusVinter | You sure its not eth1? |
| 13:42 | bedlore | buffering is the issue |
| 13:42 | bedlore | 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 |
| 13:42 | bedlore | link/ether d0:63:b4:00:1f:20 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff |
| 13:42 | MarcusVinter | Is the interface visible? |
| 13:43 | MarcusVinter | oh yeah. |
| 13:43 | bedlore | if I do this |
| 13:43 | bedlore | ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.29 netmask 255.255.255.0 |
| 13:43 | MarcusVinter | And you're certain theres nothing wrong with the ethernet cable/switch? |
| 13:44 | bedlore | it appears to come up, however its seem to route via wifi anyway, if I disable wifi then I loose all contact |
| 13:44 | bedlore | deinfately fine, I use the same cable for other devices with no issue |
| 13:44 | MarcusVinter | you tried DHCP? |
| 13:45 | MarcusVinter | you set default gateway/routres? |
| 13:45 | MarcusVinter | routes* |
| 13:45 | bedlore | I presumed it was set to dhcp by default |
| 13:45 | bedlore | do you know the command? |
| 13:45 | MarcusVinter | I always write it in /interfaces |
| 13:45 | bedlore | no, I don't know how to |
| 13:46 | MarcusVinter | I've never used openELEC either tho. |
| 13:46 | Catwich | aud? |
| 13:46 | bedlore | australian dollar |
| 13:46 | Catwich | I know those, thats right where I am |
| 13:46 | Catwich | I was jsut curious, since there seem few hb or cubox owners over here |
| 13:47 | MarcusVinter | Has it got wicd-client -n? |
| 13:47 | MarcusVinter | you can set wired interfaces with wicd too. |
| 13:47 | bedlore | ahuh, one unhappy one here |
| 13:48 | bedlore | I'd have to load a generic OS to use that |
| 13:48 | MarcusVinter | throw ubuntu on an SD and boot her up, it might be the openelec build you have. |
| 13:49 | MarcusVinter | if the interface is visible, its likely not a hardware fault |
| 13:49 | Catwich | I'd suggest debian instead |
| 13:49 | MarcusVinter | actually use the linaro image. |
| 13:49 | Catwich | ugh |
| 13:49 | Catwich | thats for teh stonage |
| 13:49 | bedlore | I'm familiar with debian |
| 13:50 | Catwich | then you may want to use igors debian images: http://www.igorpecovnik.com/2014/08/19/cubox-i-hummingboard-debian-sd-image/ |
| 13:50 | bedlore | where do a grab a SD image for debian |
| 13:50 | bedlore | perfect thank |
| 13:50 | Catwich | I got an i4 running wheezy with working ethernet |
| 13:50 | bedlore | grabbing it no |
| 13:50 | bedlore | now |
| 13:50 | MarcusVinter | linaro here eth0 is fine |
| 13:50 | bedlore | I'm leaning very much toward hardware failure but I'd like to be wrong |
| 13:53 | bedlore | download wheezy now |
| 13:58 | palatin | have a look at the routing table? route -n |
| 14:01 | bedlore | OpenELEC2:~ # route -n |
| 14:01 | bedlore | Kernel IP routing table |
| 14:01 | bedlore | Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface |
| 14:01 | bedlore | 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0 |
| 14:01 | bedlore | 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 |
| 14:01 | bedlore | 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 wlan0 |
| 14:05 | palatin | and with something like that ? route add -net 192.168.1.29 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.1.254 |
| 14:06 | palatin | scratch that |
| 14:07 | palatin | route add -host your_computer_ip_here eth0 |
| 14:14 | bedlore | done that, how do I switch off the wifi to see if I loose contact? |
| 14:14 | bedlore | ifdown wlan0 complains |
| 14:14 | bedlore | ifdown: can't open '/etc/network/interfaces': No such file or directory |
| 14:16 | bedlore | wheezy download finished, so maybe I should just load that now |
| 14:24 | palatin | I don't know the first thing about wiki |
| 15:10 | bedlore | well its interesting |
| 15:11 | bedlore | I've booted into debian, first try the ethernet went down after 2 mins and I had to cold reboot |
| 15:11 | bedlore | so far this time is seems fine |
| 15:12 | jnettlet | bedlore, if there are errors in the logs please post them. |
| 15:13 | bedlore | doing an apt upgrade to see how it does |
| 15:17 | bedlore | grr, lost contact half way through the upgrade, I'll have to plug a screen in to find the error |
| 15:30 | jnettlet | our a micro usb for a serial console |
| 15:38 | bedlore | I've not done that before |
| 16:56 | malte_ | forum moved temp. to new location: http://sr.r00t.website/forum/ |
| 18:26 | Sashimi | Hi guys, i have been told the wifi hardware in the cubox is junk. what's your view about the matter ? (and that it is why DLNA wireless streaming 1080p is hopeless) |
| 18:52 | MarcusVinter | It's fine for most use cases, perhaps not great at streaming 1080p but except that, you wont see many performance problems. |
| 18:53 | MarcusVinter | I wouldn't go as far as to say it's junk though, for myself its extremely handy, as well as saving on a USB port and fucking about with drivers. |
| 21:12 | Humpelstilzchen | Sashimi: It'll only do a few meters, one room is the maximum range I get |
| 21:14 | Catwich | Sashimi, I personally have had serious trouble with the wifi in cubox-i, used as a hotspot: bad reception, massive connectivity problems with more than 1 client, hotspot died every few hours |
| 21:14 | Catwich | as client device however it seems to be working fine, now that I got a better wifi for the router |