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[[Image:Librarianas.png|left|200px|diagram of how mythicalLibrarian works]]Newest version was released --[[User:Outleradam|Outleradam]] 00:54, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
= Asus EeeBox PC EB1501 - Ubuntu & xbmc =
[[Image:Libraraianlibraryfiles2.jpg|right|200px|actual picture from XBMC with recordings from MythTV ]]
[[Image:Librararianlibraryfile.jpg|right|200px|actual picture from XBMC with recordings from MythTV ]]
'''The Missing Symlink'''


mythicalLibrarian will convert your recordings into a [[Video Library]], free of commercials, automatically after recording. You can see an example to the right.
This is a tut on a couple of howtos but its dedicated to installing a miminal Ubuntu 9.10 and xbmc on the Asus EeeBox PC EB1501.  


[[Image:EB1501.png]] [[Image:And.png‎]] [[Image:Ubuntu_logo.png‎]] [[Image:And.png‎]] [[Image:Xbmc.png]]


'''About The Program'''
Things that where considered when buying a HTPC that led me to the Asus EeeBox PC EB1501:
* NVIDIA® ION™ platform and Slot-load ODD.
* Silent
* Small
* HDMI
* Optical Output


mythicalLibrarian is a highly versitile tool designed to assign season and episode numbers to television shows based on show title and episode title so they are easily recognized by XBMC or Boxee.  mythicalLibrarian interfaces with TheTvDb to gain information about the target file.  mythicalLibrarian also has the ability to interface with MythTV's local database, XBMC's command interface, and Ubuntu GNOME desktop to provide an all-around recording recognition/managing engine which will run in the background of your back-end computer to update your library and provide status updates upon each completed job.
== credits ==
Most of this is already documented but this is now specific to EB1501 & Ubuntu 9.10


mythicalLibrarian pulls information supplied by your [[MythTV]] program guide for episodes, and makes a fuzzy logic match out of the supplied data. If fuzzy logic is not enough, it will match original air date. For Movies, mythicalLibrarian will rename your MythTV recordings based upon information obtained from the program guide database on your computer. If you allow commercial data to be generated for your shows, mythicalLibrarian will also copy this data with the recordings. mythicalLibrarian allows MythTV to remain in control of the files, so there is no reason not to process your recordings for boxee and XBMC.
Thanks to the following people:
*succo (xbmc.org)
*soundcheck (ubuntuforums.org)
*everyone (xbmc.org - wiki)


MythicalLibrarian was designed to run under Ubuntu Karmic Koala OS through BASH2.
== Install Ubuntu & xbmc ==
Get the most recent 9.10 image from here. Various posts  recommend the 32-bit version.
*The ISO can either be burned to CD (seems like a waste for 10 MB); alternatively, use UNetbootin to make a bootable USB drive from ISO.
 
After starting the computer with either the CD or the USB drive, select "Install" at boot prompt, then when prompted provide info about your location, language, keyboard layout, time zone. Disk partitioning will be basic, the full disk will be deleted and used.
 
When prompted to create an account, use xbmc and anything you want to for a password.
 
During the installation select "Basic Ubuntu server" as the only option, or optionally "OpenSSH server" if you want to have (secure) remote connections facilities.
 
=== Initial system configuration ===
run the following commands:
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties -y
xbmc:$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc
xbmc:$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa
Import the TeamXBMC key:
xbmc:$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 91E7EE5E 318C7509
Now run and update:
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
 
=== Install XBMC ===
The core XBMC application and its related dependencies can be installed by typing:
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install xbmc xinit x11-xserver-utils -y
This will take a considerable amount of time since lots of packages are due to be installed.
 
To install XBMC SVN Repo Installer and Launcher do the following:
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install unzip -y
xbmc:$ cd /home/xbmc/.xbmc/plugins/programs
xbmc:$ wget http://xbmc-addons.googlecode.com/svn/packages/plugins/programs/SVN_Repo_Installer.zip
xbmc:$ wget http://xbmc-launcher.googlecode.com/files/Launcher1.04.zip
xbmc:$ unzip -o SVN_Repo_Installer.zip
xbmc:$ unzip -o Launcher1.04.zip
xbmc:$ rm SVN_Repo_Installer.zip
xbmc:$ rm Launcher1.04.zip
xbmc:$ chown -R xbmc:xbmc "SVN Repo Installer"
xbmc:$ chown -R xbmc:xbmc Launcher
 
=== Install NVIDIA restricted drivers - NVIDIA-VDPAU repository  ===
There are a lot of howtos and so on on this, I simply just use the NVIDIA-VDPAU repository:
This will list all the available drivers:
xbmc:$ apt-cache search nvidia | grep ^nvidia
Looking at the listed versions from the command above enter the following command substituting 195 if you desire if there is a newer version:
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-195 nvidia-settings mesa-utils libvdpau1 libvdpau-dev vdpauinfo pkg-config -y
 
=== Generate an xorg.conf file ===
You need a proper xorg.conf file; you can generate a new one automatically by using:
xbmc:$ sudo nvidia-xconfig -s --no-logo --force-generate --output-xconfig=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
 
You will need to add the following to xorg.conf to get a smother feel:
xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf


Then add the following to the Device Section:
Option "HWCursor" "False"        # Blinking Cursor Fix
Option "DynamicTwinView" "false" # Enable 1080p 24Hz


[[Image:Files.mythicalfilesystemthumb.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Click this link to see folder layout http://wiki.xbmc.org/images/5/5f/Files.mythicalfilesystem.gif ]][[Image:MythicalDBaseThumb.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Click this link to see an example database http://wiki.xbmc.org/images/e/ed/MythicalDBasea.jpg ]]
To Disable Composite for better H264 acceleration at the bottom of xorg.conf add the following:
'''How it works'''
Section "Extensions"
          Option        "Composite" "Disable" # Disable Composite for better H264 acceleration
EndSection


mythicalLibrarian will generate several files of it's own while running. It must have it's own working directory. To the right, you can see an example of the layout of /mythicalLibrarian, the files which it creates and their purposes.
Load the NVIDIA kernel module
Here is the basic flow:
The NVIDIA module can now either be loaded:
*You put in- 'mythicalLibrarian.sh "episode or movie name" "episode name" "file/to/process.ext"'
xbmc:$ sudo modprobe nvidia
*Episodes- mythicalLibrarian references TheTvDb to gain SeriesID. Get current time from TheTvDb  If the database is out-of-date or non existant, it will download the full series and parse it.  Then, using fuzzy logic, it makes a match of the series name and gains season and episode information.  If this is not possible, it will attempt a match of original airdate from your MythTV program guide database.
Or you can reboot and it will be automatically loaded:
mythicalLibrarian will rename your recognizable episodes to: "'''''/Show Name/Show Name.SxxExx (episode title).ext'''''"
xbmc:$ sudo reboot


*Movies- mythicalLibrarian references your MythTV program guide database to verify it is a movie and then obtains the year for the movie.
=== Install XBMC-live and Test XBMC ===
mythicalLibrarian will rename your movies to: "'''''/Movie Name/movie title (Year).ext'''''"
You do not need a window manager to run XBMC. In fact, your system will be much more lightweight without one. Instead, install the XBMC-live startup script.  


Add the xmbc user to the required groups:
xbmc:$ sudo usermod --group audio,video,netdev,fuse,cdrom,plugdev xbmc
Install XBMC-live:
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install xbmc-live -y
Now to test, logout of your administrative user and log back in as "xbmc". Then run:
xbmc:$ xinit xbmc-standalone
If everything has been setup correctly, you should be greeted by the XBMC interface. If not, a likely culprit is your X setup. Check the logfile /var/log/Xorg.0.log. A quick way to find fatal errors is with the command:
xbmc:$ grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log


'''Additional Information'''
=== Automated startup ===
*Although mythicalLibrarian has no known issues at the present time, mythicalLibrarian is in beta until it goes one month without problem reports. There is a problem in the fuzzy logic "agrep" pacakage.  While not fatal, it causes incorrect recognition of episode number in approximately 1 out of 400 episodes.  Please report problems here in the XBMC Forum threadhttp://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=470402#post470402 
Edit the following line in /etc/default/grub to appear as:  
*If you would like to see additional features and functions, additional back-ends, or additional guide data, please post in this thread http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=65769
  xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/default/grub
Change the cmd line default to look like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash xbmc=autostart,noredir loglevel=0"
Then update grub:
xbmc:$ sudo update-grub


=== Updating ALSA ===
There are a few issues with the current ALSA package shipped with Ubuntu, therefore it might be a good idea to upgrade.
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install wget
xbmc:$ wget http://nfye.com/EB1501/AlsaUpgrade-1.0.21-4.sh -O alsaup.sh
xbmc:$ chmod +x alsaup.sh
xbmc:$ sudo ./alsaup.sh -di


==Installation Setup and Use of mythicalLibrarian==
This should download and update your ALSA to the latest version
This section covers installation, setup, and use of mythicalLibrarian.  After completing this section, mythicalLibrarian can run autonomously without user intervention.  See Librarian Interfaces for information on notifications and automation tasks.


====Installation====
By default the sound card will have several channels muted, others with low volumes, including the hdmi port.
This section covers installation of mythicalLibrarian.   
xbmc:$ alsamixer
Adjust the channels you are interested in S/PDIF 1 for hdmi. Once done, save permanently with:
  xbmc:$ sudo alsactl store


*Install dependencies
=== Custom Boot Splash ===
  apt-get install curl agrep libnotify-bin
If you want to replace the standard Ubuntu boot screen with a custom, XBMC related one TeamXBMC provides the following in its repository:
dependencies breakdown:
  xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/usplash.conf
#curl downloads web pages as text.  
Add the following dependent of you screen resolution:
#agrep provides fuzzy logic.  
# Usplash configuration file for 720p
#libnotify-bin provides GNOME desktop notifications
xres=1366
  yres=720
or
# Usplash configuration file for 1080p
  xres=1920
yres=1080


*Download the current version of mythcalLibrarian from this [http://mythicallibrarian.googlecode.com/files/mythicalLibrarian.sh download link]
To install the pulsating logo, as an example, type the following:  
*Place mythicalLibrarian.sh in /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install usplash-theme-xbmc-* -y
  mkdir /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian
  xbmc:$ sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so
  cp /home/yourusername/downloads/mythicallibrarian.sh /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian
  xbmc:$ sudo update-initramfs -u
*Make mythicalLibrarian executable by typing the following:
sudo chmod +x /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian


====Setting the Settings====
=== Resume from Sleep with Remote  ===
[[Image:Mythicalsetthumb.jpg|right|thumb|250px| Click this link to see the big picture http://wiki.xbmc.org/images/4/4e/Mythicalsettingss.jpg]]
After installing in order to be able to allow the remote to trigger resume from suspend, you must add USB0 to /proc/acpi/wakeup, you can do this by one of two ways:
This section covers basic setup of mythicalLibrarian. To make mythicalLibrarian work, you will need to set the following settings located in text format within mythicalLibrarian.sh.You can see a picture of the settings to the right.
xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/rc.local
*MoveDir - this is your primary episode move dir.
And add the following just before the exit 0 line:
*AlternateMoveDir- this is the folder where episodes will be moved if movedir cannot be used
echo USB0>/proc/acpi/wakeup
*FailSafeDir- folder to place links if files cannot be moved
OR
*PrimaryMovieDir-Folder to place movies
xbmc:$ sudo wget http://nfye.com/EB1501/set_wakup.conf -O /etc/init/set_wakup.conf
*AlternateMovieDir- this is where movies will be placed if PrimaryMovieDir fails
*Database username and password should be mythtv/mythtv.  When installing MythTV a root user and password was assigned by the user.
Leave the rest as default


====Use of mythicalLibrarian on MythTV Applications====
=== Disable extra TTYs in upstart  ===
This section covers setup of MythTV without any changes to mythicalLibrarian settings. This will create only a basic setup.  Make sure to follow up by checking the /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian/output.log file after the first run.
By default ubuntu has 7 consoles, this uses memory and delays startup time. The console-setup defines how many ttys are created.
   
  xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/default/console-setup
*Download mythicalLibrarian.sh and put it on your desktop: http://mythicallibrarian.googlecode.com/files/mythicalLibrarian.sh
Change
*Download librarian-notify-send and put it on your desktop: http://mythicallibrarian.googlecode.com/files/librarian-notify-send
  ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]"
*Type the following into a terminal
to the number of consoles you want. Lets say, 2 ttys, then change it to:
  sudo apt-get install curl agrep libnotify-bin
ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-2]"
sudo mkdir /home/mythtv /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian /home/mythtv/Episodes /home/mythtv/Movies /home/mythtv/Videos /home/mythtv/FailSafe
 
sudo chown -R mythtv:mythtv /home/mythtv /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian /home/mythtv/Episodes /home/mythtv/Movies /home/mythtv/Videos /home/mythtv/FailSafe
  xbmc:$ sudo rm -Rf /etc/init/tty3.conf /etc/init/tty4.conf /etc/init/tty5.conf /etc/init/tty6.conf
sudo mv ~/Desktop/mythicalLibrarian.sh /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian/mythicalLibrarian.sh
 
  sudo mv ~/Desktop/librarian-notify-send /usr/local/bin/librarian-notify-send
'''NOTE:''' Even though you've reduced the tty number, X is still on Alt-F7.
  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/librarian-notify-send
 
  sudo chmod +x /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian/mythicalLibrarian.sh
== ASUS Remote Control ==
See use of mythicalLibrarian on MythTV Applications for setting up mythtv here: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=MythicalLibrarian&action=edit&section=4
 
  sudo adduser *Your User Name here* mythtv
The EB1501 comes with a MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plusf0r ASUS (0471:206c)
*Click System/Administration MythTV Baclend setup
 
*Select "1. General" then select next until you get to screen 3
[[Image:EB1501-remote.png‎ ]]
*Check "Follow symbolic links when deleting files".  
 
*Select next until you get to screen 8
You don not need to use lirc, but then you will not have full functionality with it, if you want full control then configure the IR receiver and use lirc.
*Check "Allow user job #1 Jobs"
 
*Select next until you get to screen 10
=== MCE USB IR Receiver ===
UserJob #1 Description: mythicalLibrarian
 
  User Job #1 Command: /home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian/mythicalLibrarian.sh "%TITLE%" "%SUBTITLE%" "%DIR%/%FILE%"
To see where the remote is located located type:
*Select Finish to exit
  xbmc:$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices
*Select 6. Storage Directories
 
*Select Default
There will be a lot of output but you want to look at this section:
*Add a recording folder to which MythTV has access ie. /home/mythtv/Videos
 
*Add additional folders if required.  
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0471 Product=206c Version=0100
*Remove folders to which MythTV cannot run move jobs such as /lib or /var
N: Name="PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plusf0r ASUS"
  P: Phys=usb-0000:00:04.0-1/input0
  S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input3
U: Uniq=  
H: Handlers=kbd mouse1 event3
B: EV=120017
  B: KEY=c0000 400 0 0 70000 0 58000 8001f8 4000c004 e0beffdf 1cfffff ffffffff fffffffe
B: REL=103
B: MSC=10
  B: LED=1f
 
Ok so this means the remote is located at event3, but it can change if the controller is plugged into  another usb port. Make an udev rule to link the event device which has the vendor-id and product id of the remote to /dev/input/irremote. The vendor id is 0471 and device id is 0206c so edit the following:
 
  xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
And add the following:
  KERNEL=="event*",ATTRS{idVendor}=="0471",ATTRS{idProduct}=="206c",SYMLINK="input/irremote"  
 
Now restart udev:
  xbmc:$ sudo service udev restart


====Use of mythicalLibrarian on non-MythTV Applications====
Detach and reattach the remote check it creates a symlink /dev/input/irremote
This section covers setup of non-MythTV applications.  Make sure permissions are set correctly.
*edit mythicalLibrarian.sh and set Database=Disabled
*Set mythicalLibrarian up to run the job as follows:
/home/mythtv/mythicalLibrarian/mythicalLibrarian.sh "Show name" "Show Title" "File to rename"
*see Setting the Settings in this section


==Librarian Interfaces ==
=== Install lircd ===
mythicalLibrarian has the capability to send notifications to the Ubuntu GNOME desktop and keep your XBMC library up-to-date and clean.  This section covers setup of notifications of the various platforms supported by mythicalLibrarian


====XBMC Commands====
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install lirc -y
[[Image:Xbmc notification.jpg|right|http://www.xbmc.org Another Sucessful library addition]]
This section covers setup of XBMC Commands. mythicalLibrarain can keep XBMC's library up to date, clean out deleted files and send a notification upon a completed job. 
*edit mythicalLibrarian.sh in your text editor
*set XBMCUpdate, XBMCClean, and XBMCNotify to the desired settings, either Enabled, or Disabled
* Set the IP and port under XBMCIPs. Separate IP addresses with a space.  eg.
XBMCIPs=( "192.168.1.110:8080 192.168.1.111:8080 XBOX:8080" )


====GNOME Desktop Notifications====
This will bring up a configuration and will ask you what kind of remote you  have. Select custom and point it to /dev/input/irremote, Select None for IR Transmitter.
[[Image:GNOMENotificationsthumbs.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Another Sucessful library addition ]]
* mythicalLibrarian requires no-password sudo access to send GNOME notifications.


GNOME Desktop notifications can be turned on and off from within the script
If you make a mistake you can always reconfigure lirc using the following command:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc-modules-source


GNOME Desktop notifications are used on the back-end machine by mythicalLibrarian to let you know that a file move operation is in process or an operation has completed. The external script librarian-notify-send becomes the specified username and sends a GNOME desktop notification. librarian-notify-send requires the user mythtv to have access to the sudo command without a password if run as a user job.
Edit hardware.conf so that it loads the correct remote template


* Get the current version of librarian-notify-send from Google Code [http://mythicallibrarian.googlecode.com/files/librarian-notify-send download link]
  xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
* place the file in /usr/local/bin
* add mythtvall group
sudo addgroup mythtvall
* add mythtv to the mythtvall group
sudo adduser mythtv mythtvall
* edit the sudoers file
sudo visudo
* add the following line to the sudoers
  %mythtvall ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
* hit ctrl-x and then y, then enter to write out and quit visudo
* make librarian-notify-send executable by typing
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/librarian-notify-send
* edit mythicalLibrarian and set Notify=Enabled  and NotifyUserName=*your user name*


You are done.
Set the REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF line to look like this:


REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="devinput/lircd.conf.devinput"


== Troubleshooting ==
Restart lirc:
While mythicalLibrarian is designed to run fully autonomously, configuration issues come up from time to time. This section deals with these set-up issues
xbmc:$ sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart


Now try using irw
xbmc:$ irw


Press buttons on the remote and check that its working. If its working proceed to make the remote work with xbmc


=== Permission Errors===
  xbmc:$ wget http://nfye.com/EB1501/lircmap.xml -O ~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml
This section of Troubleshooting is designated for permission errors.
==== permission errors when run from terminal ====
Ensure the user running mythicalLibrarian has permission to run mythicalLibrarian. This includes read and write permissions to the working folder (default=~/mythicalLibrarian) 
see this post for more information: http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=489246&postcount=36
==== mythicalLibrarian is not generating a log ====
Make sure mythicalLibrarian.sh is executable. You can set the permissions by typing "sudo chmod +x /path/to/mythicalLibrarian.sh"
note: mythtv will be the user running mythicalLibrarian when run as a user job from MythTV
see this post for more information: http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=489246&postcount=36
==== Files are not being renamed or moved, but they are owned my mythtv ====
mythtv must have full access to the files.  the /var/ folder does not allow users to move files without special permissions.  Try moving your recording directory to your /home/ folder
==== mythicalLibrarian works from terminal, but not from user job ====
"mythtv" is the user calling the user job.  If the user running mythicalLibrarian does not have access to the file, then mythicalLibrarian will not have access to the file.  MythTV users can troubleshoot by changing your username with "sudo su mythtv", then running mythicalLibrarian.  


==== mythcialLibrarian will not copy to my NFTF/FAT/EXT3 mounted drive ====
The commented  out keys are not working.
Additonal file systems may require editing the /etc/fstab file to change permissions.  Search your OS documentation for information on how to mount a file system under a different username. Alternately, you may wish to add the user running mythicalLibrarian to your user group.


=== XBMC library is not being updated ===
Here is what your hardware.conf & lircd.cong should look like:
This section of Troubleshooting is designated for XBMC specific issues
==== XBMC does not show notifications ====
mythicalLibrarian requires the user to set the IP address of XBMC.
*ensure you have a static IP set up in your router, see your router's manufacturer's website for more information
*Open mythicalLibrarian.sh and edit the "XBMCIPs" setting to your XBMC IP.
==== XBMC shows notifications but Library is not updated ====
* Add a source http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Adding_Media_Sources
* Set the content of your video library http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Set_Contents_%28Video_Library%29


xbmc:$ cat /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
# hardware.conf for eb1501
#
REMOTE="Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)"
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev"
REMOTE_DRIVER="devinput"
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/input/irremote"
REMOTE_SOCKET=""
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="devinput/lircd.conf.devinput"
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
TRANSMITTER="None"
TRANSMITTER_MODULES=""
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER=""
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE=""
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF=""
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS=""
START_LIRCD="true"
LOAD_MODULES="true"
LIRCMD_CONF=""
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false"
START_LIRCMD=""
REMOTE_MODULES=""
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF=""


xbmc:$ cat /etc/lirc/lircd.conf
# lircd.conf for eb1501
#
include "/usr/share/lirc/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput"


=== OS Speciffic issues ===
== Other ==
This section of Troubleshooting is designated for OS Specific issues
==== Gentoo ====
Gentoo OS requires upgrade of many packages.  See here for version information: http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=495697&postcount=62


=== Disabling startup of a service ===
The procedure for disabling a service in Ubuntu is very simple: all you have to do is remove the symlinks from all the runlevel-specific directories, /etc/rc*.d, so that no links are pointing to the original /etc/init.d script for your service. That original script will be kept, so you can re-enable the startup/shutdown of the service whenever you feel like using it again.
This example below shows how a service called "cups" was disabled on my system:
xbmc:$ sudo update-rc.d -f cups remove
Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/cups ...
  /etc/rc1.d/K80cups
  /etc/rc2.d/S50cups
  /etc/rc3.d/S50cups
  /etc/rc4.d/S50cups
  /etc/rc5.d/S50cups


=== Install build environment ===
If not already installed in previous steps, you may want to have a build environment in your system in order to allow the compilation of both custom applications and updated version of kernel modules and packages that are not available in Ubuntu repositories.
The basic packages needed are installed by the following command:
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)


=== Problems after upgrade to new version ===
=== Install XBMC build environment and SVN tools  ===
This section of Troubleshooting is designated for issues after upgrade when the previous version was working
If you want to walk on the bleeding edge and follow daily development of XBMC you have to install subversion and all XBMC build dependencies:
==== Episodes are not identifed ====
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install subversion
When episodes are not identified after an upgrade it is because the database handling has been upgraded, however, the database itself has not. Delete all database folders to correct the issue  http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=492001&postcount=40
  xbmc:$ sudo apt-get build-dep xbmc
==== mythicalLibrarian does not generate any files in it's working directory====
Ensure the user running mythicalLibrarian has permission to run mythicalLibrarian.  This includes read and write permissions to the working folder (default=~/mythicalLibrarian)


=== Change SSH Welcome Banner ===
Every time you connect to your htpc via ssh, you will receive the motd message and if you get tired of seeing it, you can change the message to something else.


Here’s the message that you should get:


=== Gnome Desktop Notifications ===
    Linux xbmc 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 19:00:28 UTC 2007 x86_64
This section of Troubleshooting is designated for GNOME Desktop Notifications issues
==== Gnome Desktop Notifications are not showing up ====
    The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
Ensure you have Notify=Enabled set in mythicalLibrarian.sh  See this section for more information http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=MythicalLibrarian&action=submit#GNOME_Desktop_Notifications
    the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
=== Guide Data errors ===
    individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
for SchedulesDirect/Tribune/Zap2it set the GuideDataType setting in mythicalLibrarian.sh to "SchedulesDirect"
==== Currently Unsupported Guide data types ====
    Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
Support for guide data will be available with help from you. See this post: http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=496721&postcount=90
    applicable law.
    Last login: Mon Aug 13 01:05:46 2007 from ipaddress removed


==Notes==
Changing this message requires editing the motd:
mythicalLibrarian is a spawn from the project BashSExx and [[MythSExx]].  
  xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/motd


[[MythSExx]] can be used if you are strictly trying to rename episodes
Now add something funky like the following:
        ___.                 
___  __\_ |__  _____  ____ 
\  \/  /| __ \ /    \_/ ___\
  >    < | \_\ \  Y Y  \  \___
/__/\_ \|___  /__|_|  /\___  >
      \/    \/      \/    \/
              http://xbmc.org/


mythicalLibrarian is currently in advanced beta stage.
Yea, that looks cool...


[[category:Linux]]
If you also wish to get rid of the "Last Login" (which I don’t recommend doing) information do the following:
[[category:File Sharing|Sources]]
xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
And set
PrintLastLog yes
To
PrintLastLog no

Revision as of 20:03, 26 January 2010

Asus EeeBox PC EB1501 - Ubuntu & xbmc

This is a tut on a couple of howtos but its dedicated to installing a miminal Ubuntu 9.10 and xbmc on the Asus EeeBox PC EB1501.

EB1501.png And.png Ubuntu logo.png And.png File:Xbmc.png

Things that where considered when buying a HTPC that led me to the Asus EeeBox PC EB1501:

  • NVIDIA® ION™ platform and Slot-load ODD.
  • Silent
  • Small
  • HDMI
  • Optical Output

credits

Most of this is already documented but this is now specific to EB1501 & Ubuntu 9.10

Thanks to the following people:

  • succo (xbmc.org)
  • soundcheck (ubuntuforums.org)
  • everyone (xbmc.org - wiki)

Install Ubuntu & xbmc

Get the most recent 9.10 image from here. Various posts recommend the 32-bit version.

  • The ISO can either be burned to CD (seems like a waste for 10 MB); alternatively, use UNetbootin to make a bootable USB drive from ISO.

After starting the computer with either the CD or the USB drive, select "Install" at boot prompt, then when prompted provide info about your location, language, keyboard layout, time zone. Disk partitioning will be basic, the full disk will be deleted and used.

When prompted to create an account, use xbmc and anything you want to for a password.

During the installation select "Basic Ubuntu server" as the only option, or optionally "OpenSSH server" if you want to have (secure) remote connections facilities.

Initial system configuration

run the following commands:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties -y
xbmc:$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc
xbmc:$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa

Import the TeamXBMC key:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 91E7EE5E 318C7509

Now run and update:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Install XBMC

The core XBMC application and its related dependencies can be installed by typing:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install xbmc xinit x11-xserver-utils -y

This will take a considerable amount of time since lots of packages are due to be installed.

To install XBMC SVN Repo Installer and Launcher do the following:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install unzip -y
xbmc:$ cd /home/xbmc/.xbmc/plugins/programs
xbmc:$ wget http://xbmc-addons.googlecode.com/svn/packages/plugins/programs/SVN_Repo_Installer.zip
xbmc:$ wget http://xbmc-launcher.googlecode.com/files/Launcher1.04.zip
xbmc:$ unzip -o SVN_Repo_Installer.zip
xbmc:$ unzip -o Launcher1.04.zip
xbmc:$ rm SVN_Repo_Installer.zip
xbmc:$ rm Launcher1.04.zip
xbmc:$ chown -R xbmc:xbmc "SVN Repo Installer"
xbmc:$ chown -R xbmc:xbmc Launcher

Install NVIDIA restricted drivers - NVIDIA-VDPAU repository

There are a lot of howtos and so on on this, I simply just use the NVIDIA-VDPAU repository: This will list all the available drivers:

xbmc:$ apt-cache search nvidia | grep ^nvidia

Looking at the listed versions from the command above enter the following command substituting 195 if you desire if there is a newer version:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-195 nvidia-settings mesa-utils libvdpau1 libvdpau-dev vdpauinfo pkg-config -y

Generate an xorg.conf file

You need a proper xorg.conf file; you can generate a new one automatically by using:

xbmc:$ sudo nvidia-xconfig -s --no-logo --force-generate --output-xconfig=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

You will need to add the following to xorg.conf to get a smother feel:

xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Then add the following to the Device Section:

Option "HWCursor" "False"        # Blinking Cursor Fix
Option "DynamicTwinView" "false" # Enable 1080p 24Hz

To Disable Composite for better H264 acceleration at the bottom of xorg.conf add the following:

Section "Extensions"
         Option         "Composite" "Disable" # Disable Composite for better H264 acceleration
EndSection

Load the NVIDIA kernel module The NVIDIA module can now either be loaded:

xbmc:$ sudo modprobe nvidia

Or you can reboot and it will be automatically loaded:

xbmc:$ sudo reboot

Install XBMC-live and Test XBMC

You do not need a window manager to run XBMC. In fact, your system will be much more lightweight without one. Instead, install the XBMC-live startup script.

Add the xmbc user to the required groups:

xbmc:$ sudo usermod --group audio,video,netdev,fuse,cdrom,plugdev xbmc

Install XBMC-live:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install xbmc-live -y

Now to test, logout of your administrative user and log back in as "xbmc". Then run:

xbmc:$ xinit xbmc-standalone

If everything has been setup correctly, you should be greeted by the XBMC interface. If not, a likely culprit is your X setup. Check the logfile /var/log/Xorg.0.log. A quick way to find fatal errors is with the command:

xbmc:$ grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Automated startup

Edit the following line in /etc/default/grub to appear as:

xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/default/grub 

Change the cmd line default to look like this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash xbmc=autostart,noredir loglevel=0"

Then update grub:

xbmc:$ sudo update-grub

Updating ALSA

There are a few issues with the current ALSA package shipped with Ubuntu, therefore it might be a good idea to upgrade.

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install wget
xbmc:$ wget http://nfye.com/EB1501/AlsaUpgrade-1.0.21-4.sh -O alsaup.sh
xbmc:$ chmod +x alsaup.sh
xbmc:$ sudo ./alsaup.sh -di

This should download and update your ALSA to the latest version

By default the sound card will have several channels muted, others with low volumes, including the hdmi port.

xbmc:$ alsamixer

Adjust the channels you are interested in S/PDIF 1 for hdmi. Once done, save permanently with:

xbmc:$ sudo alsactl store

Custom Boot Splash

If you want to replace the standard Ubuntu boot screen with a custom, XBMC related one TeamXBMC provides the following in its repository:

xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/usplash.conf 

Add the following dependent of you screen resolution:

# Usplash configuration file for 720p
xres=1366
yres=720

or

# Usplash configuration file for 1080p
xres=1920
yres=1080

To install the pulsating logo, as an example, type the following:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install usplash-theme-xbmc-* -y
xbmc:$ sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so
xbmc:$ sudo update-initramfs -u

Resume from Sleep with Remote

After installing in order to be able to allow the remote to trigger resume from suspend, you must add USB0 to /proc/acpi/wakeup, you can do this by one of two ways:

xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/rc.local 

And add the following just before the exit 0 line:

echo USB0>/proc/acpi/wakeup

OR

xbmc:$ sudo wget http://nfye.com/EB1501/set_wakup.conf -O /etc/init/set_wakup.conf

Disable extra TTYs in upstart

By default ubuntu has 7 consoles, this uses memory and delays startup time. The console-setup defines how many ttys are created.

xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/default/console-setup

Change

ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-6]" 

to the number of consoles you want. Lets say, 2 ttys, then change it to:

ACTIVE_CONSOLES="/dev/tty[1-2]" 
xbmc:$ sudo rm -Rf /etc/init/tty3.conf /etc/init/tty4.conf /etc/init/tty5.conf /etc/init/tty6.conf

NOTE: Even though you've reduced the tty number, X is still on Alt-F7.

ASUS Remote Control

The EB1501 comes with a MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plusf0r ASUS (0471:206c)

EB1501-remote.png

You don not need to use lirc, but then you will not have full functionality with it, if you want full control then configure the IR receiver and use lirc.

MCE USB IR Receiver

To see where the remote is located located type:

xbmc:$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices

There will be a lot of output but you want to look at this section:

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0471 Product=206c Version=0100 
N: Name="PHILIPS MCE USB IR Receiver- Spinel plusf0r ASUS" 
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:04.0-1/input0 
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input3 
U: Uniq= 
H: Handlers=kbd mouse1 event3 
B: EV=120017 
B: KEY=c0000 400 0 0 70000 0 58000 8001f8 4000c004 e0beffdf 1cfffff ffffffff fffffffe 
B: REL=103 
B: MSC=10 
B: LED=1f 

Ok so this means the remote is located at event3, but it can change if the controller is plugged into another usb port. Make an udev rule to link the event device which has the vendor-id and product id of the remote to /dev/input/irremote. The vendor id is 0471 and device id is 0206c so edit the following:

xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules 

And add the following:

KERNEL=="event*",ATTRS{idVendor}=="0471",ATTRS{idProduct}=="206c",SYMLINK="input/irremote" 

Now restart udev:

xbmc:$ sudo service udev restart 

Detach and reattach the remote check it creates a symlink /dev/input/irremote

Install lircd

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install lirc -y

This will bring up a configuration and will ask you what kind of remote you have. Select custom and point it to /dev/input/irremote, Select None for IR Transmitter.

If you make a mistake you can always reconfigure lirc using the following command:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc-modules-source 

Edit hardware.conf so that it loads the correct remote template

xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/lirc/hardware.conf

Set the REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF line to look like this:

REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="devinput/lircd.conf.devinput"

Restart lirc:

xbmc:$ sudo /etc/init.d/lirc restart 

Now try using irw

xbmc:$ irw

Press buttons on the remote and check that its working. If its working proceed to make the remote work with xbmc

xbmc:$ wget http://nfye.com/EB1501/lircmap.xml -O ~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml

The commented out keys are not working.

Here is what your hardware.conf & lircd.cong should look like:

xbmc:$ cat /etc/lirc/hardware.conf 
# hardware.conf for eb1501 
# 
REMOTE="Windows Media Center Transceivers/Remotes (all)" 
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev" 
REMOTE_DRIVER="devinput" 
REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/input/irremote" 
REMOTE_SOCKET="" 
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="devinput/lircd.conf.devinput" 
REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS="" 
TRANSMITTER="None" 
TRANSMITTER_MODULES="" 
TRANSMITTER_DRIVER="" 
TRANSMITTER_DEVICE="" 
TRANSMITTER_SOCKET="" 
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_CONF="" 
TRANSMITTER_LIRCD_ARGS="" 
START_LIRCD="true" 
LOAD_MODULES="true" 
LIRCMD_CONF="" 
FORCE_NONINTERACTIVE_RECONFIGURATION="false" 
START_LIRCMD="" 
REMOTE_MODULES="" 
REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF=""
xbmc:$ cat /etc/lirc/lircd.conf 
# lircd.conf for eb1501 
# 
include "/usr/share/lirc/remotes/devinput/lircd.conf.devinput"

Other

Disabling startup of a service

The procedure for disabling a service in Ubuntu is very simple: all you have to do is remove the symlinks from all the runlevel-specific directories, /etc/rc*.d, so that no links are pointing to the original /etc/init.d script for your service. That original script will be kept, so you can re-enable the startup/shutdown of the service whenever you feel like using it again. This example below shows how a service called "cups" was disabled on my system:

xbmc:$ sudo update-rc.d -f cups remove
Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/cups ...
 /etc/rc1.d/K80cups
 /etc/rc2.d/S50cups
 /etc/rc3.d/S50cups
 /etc/rc4.d/S50cups
 /etc/rc5.d/S50cups

Install build environment

If not already installed in previous steps, you may want to have a build environment in your system in order to allow the compilation of both custom applications and updated version of kernel modules and packages that are not available in Ubuntu repositories. The basic packages needed are installed by the following command:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++5 dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Install XBMC build environment and SVN tools

If you want to walk on the bleeding edge and follow daily development of XBMC you have to install subversion and all XBMC build dependencies:

xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install subversion
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get build-dep xbmc

Change SSH Welcome Banner

Every time you connect to your htpc via ssh, you will receive the motd message and if you get tired of seeing it, you can change the message to something else.

Here’s the message that you should get:

   Linux xbmc 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 19:00:28 UTC 2007 x86_64

   The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
   the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
   individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

   Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
   applicable law.

   Last login: Mon Aug 13 01:05:46 2007 from ipaddress removed

Changing this message requires editing the motd:

xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/motd

Now add something funky like the following:

       ___.                   
___  __\_ |__   _____   ____  
\  \/  /| __ \ /     \_/ ___\ 
 >    < | \_\ \  Y Y  \  \___ 
/__/\_ \|___  /__|_|  /\___  >
      \/    \/      \/     \/ 
             http://xbmc.org/

Yea, that looks cool...

If you also wish to get rid of the "Last Login" (which I don’t recommend doing) information do the following:

xbmc:$ sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

And set

PrintLastLog yes

To

PrintLastLog no