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"The EeeBox PC has a built-in IR receiver designed for the remote control. When you install the EeeBox PC to the back of the monitor and thus block the IR receiver, the remote control may be less sensitive. The USB IR receiver is not included in the product package." | "The EeeBox PC has a built-in IR receiver designed for the remote control. When you install the EeeBox PC to the back of the monitor and thus block the IR receiver, the remote control may be less sensitive. The USB IR receiver is not included in the product package." | ||
=== Notes to get build-in receiver to work with the remote control === | === Notes to get build-in IR receiver to work with the remote control === | ||
1) rebuild the ITE modules | 1) rebuild the ITE modules | ||
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5) you may need to copy the LIRC over to the XBMC directory | 5) you may need to copy the LIRC over to the XBMC directory | ||
cp /usr/share/xbmc/system/Lircmap.xml ~/.xbmc/userdata | cp /usr/share/xbmc/system/Lircmap.xml ~/.xbmc/userdata | ||
=== Enabling the Play DVD Button on the Remote Control === | |||
1) The original Lircmap.xml and remote.xml does not cater for the DVD button. To rectify that, add an additional entry in ~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml under the <remote device="mceusb"> section | |||
<obc1>DVD</obc1> | |||
2) In the remote.xml file (for my case, this is located at /home/xbmc/.xbmc/userdata/keymaps), add the following outside the <remote> </remote> group | |||
<universalremote> | |||
<obc1>PlayDVD</obc1> | |||
</universalremote> | |||
3) A CD or DVD can now be played with using the DVD button (located just above number 3) | |||
4) Other keys can be remapped according to individual preferences | |||
=== Startup error === | === Startup error === |
Revision as of 19:32, 29 January 2010
EB1501 German / Asian Edition
System: Linux HTPC 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 16:20:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Remote (see battery slots): RC1974502/00
No MCE USB IR Receiver
There seem to be some specifics with this version of the eeeBox. There was no any MCE USB IR Receiver packaged, instead there was a notice that states:
"The EeeBox PC has a built-in IR receiver designed for the remote control. When you install the EeeBox PC to the back of the monitor and thus block the IR receiver, the remote control may be less sensitive. The USB IR receiver is not included in the product package."
Notes to get build-in IR receiver to work with the remote control
1) rebuild the ITE modules
sudo apt-get install lirc lirc-modules-source module-assistant sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc-modules-source
2) edit the following lines in /etc/hardware/hardware.conf
REMOTE_MODULES="lirc_dev lirc_it87" REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/lirc0" REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb" REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS="--output=/dev/lircd"
LOAD_MODULES="true" START_LIRCD="true"
3) create /etc/modprobe.d/lirc.conf and add the two lines
alias char-major-61 lirc_dev options lirc_it87 irq=05 io=0x2f8
4) add a start-up script to activate the receiver (as suggested by amno6)
i) place the script start_ite8713.sh at somewhere convenient, /home/xbmc
#!/bin/bash /etc/init.d/lirc stop rmmod lirc_it87 echo activate > /sys/devices/pnp0/00:09/resources modprobe lirc_it87 /etc/init.d/lirc start
ii) activate the script at startup. edit /etc/rc.local and add
/bin/sh /home/xbmc/start_ite8713.sh
5) you may need to copy the LIRC over to the XBMC directory
cp /usr/share/xbmc/system/Lircmap.xml ~/.xbmc/userdata
Enabling the Play DVD Button on the Remote Control
1) The original Lircmap.xml and remote.xml does not cater for the DVD button. To rectify that, add an additional entry in ~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml under the <remote device="mceusb"> section
<obc1>DVD</obc1>
2) In the remote.xml file (for my case, this is located at /home/xbmc/.xbmc/userdata/keymaps), add the following outside the <remote> </remote> group
<universalremote> <obc1>PlayDVD</obc1> </universalremote>
3) A CD or DVD can now be played with using the DVD button (located just above number 3) 4) Other keys can be remapped according to individual preferences
Startup error
On startup i got the following error message:
nforce2_smbus [...] conflichts with ACPI [...]
I got it fixed by
sudo vi /etc/default/grub
and editing the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX according to this bugreport
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_enforce_resources=lax"
and update the grub again with
sudo update-grub
Guide conflicts
The following item could not be executed
xbmc@HTPC:~$ sudo nvidia-xconfig -s --no-logo --force-generate --output-xconfig=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
The following error message came up
pkg-config: not found
had to install it first with
sudo apt-get install pkg-config
Maybe i misread something in the guide?
Yea, I changed the section before it reads now:
xbmc:$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-195 nvidia-settings mesa-utils libvdpau1 libvdpau-dev vdpauinfo pkg-config
You need libvdpau1 to get 1080p working 100% as well as pkg-config, but thats now included in the above section.
And the line
vi /etc/default/console-setup
is missing the precending "sudo" right?
Yes, that is correct - updated the main page