Archive talk:Install Ubuntu and XBMC on Asus EeeBox PC EB1501

EB1501 German 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:

This is weird, I bought mine @ pcp.ch and is the same as you get over there, but mine came with an external receiver...

"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."

Also if call

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

these are the only lines available with no USB devices attached:

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button"
P: Phys=LNXPWRBN/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input0
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event0
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0

I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000
N: Name="Power Button"
P: Phys=PNP0C0C/button/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input1
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event1
B: EV=3
B: KEY=100000 0 0 0

I: Bus=0017 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=0100
N: Name="Macintosh mouse button emulation"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input2
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse0 event2
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=3

I: Bus=0001 Vendor=10ec Product=0662 Version=0001
N: Name="HDA Digital PCBeep"
P: Phys=card0/codec#0/beep0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0/input/input5
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event5
B: EV=40001
B: SND=6

If i start Windows and look through the device manager, this is the only unknown component, having the following information:

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0AAD&SUBSYS_83E91043&REV_B2\3&267a616a&0&18
ACPI\ITE8713

Right now i have no clue how to enable the onboard IR receiver on Ubuntu (in Windows i got it working). The remote control is the same.

take a look here : http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=47651 http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/xbmc-auf-pundit-p4p5n9300-und-lirc/

Maybe that will help you...

sudo lshal

lists the IR receiver as

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pnp_ITE8713'
 info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer'  (string)
 info.product = 'PnP Device (ITE8713)'  (string)
 info.subsystem = 'pnp'  (string)
 info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pnp_ITE8713'  (string)
 linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
 linux.subsystem = 'pnp'  (string)
 linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pnp0/00:09'  (string)
 pnp.id = 'ITE8713'  (string)

Tried to change IRQ/IO ports, looking in

sudo cat /sys/devices/pnp0/00:09/options

giving me

Dependent: 00 - Priority acceptable
 port 0x2f8-0x2f8, align 0x7, size 0x8, 16-bit address decoding
 irq 3,4,5,6,7,2/9,10,11,12 High-Edge

so I created a

sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/lirc.conf

with the content

options lirc_it87 irq=7 io=0x2F8

and lirc seems to use the correct settings after a reboot doing

dmesg | grep lirc

responding with

[    7.859740] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 61
[    8.101867] lirc_dev: lirc_register_driver: sample_rate: 0
[    8.102035] lirc_it87: found IT8720.
[    8.102065] lirc_it87: set default io 0x2f8
[    8.102095] lirc_it87: set default irq 0x7
[    8.102153] lirc_it87: I/O port 0x02f8, IRQ 7.
[    8.102183] lirc_it87: Installed.

but

mode2 -d /dev/lirc0

gives me nothing when entering stuff on the remote (/dev/lirc0 exists), same with irw.

Thats the point where i gave up, not that much of a linux crack. This try based on the only guide i found with another ASUS product using the ITE stuff, see here

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