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

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."

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.

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?

And the line

vi /etc/default/console-setup

is missing the precending "sudo" right?