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

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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

Wifi / Wireless setup with WPA2

I had a hassle enabling WPA2 access, connections breaking up every 10-60s for multple minutes, so i kept a note on the steps how to get it working anyway.

The given wireless adapter on the EB1501 is 

Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

according to 

lspci -v | grep Network

Disabling the blacklisted atheros module as mentioned here 

sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf

Commenting the following line out 

ath_pci blacklist

Install all tools: 

sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant linux-backports-modules-karmic linux-backports-modules-wireless-karmic-generic

the following steps are based on the guide found here. Then we generate our psk-key we need later by executing 

wpa_passphrase <your_essid> <your_ascii_key>

In the result we need to copy value found under the "psk" key. Next we edit 

sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

and add the following lines to the bottom 

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid <your_essid>
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto RSN
wpa-pairwise CCMP
wpa-group CCMP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk <psk_key_from_wpa_passphrase>

we could also disable the following line to disable automatic startup of the ethernet interface 

auto eth0

then restart the whole networking stuff with 

/etc/init.d/networking restart

then everything went fine, a dhcp ip was given and so on. Maybe there is an easier way but im not that into linux :)

Wifi setup alternative

The above didn't work for me (wireless kept disconnecting or would freeze when transfering large files at anything over 500Kbps).

However, I did get everything working by using the latest Linux Wireless drivers available here - http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download

Just follow the steps for downloading the latest package, extract it and then use the following commands (repeated on that web page, but this is all you need): 

xbmc:$ ./scripts/driver-select ath9k
xbmc:$ make
xbmc:$ sudo make install
xbmc:$ sudo reboot

FYI, the wireless drivers in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx beta worked for me out of the box, but I couldn't get XBMC working due to nVidia driver issues, so best wait until 10.04 is released.

Merging with XBMCbuntu page

I feel this page should be merged with the XBMCbuntu page, which tries to accomplish the same thing. Any thoughts? Cancan101 05:11, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

I dont feel it should, I created this for people who have EB1501, a lot of this stuff is specific to our HW.

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