Could you please try the 64 bit webbhtpc version as both your processors have the flag. Linux Mint should be the same as Ubuntu as they have the same kernel and people have reported sucess running atom on 64 bit with Ubuntu. This was my main reason for going 64 bit because now even the atoms are supported. If it bombs I'll get to work on a 32 bit version.
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Burned live ISO to USB, the Intel PC booted right up. Looking around.
Which DE offers most 10-foot-like experience? Tried "System default" at logon menu and emprty destop loaded. No icons, panels or anything. Gnome looks like any other Gnome, same with XBMC.
BTW, Remastersys is an interesting choice for default application for HTPC. :)
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Well sounds like everything is working fine except for your graphics acceleration. Let me know what you have for a video chipset. I tested it with a 9400 GT which is identicle to a gen 1 atom Ion. If graphics works it should look like the screenshots I recently posted in the summary page.
I have tested graphics acceleration with the following
Well I checked the wiki for the nouveau driver and it says it is supported with graphics acceleration but no big deal you can use the nvidia binary driver which offloads video playback also.
Now the best way to do this is to install webbhtpc to hard drive then install the driver. That said there is a good chance with the live cd you can install nvidia-current from synaptic or your favorite package installer then hit cntrl-alt-backspace and hopefully have everything look normal again. You will then have to reinstall the driver once you install to disk but at least you know everything works before you commit to install.
Nouveau is still a young driver so it looks like it will have some teething issues before everything just works. If you ever get bored maybe you could find a ppa with the latest nouveau driver to see which version works with your card.
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Tried installing to another USB. I guess it's too small - ubiquity crashed near the tail end of the install. Can't really mess with the HDDs in these PCs, have
em setup just right.
Can I ask for some screenshots of what the final DE looks like? So far I've seen vanilla Gnome/MATE/XBMC, etc.
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If you go to the Webb HTPC summary page as I said earlier I posted two screenshots. Did you try installing the nvidia drivers with the live cd with method above? I was curious if that would work.
You could also try making a persistant usb stick (like live cd but saves changes). A full install to disk is about 7 gigs and I've never tried doing a full install to disk with a usb drive I always went at least esata to keep it at normal speed.
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I installed nvidia-current using synaptic, but could not get anywhere with it without rebooting. Logging out and back in to default DE rendered empty screen just like before. Gnome and XBMC looked fine.
I've installed many a distro to USB (HDD install, not live). Speed is an issue, but not if you're just trying to get a sense of the system's capabilities. I'll get a larger stick from work tomorrow and try again.
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Yeah when you get it working let me know what you think. It's a mostly stock gnome-shell with some tweaks to make sure video plays back fine. It's less flashy than original element but I think it serves its purpose and is easially configurable.
I would like to get some more forum particapation going. I had over 300 downloads of the last version and only had 3 people post on the forum. I wont know what to improve on or add if you guys don't speak up.
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Posting here as suggested on the other forum...
Can't wait to try your work, I am formerly a big fan of Element. I am running HTPCs on two machines.
Main (currently running Ubuntu LTS):
lshw -class processor
-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.12.2
serial: 0001-06C2-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: CPU 1
size: 1600MHz
capacity: 1600MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: x86-64 boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm dtherm
And the other (w/ Debian based distro):
lshw -class processor
-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz
slot: CPU 1
size: 2200MHz
capacity: 2200MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 800MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm cpufreq
Although both are supposed to be x86-64 capable, they won't boot Mint 64 bit.
Could you please try the 64 bit webbhtpc version as both your processors have the flag. Linux Mint should be the same as Ubuntu as they have the same kernel and people have reported sucess running atom on 64 bit with Ubuntu. This was my main reason for going 64 bit because now even the atoms are supported. If it bombs I'll get to work on a 32 bit version.
Burned live ISO to USB, the Intel PC booted right up. Looking around.
Which DE offers most 10-foot-like experience? Tried "System default" at logon menu and emprty destop loaded. No icons, panels or anything. Gnome looks like any other Gnome, same with XBMC.
BTW, Remastersys is an interesting choice for default application for HTPC. :)
Well sounds like everything is working fine except for your graphics acceleration. Let me know what you have for a video chipset. I tested it with a 9400 GT which is identicle to a gen 1 atom Ion. If graphics works it should look like the screenshots I recently posted in the summary page.
I have tested graphics acceleration with the following
Core I7 sandybridge Intel
Nvidia 9400 GT
Nvidia 210 GT
AMD HD 6870
PS I know remastersys is a cop out but it's not exactly like I have a team of developers it's just me.
Here it is:
lshw -class display
-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G84 [GeForce 8600 GT]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fa000000-fbffffff ioport:dc00(size=128) memory:feae0000-feafffff
Also Youtube (Firefox) is complaining about Adobe Flash being outdated.
Well I checked the wiki for the nouveau driver and it says it is supported with graphics acceleration but no big deal you can use the nvidia binary driver which offloads video playback also.
Now the best way to do this is to install webbhtpc to hard drive then install the driver. That said there is a good chance with the live cd you can install nvidia-current from synaptic or your favorite package installer then hit cntrl-alt-backspace and hopefully have everything look normal again. You will then have to reinstall the driver once you install to disk but at least you know everything works before you commit to install.
Nouveau is still a young driver so it looks like it will have some teething issues before everything just works. If you ever get bored maybe you could find a ppa with the latest nouveau driver to see which version works with your card.
Last edit: brw02005 2013-02-10
Tried installing to another USB. I guess it's too small - ubiquity crashed near the tail end of the install. Can't really mess with the HDDs in these PCs, have
em setup just right.
Can I ask for some screenshots of what the final DE looks like? So far I've seen vanilla Gnome/MATE/XBMC, etc.
If you go to the Webb HTPC summary page as I said earlier I posted two screenshots. Did you try installing the nvidia drivers with the live cd with method above? I was curious if that would work.
You could also try making a persistant usb stick (like live cd but saves changes). A full install to disk is about 7 gigs and I've never tried doing a full install to disk with a usb drive I always went at least esata to keep it at normal speed.
I installed nvidia-current using synaptic, but could not get anywhere with it without rebooting. Logging out and back in to default DE rendered empty screen just like before. Gnome and XBMC looked fine.
I've installed many a distro to USB (HDD install, not live). Speed is an issue, but not if you're just trying to get a sense of the system's capabilities. I'll get a larger stick from work tomorrow and try again.
Yeah when you get it working let me know what you think. It's a mostly stock gnome-shell with some tweaks to make sure video plays back fine. It's less flashy than original element but I think it serves its purpose and is easially configurable.
I would like to get some more forum particapation going. I had over 300 downloads of the last version and only had 3 people post on the forum. I wont know what to improve on or add if you guys don't speak up.