Installing Ubuntu 10.04 on fitPC2 and fitPC2i

fly
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Re: Ubuntu 10.04 with psb driver WORKS now!

Post by fly »

how could one install mplayer-vaapi and gecko-mediaplayer while kleewho ppa does not has these?
It contains only gnome-mplayer but it looks like it is not enough to play HD video, right?
Thanks.
You are right, I was just quoting from the main gma500 thread. mplay-vaapi has to be build yourself. You might want to try the packaged from compulab, however, they were built for previous versions of ubuntu.

The gecko-mplayer is provided in default ubuntu multiverse repository [1].

The last remaining package, gnome-mplayer including fixes is provied by the ppa.

*edit: Updated first post with some information about the missing packages for flash support. Added a small snippet about the status of Xv support which will enable skype and such... :edit*

[1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/gecko-mediaplayer

fly
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Re: Ubuntu 10.04 with psb driver WORKS now!

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There was an update for the psb driver which features a fix for the HDMI and NoDCC problems, see [1]. Could someone having those problems check if the patch works?

[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~gma500/gma ... evision/59

poiuytr
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Re: Installing Ubuntu 10.4 on fitPC2 and fitPC2i

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fly

Thank you for such informative first post. The situation cleared up for me, thanks.

Mylife
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Re: Installing Ubuntu 10.4 on fitPC2 and fitPC2i

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Thank you for all your work Fly !

usenet
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Re: Installing Ubuntu 10.4 on fitPC2 and fitPC2i

Post by usenet »

Hi Fly and All,
first of all big thanks for the tutorial. I'm a brand new fitpc user and so far not so happy with getting my little linux box to work... ;)

This is both to kind of take notes for myself and to help others.

Facts:
  • Fit-PC2i (2GHz, 2GB)
  • Linux Mint 9 (LXDE, but should not matter)
  • Panasonic TX-P42S10E (over plain HDMI)

fly wrote:
7. Optional: Enable WLAN

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# WLAN Ralink RT3070 USB (fitPC2i)
#should work out of the box
Not for me, unfortunately.

Identified problems:
  • For some reason WPA2 does not seem to be supported. The box seems to be incompatible with routers where WPA2 is (partly) configured. Partly meaning that WPA/WPA2 also breaks the thing. This I figured out in Windows.
  • By default the rt2800usb driver gets inserted in Mint (and also some other Ubuntu-based distros, I've tried a few). This gives a lot of problems, which I will spare you to read.
Fixes:
  • Obviously set you router to WPA(1) only.
  • Then

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    echo 'blacklist rt2800usb' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:logari81/ppa && sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install rt3070
    This inserts the rt2870sta driver. Seems to work fine. (Thanks Fly).
I will still revisit the question of WPA2.

PSB install as described in the first post yielded me the blank screen which has been described in this thread many times. Tried it with Mint, normal Ubuntu, w+wo jsmaniac's method, w+wo upgrading the distro first... hopeless.
Last edited by usenet on Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:08 am, edited 1 time in total.

fly
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Re: Installing Ubuntu 10.4 on fitPC2 and fitPC2i

Post by fly »

Not for me, unfortunately.
Thanks for this information. I don't have a fitPC2i to test, I relied on information with a similar type USB wifi card. Solving the wireless issues should be really easy:

1. Go to http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2 and get the driver package
2. Set interface down; remove loaded wifi modules; blacklist them
3. Unzip the driver and build from source
4. Edit the RT2860STA.dat (I think this file is called the same through the whole chip family)
5. modprobe the moduel
6. test

You might want to check [1] for a more complete howto. Keep in mind that ralink sometimes changes names and compression methods depending on the version. There is a ppa available at [2], too. I haven't checked, those. Please report if it works nd if source is trusted :)
PSB install as described in the first post yielded me the blank screen which has been described in this thread many times. Tried it with Mint, normal Ubuntu, w+wo jsmaniac's method, w+wo upgrading the distro first... hopeless.
Can you load the psb driver from the rescue rootshell? Does it give you are hi-res terminal? Can you provide xorg log and error files?

[1] http://xlcwu.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/b ... ucid-lynx/
[2] https://launchpad.net/~logari81/+archive/ppa

usenet
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Re: Installing Ubuntu 10.4 on fitPC2 and fitPC2i

Post by usenet »

fly wrote: Can you load the psb driver from the rescue rootshell? Does it give you are hi-res terminal?
No, sorry. After modprobe psb the screen goes immediately blank. The system is still working, though.
fly wrote: Can you provide xorg log and error files?
Working on it... Where are these?

fly
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Re: Installing Ubuntu 10.4 on fitPC2 and fitPC2i

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fitPC2i wifi:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:logari81/ppa && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rt3070
Working on it... Where are these?
/var/log/Xorg.*

usenet
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Re: Installing Ubuntu 10.4 on fitPC2 and fitPC2i

Post by usenet »

fly wrote: /var/log/Xorg.*
http://pastebin.com/fjVgntXn

usenet
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Re: Installing Ubuntu 10.4 on fitPC2 and fitPC2i

Post by usenet »

fly wrote:fitPC2i wifi:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:logari81/ppa && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rt3070
Works, thanks. Updating my initial post.
And the question of trustedness... :D

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