Upgrade time... Installing everything from scratch, using same hardware (AT3N7A-I from ASUSTeK) as in previous articles including update. This time Fedora18 64bit and XBMC 12 from RPMFusion will be installed.
Just to comment about: this procedure will not work on 32bit server.
Create LV for it:
# lvcreate -n fc18xbmc -L6g /dev/rootvg Logical volume "fc18xbmc" created # mkfs.ext4 -j -m0 /dev/rootvg/fc18xbmc .... # mkdir /fc18xbmc ; mount /dev/rootvg/fc18xbmc /fc18xbmc
Update /etc/fstab about new FS. Add line to /etc/exports
/fc18xbmc 192.168.1.68(rw,no_root_squash)
Command exportfs -a reread config file and start serve new share.
Create yum repository file:
# cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/fc18xbmc.repo << EOF [fc18xbmc] name=fc18xbmc baseurl=http://mirror2.hs-esslingen.de/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os enabled=0 gpgcheck=0 EOF
Let's populate new FS !!
# yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo=fc18xbmc --installroot=/fc18xbmc install yum fedora-release
Create script to easy work within chroot environment, copy resolv.conf, and enter to chrooted environment:
# cd /fc18xbmc && cat > command_mount_chroot << EOF mount -o bind /proc proc mount -o bind /sys sys mount -o bind /dev dev chroot . /bin/bash -i umount dev umount sys umount proc EOF # cp -v /etc/resolv.conf etc/ # sh command_mount_chroot bash-4.2# export PS1="CHROOT# " CHROOT#
You are in chrooted, almost empty environment. Now let's install RPM Fusion repository:
CHROOT# rpm -ihv http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-18.noarch.rpm \ http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-18.noarch.rpm
Configure system as following:
CHROOT# echo "NETWORKING=yes" > /etc/sysconfig/network CHROOT# cat > /etc/fstab << EOF 192.168.1.10:/fc18xbmc / nfs nolock,nfsvers=3,tcp 0 0 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs mode=1777 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 EOF
Now install all required packages:
CHROOT# yum install -y kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia vdpauinfo libvdpau twm xterm kdm xbmc nfs-utils \ vim dracut-network passwd openssh-server syslog-ng pavucontrol pulseaudio-module-x11 \ glx-utils xorg-x11-drv-keyboard xorg-x11-drv-mouse binutils gcc make kernel-devel \ xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic xorg-x11-font-utils xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi \ xorg-x11-xdm xorg-x11-drv-evdev lsof strings ntp dhclient autofs alsa-utils
Configure new system:
CHROOT# rm -f /etc/systemd/system/default.target
CHROOT# ln -s /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
CHROOT# cat > /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf << EOF
@version:3.3
source s_sys {
file ("/proc/kmsg" program_override("kernel") flags(kernel));
unix-dgram ("/dev/log");
internal();
};
destination d_loghost { udp("192.168.200.50" port(514)); };
log { source(s_sys); destination(d_loghost); };
EOF
CHROOT# ln -s /lib/systemd/system/sshd.service /etc/systemd/system/
CHROOT# ln -s /lib/systemd/system/syslog-ng.service /etc/systemd/system/
CHROOT# password
Prepare dracut configuration file and rebuild initrd file:
CHROOT# cat > /etc/dracut.conf.d/NFS_root.conf << EOF logfile=/var/log/dracut.log fileloglvl=6 dracutmodules+="nfs network base" omit_dracutmodules+="xen btrfs dm dmraid dmsquash-live lvm mdraid multipath" add_dracutmodules+="network nfs" add_drivers+="r8169" mdadmconf="no" lvmconf="no" EOF CHROOT# cd /boot && dracut -f initramfs-3.8.4-202.fc18.x86_64.img 3.8.4-202.fc18.x86_64 CHROOT# exit #
Copy kernel and initrd files to /tftpboot directory:
# cp /fc18xbmc/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.4-202.fc18.x86_64 /tftpboot/fc18xbmc.krl # cp /fc18xbmc/boot/initramfs-3.8.4-202.fc18.x86_64.img /tftpboot/fc18xbmc.ird
Create PXE boot file and link it to correct MAC address:
# cat > /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/fc18xbmc << EOF DEFAULT fc18xbmc PROMPT 0 TIMEOUT 0 LABEL fc18xbmc KERNEL fc18xbmc.krl APPEND initrd=fc18xbmc.ird root=nfs:192.168.1.10:/fc18xbmc:nolock,tcp,nfsvers=3 rd.shell rd.ip=auto rd.debug vmalloc=192MB IPAPPEND 2 EOF # ln -s fc18xbmc /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-90-e6-ba-cc-b7-2e
Boot HTPC. Probably you can login via SSH, and saw syslog messages on "loghost". If not, try fix things in NFS server and restart HTPC. Log in to HTPC, either local, or by SSH.
Default xorg configuration work but do not give "native" resolution on HDMI TV. This file is suits fo my hardware and my so called "HDMI ready" (720p) TV.
# cat > /etc/X11/xorg.conf << EOF
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "False"
Option "ModeValidation" "NoWidthAlignmentCheck, NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck"
Option "UseEvents" "True"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "TRUE"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Vizio37"
HorizSync 31.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 85.0
Modeline "1368x768_60.00" 85.9 1368 1440 1584 1800 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync
# Option "DPMS"
Option "ModeValidation" "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Vizio37"
Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
Option "DPI" "100 x 100"
#Option "TVStandard" "HD1080i"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
Option "TVStandard" "HD720p"
Option "TVOverScan" ".7"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1368x768_60.00"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
EOF
Try startx, check /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Set gray background by command xsetroot -gray. Verify that resolution is native. The background should be gray without waves.
First of all unmute everything by alsamixer -c0. In my case HDMI output named S/PDIF 1. Save the state as system default by alsactl store command.
Command pulseaudio -C starts interactive session to examine current settings and set desired parameters. When started, you can ask for help about commands. Usefull command is list-cards which list your hardware and it's state. Here is an output form my hardware, most relevant info bolded by me:
-bash-4.2# pulseaudio -C
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: This program is not intended to be run as root (unless --system is specified).
W: [pulseaudio] server-lookup.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed:
/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: Unable to contact D-Bus: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed: /bin/dbus-launch
terminated abnormally without any error message
Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
>>> list-cards
1 card(s) available.
index: 0
name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_08.0>
driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
owner module: 4
properties:
alsa.card = "0"
alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xf9f78000 irq 23"
alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:08.0"
sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0/sound/card0"
device.bus = "pci"
device.vendor.id = "10de"
device.vendor.name = "NVIDIA Corporation"
device.product.id = "0ac0"
device.form_factor = "internal"
device.string = "0"
device.description = "Built-in Audio"
module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
profiles:
output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6000)
output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6060)
output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (priority 700)
output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760)
output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (priority 800)
output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860)
output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (priority 700)
output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760)
output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (priority 800)
output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860)
output:analog-surround-71: Analog Surround 7.1 Output (priority 700)
output:analog-surround-71+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 7.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760)
output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (priority 5500)
output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5560)
output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5400)
output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5460)
output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 300)
output:hdmi-surround+input:analog-stereo: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 360)
input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 60)
off: Off (priority 0)
active profile: <output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo>
sinks:
alsa_output.pci-0000_00_08.0.analog-stereo/#0: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
sources:
alsa_output.pci-0000_00_08.0.analog-stereo.monitor/#0: Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
alsa_input.pci-0000_00_08.0.analog-stereo/#1: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
ports:
analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, available: unknown)
properties:
analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9000, available: no)
properties:
analog-input-microphone-front: Front Microphone (priority 8500, available: no)
properties:
analog-input-microphone-rear: Rear Microphone (priority 8200, available: no)
properties:
analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, available: no)
properties:
iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, available: unknown)
properties:
hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, available: unknown)
properties:
>>> set-card-profile 0 output:hdmi-stereo
>>> list-cards
....
active profile: <output:hdmi-stereo>
....
Once desired command detected, put it system wide and startup default:
-bash-4.2# echo "set-card-profile 0 output:hdmi-stereo" >> /etc/pulse/default.pa
Set up XBMC user and autostart programm.
# groupadd -g 507 xbmc # useradd -u 507 -g xbmc -G audio,video,pulse-access,pulse xbmc # password xbmcConfigure HTPS boot to graphic mode:
# rm -f /etc/systemd/system/default.target && ln -s /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target
Restart HTPC, at graphic login enter user "xbmc", password for it and select XBMC session type (by mouse).
Now fix autologin to xbmc user on system start. Edit file /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc:
.... # Core config for 1st local display [X-:0-Core] # Enable automatic login. USE WITH EXTREME CARE! Default is false AutoLoginEnable=true # The user to log in automatically. NEVER specify root! Default is "" AutoLoginUser=xbmc # The password for the user to log in automatically. This is NOT required # unless the user is logged into a NIS or Kerberos domain. If you use this # option, you should "chmod 600 kdmrc" for obvious reasons. # Default is "" #AutoLoginPass=secret! ....
My HTPC mounts it's media sources via automount. Edit /etc/sysconfig/autofs file to use NFSv3 instead of NFSv4. Enable autofs service by:
# systemctl enable autofs.service # systemctl start autofs.service