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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by maltloaf View Post
    to be honest one of a couple of things might have done it. If you try them both one by one we can figure out which is was !!

    Hopefully you are booting into xbmc from grub, if so edit the kernel arguments and remove the token 'nodiskmount', boot up and see if your fixed ntfs disk is there...
    I would like to share the Windows 7 drive with XBMC, but I have no idea how to edit the kernel arguments....any chance of a guide or a link mate?
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    As I mentioned I'm not sure exactly what fixed it.

    When you get your multi boot grub menu up, stop the countdown, press e to edit the boot command on the option for your xbmc install then highlight the kernel line and edit it. Scroll along and you should see ,nodiskmount, just remove it and press boot, and see if your ntfs drive appears in the list of sources.

    editing it in this way does it for the current boot only so is good for testing. To make it stick you need to edit your grub menu

    If that doesnt do it let me know and i'll post the other thing I did...

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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by ThE gOg View Post
    it can be overwhelming mate, but as with anything as you learn a bit it gets easier, i've only been reading up on it since i got an asrock 330 ion.

    not sure how you'd call the terminal up on your install, but on mine (which is xbmc live which from what i can gather the freak cd is based on) either on startup or on a rebbot just hit ctrl,alt and f1 and this'll get you into the terminal.

    mine comes up as gog@asrock$ with a flashing cursor, this is where you can install progs, update xbmc, run install scripts and even pull "bleeding edge" up to date skins off github.

    as burner says once you're at the terminal its just a case of knowing what to type in, bit of googling and its not too hard to find stuff out once you get going.

    i'm still a complete novice with it myself but am managing to stumble thru it all usually

    edit: openssh is easy to install once you're at the terminal, lmk if you want to install it as i'll link to the info i used.

    you can then use winscp to access all your xbmc files and folders, ftp media in and out etc.
    Quote Originally Posted by burner1 View Post
    Try this to start a terminal session... press ALT-F2 together, then if it opens a windows for application running, type 'gnome-terminal' (without quotes) and press enter.
    Cheers, to get to terminal I had been closing XBMC in the power off section, then logging in and it brought me to the same place in terminal as you describe. I had ran the command to install github (sudo apt-get install git-core) but it then said it could not find some files, I assumed this was because I havn't connected the XBMC installation to my WLAN (no idea how to do this).

    XBMCfreak is based on XBMC live but I think has stuff like SSH installed already to make it easier to setup. I don't know how to connect it to my WLAN or get the IP of XBMC to enter into my putty/WinSCP on my laptop to transfer some files.

    Once I get the thing online I think most of the commands I am reading on other forums will start to work.


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    Ifconfig will tell you the ip mac etc one you are connected. Not looked at wifi yet as I have an Ethernet cable where the revo is

    that new release from xbmcfreak (the generic one) doesn't install for me so I'm probably going to go back to v13
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    you should also be able to see your network info from within xbmc mate, it depends on the skin where it is, if using the default confluence skin its in settings/network info (i think), if not its there in one of the menus.

    also yes if your not connected to the web it won't find any info as its all pulled off the net.

    hth
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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    I've not checked recently but I read that wifi doesn't work on XBMClive on the Revo and you need to change the network card if you wanted too. It might be different on the new R3600's or with newer builds.

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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    I can confirm wireless does not work with xbmc live. Ethernet only.

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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    right, here's where I am at the moment.

    Running Ubuntu 9.10 minimal install..
    XBMC Community Forum - View Single Post - [LINUX] My Asrock 330 ION Tweaks, Tips, Tricks, and Fixes!

    then installed XBMC via the 'complete and easy script for ION systems'
    Complete & Easy XBMC Install script for ION Based Systems - XBMC Community Forum

    Edited GRUB to allow ntfs auto mounting (my NTFS drive appears now as /media/sda2)

    Installed Samba and added sections for my xbmc drive and the win7 drive (both on the internal)
    http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/xbmc-ion/module/7

    At the moment, I can read and play media from both partitions on the internal drive
    Play media from the network, usb DVD or USB hdd
    Put files onto the XBMC partition from the network (smb share)

    What I CANNOT do..

    although I can see the share and the files, and read from them, I cannot copy any files to the NTFS mounted share. I can write to the partition from the xbmc command line (so I do have rw access) but cannot write from the LAN (smb share)

    If anyone needs any info/help or can help with my ntfs share via xbmc problem, then please fire away !

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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    thats the script i'm using, best thing since sliced bread
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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    Quote Originally Posted by maltloaf View Post
    As I mentioned I'm not sure exactly what fixed it.

    When you get your multi boot grub menu up, stop the countdown, press e to edit the boot command on the option for your xbmc install then highlight the kernel line and edit it. Scroll along and you should see ,nodiskmount, just remove it and press boot, and see if your ntfs drive appears in the list of sources.

    editing it in this way does it for the current boot only so is good for testing. To make it stick you need to edit your grub menu

    If that doesnt do it let me know and i'll post the other thing I did...

    malty
    1. I stopped the countdown
    2. Pressed 'e' on the top line
    3. 4 lines of text now, top one starts uuid, 2nd one starts kernel, 3rd one initrd, 4th one quiet
    4. Click 'e' on kernel. It says <kmount,setvolume loglevel=0
    5. Deleted kmount, pressed enter, then 'b' to boot
    6. The NTFS drive appears in the sources as SDA2

    How do I edit the grub menu so that it stays like this permanently? I also would like to reduce the countdown time on bootup.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clubber Lang View Post
    1. I stopped the countdown
    2. Pressed 'e' on the top line
    3. 4 lines of text now, top one starts uuid, 2nd one starts kernel, 3rd one initrd, 4th one quiet
    4. Click 'e' on kernel. It says <kmount,setvolume loglevel=0
    5. Deleted kmount, pressed enter, then 'b' to boot
    6. The NTFS drive appears in the sources as SDA2

    How do I edit the grub menu so that it stays like this permanently? I also would like to reduce the countdown time on bootup.
    To edit the Grub options I typed this from Terminal:
    sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

    Source

    That should contain the info you have altered so alter it in the editor that appears then save and it should be permanent

    As for me and my struggle I can't see it getting much easier, I wasn't aware the WLAN doesn't work and I have no permanent access to ethernet Would installing Mint, then installing the Linux XBMC make anything easier for me? Or would a GUI OS not help?


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    How do I get into Terminal? Excuse the noobness, I haven't any idea about Linux

    Is it ctrl + alt + f1?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clubber Lang View Post
    How do I get into Terminal? Excuse the noobness, I haven't any idea about Linux

    Is it ctrl + alt + f1?
    I think that's right mate, that or f2. The way I did it was to exit XBMC and it takes you to a command line asking you to login, login then that was terminal ready to use.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Clubber Lang View Post
    How do I get into Terminal? Excuse the noobness, I haven't any idea about Linux

    Is it ctrl + alt + f1?
    I dont get many excuses to do this on this forum... BUT -

    http://tinyurl.com/ydmem2j

    Oh the irony! PMSL!
    Not bad for someone that avoids Linux at all costs too!


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    I did ctrl + alt + f1, entered my login and password.

    It then says xbmc@xbmclive:~$ I then type sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst and hit enter. It then says sudo: gedit: command not found.

    Aaarrrggghhhh!
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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    Thats it, welcome to Terminal!

    Command Line for Linux.


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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    Strange, it should open in a text editor when you run it:

    How to Edit the GRUB boot loader configuration file

    Boot your Linux, and open a Terminal window
    (Terminal is usually in Applications/Accessories).
    Backup Menu.lst (see above).
    Type in, and press [Enter]
    sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
    Menu.lst will open in your text editor.
    Make the required alterations to Menu.lst and check your changes twice!
    Save the Menu.lst file and reboot.


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    Is your xbmc installed in Windows or is it the Live version? I'm using thr xbmc live freak recommended by pheonixsingh
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    I am using XBMCfreak Live as well mate :s


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    Default Re: Anyone using an Acer Revo currently?

    use pico not gedit the rest should be the same.

    sudo pico /boot/grub/menu.lst

    make the changes (change the titles as well if you like, to xbmc, xbmc (safe mode) and Windows7)

    to save, do ctrl+x then y then return then do

    sudo reboot

    If you're using 9.10 like me, the grub config is elsewhere they moved it

    glad it worked for you although you should have removed "diskmount" not just "kmount" the rest just was off the edge of the page...
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