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Part 1 - Preparing the system for compilation - Missing dependancies

wget http://91.190.227.59/xbmc_builddeps.tar.gz
tar xvfz xbmc_builddeps.tar.gz
cd xbmc_builddeps
sudo rpm -ivh --force glew-*
sudo rpm -ivh libmms* libcdio-* libmp4v2-1.5.0.1-8.moblin2.i586.rpm enca-* faac* mysql-*
sudo yum install -y SDL-devel SDL_image-devel SDL_gfx-devel SDL_mixer-devel libogg-devel libvorbis-devel boost boost-devel bzip2-devel fribidi-devel lzo-devel jasper-devel libpng-devel hal-devel cmake gperf libtool zip nasm libXtst-devel libXi-devel libXmu-devel fontconfig-devel freetype-devel libXinerama-devel pcre-devel gcc gcc-c++ sqlite-devel curl-devel openssl-devel avahi-devel libsamplerate-devel pulseaudio-devel patch diffutils make binutils pixman-devel glibc-devel libpciaccess-devel libgomp43 mpfr autoconf quilt cmake unzip automake mesa-libgl mesa-libgl-devel mesa-libGLU-devel mesa-libGLU libjpeg-devel libmad-devel libjpeg-devel libsamplerate-devel svn tcp_wrappers-devel tcp_wrappers-libs libvdpau libmikmod

in /etc/yum.conf add the following repo:

[fedora10]
name=fedora10
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/10/i386
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Now we use the newly added repo to install some dependencies:

sudo yum install SDL alsa-lib enca faac glew libmp4v2 mysql-libs nss openssl tre libvorbis xmms-libs wavpack wavpack-devel

remove the added repo from /etc/yum.conf

Next, install libmad (it's possible you only need libmad-devel, but I'm not sure):

wget ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/10/Everything/x86_64/os/libmad-0.15.1b-8.fc10.i386.rpm
wget ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/rpmfusion/free/fedora/releases/10/Everything/x86_64/os/libmad-devel-0.15.1b-8.fc10.i386.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh libmad-0.15.1b-8.fc10.i386.rpm libmad-devel-0.15.1b-8.fc10.i386.rpm

Symlink libmysqlclient where boxee expects it
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0 /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so

Only if you want VDPAU acceleration (only with Nvidia GPUs)

wget ftp://mirror.switch.ch/pool/2/mirror/fedora/linux/updates/10/i386/libvdpau-0.2-1.fc10.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh libvdpau-0.2-1.fc10.i386.rpm

Part 2 - Compiling and installing

Download sources 0.9.14 from boxee.tv

wget http://dl.boxee.tv/boxee-0.9.14.6992-sources.tar.bz2
tar xjvf boxee-0.9.14.6992-sources.tar.bz2

Next we get a newer version of xbmc Linux/Tools

svn co https://xbmc.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xbmc/trunk/tools/Linux
cp --no-dereference --preserve=all -R -v ~/Linux ~/boxee-0.9.14.6992-sources/tools/

Next we apply this patch made for ubuntu.

wget http://www.madeo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/patch.txt
patch -p 1 < patch.txt
cd ~/boxee-0.9.14.6992-sources/web/Project\ Mayhem\ III/
zip -v -r -9 -o ../Project_Mayhem_III_webserver_v1.0.zip ./*
cd ~/boxee-0.9.14.6992-sources/
autoreconf

Now configure boxee with chosen prefix. default for moblin is /usr but I thought it was nicer to keep everything tidy where I was. Afterwards, just copy the included lib from xbmc into /usr/include to make compilation go smoothly

./configure --prefix=/home/brendan/boxee
cp xbmc/lib/cximage-6.0/jpeg/jpegint.h /usr/include/

in makefile add -lnsl inside the LIB= variable
Change the -j argument to number of threads your CPU can execute simulatneously +1. On a revo (Atom N230) that's 3.

make -j3
make install

In /home/brendan/boxee/bin I can now just run ./xbmc.

Optional - replacing mutter/clutter with boxee

sudo mv /etc/xdg/moblin/xinitrc /etc/xdg/moblin/xinitrc.old

and add this as the new /etc/xdg/moblin/xinitrc

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/brendan/boxee/bin
./xbmc


Credits for patch go to "jdb2" from http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=13206

For fully working revo on moblin 2.1 go here

Todo : understand and fix the issue in Clutter to get it to work with Nvidia drivers (as previously with Moblin 2.0)

Thanks to :

- Install Moblin
It should work from the USB stick (on Acer Revo F12 during Bios test will let you slect to boot on the USB stick)

- Boot in Text Mode (init 3)
enter Esc during Grub initialisation (easier is to enter Esc every second during boot) to access Grub Menu
press e to go to Edit mode press arrow down to get to the second line press e to go in Line Edit mode replace "quiet vga=current" by the digit 3 press b to boot

log with the user and password you entered during installation

Become root (note type "su -" the space and the "-" are important)
sudo su -

Installing ssh - (just to make it easier - not neccessary)

yum install openssh-server
service sshd start
ifconfig

# Become root (note type "su -" the space and the "-" are important)

sudo su -

# enter your user password

cd /root

- Install packages required to build x11-server.

Note next line is very very LONG because escaping with "\" seems to create trouble with yum.

yum install "pkgconfig(scrnsaverproto)" "pkgconfig(xtrans)" "pkgconfig(libdrm)" "pkgconfig(randrproto)" "pkgconfig(renderproto)" "pkgconfig(kbproto)" "pkgconfig(glproto)" "pkgconfig(fixesproto)" "pkgconfig(dri2proto)" "pkgconfig(damageproto)" "pkgconfig(xf86driproto)" "pkgconfig(xcmiscproto)" "pkgconfig(bigreqsproto)" "pkgconfig(resourceproto)" "pkgconfig(compositeproto)" "pkgconfig(resourceproto)" "pkgconfig(evieproto)" "pkgconfig(xf86dgaproto)" "pkgconfig(xf86vidmodeproto)" "pkgconfig(xkbfile)" "pkgconfig(xres)" "pkgconfig(xau)" "pkgconfig(xext)" "pkgconfig(xfont)" "pkgconfig(fontenc)" "pkgconfig(xdmcp)" "pkgconfig(xt)" "pkgconfig(dmx)" "pkgconfig(xmuu)" "pkgconfig(xrender)" "pkgconfig(xi)" "pkgconfig(xpm)" "pkgconfig(xaw7)" "pkgconfig(xfixes)" "pkgconfig(xv)" "pkgconfig(pixman-1)" "pkgconfig(gl)" "pkgconfig(x11)" "pkgconfig(openssl)" "pkgconfig(pciaccess)" "pkgconfig(hal)" "pkgconfig(dbus-1)" byacc flex autoconf automake gcc gcc-c++ rpm-build make xineramaproto kernel-netbook-devel

you will need to enter y for Yes twice ??

Download the source code of x11-server and install it

curl -o xorg-x11-server-1.6.4.901-7.8.moblin2.src.rpm http://repo.moblin.org/moblin/releases/2.1/source/xorg-x11-server-1.6.4.901-7.8.moblin2.src.rpm
rpm -i xorg-x11-server-1.6.4.901-7.8.moblin2.src.rpm

edit the spec file /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/xorg-x11-server.spec and replace
--disable-xinerama by --enable-xinerama

build the target

rpmbuild --target=i586 -bb /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/xorg-x11-server.spec

install the newly built x11-server (-i uses only one hyphen and --force two)

rpm -iv --force rpmbuild/RPMS/i586/xorg-x11-server-*

download the nvidia drivers

curl -o NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.42-pkg1.run http://uk.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/190.42/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.42-pkg1.run

make the script executable

chmod +x ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.42-pkg1.run

Run the Nvidia script

./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.42-pkg1.run

accept Nvidia license, it will compile the kernel module and install what is needed ask Nvidia installation script to create a new xorg.conf file

reboot!

After a few extra second of boot you will see the Nvidia logo Any clutter application will fail to start (including Mutter) after a few restart of X you will get the Moblin 2.1 top bar.

Hope someone will find a fix for Clutter!

For fully working revo on moblin 2.1 go here

This howto will serve as how you can easily add a driver that is in the linux kernel but isnt in moblin inside a custom moblin kernel.
In this case we are going to add the forcedeth driver for the MC79 chipset than is the in the Acer Revo.

1. Download the kernel source rpm and install it

2. go to /rpmbuild/SOURCES/ and add these lines in config-netbook (doesnt really matter where but I put it after the ATH5K line)
CONFIG_FORCEDETH=y
CONFIG_FORCEDETH_NAPI=y

if you want the drivers built as modules replace the y by m but it will mean that the kernel is a little slower to boot etc..

3. go to ../SPECS and execute rpmbuild --target=i586 -bb kernel.spec

rpm -ivh --force kernel-netbook-2.6.29.4-9.1.moblin2.i586.rpm

and there you go, you know have forcedeth working in your kernel.

For fully working revo on moblin 2.1 go here

So you just bought a Acer revo and put moblin and it's so slow that it makes you cringe? Well here is how to fix it.

So first we need to install Nvidia's proprietary "nvidia" module. In order to do this we have to recompile xorg-x11-server to have xinerama support. Then we need to install it and after that install the nvidia modules. Below are some dumb proof instructions. Feel free to mail in or comment some changed.

1. yum install make gcc binutils glproto libX11-devel mesa-libGL-devel mesa-libGL xf86driproto randrproto renderproto fixesproto damageproto xcmiscproto xextproto bigreqsproto resourceproto fontsproto inputproto videoproto compositeproto scrnsaverproto resourceproto xineramaproto openssl xorg-x11-xtrans-devel openssl-devel libfontenc-devel libfontenc pixman-devel pixman libXau-devel libXau libxkbfile-devel libxkbfile libXfont libXfont-devel libXinerama libXinerama-devel xorg-x11-xtrans-devel libpciaccess-devel libdrm-devel rpm-build flex byaccxorg-x11-util-macros dbus-1 hal xv xvfixes raw7 xpm xi xrender xmuu dmx xt xdmcp xext xres xf86vidmodeproto xf86dgaproto evieproto dri2proto hal-devel libtool-ltdl-devel libXv libXv-devel libXres-devel libXext-devel libXt-devel libXdmcp-devel libdmx-devel libXmu-devel libXrender-devel libXpm-devel libXfixes-devel xorg-x11-proto-evieext libXaw-devel libXi-devel byacc

2. Download the nvidia drivers (I used 185.18.14)

3. download moblin xorg-x11-server source rpm. (I used 1.6.1-6.2)

4. install the src.rpm package with "rpm -i"

5. Go to /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/ and open the file xorg-x11-server.spec, find the line that says --disable-xinerama and change to --xinerama-enable

6. in the same dir, execute rpmbuild --target=i586 -bb xorg-x11-server.spec

7. reboot and add a lone 3 at the end of the grub line by pressing e and then e again.
DJA metions that "vga=0 3" instead of "vga=current" might be needed in newer versions

8. log in as root and execute yum remove xorg-x11-server. Go to /etc/yum/yum.conf and tell yum not to bothere with GPG checks by setting gpg_checks to 0

9. go to /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/i586/ and install all packages in there with yum install xorg*. If you cant get your network up in command mode then download the missing packages by hand and install them at the same time with yum.

10. Install the Nvidia driver by executing it. Dont bother going on their ftp site. Let the installer make you an xorg.conf

11. reboot normally. Remove the quiet and vga=current lines could help.

credit goes to people in this thread who helped : http://lists.moblin.org/pipermail/dev/2009-June/005210.html