Linux XBMC for square box (beta) - Gotham 13.1

[Asxetos]

There is test release of beelink mxiii 1gb box which supports realtek 8188 and ap6181 but needs to change permission of init.d file via ssh when on ethernet:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/S60wifi


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Thanks for the reply Stane

I saw this a while ago and i did install it just to see if it works.
It boots fine but NO network whatsoever.
Wifi is not detected, and as you point out, no ethernet also, so no SSH possible.

Is there a way to drop in to a terminal and issue the commands locally? I would be happy with ethernet only...

[skruff]

I attempted to reflash this firmware on my EM8 box and it got stuck about half way through the Android bootloader screen. I was using the reset button at power up method. I waited ~15 minutes and it never moved so I restarted the process and the same thing happened.

Now when I reboot without the SD card in or try to flash any other firmware, I see the manufacturers screen and then nothing else. About 10 seconds in it just (reboots?) and says I don't have any HDMI signal.

Is there something I did wrong, or how can I revert back to original firmware?

[Tyler Durden]

Just installing this after CodeSnakes Openelec Build, I was having quite a few issues that couldn't be reproduced by anyone and therefore could not be ironed out

Fingers crossed this will run better.

Any chance of a Helix build now that has reached RC1?

[Tyler Durden]

SSH into the box [root:letmein]


Edit /etc/network/interfaces


If you are using a cable just change:
iface eth0 inet dhcp
To:
iface eth0 inet static


If you want to use your wifi add this line at the end of the file:
iface wlan0 inet static


Under the interface you choose to use enter this:
address 192.168.2.200
network 192.168.2.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.2.255
gateway 192.168.2.1


Of course this is the setup i copied from my interface file so you should change it according to your network.


Next edit /etc/resolv.conf
and add this text to it:
nameserver 192.168.2.1


Again i added my router you need to change it according to your network.




The problem with the DNS settings is that it won't hold a reboot.
Usually you have a skeleton for the resolve file but there is none in this build and creating one didn't helped me.
What i did was to add this line to /etc/init.d/xbmc:


echo -e "nameserver 192.168.2.1\n nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf


Now when the xbmc script runs when the box boots it writes the nameservers to the file.
You will need to do it over again if you choose to reinstall this custom OS.
Enjoy.

This isn't working for me, and I have a real problem as I have 2 boxes running this build and for some reason they are choosing the same IP Address, which is causing networking trouble.

[elgrego]

Have you tried giving each box a static ip address?

[Tyler Durden]

Have you tried giving each box a static ip address?

I have tried following the advice in the quote, but it hasn't worked for me.

Do you have any idea how I might go about making the static IP addresses?

I followed this guide http://www.xappsoftware.com/wordpres...ldroot-target/ and edited my /etc/network/interfaces file looks like this, but it has no effect.

# Configure Loopbackauto lo
iface lo inet loopback


# Configure eth0 with static IP
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.200
        network 192.168.1.0
        netmask 255.255.255.0






# Configure eth0 with dhcp IP
# auto eth0
# iface eth0 inet dhcp

[elgrego]

I would need to be in front of box to remember and i'm not home until tomorrow. I'm sure if you go into the settings there will be an option or someone on here could tell you but I use static ips for my android box, ps3 and pc, just to keep it all organised.

[Tyler Durden]

I would need to be in front of box to remember and i'm not home until tomorrow. I'm sure if you go into the settings there will be an option or someone on here could tell you but I use static ips for my android box, ps3 and pc, just to keep it all organised.

There are no settings within this XBMC Linux build to change the IP Address (there is in the Openelec builds, but they have other issues for me).

Hope someone can help, it's really doing my head in.


*EDIT* Does anyone else use more than one of these boxes on the same network and suffer the same problem. Also, does this Linux build spoof the MAC Address to be 00:15:18:01:81:31 as that is what all 3 of my boxes are displaying within the System Info.

[no_spam_for_me]

I have tried following the advice in the quote, but it hasn't worked for me.

Do you have any idea how I might go about making the static IP addresses?

I followed this guide http://www.xappsoftware.com/wordpres...ldroot-target/ and edited my /etc/network/interfaces file looks like this, but it has no effect.

# Configure Loopbackauto lo
iface lo inet loopback


# Configure eth0 with static IP
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.200
        network 192.168.1.0
        netmask 255.255.255.0






# Configure eth0 with dhcp IP
# auto eth0
# iface eth0 inet dhcp

I'm not sure if it really works if you change the 'interfaces' because normally this file will be generated by the system, but you can handle it via ifconfig http://www.computerhope.com/unix/uifconfi.htm also the mac http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Changin..._Address/Linux...
If I'm not wrong this linux also handles init.d so you could write a script to hanlde all these things/settings at start-up...

[Tyler Durden]

That's great help, thanks.

I have SSH'd in and used

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.200

to set the IP Address, but I am lost when it comes to writting a script that makes this happen on start up.

Is it something I add to an autostart.sh, or can I add it to advancedsettings.xml?

Thanks again.

[no_spam_for_me]

Ok, init.d is present at this version http://www.stane1983.com/amlinux/#comment-295
If you look at the /etc/init.d/S60wifi you see the first line, which is a MUST to have, the rest is up to you, also the file gets no extension like .sh and so on...
You have to edit it with a linux-compatible editor like notepad++

[Tyler Durden]

I'm very sorry, but I don't know what you mean.

This is the content of my S60wifi,

#! /bin/sh#


kernel_version=`uname -r`
wifi_type=`cat /etc/bcm_wifi`
lib_path="/lib/modules/$kernel_version/kernel/drivers/amlogic/wifi"
echo "wifi_type=$wifi_type"
echo "lib_path=$lib_path"


case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting wifi..."
case "$wifi_type" in
bcm40181)
/sbin/insmod $lib_path/broadcom/broadcm_40181/dhd.ko "firmware_path=/etc/wifi/40181/fw_bcm40181a2.bin nvram_path=/etc/wifi/40181/nvram.txt"
;;
bcm40183)
/sbin/insmod $lib_path/broadcom/broadcm_40181/dhd.ko "firmware_path=/etc/wifi/40183/fw_bcm40183b2.bin nvram_path=/etc/wifi/40183/nvram.txt"
;;
bcm4330)
/sbin/insmod $lib_path/broadcom/broadcm_40181/dhd.ko "firmware_path=/etc/wifi/4330/fw_bcm40183b2.bin nvram_path=/etc/wifi/4330/nvram.txt"
;;
ap6210)
/sbin/insmod $lib_path/broadcom/broadcm_40181/dhd.ko "firmware_path=/etc/wifi/ap6210/fw_bcm40181b2.bin nvram_path=/etc/wifi/ap6210/nvram_ap6210.txt"
;;
ap6181)
/sbin/insmod $lib_path/broadcom/broadcm_40181/dhd.ko "firmware_path=/etc/wifi/ap6181/fw_bcm40181b2.bin nvram_path=/etc/wifi/ap6181/nvram_ap6181.txt"
;;
ap6330)
/sbin/insmod $lib_path/broadcom/broadcm_40181/dhd.ko "firmware_path=/etc/wifi/ap6330/fw_bcm40183b2.bin nvram_path=/etc/wifi/ap6330/nvram_ap6330.txt"

Do I need to alter this? Or do I make another file?

What I want to achieve is set the IP Address of the ethernet connection (eth0) to 192.168.1.200 when the device boots up.

Here is the output of my ifconfig after a reboot:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:18:01:81:31
inet addr:192.168.1.122 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:18ff:fe01:8131/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:8660 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5720 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:11316448 (10.7 MiB) TX bytes:629744 (614.9 KiB)
Interrupt:40


lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:4C:11:22:33
inet6 addr: fe80::6efa:a7ff:fe9a:5267/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:364 (364.0 B)

Thanks in advance.

[Tyler Durden]

Hi,

no, that's bug linux have. Mac is hardcoded for now, so if you can, set one box to use wifi.

I believe this is my problem.

Wifi is not an option for me, so is there anyway to change this hardcoded MAC?

[no_spam_for_me]

I only talk about that init.d is supported, that you have to make the file executable (chmod...) and that it have no extension...
I also talk about the first line at the script-file which is a must to have and seems to have to look like

#! /bin/sh#

:
of cause a new file....

I believe this is my problem.

Wifi is not an option for me, so is there anyway to change this hardcoded MAC?

Maybe ?

[Tyler Durden]

I only talk about that init.d is supported, that you have to make the file executable (chmod...) and that it have no extension...
I also talk about the first line at the script-file which is a must to have and seems to have to look like

#! /bin/sh#

:
of cause a new file....


Maybe ?

I'm out.