Rulof72, A cubietruck image from JackOfAll is certainly worth waiting for, not only are you likely to get a user friendly way to configure the system for LMS & squeezelite use, but you will benefit from the considerable expertise of JackOfAll in fine tuning the software to maximize the potential of the cubietruck hardware (kernel patches, software compiled & optimized to ARM instruction set, etc., etc.), something which is not guaranteed elsewhere.
I was close to buyng a cubietruck myself, but shelved the idea with the recent change in the CS project circumstances. So I'll be interested in this myself. Having had a chance to look a little more at the cubieboard forums, the Lubuntu image does have it's quirks for both WIF and SPDIF out, which could easily throw those with little or no linux experience. Plus there's the question of how best to install squeezelite on the system. That's easily answered if you happen to know a v.recent squeezelite .deb package exists in debian unstable for amrhf, and know how to add to the system's software sources safely. But you still have a little post-install configuration to do, which is not untypical when installing new software on Linux systems. I would guess, you were attracted to the Lubuntu image as it had a point & click desktop, yet you have learnt that you can quickly need to use the command line (CLI) to get things done. If you want another try while your waiting, I would suggest using this image on your cubietruck: http://www.cubieforums.com/index.php?topic=1275.0 and http://www.igorpecovnik.com/2013/12/24/cubietruck-debian-wheezy-sd-card-image/ Note it is for an SD card. It's command line only, unless you install other software. But it has several advantages for you. (1) The image preloads the WIFI module Code: -------------------- cat ./etc/modules # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored. # Parameters can be specified after the module name. hci_uart gpio_sunxi bcmdhd rfcomm hidp lirc_gpio sunxi_lirc # if you want access point mode, load wifi module this way: bcmdhd op_mode=2 # and edit /etc/init.d/hostapd change DAEMON_CONF=/etc/hostapd.conf ; edit your wifi net settings in hostapd.conf ; reboot -------------------- and has the correct sample entries in the important "/etc/network/interfaces" file and there's in no "network-manager" software running to complicate matters. Code: -------------------- cat ./etc/network/interfaces # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp # hwaddress ether # if you want to set MAC manually # pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 mtu 3838 # setting MTU for DHCP, static just: mtu 3838 #auto wlan0 #allow-hotplug wlan0 #iface wlan0 inet dhcp # wpa-ssid SSID # wpa-psk xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # to generate proper encrypted key: wpa_passphrase yourSSID yourpassword -------------------- WIFI configuration is manual, but well documented elsewhere. This vid gives an example of manual WIF configuration: http://youtu.be/3QEeRUTT83M Note some commands will need adjusting to connect your wireless router. (2) V. importantly, the SPDIF kernel modules are built-in to the kernel, so there's should be need to fiddle around with "/etc/modules" etc. to get that working. Code: -------------------- grep "sound" ./lib/modules/3.4.79-sun7i+/modules.builtin kernel/sound/soundcore.ko kernel/sound/core/snd.ko kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko kernel/sound/core/snd-hrtimer.ko kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko kernel/sound/soc/snd-soc-core.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/sunxi-codec.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/hdmiaudio/sunxi-hdmiaudio.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/hdmiaudio/sunxi-hdmipcm.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/hdmiaudio/sndhdmi.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/hdmiaudio/sunxi-sndhdmi.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/i2s/sunxi-i2s.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/i2s/sunxi-i2sdma.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/i2s/sndi2s.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/i2s/sunxi-sndi2s.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/spdif/sunxi_spdif.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/spdif/sunxi_spdma.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/spdif/sndspdif.ko kernel/sound/soc/sunxi/spdif/sunxi_sndspdif.ko -------------------- (3) Installing and configuring squeezelite on this image is a case of adjusting the software sources, and then installing and configuring squeezelite. You would have do exactly the same on the Lubuntu image. Once you had wireless and squeezelite working I don't believe you would really need a "desktop" running on your cubietruck and you could administer it remotely from Windows via a ssh connection made using the "Putty" program. This is only a suggestion for an interim solution to using your cubietruck as you want, as I believe a JackOfAll image would be ideal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Krisbee's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101543 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
