XBMC 12.2 improvements & Linux 3.10

[f1vefour]

(6th Aug, 2013 08:55 AM)tehnatural Wrote:  

(6th Aug, 2013 08:31 AM)f1vefour Wrote:  Because the kernel is incompatible, is this an XBMC plugin that doesn't function or the hardware has no 'driver'?

It's an XBMC plugin (just like boblight but a version for the RPi). It uses dispmanx to 'grab' an area of the screen so that boblight-rpi can work and send the color information to the LED's. It requires a newer version of the rpi-kernel July 2 2013 or later for this to work.

Ok so it has been implemented into the kernel by a third party, what you need to do is find where this was committed into the rpi kernel (git commit #somerandomnumber) and request it be implemented into the Xbian kernel by providing the commit #.

[tehnatural]

(6th Aug, 2013 09:38 AM)f1vefour Wrote:  Ok so it has been implemented into the kernel by a third party, what you need to do is find where this was committed into the rpi kernel (git commit #somerandomnumber) and request it be implemented into the Xbian kernel by providing the commit #.

I don't believe its a 3rd party implement - Dom has made all the commits at https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/commits The ones I believe that are important are: https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/commit/1060b4e6f6ef7d62a50730656cd7c7f832bd2b45 and https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/commit/a971e54db8c0e1678e2832e284f4c61a7bd71d2f

[f1vefour]

(6th Aug, 2013 11:29 AM)tehnatural Wrote:  

(6th Aug, 2013 09:38 AM)f1vefour Wrote:  Ok so it has been implemented into the kernel by a third party, what you need to do is find where this was committed into the rpi kernel (git commit #somerandomnumber) and request it be implemented into the Xbian kernel by providing the commit #.

I don't believe its a 3rd party implement - Dom has made all the commits at https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/commits The ones I believe that are important are: https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/commit/1060b4e6f6ef7d62a50730656cd7c7f832bd2b45 and https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/commit/a971e54db8c0e1678e2832e284f4c61a7bd71d2f

Dom along with anyone outside the Linux kernel development team is a third party, these are firmware updates anyway not kernel. I'm sending you a PM with instructions.

[mk01]

(6th Aug, 2013 07:27 AM)tehnatural Wrote:  Is there a way to get a newer version of the kernel to work (after july 20th)? I would really like to get boblight-dispmanx to work with xbian and have been, for quite some time, stuck with raspbmc because of this.

here you have pre-Beta2 packages, firmware is dated July-31st (http://ivka57.dyndns-ip.com/pool/main/x/xbian-package-firmware/xbian-package-firmware_1.4-1_armhf.deb)

kernel from 3.9.8+ should have all needed modules in package, unfortunately can't test without HW.

[mk01]

btw: the mouse & keyboard issue is that chmod of /dev/input/event* files changed from 666 to 600 in 3.10.x kernels. solution is "chmod 666 event_file".

beta2 includes udev rule file to correct this

[tehnatural]

I tried the beta 2 here is the output of vcgencmd version

Code:

xbian@xbian ~ $ vcgencmd version
Jul 22 2013 22:07:37
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version fdc0303de9bcb2a8e21cf31638bbc571a834630b (clean) (release)

I can't see spidev0.0 or spidev0.1 in /dev/ tried removing from blacklist and modprobe.

[mk01]

if you got spi-bcm2708 loaded and is shown with lsmod, not idea. I will try new fw today.

[mk01]

(15th Aug, 2013 02:27 PM)tehnatural Wrote:  I can't see spidev0.0 or spidev0.1 in /dev/ tried removing from blacklist and modprobe.

got it to work. download actual xbian-package-(firmware,kernel) from the beta2 repo and install

[tehnatural]

(15th Aug, 2013 09:48 PM)mk01 Wrote:  got it to work. download actual xbian-package-(firmware,kernel) from the beta2 repo and install

That seems to have worked! Thanks a ton!

Edit: I have boblight running on Xbian now! This is awesome. You rock mk01

[sam45]

(16th Aug, 2013 12:26 PM)tehnatural Wrote:  

(15th Aug, 2013 09:48 PM)mk01 Wrote:  got it to work. download actual xbian-package-(firmware,kernel) from the beta2 repo and install

That seems to have worked! Thanks a ton!

Edit: I have boblight running on Xbian now! This is awesome. You rock mk01

Could you give some more explanation on how you've got it working?
I'm using openelec atm for the same reason, but it's kinda slow..
Also, are you using speedy's boblight daemon?

[IriDium]

Is this thread still relevant? Surely we should all be working on Beta 1.2

[mk01]

(16th Aug, 2013 12:26 PM)tehnatural Wrote:  Edit: I have boblight running on Xbian now! This is awesome. You rock mk01

where is it possible to buy? or you guys are doing it from leds etc by yourself at home?

my wife is crazy about it.

[sam45]

(26th Aug, 2013 06:11 AM)mk01 Wrote:  

(16th Aug, 2013 12:26 PM)tehnatural Wrote:  Edit: I have boblight running on Xbian now! This is awesome. You rock mk01

where is it possible to buy? or you guys are doing it from leds etc by yourself at home?

my wife is crazy about it.

I followed this tutorial:
http://pibob.nadnerb.co.uk/

bought the LEDs and other parts on ebay.
It's not that hard actually! The website is explaining it for raspbian and openelec (I had to go for openelec because of wifi issues), but it can't be that difficult to get it to work on Xbian

[mk01]

(26th Aug, 2013 07:14 AM)sam45 Wrote:  I followed this tutorial:
http://pibob.nadnerb.co.uk/

bought the LEDs and other parts on ebay.

ach was afraid of that. anyhow thanks for info.

[tehnatural]

http://www.adafruit.com/products/461

Leds and power supply. Can drive two strings

https://github.come/Speedy1985/boblightd-for-raspberry/wiki/How-to-compile

Boblight daemon

https://github.com/brooc/boblight-rpi

Boblihht dispmanx

I would suggest buying an extra set of leds

In your boblight.conf make sure your rate matches rpi baudrate... 115200. Interval of the dispmanx is usually set at 10 times a second so in the same conf I set my interval at 80000 (12.3 times a second) uses about 1/3 of the cpu for the daemon. The one from nadnerbs blog is 20000 (50 times a second seems like a waste of cpu to go this low when dispmanx is set at 10 a second.)

(26th Aug, 2013 07:27 AM)mk01 Wrote:  

(26th Aug, 2013 07:14 AM)sam45 Wrote:  I followed this tutorial:
http://pibob.nadnerb.co.uk/

bought the LEDs and other parts on ebay.

ach was afraid of that. anyhow thanks for info.