Sound over HDMI on ION2 systems

1. Connect to your box with SSH or SAMBA. 2. Type the following: cp ~/.config/asound.conf.sample/asound.conf_double-xs35gt.sample ~/.config/asound.conf 3. In XBMC, go to System > Audio and make the following configuration: Audio output = HDMISpeaker configuration = 7.1 (or the what your receiver is capable of)Audio output device = custom Custom audio device = plughw:1,7 Passthrough output device = custom Custom passthrough device = plughw:1,7 4. Reboot the system

April 7, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Stream music to XBMC via Airplay

[banner] The easiest way to stream audio to your XBMC is with the Apple protocol Airplay. Since XBMC Eden (version 11) it is possible to activate Airplay via: System/Settings -> Network -> Services -> enable AirPlay Requirements: Linux/Ubuntu users will need to install avahi-daemon: sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon #(on Ubuntu) Mac OS X needs no additional set-up. Windows users will need to install Bonjour (if you have iTunes installed then you will already have Bonjour): http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999 ...

April 1, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

XBMCBuntu boot problem when TV is turned off (Nvidia)

When I boot my XBMC box and don’t turn my TV on before the boot XBMC was not succesfully. After some digging and googling I found the solution. On your XBMCBuntu device press ALT+CRTL+F1 login with user xbmc, pass xbmc type sudo su - type killall Xorg press ALT+CRTL+F7 login with user xbmc, pass xbmc and select XBMCBuntu Now press the button on the left bottom (or press the windows/command key) Select System Tools > Nvidia X Server Settings click on DFP-0, DFP-1 or whatever then click “Acquire EDID..” Save it as edid.bin in your /home/xbmc/ folder Now make an ssh connection from another PC to your XBMC box Example linux/osx: ssh 192.168.1.12 -l xbmc for windows try putty Make yourself root sudo su - Password xbmc Type: cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep “Assigned Display Device: DFP-” Keep the DFP-X number in mind Make a backup of your X.org config cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orig open the xorg.conf nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf Delete all the lines with ctrl+k(multiple times) Now paste the new config: Section "Device" Identifier "nvidia" Driver "nvidia" Option "DynamicTwinView" "False" Option "NoFlip" "false" Option "NoLogo" "true" Option "ConnectToAcpid" "0" Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Native" Option "ModeValidation" "NoVesaModes, NoXServerModes" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-1" Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-1:/home/xbmc/edid.bin" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen" Device "nvidia" DefaultDepth 24 Option "ColorRange" "Full" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x720" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "false" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false" EndSection Change the DFP-X number in the config if you have another number then DFP-1 press CTRL+O to safe the file Type shutdown -h now to turn the XBMC box of Turn of the TV and turn your XBMC box on Test if everything works fine now :) If this works for you please leave a comment below :) ...

April 1, 2012 · 2 min · thomasf

Bandwidth calculator

A link to a very nice bandwidth calculator: http://web.forret.com/tools/bandwidth.asp?speed=4&unit=TB%2Fm

March 22, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Cisco router change access list (ACL)

First check accesslist with show run Then check the dialer ! interface Dialer1 description Internet ip address negotiated ip access-group 111 in ip nat outside ip inspect list1 out ip virtual-reassembly Copy the access group line (bold) to notepad Now do a show run and copy the specific (111 in my case) accesslist to notepad access-list 111 permit tcp any any established access-list 111 permit icmp any any administratively-prohibited access-list 111 permit icmp any any echo access-list 111 permit icmp any any echo-reply access-list 111 permit icmp any any packet-too-big access-list 111 permit icmp any any time-exceeded access-list 111 permit icmp any any traceroute access-list 111 permit icmp any any unreachable access-list 111 permit tcp any any eq ftp access-list 111 permit tcp any any eq www access-list 111 deny ip any any log ...

March 15, 2012 · 2 min · thomasf

Linux show disk space specific folder

$du -c -h /path/to/directory

March 14, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Windows 7 error can't activate 0x8007007B

After a clean windows 7 installation with Novicorp WintoFlash of could not activate correctly. I’ll get error the error: 0x8007007B The easiest way to fix this problem is re-register the Windows key with the following steps: Click on the Start Button and type: CMD(into the ‘Search programs and files’ field in the Start Menu) The Start Menu will show ‘CMD.exe’, Right-click the CMD.exe file and select Run As Administrator. In the CMD window, type: slmgr.vbs -ipk To activate windows after changing the key, type: slmgr.vbs -ato

March 8, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Troubleshoot SNMP

If you want to know what a specific SNMP value must be, snmpwalk is your friend :) snmpwalk -v1 -c -On 1.3 Download SNMPWALK for windows

March 7, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Fix STARTTLS SMTP error

Error: Microsoft Exchange could not find a certificate that contains the domain name exchange.global-e.nl in the personal store on the local computer. Therefore, it is unable to support the STARTTLS SMTP verb for the connector Outbound Ex 2010 with a FQDN parameter of exchange.global-e.nl. If the connector’s FQDN is not specified, the computer’s FQDN is used. Verify the connector configuration and the installed certificates to make sure that there is a certificate with a domain name for that FQDN. If this certificate exists, run Enable-ExchangeCertificate -Services SMTP to make sure that the Microsoft Exchange Transport service has access to the certificate key. ...

February 28, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf

Android Troubleshoot Battery Drain Problem

Today my mother calls me that she had some battery drain issue’s on her HTC Desire Android phone. Because she had an older stock ROM not all battery and cpu options where available. After some phone troubleshooting I found the cause. First go the the android marked and download the app: Quick System Info Pro. Start the app scroll down a little and press battery The press Battery History Press Other Usage and press CPU usage Now you can see the program who sucks the live of your battery ...

February 26, 2012 · 1 min · thomasf