Openelec for MatrixTBS

[vpeter]

+1 for getting inboard IR receiver

Done. Run this two commands in SSH console and reboot. I was testing with remote from TBS5980 (I think). But not all keys are working - someone should record them.

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cp /storage/.config/autostart.sh /storage/.config/autostart.sh_orig
curl -o /storage/.config/autostart.sh https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8224157/public/matrix/tbs_matrix_openelec_tbs_remote.autostart


[vpeter]

Am I the only one who have align issues in OpenELEC addon settings ? Labels are far too left so I can only see last letters.

Helix is fine but Gotham has some issues. Already investigating.

Fixed. In all builds I forgot to use different settings addon for Gotham than it's used for Helix.

OpenELEC-iMX6.arm-devel-20141018132309-r19393-g4556014-Gotham-ui_fix.tar: http://l.bitcasa.com/KT3b4KFi

[antonl1911]

Am I the only one who have align issues in OpenELEC addon settings ? Labels are far too left so I can only see last letters.

Helix is fine but Gotham has some issues. Already investigating.

Fixed. In all builds I forgot to use different settings addon for Gotham than it's used for Helix.

OpenELEC-iMX6.arm-devel-20141018132309-r19393-g4556014-Gotham-ui_fix.tar: http://l.bitcasa.com/KT3b4KFi

Can we update by putting KERNEL and SYSTEM files to /storage/.update?

[vpeter]

Can we update by putting KERNEL and SYSTEM files to /storage/.update?

You don't need to unpack .tar file but instead copy .tar file directly.

[PeterB]

Am I the only one who have align issues in OpenELEC addon settings ? Labels are far too left so I can only see last letters.

Helix is fine but Gotham has some issues. Already investigating.

Fixed. In all builds I forgot to use different settings addon for Gotham than it's used for Helix.

OpenELEC-iMX6.arm-devel-20141018132309-r19393-g4556014-Gotham-ui_fix.tar: http://l.bitcasa.com/KT3b4KFi

Okay, I now have this installed on my unmodified v1.3 unit, booting from SD card, using the new u-boot-matrix.imx and imx6q-tbs2910.dtb
The procedure for writing the mbr is slightly different when done from OE. I will update my earlier post to highlight the differences. Also, my instructions for creating a bootable SD card need a little amendment for the latest boot changes.

One little oddity - I notice that when OpenELEC settings addon is invoked from the SYSTEM menu - as you return to the main menu, the area of the screen outside of the rectangle covered by the addon window, isn't repainted. Either the whole screen should be repainted on exit, or the area outside of the addon window shouldn't modified when the addon is started.

My next experiment will be to try and get the new uboot to boot the original MatrixTV from emmc.

After that, I will try installing OE on the emmc.

[PeterB]

My next experiment will be to try and get the new uboot to boot the original MatrixTV from emmc.

Not a lot of success with this - emmc on a MatrixTV box appears to have three partitions:
boot0
boot1
p1

parted cannot determine the type of the two boot partitions and I have not been able to mount them.

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Error: /dev/mmcblk1boot0: unrecognised disk label
Model: Generic SD/MMC Storage Card (sd/mmc)                               
Disk /dev/mmcblk1boot0: 2097kB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:

Error: /dev/mmcblk1boot1: unrecognised disk label
Model: Generic SD/MMC Storage Card (sd/mmc)                               
Disk /dev/mmcblk1boot1: 2097kB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:


The p1 partition looks like a system/root partition, with bin, dev, lib etc directories. Writing the uEnv.txt file to the p1 partition has no effect - the system shows no signs of attempting to boot.

The bootable MatrixTV SD card has a single partition which simply has a lost+found directory. However, this partition also has what appears to be 7.7MB of free space in front of it - this must be where the system image resides. Again, this area is not accessible as a filesysystem and it is, therefore, not possible to write the uEnv.txt file there.

I'm not sure what else I can try!

[vpeter]

PeterB, I install matrixtv on a eMMC. It boots fine.
Then I replaced u-boot in eMMC boot0 partition. And add uEnv.txt I posted few days back in first partition on eMMC (where matroxtv files are). And matrixtv still boots fine IF there is no other SD card inserted (obviously).

boot0 partition is where u-boot is stored.
boot1 you can ignore. You could have 2 different u-boot bootloaders in this 2 partitions and switch which one is used.
p1 is normal ext3 partition for matrixtv root filesystem.
Bootable MatrixTV SD card I newer do so no idea what is on it.

[antonl1911]

Anyone, where can I get libncurses.so.5 library for rtorrent plugin?

[vpeter]

Anyone, where can I get libncurses.so.5 library for rtorrent plugin?

You need to install newer addon which doesn't need this library.
Or take this file

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8224157/public/tmp/libncurses.so.5

But I assume you are using Gotham build right? In this case not all addons are compatible. Only Helix build is up-to-date with addons.

[antonl1911]

BTW, there are some periodical audio crackles when idle with current Gotham build.
About the remote mapping: maybe we can get the required file from MatrixTV? Back button is working there, but not in OE.