MCE Remote and LCD Display

Microsoft MCE Remote
sudo yum install lirc

yum install lirc-remotes

cp /usr/share/lirc-remotes/mceusb/lircd.conf.mceusb /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

chkconfig lirc on

/etc/init.d/lirc restart

I'm unable to get the mouse working at this point. After lot of experimentation and googling, I'm not sure anyone has succeeded yet with Fedora.

LCD Display

sudo yum install lcdproc

cd /etc/sysconfig/lcdproc

cp LCDd.conf.example LCDd.conf

Edit LCDd.conf setting Driver=imonlcd

cp lcdproc.conf.example lcdproc.conf

chkconfig LCDd on

chkconfig lcdproc on

/etc/init.d/LCDd start

XBMC on Fedora 14 (HTPC)

I bought a new HTPC, in pieces -

• 386482 - Antec Fusion HTPC Remote Black, Fans: 2x 120mm Sida, IR, Remote, LCD Display, iMon software
• 612433 - Corsair CX 500W PSUATX 12V V2.3, 80 Plus, Standard. 2x 6+2pin PCIe, 5x SATA, 120mm Fan
• 610540 - AMD Athlon II X3 450, Triple Core, 3.2Ghz, AM3, 1,5MB, 95W, Boxed
• 363359 - Crucial DDR3 1333MHz 4GB KIT, CL9, Kit w/two matched DDR3 2GB, 240pin
• 597747 - Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H, Socket-AM3 mATX, AMD880G+SB850, DDR3, 2xPCIe(2.0)x16, VGA, DVI, HDMI, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0
• 575186 - Western Digital Caviar® GreenPower™ 1TB Sata 3 Gb/s, 64MB Cache
• 582000 - Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 700V2 Black USB
• 508084 - HDMI Cable, 1m
• 493692 - Lite-On Blu-Ray Reader IHOS104-37, Blu-Ray DVD-ROM, Sata

It's been many years since I've built a PC - it was a nice surprise to see the assembly be problem free. Tired of Vista, and not wanting to shell out Microsoft tax for Windows 7, I decided to install Mythdora - MythTV on Fedora. It was very disappointing - so I switched to Fedora 14 + XBMC - and was immediately impressed.

Customisations so far -
Auto-login, and auto-start of XBMC -
http://www.perturb.org/display/GDM_AutoLogin.html


Installed NoMachine NX Server to allow easy remote management

Next to tackle -
- Microsoft MCE Keyboard/Remote
- Front panel display on the Antec Fusion case
- IPTV PVR