X and Fluxbox :: GATOS ATI Drivers



Sorry to go off topic.  I'm just replying to Max's last post about streaming media devices.
I hear you cbagger.  That's almost my setup now...except for the XBox.  I went through most of the XBMC site and really liked what I saw.  I had decided to give this old notebook a try before I spent any $$$ on the XBox.  Also, the Xbox will probably generate more noise than a notebook.

I've also read up on the Sveasoft hack for the Linksys router.  Another benefit is that with this software you can use QOS service for certian IP addresses.  I use Packet8 VOIP at home and am just about to yank MaBell out totally, but my wife has complained about call quality every now and then (...just when I happen to be downloading a torrent  :p ).  So with QOS I can guarantee bandwidth to VOIP when its required.  (Now we're double off topic!)

Instead of using the two wireless routers with one as a bridge, I prefer Cat5 between the two because the second router still has to be within good range of the first to act as a decent repeater.  I found a 200 ft patch cord for $20 and ran it up the wall and through the ceilling to connect my living room to my office/garage which is detached from house but connected by a little covered walkway.  Works really good.
And by the way... I couldn't get the MoviX distro to do TV-out on the notebook last night either...even though they said they supported ATI.  I must of tried about 20 combinations of boot options.  Must be for only the newer cards....

It is a nice little 30MB Multimedia distro though.  Based on Slackware.  For someone with newer hardware I think it would be a great solution for a spare set-top box.
Can you stream with MoviX or just play media files and DVD movies?

FYI the older XBOX are quite noisy.  Supposedly the newer ones are quieter but mine is anything but silent.
Yes you can play streams of both music and movies with MoviX.  And I can get the notebook to play the stream to the LCD, but without TV-out...why bother??

They have a nice menu system and of course you'd want to get the LIRC working to use a remote.  You can have a config file that auto loads boot params ,NFS and Samba shares, and custom mplayer parameters if you need them.

They've got a script to rebuild the ISO, so I might see if I can get atitvout to work in the distro myself.  But I don't have any Slackware distros to compile on nor much time to fiddle with that.
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