Low Power Workstation

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Low Power Workstations

  • Motherboard: Via Epia SN18000G
  • RAM: 2gb
  • Storage: Compact Flash
  • Case: VoomPC Automotive Mini-ITX Case
  • OS: Ubuntu 8.04 (with gnome)

General

  • Jumpers for power switch are second two in from the right on the back row, with the rows of jumpers away from you
  • Press F11 during POST to select boot device


To Do

*Set-up:

  • Network user profiles

*Add:

  • Java
  • gedit

*Fix:

  • Boot on PS/2 mouse and USB keyboard
  • Solder power LED on prototype

*Check on:

  • User/global config files for Ekiga to avoid sound device being set to "Default" on first run

Ubuntu 8.10 =

Custom Stuff

  • FUZZY XORG AFTER INSTALL: set driver to "vesa" in xorg.conf
  • BUZZING -> Go to System -> Preferences -> Sound, and set everything to ALSA. Then restart alsa-utils and change capture device to microphone in alsamixer
  • Knowplex and Ekiga don't play nice together unless /etc/asound.conf is added so that dmix works
  • Sample /etc/asound.conf
  pcm.snd_card {
       type hw
       card 0
}
pcm.dmixer {
       type dmix
       ipc_key 1024
       slave.pcm "snd_card"
       slave {
               period_size 256
               buffer_size 2048
               rate 44100
       }
}
pcm.dsnooper {
       type dsnoop
       ipc_key 2048
       slave.pcm "snd_card"
       slave {
               period_size 256
buffer_size 2048
               rate 44100
       }
}
pcm.duplex {
       type asym
       playback.pcm "dmixer"
       capture.pcm "dsnooper"
}
pcm.!default {
       type plug
       slave.pcm "duplex"
}
buffer_size 2048
               rate 44100
       }
}
  • via_ubuntu_7.04_linux_hd_audio_ig_ver0.8.tar.gz --> doesn't work because we aren't in 7.04. used linux_audio_driver_v30.zip from viaarena.com instead.
  • install build-essential for most common stuff needed to build

Ubuntu Desktop Fails to Start

See: This bug report

The problem is that gnome-keyring-daemon segfaults on startup (apparently related to flash based storage?).

Solution:

  • edit etc/pam.d/gdm as root
  • remove all references to gnome_keyring
  • save file and restart GDM

FreeBSD 7.0

Custom Settings

Ports Settings

/etc/make.conf 

WITHOUT_GNOME="YES"
WITHOUT_KDE="YES"
WITHOUT_PYTHON="YES"
WITHOUT_DBUS="YES"

CFLAGS+= -march=i686 -msse3

Load kernel modules

/boot/loader.conf 

snd_hda_load="YES"
linux_load="YES"

Disable line-In whine on snd_hda module load

/boot/device.hints 

hint.pcm.0.line="0"

Bootup settings

/etc/rc.conf 

ifconfig_vr0="DHCP"
mixer_enable="YES"

/var/db/mixer0-state 

vol 85:85 pcm 75:75 line 0:0 mic 0:0 cd 75:75 rec 75:75 =rec mic

Power Consumption Tuning

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