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Reinstalling Older Version of Ubuntu
cochinada:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on March 01, 2023, 04:19:10 pm ---From what I've seen, at least two users (yourself included) has reported this issue. It seems to have worked previously, but stopped working after Ubuntu pushed system updates (e.g. Mesa). I just tried theater view in Media Center 30.0.67 on Fedora and it works fine there.
I'm going to guess this is going to come down to type of graphics is being used and perhaps the OS being used. In my case, I have a dedicated AMD GPU when using Fedora, whereas you (and possibly the other users) is using Intel integrated graphics (iGPU) on Ubuntu. If that's the case (and assuming theater view works for Nvidia GPU users) it'd be likely correct to assume a) the issue is Intel iGPU related and b) the issue lies with Mesa, which it did previously work until Ubuntu pushed Mesa updates that broke it and c) perhaps only happens with Ubuntu and its derivatives.
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OK, What you say makes total sense but then the inevitable question:
As I cannot/will not forfit using my integrated graphics due to the particular topology of my HTPC that was optimized for incredibly low power requirements and doesn't even have any fan, what is the best solution right now?
Awesome Donkey:
--- Quote from: cochinada on March 01, 2023, 04:24:11 pm ---As I cannot/will not forfit using my integrated graphics due to the particular topology of my HTPC that was optimized for incredibly low power requirements and doesn't even have any fan, what is the best solution right now?
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Either wait for a Mesa update and hope that fixes it, or maybe give Debian a go and see if it works there but there's no guarantee.
cochinada:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on March 01, 2023, 04:25:16 pm ---Either wait for a Mesa update and hope that fixes it, or maybe give Debian a go and see if it works there but there's no guarantee.
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OK, I'll try installing Debian. Anything that I should know about this OS? Is it similar to Ubuntu or do I need to learn a new set of weird commands, namely for installing openssh and Mediacenter?
I've just noticed that 'debian-11.6.0-amd64-ne.iso' is only about 400MB!
For sure this Linux misses a lot of things or does it? Does it have at least a GUI?
Awesome Donkey:
Ubuntu is based on Debian, so it should be fairly similar and the installJRMC script works there.
It's a netinstall ISO, meaning during install you pick what you want to install and it downloads and installs it, it doesn't bundle most packages like other distros do nor does it boot to a live OS (it's an installer only). The only gotcha with Debian is you likely will need to install sudo and add your user account to the sudoers file. This video should help with that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk1RSryy5Ls
cochinada:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on March 01, 2023, 04:35:22 pm ---Ubuntu is based on Debian, so it should be fairly similar and the installJRMC script works there.
It's a netinstall ISO, meaning during install you pick what you want to install and it downloads and installs it, it doesn't bundle most packages like other distros do nor does it boot to a live OS (it's an installer only). The only gotcha with Debian is you likely will need to install sudo and add your user account to the sudoers file. This video should help with that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk1RSryy5Ls
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OK, thanks. I'll try it tomorrow as it is already late here. Something tells me I'm going to have my work cut out... ::)
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