With my media computer coming together nicely, I wanted to remove all user intervention such that the computer will boot directly to XBMC. The two primary obstacles to this are automatically logging in the user and automatically starting a program once in XFCE. I decided to use SLiM as my log-in manager since it is… Continue reading XFCE Autologin and Autostart
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Intel D945GCLF2 and Surround Sound on Gentoo
I while back I purchased an Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard to play with. This board features the dual core Atom 330 processor in a nice mini-ITX form factor. I’ve recently set this up as a media center PC, running Gentoo and XBMC. I’ve been quite happy with its performance in this role, but there was one… Continue reading Intel D945GCLF2 and Surround Sound on Gentoo
Gentoo as VirtualBox Guest
For a while, I kept an old 733MHz computer in my rack to use as a test box, where I could play with various software without needing to worry that what I was doing could cause problems for my desktop. I have not used it in a while, but I decided that having a physical… Continue reading Gentoo as VirtualBox Guest
Microchip ICD 2 and Windows Vista x64
While on Christmas break, I purchased a few things to get started on the stock clock project. First was the Explorer 16 development board, which is the same one that I used while an a co-op (internship). I bought this particular one since I was already familiar with its features and the processors that came… Continue reading Microchip ICD 2 and Windows Vista x64