[ale] OT: media box

[Ed Cashin]

The nicest way to catch kernel panic info is the net console feature, but
if your network card isn't supported, another nice way is to run kermit in
screen on a second system connected by a serial cable, configuring the
target system's kernel to use the serial port as a console.

If you don't have a serial port, not even the pins on the motherboard,
then... Maybe someone else will have ideas.
On Nov 29, 2015 10:26 AM, "Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:

> I built a new system using a microatx board and a 2.5" SSD drive.  I
> haven't deployed it yet because it keeps crashing.  It takes a few days,
> maybe a week to die.  I can't see anything in the logs but that's not
> unusual.  Does anyone have any pointers as how to trap the problem?  I'm
> guessing it's a kernel crash.  It's running stock Debian 8, 64 bit, kernel
> 2.6.32.
>
> CPU is a 4 core, Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU  J1900  @ 1.99GHz with 4 Gb
> memory.  I'm running memtest now.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
>
> On 11/25/2015 10:03 AM, Preston wrote:
>
>> It's hard to beat Kodi on a Raspberry Pi II. May not be exactly what
>> you're looking for, but look on YouTube for some vids. I'm close to
>> replacing my Patriot Box Office with one for my movie room.
>>
>> Preston
>>
>> On 11/25/2015 8:24 AM, Boris Borisov wrote:
>>
>>> We have discuss did in he past but lets go one more time. What would you
>>> get for media box at home? I had different dedicated media players and
>>> now I have windows PC which is no longer capable with running my kids
>>> games :) While the E8400 CPU is capable of running 1080p content and the
>>> box itself is relatively low noise for a desktop, still the box is huge
>>> and power consumption is also factor.
>>>
>>> So I'm thinking of going green of sort.
>>>
>>> I have one multimedia android 4.0.4 box which has Ethernet and WiFi.
>>> WiFi sucks big time and cannot hold connection. Also some apps works
>>> fine some does not when playing multimedia content.
>>>
>>> Idea is to get one of very small factor PC. I was looking at Zotac mini
>>> PC forms.
>>>
>>> Which one would you pick. Brand, form factor, CPU/GPU, even running OS ?
>>>
>>>
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