Few days back, I published a post describing how to configure the Chinavision MCE USB remote to work with XBMC and Logitech Harmony Remote. I did further research and reading after this and ended up improving my setup. Since XBMC Dharma, the “keymap.xml” file no longer exists. It now called … read more
Your server speed, cpu usage, memory usage, and overall Linux performance depends also on the amount of system resources your desktop environment is using. A lightweight desktop environment or a minimal desktop, will consume less resources and therefore make more resources available for serving purposes. Many system administrators argue that … read more
I have described how I setup my Ubuntu-XBMC based HTPC in several of my previous posts: https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/?p=252 https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/?p=279 https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/?p=285 I bought the Wireless USB PC Remote Control Mouse for PC as a cheap IR remote / receiver to control my HTPC. It sells for about $7 on Amazon. This USB … read more
After a recent WordPress update (to 3.3), one of my blogs showed the following error: So how to solve this problem? Googling lead me to various websites and blogs that discussed possible solutions to this problem. This seems to be a problem specifically with Elegant Themes. Below is what worked … read more