Posts by Stavr0

  • 7.0.2 Getting started on VMWare

    Quote from lrusak


    Or just use this tool ;)

    LibreELEC.tv/create_virtualimage at master · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

    Not everyone has a Linux distro on hand...

    This being said, I wonder why the installer option launches to a black screen under VMWare. Syslinux shows up, then installer shows the LibreELEC splash then nothing.

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    2016-11-12T13:32:28.456-05:00| vcpu-0| I120: Unknown int 10h func 0x0000
2016-11-12T13:32:28.457-05:00| vcpu-0| I120: SVGA enabling SVGA
2016-11-12T13:32:29.571-05:00| vcpu-0| I120: SVGA hiding SVGA

  • 7.0.2 Getting started on VMWare

    Using the image LibreELEC-Virtual.x86_64-7.0.2.img.gz

    I was not able to use the installer under VMWare, so I used QEMU to work around:

    Create a VMWare disk image to contain the installation[font="courier new,courier,monospace"]:[/font]

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    qemu-img create -f vmdk LibreElec702.vmdk 4G


    Then run the qemu with USB and boot menu:

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    qemu-system-x86_64 -boot menu=on -usb -usbdevice disk:format=raw:LibreELEC-Virtual.x86_64-7.0.2.img -hda LibreElec702.vmdk

    Select the USB device, then select installer SYSLINUX option. The process will take about 10 minutes.

    Go back to VMWare and create a new VM (Other 64bit) using the disk image created previously.

    You must now fix the virtual sound driver: the sb16 and es1371 modules are not installed so we have to use hdaudio. Edit the .vmx configuration and make sure the sound entries are as follows:
    sound.present = "TRUE"
    sound.filename = "-1"
    sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
    sound.virtualdev = "hdaudio"

    You should now be able to start the VMWare LibreElec guest.

  • VmWare

    Got a 7.0.2 image working by running the installer with QEMU onto a VMDK.

    Problem is with Audio. No sound at all. The audio output device is greyed out, The VMWARE default sound driver isn't recognized.

    The solution is to manually edit the .vmx configuration and make sure the sound settings are as follows:

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    sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.filename = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
sound.virtualdev = "hdaudio"


    sb16 and es1371 virtual devices don't seem to work.