X86 Hardware issues (Graphics, WiFi, Onboard Sound, external DACs, Disks, BIOS/UEFI Boot problems etc.)

Please post in English, so people can read your posting.

label the hdd as issd

tried to label it issd, formatted fat32, but they are not seen anyway, other options? Thank you

You can take a look at topic DEV: [PLUGIN] MPD_OLED for x86 based systems
here we played around to get i2c running on a x86 for mdp_oled.

one of these should do the trick:

What are the minimum CPU and memory requirements for volumio?One of my tablets has 2 GB memories and a CPU Z3740, but it seems that there is a lag in the operation, which affects the sound quality of the treble part. However, the same DAC will not have such a problem when placed on a laptop with I5 5200 8G memory.

How did you install volumio on a tablet? :thinking:

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The new version of volumio generally supports it, but some functions don’t work. In my case, I can’t shut down or restart it, I can only force it to shut down. I think the power driver is wrong.Tablets have advantages and disadvantages. They perfectly support touch screens. However, tablets generally only have one Android USB port. Charging and connecting to the DAC are both in the same USB port, making it inconvenient to use.
In addition to this and the above mentioned, there will be lags during use, which affects the sound quality. I don’t know if it is because the CPU Z3740 and 2GB memory are not enough.

I expect that when you turn off spectrum, the sound will be better. A tablet with the a 3740 has about the performance of a rpi3, without almost no video support.

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For some reason I cannot create a proper boot usbstick that works on my older mainboard. The mainboard does not recognise the usbstick as een boot device. Tried Belena, Rufus and other utilities, no luck.
Is there another way to install Volumio on the SSD, maybe copy directly to the SSD?

you can indeed take the SSD out and flash it like it’s an USB device.

I tried that but I does not see it as a bootable device?

Please read the opening post from this topic and provide requested information.

I have installed Volumio on a 2009 Mac Mini. All is working well except playing from the internal CD drive. I insert the disk and it spins, but never starts playing. I also do not see CD in the sources list. Any help would be appreciated.

http://logs.volumio.org/volumio/eH3G46v.html

    description: Lunch Box Computer
    product: Macmini3,1 (System SKU#)
    vendor: Apple Inc.
    version: 1.0
    serial: YM937AM69G6
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp vsyscall32
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=lunchbox family=Macmini sku=System SKU# uuid=978369DC-54FA-F24C-82C8-B1B5307A6A7F
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: Mac-F22C86C8
       vendor: Apple Inc.
       physical id: 0
       serial: Base Board Serial#
       slot: Part Component
     *-cpu:0
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8700  @ 2.53GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 0
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8700  @ 2.53GHz
          slot: U2E1
          size: 2520MHz
          capacity: 2530MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 266MHz
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht tm pbe syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl cpuid aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm pti tpr_shadow flexpriority vpid dtherm vnmi cpufreq
        *-cache
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 2
             slot: Unknown
             size: 32KiB
             capacity: 32KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back data
             configuration: level=1
     *-cache:0
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: 1
          slot: Unknown
          size: 32KiB
          capacity: 32KiB
          capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction
          configuration: level=1
     *-cpu:1
          description: CPU
          vendor: Intel(R) Corporation
          physical id: 3
          bus info: cpu@1
          version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8700  @ 2.53GHz
          slot: U2E1
          size: 2520MHz
          capacity: 2530MHz
          clock: 266MHz
          capabilities: cpufreq
        *-cache
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: 5
             slot: Unknown
             size: 32KiB
             capacity: 32KiB
             capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back data
             configuration: level=1
     *-cache:1
          description: L1 cache
          physical id: 4
          slot: Unknown
          size: 32KiB
          capacity: 32KiB
          capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back instruction
          configuration: level=1
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 6
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 4GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)
             product: M471B5673EH1-CF8
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 0
             serial: 0x84D1AC8C
             slot: DIMM0
             size: 2GiB
             clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1067 MHz (0.9 ns)
             product: M471B5673EH1-CF8
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 1
             serial: 0x84D1ABB2
             slot: DIMM0
             size: 2GiB
             clock: 1067MHz (0.9ns)
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Apple Inc.
          physical id: e
          version: MM31.88Z.00AD.B00.0907171535
          date: 07/17/09
          size: 1MiB
          capacity: 4MiB
          capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect acpi ieee1394boot smartbattery netboot
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: MCP79 Host Bridge
          vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: b1
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
        *-memory:0 UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: MCP79 Memory Controller
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 0.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: MCP79 LPC Bridge
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
             version: b3
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: ioport:2000(size=256)
        *-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: MCP79 Memory Controller
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 3.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.1
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
             configuration: latency=0
        *-serial
             description: SMBus
             product: MCP79 SMBus
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 3.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.2
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm cap_list
             configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0
             resources: irq:0 ioport:2180(size=64) ioport:2140(size=64) ioport:2100(size=64)
        *-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: MCP79 Memory Controller
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 3.3
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.3
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
             configuration: latency=0
        *-memory:3 UNCLAIMED
             description: RAM memory
             product: MCP79 Memory Controller
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 3.4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.4
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
             configuration: latency=0
        *-processor UNCLAIMED
             description: Co-processor
             product: MCP79 Co-processor
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 3.5
             bus info: pci@0000:00:03.5
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: bus_master
             configuration: latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: memory:d3400000-d347ffff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 4
             bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:20 memory:d3488000-d3488fff
           *-usbhost
                product: OHCI PCI host controller
                vendor: Linux 6.6.25-volumio ohci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@1
                logical name: usb1
                version: 6.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: driver=hub slots=7 speed=12Mbit/s
              *-usb
                   description: Human interface device
                   product: IR Receiver
                   vendor: Apple Computer, Inc.
                   physical id: 5
                   bus info: usb@1:5
                   version: 0.16
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 4.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:04.1
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:17 memory:d3489200-d34892ff
           *-usbhost
                product: EHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 6.6.25-volumio ehci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@3
                logical name: usb3
                version: 6.06
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=7 speed=480Mbit/s
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 6
             bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:22 memory:d3487000-d3487fff
           *-usbhost
                product: OHCI PCI host controller
                vendor: Linux 6.6.25-volumio ohci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@2
                logical name: usb2
                version: 6.06
                capabilities: usb-1.10
                configuration: driver=hub slots=5 speed=12Mbit/s
              *-usb:0
                   description: USB hub
                   product: BRCM2046 Hub
                   vendor: Apple Inc.
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: usb@2:1
                   version: 1.00
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s
                 *-usb
                      description: Bluetooth wireless interface
                      product: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
                      vendor: Apple Inc.
                      physical id: 1
                      bus info: usb@2:1.1
                      version: 2.08
                      serial: 0026B0F5695A
                      capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00
                      configuration: driver=btusb speed=12Mbit/s
              *-usb:1
                   description: Keyboard
                   product: Keychron K1
                   vendor: Keychron
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: usb@2:2
                   version: 1.05
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=12Mbit/s
              *-usb:2
                   description: Keyboard
                   product: USB Receiver
                   vendor: Logitech
                   physical id: 4
                   bus info: usb@2:4
                   version: 24.11
                   capabilities: usb-2.00
                   configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=12Mbit/s
        *-usb:3
             description: USB controller
             product: MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 6.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:06.1
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:22 memory:d3489100-d34891ff
           *-usbhost
                product: EHCI Host Controller
                vendor: Linux 6.6.25-volumio ehci_hcd
                physical id: 1
                bus info: usb@4
                logical name: usb4
                version: 6.06
                capabilities: usb-2.00
                configuration: driver=hub slots=5 speed=480Mbit/s
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: MCP79 High Definition Audio
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 8
             bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
             resources: irq:20 memory:d3480000-d3483fff
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: MCP79 PCI Bridge
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 9
             bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode cap_list
             resources: memory:d3300000-d33fffff
        *-network
             description: Ethernet interface
             product: MCP79 Ethernet
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: a
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
             logical name: eth0
             version: b1
             serial: 00:26:b0:e9:a8:b8
             size: 1Gbit/s
             capacity: 1Gbit/s
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
             configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.20.186 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
             resources: irq:29 memory:d3486000-d3486fff ioport:21e0(size=8) memory:d3489000-d34890ff memory:d3489300-d348930f
        *-sata
             description: SATA controller
             product: MCP79 AHCI Controller
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
             logical name: scsi0
             logical name: scsi1
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: sata pm msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
             configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
             resources: irq:26 ioport:21d8(size=8) ioport:21ec(size=4) ioport:21d0(size=8) ioport:21e8(size=4) ioport:21c0(size=16) memory:d3484000-d3485fff
           *-disk
                description: ATA Disk
                product: Hitachi HTS54323
                vendor: Hitachi
                physical id: 0
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/sda
                version: C52F
                serial: 090901FBE400CEHPA97F
                size: 298GiB (320GB)
                capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
              *-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
                   description: EFI GPT partition
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                   capacity: 171MiB
                   capabilities: primary nofs
              *-volume:1
                   description: EXT4 volume
                   vendor: Linux
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                   logical name: /dev/sda2
                   logical name: /imgpart
                   version: 1.0
                   serial: f5ea4fcf-a842-4d8c-81a5-8fe07ebdd8d9
                   size: 3452MiB
                   capacity: 3452MiB
                   capabilities: primary bootable nofs journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                   configuration: created=2024-05-31 09:15:58 filesystem=ext4 label=volumio lastmountpoint=/mnt/imgpart modified=2024-06-01 09:44:34 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime mounted=2024-06-01 09:44:34 state=mounted
              *-volume:2
                   description: EXT4 volume
                   vendor: Linux
                   physical id: 3
                   bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
                   logical name: /dev/sda3
                   version: 1.0
                   serial: 85462bfd-f034-41f7-8079-8d6d3bc61663
                   size: 294GiB
                   capacity: 294GiB
                   capabilities: primary nofs journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                   configuration: created=2024-05-31 09:16:00 filesystem=ext4 label=volumio_data lastmountpoint=/ modified=2024-05-31 16:33:58 mounted=2024-05-31 16:33:58 state=clean
           *-cdrom
                description: DVD writer
                product: DVD-RW  DVRTS08
                vendor: PIONEER
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/cdrom
                logical name: /dev/cdrw
                logical name: /dev/dvd
                logical name: /dev/dvdrw
                logical name: /dev/sr0
                version: Q81F
                capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 10
             bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             resources: ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:d2000000-d30fffff ioport:c0000000(size=301989888)
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: C79 [GeForce 9400]
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                version: b1
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
                resources: irq:28 memory:d2000000-d2ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:1000(size=128) memory:d3000000-d301ffff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 15
             bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:24 memory:d3200000-d32fffff
           *-network DISABLED
                description: Wireless interface
                product: BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
                vendor: Broadcom Limited
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
                logical name: wlan0
                version: 05
                serial: 00:26:b0:f5:6c:26
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=6.6.25-volumio firmware=666.2 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
                resources: irq:20 memory:d3200000-d3203fff
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
             vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
             physical id: 16
             bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
             version: b1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:25 memory:d3100000-d31fffff
           *-firewire
                description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
                product: FW643 [TrueFire] PCIe 1394b Controller
                vendor: LSI Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
                version: 07
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress ohci bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=0
                resources: irq:27 memory:d3100000-d3100fff
     *-pnp00:00
          product: PnP device PNP0c02
          physical id: 2
          capabilities: pnp
          configuration: driver=system
     *-pnp00:01
          product: PnP device PNP0103
          physical id: 5
          capabilities: pnp
          configuration: driver=system
     *-pnp00:02
          product: PnP device PNP0c02
          physical id: 7
          capabilities: pnp
          configuration: driver=system
     *-pnp00:03
          product: PnP device PNP0b00
          physical id: 8
          capabilities: pnp
          configuration: driver=rtc_cmos

(edited by @gkkpch for readability)

Prob. just asking the obvious, you have a paid subscription?

I presume (I dare not ask) you flashed the unzipped image file, not the zip file itself.
With older main boards you may have to go into the BIOS and enable USB Legacy boot.
As for the SSD, without more info about the main board it is very difficult to just guess what your problem could be. I expect a BIOS setup issue in case the image was flashed correctly.

I do

Display not working Intel 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics driver: i915

volumio@tity:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Host: tity Kernel: 6.6.25-volumio x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
  Console: tty 0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: N/A model: LakePort serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix
  v: 6.00 PG date: 08/05/2008
CPU:
  Topology: Single Core model: Intel Atom 230 bits: 64 type: MT
  arch: Bonnell rev: 2 L2 cache: 512 KiB
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 6383
  Speed: 1596 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1596 2: 1596
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
  bus ID: 00:02.0
  Display: tty server: X.org 1.20.4 driver: i915 tty: 80x24
  Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio
  vendor: Jetway Information driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k6.6.25-volumio
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet
  driver: r8169 v: kernel port: ee00 bus ID: 02:00.0
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Ralink RT5370 Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: rt2800usb
  bus ID: 5-2:2
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 14.91 GiB used: 1.29 GiB (8.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda model: SQF-S25M4-16G-S8E size: 14.91 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 11.02 GiB used: 331.4 MiB (2.9%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
  ID-2: /boot size: 170.8 MiB used: 77.3 MiB (45.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Sensors:
  Missing: Required tool sensors not installed. Check --recommends
Info:
  Processes: 116 Uptime: 4h 34m Memory: 1.93 GiB used: 329.1 MiB (16.6%)
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: N/A Shell: bash v: 5.0.3
  inxi: 3.0.32

(re-formatted by moderator for readability purposes)

@tity67a Please provide a log so we can see what happens when loading the driver.

Remember, this is 16-year old hardware according to the BIOS, if we can help with supplying additional firmware, then there is hope.
In case of a driver issue, you will be out of luck I’m afraid.

@gkkpch Done! Thanks for info!