Monthly Archives: October 2014

install latest volumio release

1. update to jessie

# cp /etc/apt/sources.list{,.bak}
# sed -i -e 's/ \(stable\|wheezy\)/ testing/ig' /etc/apt/sources.list
# apt-get update
# apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade
# apt-get dist-upgrade

2. update to latest kernel – am33x-v3.17 – best use a virtual machine to save time

http://www.eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black

3. compile mpd from git

http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Repositories

http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/BuildingMPD

4. install missing libraries

apt-get install smbclient libnfs4 libicu52

5. rename old mpd and create symlink to the new one

6. change vim /lib/systemd/system/mpd.service with actual conf path

7. HWCLOCKACCESS=no

vim /etc/default/hwclock

8. monitor – disable?

9. set cpu frequency

cp /usr/share/doc/cpufrequtils/examples/cpufrequtils.sample /etc/default/cpufrequtils

governor performance

10. install i2c

apt-get install i2c-tools

apt-get install python-smbus

i2cdetect -r 2 – check device (48)

edit

/etc/sysctl.conf

and add to the end of the file

vm.min_free_kbytes=25000

verify

 sysctl -a | grep vm.min_free_kbytes