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Hi,

I'm writing this post from my parallela running Ubuntu 14.04.
System runs faster then the last unmodified version, but not as smooth as after applying the ubuntu tips.
Some annoying "features" still exists:
Poor video performance, won't play a video on youtube without troubles
No audio!
Can't change my keyboard layout without using the console an searching for the right commands
the clock is showing the wrong time (wrong timezone?) and i don't know how to fix it

planned to use my parallela a little multimedia station but currently that's not even working a little bit
any chances that the will ever change?

so trying the hdmi versions of everything.

connecting to my network using ics in windows 7. the parallella should be 192.168.137.1
Using MobaXterm SSH session I get a connection refused on port 22.

Thoughts?

The hardware to get the keyboard and monitor working arrive next week so I might be able to shed more light on the matter then. Still no blinking LED to indicate getting past the boot sequence.

So I went back and hooked up to the UART - now it hangs after uncompressing Linux and booting Linux. A backward step from the headless configuration. Is it looking for hdmi?

Thanks ajtravis. I suspected this but I have gotten used to the console always being there (my trusted friend). Looks like I'll just wait until I get my hardware to try again. By the way, did you build your ubuntu image from the directions on Github? I was also going to go down that path rather than the "lazy" windows option I've been using. Thanks for the help!

Ed

Thanks for the input. Got all the extra hardware for HDMI and it boots to the screen but my keyboard and mouse no bueno. Going to look through the forum to see if anyone has a suggestion. Both devices check out as good so probably on the parallella side. Getting closer!

we have liftoff! Things learned so far: 1) USB not always boot (see that around the forums), 2) powered hub is probably the least painful way to go - it makes pretty much any mouse and keyboard work, especially if your keyboard is also a USB hub, 3) SSH is already installed as someone told me above, 4) the lack of a gui means that the LDXE screen isn't as responsive as you may be used to so be patient after mouse clicks. I'm off to try headless

Final post. It all works flawlessly in a headless configuration. the trick for a windoze environment is to use AngryIP Scanner to find the ip address of the parallella. Make sure to scan 192.168.xxx.xxx AND 192.168.137.xxx The latter is if you use Internet connection sharing (ICS) through a laptop or something that is attached to your wireless network. The downloads provided already have a vnc server and an ssh server ready to go.

Thanks to everyone who provided help during this process!

Enjoy!