Self Sufficent Media Box with a Linux Chroot - Miscellaneous Android Development

So the main selling point of this box is that it will work as a media box, and a gaming box. I've attached a USB drive to my shield for some storage, and wanted to convert it from NTFS to EXT4 which will definately take some linux knowledge. Decided to load up Linux Deploy, install Arch Linux, installed the needed partitioning tools, and linked the proper files. I'll hopefully do a full write-up soon, but I have managed to do the following things with this chroot that SHOULD be useful to anyone using this for kodi to make it completely self sufficent.
-Managed Volumes with Gparted
-Rename files with Filebot
-Manage entire disk with Linux tools for ease of use.
I'm sure I'll find more to share, but hopefully someone is interested. I no longer have my PC at all, so I only have androids in my house. 1 phone, 1 tablet, and 1 Shield-TV.
Questions, comments, ideas? Please post them below or PM me.
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EDIT: Thought this was posting in the nvidia-shield-tv section. It apparently didn't. If a mod sees this, can it be moved please?

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NBHUtil.exe and Vista compatibility.

Hi all,
Is anyone out there running Vista able to use NBHUtil.exe successfully?
When I run it from my home computers it says it finishes, but there is no output file.
I've got no antivirus, and UAC is disabled. I run it as Administrator and have even tested it physically logged in as Administrator.
I'm trying to make my own boot splash screens - which I can do on an XP machine, but I can't do on any of my Vista machines.
I'd like to be able to make some splash screens at home w/o having to take them into work where I use XP.
PS - I also can't get an output file using Windows Server 2008.
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Same issue here, any fix?
I haven't found a solution. After hours of searching and testing, I gave up and just reverted back to XP on a spare comp. I think that kitchens can handle the conversions, but without a manual, I'm not interested enough to tinker for yet more hours to figure it out myself.
Until someone actually posts that NBHUtil.exe works for them on Vista, I'll assume it doesn't.
Same exact issue here. I noticed I wasn't getting an output on Windows 7. I tried elevated permissions, admin rights, and compatibility mode. No dice.

[APP][2.2+] Music Connect Beta 1

Have you ever wanted to select music from your android phone or tablet and play it on your computer Ofcourse you have. This app is in a pretty basic stage at this point, but none the less you can indeed select music on your android phone, and it will play on your computer. For this to work you need two applications. One is a listener for your computer.For now it is only for windows, and if does not run it is most likely because you need to install the .net framework. Just download the windows music connect bellow,extract, and run music_connect-beta1. You will also need the android app music connect. Just download it from the link bellow and install on your phone. Make sure you are using the same network on your computer and android device. Your computers fire wall may also request permission. Make sure to allow it or this application will not work. Other than that it is pretty self explanatory. I welcome any bug reports or feature requests:good: I hope you guys enjoy. If you do please press the thanks button
Music_Connect-Windows Beta 1 :https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/46535328/Music_Connect_Windows.zip
Music_Connect-Android Beta 1 :https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/46535328/Music_Connect-Beta1.apk
Some pictures:
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[Q] Using my tablet as a monitor for a new computer build (?)

Okay this may sound silly but here it goes!!
I'm about to build a new computer, but I only have one desktop monitor . . . and it's attached to the crappy computer soon to be landfilled heh.
If I have to I can of course disconnect my huge NEC widescreen monitor and haul it over to my bench, but what would be too cool would be to rig my little tablet in some way that it displays the activity of the new computer as it takes its first boot.
Because if it doesn't boot, then I'm going to need online help from the home-built forums to troubleshoot what I've connected incorrectly. I would like to have both computers at my disposal as I am building, in other words. I have never done this before, but I have (2nd Gen. DSL) WIFI here at home and I can too easily picture me hauling my monitor back and forth NOT! lol
I saw the free Chrome app (Chrome Remote) but . . . I'm not sure that would work on a new build such as mine because I won't even have partitioned my drives let alone installed Chrome.
Any suggestions? Can this even work? Which Play Apps would I use?
Thanks guys!
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Mounting WebOS FS are RW?

Hey all,
I've recently used rootmy.tv and have root access + SSH connection into the TV.
I cannot, however, mount the main filesystems as read/write. It throws an error about the device being "write protected", similar to those SD cards that have a physical write protection slider.
I often stream Blu-Ray videos where the bit-rate peaks above 100Mb/s. This causes problems for the LAN port which is 100Mb/s. So now I use 5Ghz internet which works but is not ideal.
I want to change the underlying Linux OS so that it accepts my USB ethernet device as an input. Online I've found several people saying that this works out of the box for them, but it doesn't for me. I want to change the config in /etc/network/interfaces and maybe add a driver too if necessary.
Has anyone managed to change anything on the main filesystem yet? Many thanks.
Hi,
I was trying to install my root certificate and I run into the same issue you described:
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Setting rw flag for the emmc device did not seem to help.
Then I run into this gist:
https://gist.github.com/Informatic/1983f2e501444cf1cbd182e50820d6c1#injecting-mitmproxy-ca
it described how to remount the
Code:
/etc/ssl/certs
directory in RW mode. I was then able to add my cert to the root bundle.
So check the gist out, I think this is what you are looking for.

I have a Samsung Chromebook with a bad TPM. Can I get Linux to run on this thing or is it bricked?

I've tried all the suggestions about 30 reboots, holding various keys, recovery drives, etc. So I know it's bad for sure. When I came into possession of this device it had some sticky keys so possibly fluid ingress could have fried the TPM but I'm not sure if that's how that works.
My understanding is that the TPM is pretty much designed to prevent people from doing anything to the computer of this sort but figured if anyone would know it would be you guys.
Let me know of any ideas.
Thanks!
What is the model? Some run Chrome OS, some Microsoft Windows.
On computers designed to run Windows OS TPM is a hardware thing, integrated in computer's CPU. You can check it's state running console cmd
Code:
tpm.msc
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It's comparable to AVB in Android OS.
If your ChromeBook is based on ChromeOS Linux not only WILL run on your ChromeBook - in fact, it already IS running. ChromeOS is based on Linux - and it's quite easy to “jailbreak” it and access the Linux shell.

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