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AudioLinux and NUC Troubleshooting and Tuning


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Summary of useful findings and recommendations

 

This section will be a living repository of useful info from this thread. It's very similar to a wiki and will be maintained by a small group of thread moderators.

 

Before you get started please refer to the Audio-Linux website to ensure you have the latest info and the proper versions of the OS. Audio-Linux.com  

 

**** Updated for AL 1.30 menu 118 or later.

 

  "First Run" setup for headless.  

 

Setup your NUC with a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the NUC BIOS settings.  From the menu note the IP address of the machine to SSH into.  From a MAC the macOS terminal program supports SSH:

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Then it is simpler to cut and paste into the terminal session. After entering the password for the audiolinuxuser you will be presented with the AL headless menu:

 

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Option 8 takes you to the command line for the following basic setup.  You will need to be the Root user for this setup and the su command first:

 

su

 

Fix the time zone:  (this is my timezone - look in directory /usr/share/zoneinfo)

 

timedatectl set-timezone America/Chicago
 

Setup and Start NTP daemon (to keep the system time in sync)

 

*** the config file is now properly filled in.

 

Now Start the daemon

 

timedatectl set-ntp true

 

 

NOTE: Sometimes the system takes a little while to get synced up.
 

Set hostname  (this provides a unique name for the machine on your network.  Replace <NAME> with your chosen name)

 

hostnamectl set-hostname <NAME> 
 

Once the above items are set up your machine is ready to be configured for say a Roon bridge/endpoint. That is done using the AL menu.  To return to the menu do the following commands.

 

exit

menu

 

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For most of us, the following basic settings are key.

From the configuration menu:

6. START and enable Roonbridge

15. SET Realtime Priority to extreme

16. ENABLE ramroot (reboot after)

 

Return to the main menu and reboot the NUC using 

 

11 Reboot

 

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Roon Server setup is a bit more complex and we will cover it completely a bit later.  The key is where you are booting from and where the Roon database is stored.  In general; say a 32gb OPTANE "SSD".

 

  • You have to partition the SSD into a boot drive and a storage drive.  
  • The transfer the USB stick install to the boot partition.  
  • Reboot from the boot partition.  
  • Do the basic setup. Timezone and name
  • Transfer the Roon Database to the storage drive
  • Start the Roon Server
  • .....

 

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The machine will reboot and from the display attached to the NUC you can watch it boot up and load into RAM.  Once the AudioLinux menu is showing the endpoint should be available in Roon.    This completes the basic startup sequence.  The system is ready to start testing.    

 

 

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31 minutes ago, BigAlMc said:

 

Thanks. Listening now on the SPS-500 and it's sounding great.

How does it sound compare to just SE?

 

I first power my NUC with sPS500 at 12V, later switched to 19V and like it a bit more, now using JS-2 at 12V, like it even more.  Hope you can get LPS-1.2 to work since I have heard it is either on par with JS-2 or better.

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11 minutes ago, mozes said:

Guys I need some help pls.

How do I get to the configuration menu in AL 0.7 headless?

Also can I install Jriver in headless or only in LXQT?

For AL 0.7 headless, once you login, type "menu" to get the new menu to display, and from the menu, select "1" for configuration menu, and follow the selections there.

 

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4 minutes ago, mozes said:

Thanks, sorry I meant the update menu. I want to install MPD so I can stream from my  Jriver on my win 10 server to AL headless on the renderer

For update menu, it will be similar, type "menu" when login, select "3" for update menu, and then follow the selections there.

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9 minutes ago, dctom said:

Help

I have got the 3.5.0 version of AL running my NUC i7 from a 32Gb USB drive. It is painfully slow and when it asks for a password I get an authentication failed message. Looking at the AL site the password is audiolinux but it does not work!!

I am running headless version, so not too familiar with lxqt version you are running, but try using audiolinux0 as password and see if that works.

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1 hour ago, mourip said:

Hi,

 

Has anyone here successfully connected Audiolinux with a Denefrips Terminator using a USB connection?

 

If so, what version of AL were you using and did it require any manual configuration?

 

Thanks!

I run this setup for sometimes already, and there is no special manual configuration.  I am still in 29x menu, will update to the 30x soon, but don't think it will make any difference in terms of how AL work with Terminator.

 

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