audio-box/INSTALLATION.md

Installation

Flash image

Format sd-card

Identify your sd-card

$ fdisk -l

Start fdisk to partition the SD card: (Don't forget to replace the sdX with your sd-card drive letter)

$ fdisk /dev/sdX

Type o
Type p
Type n, then p, then 1, then ENTER, then type +200M
Type t, then c
Type n, then p, then 2, then ENTER twice
Exit by typing w

Execute the following script to mount the newly created partitions, download and copy the image. (Don't forget to replace the sdX with your sd-card drive letter)

mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX1 &&
mkdir boot &&
mount /dev/sdX1 boot &&
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX2 &&
mkdir root &&
mount /dev/sdX2 root &&
wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-rpi-4-latest.tar.gz &&
bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-rpi-4-latest.tar.gz -C root &&
sync &&
mv root/boot/* boot &&
umount boot root

Boot your raspberry pi and login with alarm/alarm (root user pwd is root)

Change your hostname

$ nano /etc/hostname

# /etc/hostname
noxbox-me

$ nano /etc/hosts

# /etc/hosts
127.0.1.1   noxbox-me

$ ip link show
$ ip link set wlan0 up
$ nano /etc/wpa_supplication/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf

# /etc/wpa_supplication/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf
ctrl_interface=/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1

Enable WiFi

$ wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf
$ wpa_cli
> interface wlan0
> add_network
> set_network 0 ssid "my-network"
> set_network 0 psk "my-password"
> enable_network 0
> save_config
> quit

$ systemctl enable wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service
$ systemctl start wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service
$ systemctl enable dhcpcd
$ systemctl start dhcpcd
$ nano /boot/config.txt

# /boot/config.txt
dtparam=audio=on

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
dtparam=krnbt=on

initramfs initramfs-linux.img followkernel

$ reboot
$ su root
$ pacman-key --init
$ pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm
$ pacman -Syu
$ pacman -S sudo
$ visudo

alarm ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

[Optional]

$ ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime

$ pacman -S bluez bluez-utils pulseaudio-bluetooth
$ groupadd --system pulse
$ useradd --system -g pulse -G audio,lp --home-dir /var/run/pulse pulse
$ groupadd --system pulse-access
$ nano /etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service

# /etc/systemd/system/pulseaudio.service

[Unit]
Description=PulseAudio Daemon

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=notify
PrivateTmp=true
ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --realtime --disallow-exit --log-target=journal

$ nano /etc/pulse/daemon.conf

# /etc/pulse/daemon.conf

; system-instance = no
system-instance = yes

$ nano /etc/pulse/system.pa

# /etc/pulse/system.pa

# existing config change:
load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0

# new config entries
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
load-module module-bluetooth-policy

$ systemctl enable pulseaudio
$ systemctl start pulseaudio
$ systemctl --global mask pulseaudio.socket
$ pacman -S alsa-utils
$ 

[Optional]

$ pacman -S alsa-utils
$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Left.wav

$ nano /etc/bluetooth/main.conf

# /etc/bluetooth/main.conf

[Policy]
AutoEnable=true

$ nano /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf

# /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf

[General]
Enable=Source,Sink,Media

$ systemctl enable bluetooth
$ systemctl start bluetooth

$ bluetoothctl
> discoverable on
> pairable on

Now connect your device with the noxbox raspberry pi. Don't forget to confirm in bluetoothctl twice.

Now you can stream some songs on your noxbox.