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[LINUX] HOW-TO install XBMC for Linux on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) and 8.10 (Intrepid) - olympia - 2009-01-18 18:52

The GUIDE HAS BEEN REMOVED!

Some explanation:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=333265&postcount=601

New official guide can be found here:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO_install_XBMC_for_Linux_on_Ubuntu%2C_a_Step-by-Step_Guide

Old removed unofficial guide has been archived here:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO_install_XBMC_for_Linux_on_Ubuntu_with_a_minimal_installation%2C_an_unofficial​_Step-by-Step_Guide

- dirtylion - 2009-01-18 19:16

great work, thank you i will test it soon Smile

- megacrypto - 2009-01-18 19:17

Very nice Smile I will try this later tonight, I was going to go for the server install, but this looks much smaller than the server one.

How long does it take to boot into xbmc?

- alanwww1 - 2009-01-18 20:14

Thanks for this great guide !

The only problem now with Intrepid is still that it's using only one core of a dual (or multi) core processor. This way it has a very degraded performance with 720p or 1080p videos.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=43075

It would be great to solve this problem. Than Intrepid could be the best soulution.

- olympia - 2009-01-18 20:16

alanwww1 Wrote:Thanks for this great guide !

The only problem now with Intrepid is still that it's using only one core of a dual (or multi) core processor. This way it has a very degraded performance with 720p or 1080p videos.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=43075

It would be great to solve this problem. Than Intrepid could be the best soulution.

Yes, I am aware about that, this is a big pain at this moment.
I will include aron's patch as a workaround later into the guide.

- lcapriotti - 2009-01-18 20:32

olympia Wrote:How to avoid the gray dithered background of X, which pops up for a second before XBMC starts? We would need to change this to black, but how?

Code:
startx -- -br

XBMCLive docet... Cool

- olympia - 2009-01-18 21:43

l.capriotti Wrote:
Code:
startx -- -br

Thank you very much Luigi, you're my man Laugh

l.capriotti Wrote:XBMCLive docet... Cool

I am not sure what do you mean by that... Blush

Thanks again!

- spozen - 2009-01-18 22:04

Awesome XBMC is up and running!
But i have some minor problems:

When i boot up there is a blue window: "There seems to be another X running on this display to you want GDM to run on another display or do you want to try again"

NOTE: This is not the original text it's just a crappy translation from Swedish, but you get the point.

Then XBMC runs in tty 2(if i remember correctly) and Gnome runs in tty 7.

XBMC works like a charm but i do have one problem:
Playing DTS SACD .wav files the only thing i hear is noise. I tried Movies with DTS they work without any problems.

Thanks for all the work you put down making this guide, it's guys like you who makes this community so great!

- megacrypto - 2009-01-19 04:00

Great work .. it took some time to finish setup, but amazingly one of the few guides that went through exactly like they were written. Very nice work Smile

I do though have a problem with the sound.. im not getting any Smile I have a creative soundblaster installed... i will do some research on this issue (im new to linux).

btw, im using one of my rather old pc's for this which has an ati rv280 radeon 9200, so i skipped the nvidia part of the guide and did the follwoing:

# sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dr

which i will have to do with for now until i get my new htpc next month Smile

thanks and great job .. and btw the system on my P4 2.6GHz w/ 512MB RAM boots into xbmc in approx. 20 seconds Smile)

edit 1: movies info are not working (was just trying to get info from imdb but its not getting any data back) ?!

edit 2: got sound back by reinstalling alsa:
#wget http://217.20.138.65/AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.15-Ben.sh
#chmod 777 AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.15-Ben.sh
#sudo ./AlsaUpgrade-1.0.x-rev-1.15-Ben.sh -di
#sudo nano /etc/group
[actually i found xbmc still added to user from first install]
#sudo reboot

and that's it, i skipped the remaining part concerning alsa since im not using any HD out or anything.

- draggy - 2009-01-19 06:53

First thing I'd check is to make sure your channels aren't muted.

From a terminal:
Type in alsamixer
turn up the channels you need and unmute them by pressing the m key. Once you're done, press escape, and type in
Code:
sudo alsactl store 0
to save the settings.

Edit: didn't see your edits =)