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- JBNY - 2009-03-26 16:45

olympia Wrote:how does your .xsession look like?

I think I posted the wrong .xsession here is the .xsession from /home/xbmc/

Code:
export XBMC_PLATFORM_MODE=1
/usr/share/xbmc/xbmc.bin  -q -p --standalone
case "$?" in
    0 ) # Quit
        touch /tmp/noRestartXBMC
        break ;;
    64 ) # Shutdown System
        sleep 10 ;;
    65 ) # Warm Reboot
        echo Restarting XBMC ... ;;
    66 ) # Reboot System
        sleep 10 ;;
     * ) ;;
esac
I also have an .Xsession in the same dir, it only has one line

Code:
xbmc --standalone


- olympia - 2009-03-26 16:47

JBNY Wrote:http://pastebin.com/m3b98647b

Not this one.
I asked for the .xsession file from /home/xbmc

- olympia - 2009-03-26 16:51

JBNY Wrote:I think I posted the wrong .xsession here is the .xsession from /home/xbmc/

Code:
export XBMC_PLATFORM_MODE=1
/usr/share/xbmc/xbmc.bin  -q -p --standalone
case "$?" in
    0 ) # Quit
        touch /tmp/noRestartXBMC
        break ;;
    64 ) # Shutdown System
        sleep 10 ;;
    65 ) # Warm Reboot
        echo Restarting XBMC ... ;;
    66 ) # Reboot System
        sleep 10 ;;
     * ) ;;
esac
I also have an .Xsession in the same dir, it only has one line

Code:
xbmc --standalone

That is the problem... XBMC has been changed in the meantime.

rm .Xsession
wget http://217.20.138.65/xbmc/.xsession -O /home/xbmc/.xsession

- JBNY - 2009-03-26 19:03

That looks to have done it!The log files seem to show that XBMC is up and running now. I'll check later tonight, much thanks!

- bnb - 2009-03-30 06:34

Thanks so much for this. From a total Linux noob, this has helped me tremendously.

- xanadu1979 - 2009-04-01 17:49

Does this guide work on Ubuntu 9.04 Beta?

- rschwarz_jr - 2009-04-01 21:46

billybig Wrote:Would the devs have any objection to using the Server install disc as opposed to the minimal install? I was having so many problems getting a good mirror with the minimal I just used the server disc instead. (which is the same thing right? just with all the packages on CD as opposed to downloads) Then followed the rest of the instructions exactly as they are written and all is good.

It really is a huge help to have access to your config files that you have spent many hours tweaking to work correcly with XBMC, HDMI etc etc.

Thanks for the great guide! Keep it up if at all possible!! While the devs may not appreciate it the community certainly does, and the side effect of solid instructions is an increased adoption rate of XBMC which will only make it a better media center down the road...

Just FYI for anyone interested using the server instead of minimal worked perfectly.

- Ticko - 2009-04-05 10:45

xanadu1979 Wrote:Does this guide work on Ubuntu 9.04 Beta?
Or 9.04 server edition?

- xanadu1979 - 2009-04-05 17:07

These instructions need to be updated. VDPAU is disabled by default now. You need to add something to the configure line to enable it.

- molesza - 2009-04-05 17:35

What should the ./configure line look like now to enable vdpau?