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- tslayer - 2009-05-24
Also, what are the permissions on /usr/share/xbmc/visualisations/projectM?
Do ls -al /usr/share/xbmc/visualisations
- succo - 2009-05-25
regarding the terminal log, there is nothing particular, only some 'trying to leave destroyed section's
the ls output is
Code:
ls -al /usr/local/share/xbmc/visualisations/
totale 3648
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-05-24 20:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 2009-05-24 20:19 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 542222 2009-05-24 20:20 Goom.vis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49208 2009-05-24 20:20 logo31a.bmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-05-24 20:19 Milkdrop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 90174 2009-05-24 20:20 opengl_spectrum.vis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12344 2009-05-24 20:20 particle.bmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 61440 2009-05-24 20:19 projectM
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2880142 2009-05-24 20:20 ProjectM.vis
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41316 2009-05-24 20:20 Waveform.vis
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3168 2009-05-24 20:20 xbmc_vis.hagain, nothing special... did you ever try to install 8.10/9.04 to see if it makes a difference?
- tslayer - 2009-05-25
Nope, no plans to install those versions. But others on the DEV team do and don't have problems.
But, if opendir is failing, that is odd.
Not sure why it can't open that folder.
Please paste the exact line in stdout showing that opendir is failing.
- tslayer - 2009-05-25
You could also try to strace the process and really see if opendir is failing, and if so, for what reason.
- succo - 2009-05-25
Quote:p.s. just noticed that the preset path is not hardcoded during configure, but is in .xbmc/userdata/visualizations/projectM.confagain, the opendir problem has been solved, i had a path set in .xbmc/userdata/visualizations/projectm.conf, so i just deleted that file and it was automagically regenerated at the next boot without the path to visualizations
edited that too
so, no problem with opendir
my next step will be to try live... it's jaunty, isn't it? if so, should it be related to jaunty, it shouldn't work
will let you know
- tslayer - 2009-05-25
Oh, didn't know you solved that.
Now I am out of ideas.. Sorry.
- succo - 2009-05-26
ok, tested live and it works quite nicely with projectM on smb shares... so this leaves me with nothing at all...
my next step will be to destroy .xbmc folder and start ftom scratch with default settings (maybe exporting databases before, as i wouldn't like to lose it
)again, will let you know
- succo - 2009-05-26
and again: no way
this was an homemade build... next try will be with a ppa build
but, again... doesn't this mean that i miss something to make it work, some strange and unexplicited dependency (or that i have some package too much, interfering with xbmc)?
- tslayer - 2009-05-26
If you have all the dependencies as in the README.linux, you should be fine.
I really can't explain it. Also, I am unsure which version of ubuntu the Live is based on.
- succo - 2009-05-26
it's kernel 2.6.28.11, so definively 9.04
again, really strange as the same hardware works with live and doesn't with a full desktop environment
i'll try to install from ppa and see if it changes something from an install from manual build...
another try would be to list the packages installed with live and see if the list is different from the ones installed with plain ubuntu, if there's something noticeably more in the live
- tslayer - 2009-05-26
Try copying the projectM.vis from the Live CD and see if that works.
- succo - 2009-05-26
mmmmh... should it be a problem with the vis file i would NEVER see a projectM visualization... i can see it on local files... anyway, it's not a problem to give it a try
- tslayer - 2009-05-26
So many different things here. Some people say it never shows, then you say it is sometimes. So, not sure anymore
Perhaps you just have some bad .milk files and it always gets stuck on a bad one? Maybe it is locked as well? When you have projectM up and running, hit guide or whatever the key you have that is mapped that shows whether the preset is locked or not.
Thanks.
- wyild1 - 2009-05-27
Morning
My ProjectM runs fine on SMB files, but sometimes i get a blank screen. It has been annoying but it doesnt happen all the time. It might be a bad .milk file as i have 8000 .milk vis files in that folder. Is there a pack that a person could download of known .milk files that work in projectM? The ones that i have work flawless on XBMC on my xbox and never get a blank screen, only in projectM do i get the random blank screen
Setup:
XBMC 9.04 on Ubuntu 8.04
Intel Core2Duo 2.0Ghz
2GB RAM
200 GB HD
Nvidia 7900GS
XBMC 9.04 on XBOX
Cheers!
- tslayer - 2009-05-27
Figure out which ones get black and remove them. Remember that xbox is not using projectM. It uses milkdrop. So maybe there are problems with some presets.
When you get a black screen, bring up the info and see which preset it is.