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"Unable to find path to XBMC data files!" - vpiotr - 2010-09-15

XBMC won't start with the message: "Unable to find path to XBMC data files!". There is no logfile (.xbmc ditectory is not being created)

I am compiling XBMC from sources (Dharma branch) using the following script:

Code:
export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin:$PATH"

export CCACHE_DIR=/var/tmp/ccache

make clean

svn up

./bootstrap

./configure

make -j5 && \ 

make -j5 -C lib/addons/script.module.pil && \ 

make -j5 -C lib/addons/script.module.pysqlite && \ 

make install

XBMC is installed with prefix /usr/local. After "make install" directory structure (1 level) is:

Code:
mbox:~> find /usr/local/share/xbmc /usr/local/lib/ -maxdepth 1

/usr/local/share/xbmc

/usr/local/share/xbmc/FEH.py

/usr/local/share/xbmc/addons

/usr/local/share/xbmc/language

/usr/local/share/xbmc/media

/usr/local/share/xbmc/sounds

/usr/local/share/xbmc/userdata

/usr/local/share/xbmc/system

/usr/local/lib/

/usr/local/lib/win32

/usr/local/lib/.keep

/usr/local/lib/xbmc

strace shows the following:

Code:
mbox@mbox ~ $ strace -f xbmc 2>&1 | grep -E "xbmc.*No such file or directory"

[...]

[pid 19163] stat("/usr/local/share/xbmc/pygame", 0x7fff58ae27d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

[pid 19163] open("/usr/local/share/xbmc/pygame.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

[pid 19163] open("/usr/local/share/xbmc/pygamemodule.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

[pid 19163] open("/usr/local/share/xbmc/pygame.py", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

[pid 19163] open("/usr/local/share/xbmc/pygame.pyc", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

[pid 19170] stat("/usr/local/lib64/xbmc/language", 0x7fff9f7e0bc0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

The last line causes the error, I think, as language directory is under /usr/local/share. I worked this around by creating links for this and several other several directories between /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/share and XBMC works fine, but this is just a workaround.

Looks like I'm doing something wrong, but I cannot figure this one out. This is on Gentoo, BTW.

Help. :-)

- vpiotr - 2010-09-16

When I create only one link: /usr/local/lib/xbmc/language -> /usr/local/share/xbmc/language XBMC starts and produces the following logfile:

http://pastebin.com/KGzB2yeZ

- mauorrizze - 2010-12-03

Hi,
if anybody still get's this error and finds this page, like I did...

At least in gentoo you just have to do an ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
Although this is default, there seems to be a difference. Don't know if it's better in the current svn-version, but in pvr-testing2-svn this problem still exists. In Ubuntu this problem did not occur.

Edit: worked only until a crash of xbmc Sad

- zener - 2011-05-06

I'm getting the exact same problem after building 10.1-Dharma

- Hudson_Hawk04 - 2011-05-06

your /.xbmc file is hidden, and directory that is hidden has period in front of it.

- zener - 2011-05-06

Hudson_Hawk04 Wrote:your /.xbmc file is hidden, and directory that is hidden has period in front of it.

What do you mean? I don't have a /.xbmc directory. Maybe you meant ~/.xbmc?

I always remove this directory and it contents when I upgrade/downgrade xbmc as there has been some compatibility issues with the files/formats. The directory will be re-created when I start xbmc. I removed ~/.xbmc before I started /usr/local/bin/xbmc.

"hidden" files can always be listed by "ls -l"

- Hudson_Hawk04 - 2011-05-06

hidden files are listed using the ls -a (-a being the switch for all), ls -l (-l is the switch for list) of the files in your current operating directory.

- zener - 2011-05-06

Of course it's -a. But I still don't understand your comment about /.xbmc?

- zener - 2011-05-08

mauorrizze Wrote:Hi,
iAt least in gentoo you just have to do an ./configure --prefix=/usr/local

I did this:

Code:
autoreconf -vif xbmc/lib/libid3tag/libid3tag

./configure --prefix=/usr/local

make -j2

make -C lib/addons/script.module.pil

make -C lib/addons/script.module.pysqlite

su -

cd ~xbmc/xbmc.git

make install

and get the same error:

Code:
$ type xbmc

xbmc is hashed (/usr/local/bin/xbmc)

$ xbmc

Unable to find path to XBMC data files!

CRITSEC[0x117d940]: Trying to enter destroyed section.

CRITSEC[0x117d940]: Trying to leave destroyed section.

- zener - 2011-05-08

I took a look at the source code and it seems like there is problem with locating the files. However one can control the location using an environment variable:

Code:
XBMC_HOME=/usr/local/share/xbmc /usr/local/bin/xbmc