[darkscout]

Why is everybody on Lucid? I think they're not entirely Lucid. Running a version as old as that for a modern multimedia app like XBMC is asking for trouble.

1) That's the last LTS Ubuntu release.
2) That's what Live is based on.
3) I don't think Natty has PPAs yet (official).

Personally they need to absorb OpenELEC as the "Live" version and let people that want a real OS deal with that "additional" headache

[roden]

Meh I give up, what a waste of 2 days, back to windows

[wsnipex]

I think you still do not have the ati drivers installed.
You have the packages generated, but I do not see

Code:

sudo dpkg -i /home/jason/catalyst11.6/fglrx*.deb

[roden]

Ok so you want me to type that into the console now?

[X3lectric]

LB06, can you please stop your witch hunting... If you want to help read the topic and offers a step by step that is going to 100% work with people instead of saying lucid is somehow to blame for something totality unrelated. The libvaa is not enabled in ANY official 10.1 xbmc dharma release no matter what OS you use.

kthx.

[X3lectric]

For everyone's information natty has xbmc packages but they still not compiled with libvaa support I dont think.

* X3lectric points to xbmc unstable, still not enabled libvaa support idk, not a intel/ati user.

[X3lectric]

Ok so you want me to type that into the console now?

yes I think he did...

pls dont uninstall or get rif of anything you did, making things work 100% takes time specially when your learning Linux..

[wsnipex]

For everyone's information natty has xbmc packages but they still not compiled with libvaa support I dont think.

* wsnipex points to xbmc unstable, still not enabled libvaa support idk, not a intel/ati user.

yeah true, if you dont want to compile use the pvr branch from lars, it has VAAPI enabled:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:lars-opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc

[roden]

Ok i tried this... sudo dpkg -i /home/jason/catalyst11.6/fglrx*.deb

Lots of stuff came up, i rebooted and still the same,

So i put in this...

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:lars-opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc

Have a new install with new skin and vaapi in the menu

Ok even with the new option in the menu, it still plays as before, like its doing it on software only ?
Also laptop display is stuck on, so screen res is stuck in 1600, and border around the screen again.
So i am assuming i have to do somthing else now... do i have to re-install the drivers again?

[X3lectric]

no now its probably a question of setting up your /etc/X11/xorg.conf but Im afraid its more reading.

Look at my signature for the judder fixes link, its an old post but its quite helpful.

Essentially you need to tell it what resolutions you want.

Half of your problems are due to ATI, I wouldnt buy ATI anything for me they are a pain in the backside.

[wsnipex]

did you do this:

Code:

sudo aticonfig --initial -f

also post the output of those:

Code:

fglrxinfo
vainfo

it should look somewhat like this:
xbmc@xbmc:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 4250
OpenGL version string: 3.3.10834 Compatibility Profile Context

xbmc@xbmc:~$ vainfo
libva: libva version 0.32.0
libva: User requested driver 'fglrx'
libva: Trying to open /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_drv_video.so
libva: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA API version: 0.32
vainfo: Driver version: Splitted-Desktop Systems XvBA backend for VA-API - 0.7.8
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD

[roden]

Ok did this...
sudo aticonfig --initial -f

And got this....
Welcome to Ubuntu!
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
Last login: Mon Jul 4 23:08:36 2011 from tornado.local
jason@XBMCLive:~$ sudo aticonfig --initial -f
[sudo] password for jason:
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saving back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-2


jason@XBMCLive:~$ fglrxinfo
Error: unable to open display (null)

jason@XBMCLive:~$ vainfo

libva: libva version 0.31.1-sds1
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0".
libva: va_getDriverName() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit

[X3lectric]

libvaa is not enabled in Dharma or 10.1 xbmc it needs to be compiled with libvaa support.

i have a ppa with a much newer libvaa version (which I did just for people like you) but the more I read on ATI/intel the more Im dtermined not to buy into poor Video solutions that dont support opensource with better drivers.

[roden]

Well i had no idea i would be using the laptop for xbmc when i bought it like over a year ago, it runs fine through windows so maybe ill stick with that, so looks like the drivers are not installing?, again im lost, what alot of crap to get one program running, jesus!

[X3lectric]

hey dont bash (pun intended) my name in vain... Yes its Jesus...

ontopic note.

Its really not that hard to compile XBMC from scratch in fact thers a copy and past line by line how to do it ON MY SIGNATURE, just doesn't include libvaa, I may add it to the how to when I can/have time and patience.