XBMC crashes if launched from within GNOME

Any news on this yet?

Hi guys !

Currently I am working on another important project within xbmc so I did not have time to work on this. When I will have time I am going to fix this. Or by that time maybe Intel can fix the driver :-)

Keep you updated.

Hi everybody!

I found a temporary solution. Changing the resolution in the file guisettings.xml located at $home/youruser/.xbmc/userdata/.

1. Once you get into the userdata folder make a backup of the file guissetings.xml just in case.

[pearljago@myhost userdata]$ cp guisettings.xml guisettings.backup2.xml

2. Open the file guissettings.xml using your favorite editor with root privileges.

[pearljago@myhost userdata]$sudo gedit guissetings.xml

3. Finally, find the first line that refers to the full screen resolution, below the <defaultvideosettings>

On my settings the resolution was:

<description>1366x768 @ 60.00 - Full Screen</description>

I changed to

<description>600x400 @ 60.00 - Full Screen</description>


Now xbmc will start on a small window and you can change the resolution to full screen mode through the program settings, don't forget to change back to windowed mode before closing the program, otherwise the next time you run xbmc, you will have the same problem again.

Guess I'll use this as my introduction also (just registered)

I managed to fix this issue on my Dell N5010 . I had the same issue with XBMC loading for a few seconds in fullscreen from GNOME 3, then crashing back to login screen.

I managed to fix this by setting a more 'normal' display size. By this I mean, my laptop has a 1366x768 display so I launched XBMC fullscreen (from login) and changed the setting to 1360x768 - now it launches and works flawlessly from GNOME shell (3.1). Hope this helps

Dell N5010
Ubuntu 11.10
GNOME-shell (3.1)

EDIT: btw I don't think it is a compatibility issue with GNOME / XBMC because I run XBMC flawlessly on my desktop with GNOME 3 on Twinview and had no problems ever with it. Also I now have it running without a hitch on my laptop - I think the problem actually lies within the screen resolution being a weird size

I have a screen size of 1920x1080 .. weird oO

CryNickSystems Wrote:I have a screen size of 1920x1080 .. weird oO

Your screen is set to that, but is XBMC set to that? (check setting when launched)

Just found this on:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/tvs/26244...0x720.html

..1366 can be a real pain in the rear for a video card to deal with as the horizontal resolution has to be divisible by 8, therefore you end up with video cards that comfortably do 1360 or 1368 (former more than the later) When I was looking for a LCD TV, no 1 priority was the ability to 1:1 pixel mapping to a PC, I would have liked to get a 1280x720 LCD screen but they are not that many and surprisingly when you do find one they dont support that resolution over VGA or DVI...

Perhaps this might lead to finding the problem?

Still no solution
@fubofo:
No, this was not the problem .. didn't help at all.

Maybe your issue is something else.
I can confirm and reproduce the 1366x768 non standard display issue time and again

XBMC is (in my case) set to 1920x1080 ..

Hi guys.

I think i have the same issue as you.
I have a sandy bridge i3
When xbmc is started from within gnome, I get the splash screen then X crash and restart with GDM.
I reproduced it with Archlinux + Dharma and Fedora16 + Eden.

It happens only if sandy bridge integrated GPU is activated. I tried to switch it off and put a Nvidia card instead => XBMC starts fine.
As other said, if started directly from X (not inside Gnome) or with another resolution, then this issue is not seen.

So to sum up the issue seems to happen only with the following condition:
- Intel Sandy bridge (Ivy Bridge ??) with Integrated graphics ON
- Gnome 3 set to the same resolution as XBMC