XBMCBuntu Multiple Issues
#1
I'm a longtime user of XBMC since the old Xbox1 days and progressed up to x86 machines with XBMC Live 9.x and 10.x on Aopen MiniPC MP45s. I've been happily running the Dharma Live release (10.1) with minimal issues (the only real issue I have is the weather problem). Unfortunately, this 11.0 XBMCBuntu release has some pretty substantial issues:

1. Performance issues compared to 10.1
a. The new version just feels generally slower, particularly on bootup but it appears to better after a few minutes. There are some weird ‘stalling’ issues in the UI that didn’t exist in previously versions, seemingly when doing library scans for new content, but this stalling didn’t exist in previous versions.

2. Resume from standby doesn't work using MCE remote.
a.Apparently this is a known issue in the Ubuntu 11.10 kernelHuh
1.Attempted manual fixed by adding the below to the rc.local file but this did not resolve the issue.
a .echo USB0 > /proc/acpi/wakeup
b .echo USB2 > /proc/acpi/wakeup
c. echo enabled > /sys/bus/usb/devices/7-1/power/wakeup

3. The ‘Power buttons’ do not work in the XBMC UI or the XBMCUnbtu UI
a.If you press he power button in the XBMC UI and select ‘power off’ or ‘reboot’, the machine just exits to the XBMCBuntu login page.
b. Pressing Shutdown or restart from the XBMCbuntu UI just sends you back to the XBMCbuntu login screen. (Possibly related to above problem?)

4. The Confluence skin Library media views have been modified.
a.The 'Media Info' and 'Media Info 2' views are ugly compared to the 10.1 Confluence views. Though not a bug, I fail to understand the logic behind modifying the Media 2 view in particular to the current 11.0 view which is vastly inferior to the previous version.

5. Weather - when resuming from standby, the Weather temperatures are way off.
a. (i.e.: if temp should be 70 degrees, it shows as 320 degrees but the amount this is off appears to be completely random) manually refreshing seems to resolve the issue.


Overall, the improvements are great but the #2 and #3 issue in particular will prevent me from moving to this new version as I require the XBMC system to operate as an appliance with the sole input device being the MCE remote and with these issue sin place, that simply isn't possible.
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#2
3. Depending on the skin, the shutdown/poweroff buttons default to the setting you set in Settings/System/Power Saving.

5. What weather addon are you using, the weatherplus addon does have this issue. However, I recommend the Google Weather addon as that one has corrected this problem.
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#3
(2012-04-08, 00:08)thetrain Wrote: 2. Resume from standby doesn't work using MCE remote.
a.Apparently this is a known issue in the Ubuntu 11.10 kernelHuh
1.Attempted manual fixed by adding the below to the rc.local file but this did not resolve the issue.
a .echo USB0 > /proc/acpi/wakeup
b .echo USB2 > /proc/acpi/wakeup
c. echo enabled > /sys/bus/usb/devices/7-1/power/wakeup


I got this working when i tried the R2 build, however i had issues with the resume of the remote control after wakeup.

I can't remember where i found the guide how to properly locate what usb port your infrared receiver is connected to but your path looks weird.

example, my working rc.local looks like this:

echo USB0 > /proc/acpi/wakeup
echo enabled > /usb/bus/usb/devices/2-6/power/wakeup

yours begin with /sys/ not sure if that path is correct.

Best of luck, i am currently installing eden 11 stable, hoping it will work better then R2.
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#4
Sadly, I'm actually looking at going the Windows route now as I think I've gotten a stable build of Windows with all the crap turned off to mimic an appliance look and feel just running windows under the hood.

I did give Buntu an honest attempt but the Windows build appears to be much ore polished.
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3. Depending on the skin, the shutdown/poweroff buttons default to the setting you set in Settings/System/Power Saving.

I'm using the default Confluence skin with it set to 'suspend'. Unfortuantlely,this doesn't appear to make any difference on whether this is set to suspend or shutdown.

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#5
(2012-04-08, 00:24)dke1 Wrote: I can't remember where i found the guide how to properly locate what usb port your infrared receiver is connected to but your path looks weird.

example, my working rc.local looks like this:

echo USB0 > /proc/acpi/wakeup
echo enabled > /usb/bus/usb/devices/2-6/power/wakeup

yours begin with /sys/ not sure if that path is correct.

I would be surprised if your rc.local file does actually work as the path should be /sys/bus/usb/devices/.....

teeedubb made an excellent post here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...#pid835642
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#6
I have a zotac HD-ID 11 and suddenly my MCE remote stopped working. i am able to get the remote to wake on XBMCbuntu and upon doing IRW i get the codes. but when i reboot directly into xbmc the remote does not work. i have been racking my head all over and am yet to get it working. i have edited the rc.local file to wake from suspend and also have put in the script for 99lirc-resume under the sleep folder. does anybody have a clue as to what my issues are

my local.rc file has the following scripts in sequence prior to the exit

usb 3 enabled
device 3-2 enabled.
smb0 enabled
sleep 15 and lirc restart
make lirc the sole responder to IR

and also have made both rc.local and 99lirc-resume executables by using the chmod script. any idea as to where i could be wrong?

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