Linux Blank screen on git compile on XBMC-Live
#1
This morning I checked out and compiled the latest source from github (b95739e4fada671e2effaf180748492dae3edebf) on my XBMC-Live build like I have done so many times before.

No errors from the compiler. I can include the entire compile log if necessary but it ended like this:
Quote:-----------------------
XBMC built successfully
-----------------------

On restarting the process:
Quote:root@XBMCLive:~/setup/xbmc# stop xbmc-live
xbmc-live stop/waiting
root@XBMCLive:~/setup/xbmc# start xbmc-live
xbmc-live start/running, process 23634

the XBMC splash screen shows briefly before changing to a black screen with no response from keyboard. Changing ttys works as expected though.

Addons were fully updated prior to checkout and compile.

Here's my log file: http://pastebin.com/pZCN8X0J

Anyone else got similar issues, ideas to fix it or clues for further debugging? It may also be that the git source in a bad state but I don't see anything on the forums and I don't believe XBMC devs do that regularly at all so I'm assuming that isn't the case for now.

Thanks

Double edit:

Just found this post http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=129076 with someone with a similar issue on Arch, but I'm on the old Dharma XBMC-Live. No solutions in that thread yet though due to lack of debug log.

Also, some further specs info:
Quote:root@XBMCLive:~/setup/xbmc# uname -a
Linux XBMCLive 2.6.32-29-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 11 19:00:09 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
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#2
Try this command:
/bin/su xbmc -c "/usr/bin/startx /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/xbmc-standalone"
or
/bin/su xbmc -c "/usr/bin/startx /etc/X11/Xsession /usr/bin/xbmc"
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#3
It turns out the fact I had just compiled was a red-herring. It's to do with the Neon skin I was using: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=127945. I didn't restart after updating my addons, doh!

Installing the intro video addon has fixed the problem.
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