Linux Static/black and white video issue

I recently updated my XBMCUbuntu (the latest), and until then everything was working fine.

But now after the XBMC logo fades, the video output just switches to black and white static noise, kinda like how your TV looks when you take out the aerial.

Any ideas on how to fix this issue or what is causing it?

I'm using an ASUS AMD E-350 Zacate, using the built in graphics card.

I'm also using the HDMI interface.

We'll need to see a debug log: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Log_File

It's possible some setting has got mangled. You could try deleting your quisettings.xml. You'll need to drop back to the console to do this. I don't have an XBMCbuntu installation to hand but I'm sure someone hereabouts can give you instructions to delete the settings file. If no-one helps post again and I'll have a go at helping.

I've got a log from my server. I've recently re-installed my graphics driver too. This seems to have stopped the static video but i'm still getting no further. The XBMC logo animates a little then seems to hang indefinitely and fails to initialize.

I tried removing the guisettings.xml but that didn't really seem to affect anything so I've reinstated it. Log can be found here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1071807/

From what i could find, it looks like it failed to start the announcement server. You could check if anything is listening on port 9090.

Possibly try removing libbluetooth-dev (or whatever version number), as it might not exit correctly. Possibly it can't exit the routine properly if the session is empty. Completely skips the routine if libbluetooth is not installed. Or json tries to connect to the sdpd and fails because it's not available.

Or maybe try to change the port in advancedsettings.xml to see if anything else is using it.
Or some nasty proxy something that needs uninstall ipv disable.

Port 9090 (or 9777 which I think you meant) isn't in use according to netstat and removing libbluetooth doesn't seem to have made any different. The advancesettings.xml doesn't have much configuration, and certainly nothing about ports.

Oops, i meant:

userdata/guisettings.xml -> services -> <esport>9777</esport>

Do you have some sort of proxifier installed or something?
Is the log from before the re-install?

And probably nothing but could you in guisettings set:
<updateonstartup>false</updateonstartup>

I'm going to imagine that I have no sort of proxifier installed, the log is from before the re-install. The re-install was merely of the graphics card. I think I'm going to have to reinstall XBMC but that'll be a little redundant on a XBMCUbuntu and ultimately will just mean I've gotten the same issue as previously and will probably get it again without solving this.

The esport setting is <esport>9777</esport> like you mentioned, is that correct?

The update on startup as false didn't seem to make any difference.

*edit*
I think I may be onto something with this:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=110449

My current log is :
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1080197/

I'm going to look into this as i'm fairly sure this is the issue.

Okay so after that, I removed my Xorg.conf. This now allows me to progress a little further. I get a a XBMCbuntu login screen which seems to be like a GDM login window. So I tried logging in but it just shows a grey screen and does nothing after that. So I figure my next problem is to get XBMC to load as default again.

What i suggested was trying a different port then 9777. Because it said:
JSONRPC Server: Failed to connect to sdpd
But i was assuming all else was fine.

Your ubuntu log shows a problem with x.
Fatal server error: [10.549] no screens found
Try this:
http://andnovar.wordpress.com/2011/05/03...und-error/