[kamm]

Hi Folks,

I'm a Linux & XBMC newbie.

I installed Lubuntu last weekend and all is running well, except for XBMC which crashes immediately after startup.

Debug Log:
http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=94850

Linux Distribution and Version:
Lubuntu:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10
Codename: saucy

Architecture:
Linux htpc 3.11.0-14-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12 17:04:55 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Install Method:
Lubuntu Software Centre

Problem:
I click the XBMC Media Center shortcut > Briefly see XBMC splash > Immediate crash to blue background wallpaper

Backtrace - I think I might be doing something wrong here :

Code:

From computer terminal:
leon@htpc:~$ ulimit -c unlimited
leon@htpc:~$ xbmc
Running DIL (3.22.0) Version
DtsDeviceOpen: Opening HW in mode 0
DtsDeviceOpen: Create File Failed

Then from remote terminal via ssh...

leon@htpc:~$ gdb /usr/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin /home/leon/core
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6.1-ubuntu
Copyright (C) etc...
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin...(no debugging symbols found)...done.

warning: core file may not match specified executable file.
[New LWP 3439]
Core was generated by `python /usr/share/xbmc/FEH.py'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0  0x00007f4b0be565b9 in ?? ()
(gdb) q

Any help would be much appreciated...

[wsnipex]

you are running the open source nouveau driver, which does not work properly. Install the nvidia binary driver. Also upgrade XBMC to a new version, the one in the ubuntu repos is very old.
see http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=176721 for a frodo 12.3 pre-stable release for your ubuntu version, or https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable for a Gotham monthly.

[kamm]

I updated to the nvidia binary driver and after restarting XBMC fired up all OK

I've now also updated to the xbmc-prestable version and all seems good.

Many thanks for your help - it's much appreciated.