Linux How to Downgrade Gotham to Frodo
#1
After some hours of struggle trying to downgrade gotham to frodo
due to some addons problems (boblight preferences not working)
I found this solution.

On a terminal:

1.Go to this directory and delete any entry that contains xbmc on it

Code:
cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

Code:
sudo rm delete-any-xbmc-repo

2.Then add this repo

Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/xbmc-old-stable

3. Remove the current xbmc

Code:
sudo apt-get remove xbmc xbmc-bin

4.
Code:
sudo apt-get update
Code:
sudo apt-get upgrade

5. Install xbmc

Code:
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-bin

There you have again the good "old" xbmc Frodo 12.3.

Based on this post:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1341856

Update: Replaced
Code:
ppa:xbmcrus/fmxvba
repo for this one
Code:
ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/xbmc-old-stable
now we get the official 12.3 version.
Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11-U - Lubuntu 13.10 - XBMC Frodo 12.3
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#2
Very bad advise telling some one to use that repo.
(2014-05-30, 20:21)fritsch Wrote: ppa:xbmcrus/fmxvba <- that's a joke?

We stopped doing xvba for a very good reason a long time ago.


so don't do it!
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#3
(2014-05-30, 22:49)Martijn Wrote: Very bad advise telling some one to use that repo.
(2014-05-30, 20:21)fritsch Wrote: ppa:xbmcrus/fmxvba <- that's a joke?

We stopped doing xvba for a very good reason a long time ago.


so don't do it!

Ok thanks for the advice but maybe instead of just saying don't do it, could you explain why not
and point me in a better direction, I think that would be way more constructive.
Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11-U - Lubuntu 13.10 - XBMC Frodo 12.3
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#4
XVBA was never in xbmc mainline. It was an implementation for amd's fglrx binary blob to get hw acceleration.
We had zero support of AMD back at that time and bugs in driver / xvba were that immense that we just stopped doing that code and concentrated onto the OSS radeon drivers.

So in short, you advertise an xbmc version, that is not(!) mainline xbmc and has absolutely no support. Stick the to the team ppa.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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#5
Ok so how does he get frodo from teamxbmc?
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#6
Good question, they are gone.

Nathan-Rennie-Waldock has some of them: https://launchpad.net/~nathan-renniewald...old-stable

Though, I wanted to know, why people need to downgrade - just out of "third party addons"?
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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#7
He says boblight addon not working.
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#8
I needed to downgrade because my a Adalight was not working properly on Gotham anymore, I didn't know
the version from this repo was an unsupported mod, but guys instead of making so much drama about it
try to help us out finding a solution to the downgrade problem.

For now I'm gonna try to add this repo: ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/xbmc-old-stable
and see if I get the supported 12.3 version.

Best!!!
Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11-U - Lubuntu 13.10 - XBMC Frodo 12.3
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