[lord02]

fritsch,

I have one question ...

Do the XBMC 13.0 and 13.1 ISO's downloadable throught xbmc.org use the same Linux kernel beneath?
- Will they both have this problem with freezing mouse ...

[fritsch]

even got problems so I was unable to update the Kernel:
-bash: grep:: command not found
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ WARNING: missing /lib/modules/3.14.2-amdfixes5+
-bash: WARNING:: command not found
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ Device driver support needs thus be built-in linux image!
-bash: Device: command not found
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/3.14.2-amdfixes5+: No such file or directory
-bash: depmod:: command not found
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory
-bash: depmod:: command not found
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_naVV4L/lib/modules/3.14.2-amdfixes5+/modules.order: No such file or directory
-bash: depmod:: command not found
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_naVV4L/lib/modules/3.14.2-amdfixes5+/modules.builtin: No such file or directory
-bash: depmod:: command not found
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ W: Operation was interrupted before it could finish
-bash: W:: command not found

The former post was so horribly wrong, that I am now sure, that you don't have a single clue on what you are doing. How did you come to 3.14 amdfixes kernel? This has nothing to do with the lines I gave you.

To that question: Yes.

[lord02]

horribly wrong ??

you told me these exact commands, and I ran them - to get this screen I pasted,

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[fritsch]

xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_naVV4L/lib/modules/3.14.2-amdfixes5+/modules.order: No such file or directory
-bash: depmod:: command not found
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_naVV4L/lib/modules/3.14.2-amdfixes5+/modules.builtin: No such file or directory

I talk about those! Were is the 3.14.2-amdfixes5 kernel coming from? You installed it by looking through another howto? and then just used rm to remove it?

[fritsch]

Try, a recent openelec on a USB stick - if that works, it's worth to put more work into getting a newer kernel onto your machine. v4.0.4 brings that mentioned 3.14.7 kernel and you can see if it helps.

www.openelec.tv

[lord02]

xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_naVV4L/lib/modules/3.14.2-amdfixes5+/modules.order: No such file or directory
-bash: depmod:: command not found
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ depmod: WARNING: could not open /tmp/mkinitramfs_naVV4L/lib/modules/3.14.2-amdfixes5+/modules.builtin: No such file or directory

I talk about those! Were is the 3.14.2-amdfixes5 kernel coming from? You installed it by looking through another howto? and then just used rm to remove it?

this happened when running the exact command you gave me:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


will now try running the later command you gave me, which is installing 3.14.7-031407:

Code:

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.7-utopic/linux-headers-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.7-utopic/linux-headers-3.14.7-031407_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_all.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.14.7-utopic/linux-image-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.deb

and installing it

sudo dpkg -i *3.14.7-031407*deb



Installed now ... will reboot, this is the installation log:

login as: xbmc
[email protected]'s password:
Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - XBMCbuntu (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64)

* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/

100 packages can be updated.
23 updates are security updates.

Last login: Sat Jun 14 12:15:48 2014 from 192.168.1.69
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mai..._amd64.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mai...44_all.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mai..._amd64.deb
--2014-06-14 12:59:52-- http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mai..._amd64.deb
Resolving kernel.ubuntu.com (kernel.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.94.216
Connecting to kernel.ubuntu.com (kernel.ubuntu.com)|91.189.94.216|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1100136 (1.0M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: âlinux-headers-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.debâ

100%[======================================>] 1,100,136 1.72MB/s in 0.6s

2014-06-14 12:59:53 (1.72 MB/s) - âlinux-headers-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.debâ saved [1100136/1100136]

--2014-06-14 12:59:53-- http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mai...44_all.deb
Reusing existing connection to kernel.ubuntu.com:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 12879258 (12M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: âlinux-headers-3.14.7-031407_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_all.debâ

100%[======================================>] 12,879,258 2.24MB/s in 5.9s

2014-06-14 12:59:59 (2.07 MB/s) - âlinux-headers-3.14.7-031407_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_all.debâ saved [12879258/12879258]

--2014-06-14 12:59:59-- http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mai..._amd64.deb
Reusing existing connection to kernel.ubuntu.com:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 52665484 (50M) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: âlinux-image-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.debâ

100%[======================================>] 52,665,484 3.22MB/s in 19s

2014-06-14 13:00:18 (2.59 MB/s) - âlinux-image-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.debâ saved [52665484/52665484]

FINISHED --2014-06-14 13:00:18--
Total wall clock time: 26s
Downloaded: 3 files, 64M in 26s (2.45 MB/s)
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i *3.14.7-031407*deb
[sudo] password for xbmc:
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-3.14.7-031407.
(Reading database ... 154174 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.14.7-031407_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-3.14.7-031407 (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-3.14.7-031407-generic.
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-3.14.7-031407-generic (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) ...
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-3.14.7-031407-generic.
Preparing to unpack linux-image-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.deb ...
Done.
Unpacking linux-image-3.14.7-031407-generic (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) ...
^Cxbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i *3.14.7-031407*deb
(Reading database ... 179044 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.14.7-031407_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_all.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-3.14.7-031407 (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) over (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) ...
Preparing to unpack linux-headers-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-3.14.7-031407-generic (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) over (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) ...
Preparing to unpack linux-image-3.14.7-031407-generic_3.14.7-031407.201406111644_amd64.deb ...
Done.
Unpacking linux-image-3.14.7-031407-generic (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) over (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.14.7-031407 (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.14.7-031407-generic (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.14.7-031407-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.14.7-031407-generic
Setting up linux-image-3.14.7-031407-generic (3.14.7-031407.201406111644) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.14.7-031407-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.14.7-031407-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.14.7-031407-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.14.7-031407-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.14.7-031407-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.14.7-031407-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.14.7-031407-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.14.7-031407-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.14.7-031407-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.14.7-031407-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.14.7-031407-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.14.7-031407-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.14.7-031407-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported.
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.14.7-031407-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.14.7-031407-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-29-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-29-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-27-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic
done
xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$

[fritsch]

That 3.14.2-amdfixes5 kernel message _cannot_ "just happen", because this is a custom kernel, that is not publically released and only available on a dropbox somewhere. We are on linux, nothing falls from heaven here, but you seem to copy / paste a lot commands without knowing what they do, long before you even tried to do a simple ubuntu packages update.

Go the OpenELEC way please - your system is beyond repair.

I will now unsubscribe, cause I don't like to fix general, selfmade linux issues.

[fritsch]

100 packages can be updated.
23 updates are security updates.

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[lord02]

OK - will format my system and install it from scratch, no problem ... we need to work out these remote issues, they will happen to everyone using uBuntu Xbmc 13.1 image ( 13.0 for that matter ) - downloaded from xbmc.org:

Now ... shall I install the XBMC 13.1 uBuntu image from xbmc.org and then do this:

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mai..._amd64.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mai...44_all.deb http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mai..._amd64.deb

and the install

sudo dpkg -i *3.14.7-031407*deb

OR

go for the OpenELEC ?
Which of these versions to download then?
http://openelec.tv/get-openelec/download

Kind regards

[lord02]

I'm installing the one at the top http://openelec.tv/get-openelec/download...ric-builds and following these instructions:
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/HOW-TO...ab=Windows

Will post after I've installed the OpenELEC with XBMC 13.1 built in

Hopefully the problem has been solved with this updated kernel 3.14.7-031407

[lord02]

Installed OpenELEC 4.0.4 ... only took like 2 minutes, the whole process including configuring XBMC 13.1!

Let's see if this fixes the freezing remote control ... at least everything is up and running now, and I disabled the VAAPI straight away like you told me.
Everything else is "out of the box"

There's no /etc/rc.local file on openELEC??

I need to put this into the file ( which is nonexistant ), to enable the usb wakeup after hybernate from the remote control:

echo enabled > /sys/bus/usb/devices/3-6/power/wakeup


??

[lord02]

Will install uBuntu XBMC 13.1 again ... loads of things missing ( e.g. this one: http://openelec.tv/forum/107-suspend-and...ot-working ) from this stripped down OpenELEC ( but I get your point, seeing if it fixed the remote control bug, because it has the latest Linux Kernel installed )
[Edit]: yes - it IS available, just under a different name: /proc/acpi/wakeup ;-)

[mrpg]

Trying the 3.14 kernel on my system now, hoping for the best!

Thanks for the help so far!

[lord02]

I installed openELEC and the remote control works 100% now, without freezing.
They just updated it to version 4.0.5:
http://openelec.tv/get-openelec/download...ric-builds

This has finally ended this remote control freezing nightmare!

[mrpg]

ah bugger, still happening on the 3.14 kernel.

@fritsch would you mind verifying with my logs if i am running into the same issue as Lord02? , i.e if its a kernel problem in my case as well, then i guess i will have to file some kind of bug report on an ubuntu forum.

[19:52:35] mrpg@mediapc:[/home/mrpg]: dmesg | pastebinit
http://paste.ubuntu.com/7654120/

[19:52:48] mrpg@mediapc:[/home/mrpg]: cat ~/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log | pastebinit

http://paste.ubuntu.com/7654138/

Many thanks in advanced.
Br
Patric