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User 182116 · 2014-08-25, 02:46

I installed XBMCbuntu under VMWare player in Windows.

I ran the full installation to a virtual disk.

When I ran XBMCbuntu and selected XBMC Media Centre from sound and vision but nothing happened.

I ran the updates from terminal but still nothing.

I then did a manual install from terminal but again, nothing.

I then decided to set it up so that it just ran from the virtual CD.

When prompted for a password the window gave a name of other.

Looking through the wiki documentation, it said to enter xbmc as the username, with no password.

On doing this and hitting login, the login window disappeared for a second and then returned.

I returned to the full setup and when logging in noticed an icon at the top of the screen with a spanner.

The drop down gave me two options to select, xbmc and xbmcbuntu

Selecting xmbcbuntu gave me a prompt to login with my own username, which bought me back to the main screen where I am unable to launch xbmc media centre.

If I select the option for xbmc I am presented with the other login prompt, where I am unable to go any further because it will not accept any login credentials at all.

I'm completely stuck as to what to do now.

**wsnipex** · 2014-08-25, 08:42

don't use VMware for testing Xbmc(buntu)

User 182116 · 2014-08-25, 18:10

Do I take it that it doesn't work in a virtual environment then?

I would have thought that this was the best way of testing safely.

nickr · 2014-08-26, 09:56

It will in virtualbox IF you have hardware acceleration enabled. I have also had XBMC running in VMWare but cannot now recall how I set that up.

In virtualbox, you need the guest extensions installed IIRC.

**wsnipex** · 2014-08-26, 14:39

(2014-08-26, 09:56)nickr Wrote: It will in virtualbox IF you have hardware acceleration enabled. I have also had XBMC running in VMWare but cannot now recall how I set that up.

In virtualbox, you need the guest extensions installed IIRC.

Thats not what I call "working properly". No HW video decoding to only name one.
Just boot your PC from the USB stick in live mode.

glkunter · 2014-10-19, 15:53

I have installed the latest Xbmcubuntu on a live multiple times. I have tried it on multiple computers. Each time I get to the login screen I go into the loop of login "xbmc" with no pasword but it just loops. I am using standard hardware that when I build a ubuntu setup then load xbmc it works. but with the live mode USB stick I can't login.

Please help.