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un1versal
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Try login to xbmc and then restart without loging out of xbmc session, it should now reboot into xbmc.
If you login to xbmcbuntu and restart it will reboot into xbmcbuntu
See the pattern? It will rememebr where you last used session automatically else if none the likely does that.
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Thanks uNiversal, I suppose this cannot be done remotely? I have to ask them to plug in a keyboard/mouse and login to xbmc?
How do you log into xbmc from this menu?
Thanks!
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2014-10-13, 19:23
(This post was last modified: 2014-10-13, 20:34 by un1versal.)
click xbmc and i suppose put in the password if any? maybe pass is xbmc as well.
that lightdm looks right anyway so tbh idk as Im not a fan of lighdm.
You can bypass it entirely by using an upstart script instead.
try creating a etc/init/xbmc.conf with
https://gist.github.com/uNiversaI/8314666
Code:
wget https://gist.github.com/uNiversaI/8314666/raw -O etc/init/xbmc.conf
then reboot and see if that works, if not put a # in front of
https://gist.github.com/uNiversaI/831466...c-conf-L19 and remove the # from
https://gist.github.com/uNiversaI/831466...c-conf-L21 and reboot again
it should just work famous last words.
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So that didn't work, and logging into the login screen manually goes to xbmc and then kicks back out to the login screen. Something else is failing.
I'm going to have it shipped back.
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It may be that graphics drivers are failing, meaning XBMC cannot load and so it goes back to the login screen. Usually that would leave some evidence in your XBMC log files, which will be observable over ssh.
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2014-10-14, 07:59
(This post was last modified: 2014-10-14, 08:12 by un1versal.)
(2014-10-13, 22:40)mlrtime3 Wrote: So that didn't work, and logging into the login screen manually goes to xbmc and then kicks back out to the login screen. Something else is failing.
I'm going to have it shipped back.
In any case you best have system back, since 12.2 is severely out of date XBMC (even Frodo is 12.3) and the OS that your xbmcbuntu is based (Lubuntu 12.10 is also out-date and both are no longer supported), its 13.2 now and v14 is about to go beta any-time soon..
AHHHHH I just realised what could be a reason. The server are being moved so your system is probably cocking out because the addons server/mirrors cant be contacted. (back to normal on Tuesday sometime)
Quote:The important thing to know is that if you are using Frodo still, if you visit addons while the mirrors are down, your system may be locked. Addons will simply not be visible on Gotham and later.
Source
http://xbmc.org/kodi-devcon-2014-live-blog/
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That sounds like it could be it, I'm going to upgrade to the latest when I get the system back.