XBMC for Linux - Tips and Tricks

**althekiller** · 2008-05-05 07:24

While they're at it...replace that direct apt-get line with a link to the README.

Harry Muscle · 2008-05-07 18:08

wattazoum Wrote:This was only for Gusty. Hardy is not officially supported yet.

But I have created a package for Hardy (which is highly instable) .
For this, use the same trick with the information at:

https://edge.launchpad.net/~team-xbmc-hardy/+archive/

Just to clarify, are you saying that XBMC is highly instable under Hardy, or that the package is unstable under Hardy ... or in other words, is the package a straight compile of the SVN or has it been modified in some way to cause the instability? Cause it looks like SVN compiles seems to be quite stable under Hardy.

Thanks,
Harry

**wattazoum** · 2008-05-07 20:23

well, actually I modified it to be able to package but that doesn't cause any instability at all.

My problem is, on the 2 computers that I have under hardy, I can't play a video with XBMC (even compiled from svn, so I didn't understand.
It didn't stopped me from packaging it. So you can install and try . It won't break your system. And you can tell me if it works for you.

**wattazoum** · 2008-05-07 21:32

I wiped my account out and now it's working . So I apologize for this ,it was my fault for having the account from gutsy to hardy.

**wattazoum** · 2008-05-08 07:08

I have pinpointed the problem. It was due to pulseaudio which I had activated on my accounts.

teddy · 2008-05-14 21:26

Her is a little howto on how to enable suspend/resume in XBMC.

http://pmaster.no/howto/lirc_suspend_resume.txt

midgetspy · 2008-05-24 02:53

Apparently I'm not the only person who this has happened to, so:

Ubuntu has a bug where certain crashes will screw up your audio so only analog audio will play. Unfortunately XBMC causes these crashes frequently. If this happens, rename /etc/init.d/alsa-utils (to alsa-utils.BAK or something) and reboot. Once you boot, name it back to alsa-utils, run alsamixer to set up your audio again, and you should be good to go.

JackieBrown · 2008-07-14 14:17

For the initial scripts, change XboxMediaCenter to xbmc.bin if using the repos.

jonte511 · 2008-09-28 13:59

This seems like a great script, and I would love to get it to work. But I dont... Sad

(Of course I make the personalization changes)

My guess is that the script is outdated. Could you, or someone else, please update it?

rodalpho Wrote:Here are some simple shell scripts that you may find useful. I'm not a particularly strong scripter, so I'm sure these can be greatly improved.

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netbrain · 2008-10-01 23:07

I created a script to enable shutdown and restart functionality visible in xbmc ui. so when you click shutdown, the box issues the command shutdown -h now and if you click restart the box issues the command shutdown -r now.

I dont know if anyone else have made a script like this, but anyways, here's my version of it.

http://pastebin.com/f473813a4

cheers.

althekiller Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 4,710 Joined: May 2004 Reputation: 12	2008-05-05 07:24 Post: #21 While they're at it...replace that direct apt-get line with a link to the README. Howto post your problem in a useful manner. #xbmc-linux on FreeNode XBMC online-manual, FAQ, search, forum rules, how to submit a bugreport.
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wattazoum Team-XBMC Linux Packager Posts: 315 Joined: Mar 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Antibes, France	2008-05-07 21:32 Post: #24 I wiped my account out and now it's working . So I apologize for this ,it was my fault for having the account from gutsy to hardy.
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wattazoum Team-XBMC Linux Packager Posts: 315 Joined: Mar 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Antibes, France	2008-05-08 07:08 Post: #25 I have pinpointed the problem. It was due to pulseaudio which I had activated on my accounts.
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teddy Junior Member Posts: 21 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-05-14 21:26 Post: #26 Her is a little howto on how to enable suspend/resume in XBMC. http://pmaster.no/howto/lirc_suspend_resume.txt
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JackieBrown Member+ Posts: 228 Joined: Jan 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: San Antonio, TX	2008-07-14 14:17 Post: #28 For the initial scripts, change XboxMediaCenter to xbmc.bin if using the repos.
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netbrain mymediadb.org admin Posts: 28 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 10	2008-10-01 23:07 Post: #30 I created a script to enable shutdown and restart functionality visible in xbmc ui. so when you click shutdown, the box issues the command shutdown -h now and if you click restart the box issues the command shutdown -r now. I dont know if anyone else have made a script like this, but anyways, here's my version of it. http://pastebin.com/f473813a4 cheers.
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