XBMC on Gentoo

gryzor · 2008-06-30 19:13

Hmpf, can't edit your own posts :\

alphacube · 2008-07-01 10:13

What revs are you guys running?

I have tried the 4 latest and the gui crashes when trying to play a movie. with no logentrys saying what coused it.

I read that someone recomended rev 13711 and 13715
when playing movies with those the gui crashes and says Segfault.

I'd really like to get this working.

gryzor · 2008-07-01 19:12

The actual xbmc is crashing pretty heavily itself, I'm using a wrapper script as of now, since XBMC crashes 3-4 times before even launching (since the past two days):

Code:

vecna ~ $ cat /sbin/xbmc

#!/bin/bash

killall -9q xbmc.bin

speaker-test -c2 --device cards.pcm.iec958 --rate 48000 &

sleep 2 && killall -9q speaker-test

while true; do

/usr/local/xbmc/xbmc.bin

done

vecna ~ $

That way, it'll keep trying to launch xbmc until it succeeds.

alphacube · 2008-07-01 22:18

I did a bit of reading in the forum and whats the odds that I have Intel HD Audio
Alsa driver on both my computers. And aparently if U have that driver compiled in kernel U have to emerge alsa-lib with the debug useflag Confused

else U get "Floating point exception" whenever trying to play a movie...

very strange

**althekiller** · 2008-07-02 00:38

alphacube Wrote:I did a bit of reading in the forum and whats the odds that I have Intel HD Audio
Alsa driver on both my computers. And aparently if U have that driver compiled in kernel U have to emerge alsa-lib with the debug useflag
else U get "Floating point exception" whenever trying to play a movie...

very strange

Next time maybe read the first post in the thread. The bug in Gentoo's alsa-libs has been know for quite a while now.

alphacube · 2008-07-02 00:50

ohh man...sorry Blush

next time I'll try to open my eyes.

could have saved me a lot of hours... Blush

alphacube · 2008-07-02 00:54

(where is the EDIT button Stare

)

Is the alsa-lib debug thing a general problem with gentoo?
if so I need to update the Howto.

**althekiller** · 2008-07-02 01:24

I've only had an issue with it while using XBMC so we may be doing something wrong. However, since Gentoo isn't the supported platform it isn't likely that it'll be looked into in the near future.

alphacube · 2008-07-02 21:28

There's a nice ebuild at bugs
It downloads the latest svn and installs. Big Grin

doesntcount · 2008-08-02 05:04

alphacube, solid work on the ebuild!

First time installing a 3rd party ebuild, but it went very well. xbmc is now installed, and I'm very excited. I've been an xbmc user for around 3 years now and seeing xbmc on gentoo with hd capability is brilliant!

I have a couple questions that are gentoo specific, so I thought this thread was appropriate:

1. When posting xbmc bugs to this forum, it's asked that you include the SVN number, but in System information it says "exported". Where can I find the SVN? Is this something that can be fixed? If so, how?

2. When I upgrade, do I simply re-emerge your ebuild? Will that download the latest SVN?

3. This may not be gentoo-specific, but I haven't seen anybody else have this issue on the forums: when I navigate the menus, my current selections are not highlighted (highlit?). In the root menu, there's a cursor next the selections (Video, Music, Weather, etc) but when i drill down into the submenus, in XBMC on my xbox, selections are highlighted so you know where you are. This isn't the case for me on gentoo. Thoughts?

I'm also having a digital sound issue, but I need to dig around a bit before bother anybody with that.

Thanks for the help.

XBMC on gentoo, wow ... I'm genuinely giddy.

gryzor Junior Member Posts: 31 Joined: Jun 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-06-30 19:13 Post: #21 Hmpf, can't edit your own posts :\ XBMC on Gentoo is as good as it gets! :o
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alphacube Junior Member Posts: 26 Joined: Jun 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-07-01 10:13 Post: #22 What revs are you guys running? I have tried the 4 latest and the gui crashes when trying to play a movie. with no logentrys saying what coused it. I read that someone recomended rev 13711 and 13715 when playing movies with those the gui crashes and says Segfault. I'd really like to get this working.
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alphacube Junior Member Posts: 26 Joined: Jun 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-07-01 22:18 Post: #24 I did a bit of reading in the forum and whats the odds that I have Intel HD Audio Alsa driver on both my computers. And aparently if U have that driver compiled in kernel U have to emerge alsa-lib with the debug useflag else U get "Floating point exception" whenever trying to play a movie... very strange
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alphacube Junior Member Posts: 26 Joined: Jun 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-07-02 00:50 Post: #26 ohh man...sorry next time I'll try to open my eyes. could have saved me a lot of hours... //Alphacube
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alphacube Junior Member Posts: 26 Joined: Jun 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-07-02 00:54 Post: #27 (where is the EDIT button ) Is the alsa-lib debug thing a general problem with gentoo? if so I need to update the Howto. //Alphacube
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althekiller Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 4,703 Joined: May 2004 Reputation: 12	2008-07-02 01:24 Post: #28 I've only had an issue with it while using XBMC so we may be doing something wrong. However, since Gentoo isn't the supported platform it isn't likely that it'll be looked into in the near future. 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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alphacube Junior Member Posts: 26 Joined: Jun 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-07-02 21:28 Post: #29 There's a nice ebuild at bugs It downloads the latest svn and installs. //Alphacube
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