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to find out the command used to open up sessions, i used "xprop". This revealed the command is "gnome-session-properties"
open up a terminal and type this into it
gnome-session-properties
and in the tab "startup programs" click add and do this
name= xbmc
command= xbmc.bin
comment= awsome entertainment system! (or what ever youw ant)
okay it and reboot. if you want it in fullscreen and have issues, someone can help no problem.
if you do not have gnome-session-properties installed, do a
sudo apt-get install gnome-session
in the terminal and this should work for you.
WARNING! make sure you are running ubuntu hardy heron for that command. I am not sure what it will do on a kubuntu setup.
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WOAH! sorry, replace the command with
command= xbmc
just use xbmc in the command. NOT xbmc.bin. It was a typo.
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Correction, change command= xbmc.bin
instead of xbmc.bin, use plain old xbmc as a command
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Yeah... I thik that more what I was looking for - Thanks heap for that! Will try it tonight and let you know!
ta
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Along the lines of the original question...
I did find all the previously mentioned menu items and added XBMC as a startup program and it works fine. Only problem is I can't figure out how to get it to open in full screen. Is there a switch I can add to /usr/bin/xbmc make it happen?
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2008-07-02, 18:43
You rock rrambo! All you guys rock!
I'm up and running and loving my XBMC again - woooo hoooo!
Thanks for all the help!
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Cresho:
Cant get that gnome-session-properties command to work for the life of me.
Its installed and i'm running Ubuntu Hardy Herron but all i get is this:
**(gnome-session-properties:6052): CRITICAL **: gsm_protocol_new: assertion 'GSM_IS_GNOME_CLIENT (gnome client)' failed
session manager does not support GNOME extensions
Any clues??
Such a bummer - thought this was gonna be the end of the road!! SO CLOSE!!!
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K... so it seems my system has updated and installed 8.04 LTS which included installng all the menu options I was missing so i've now worked out how to get XBMC to run at startup (YAY!!)
BUT... It wont run in full screen for some weird reason (it used to!!!)
I have followed the instructions given here about setting the screen size to the full screen res (which it is set to) but it doesnt do it anymore..
It does run almost full screen... but with the top and bottom 'task' bars still visible and the window bar/buttons visible.
Any clues?
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Sounds to me like what blake said.
On my machine with effects on, i get the taskbar at top and bottom, even in full screen, but with effects off i get proper full screen.
This setting can be found in system-preferances-appearance-visual effects.
Also for anyone interested, i noticed that in the compiz configuration window you can set the option "redirect fullscreen windows" and it works full screen with effects on, but it's slow and buggy.
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