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I installed XBMC fine on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy the first time. I used the SVN version. It ran fine the first few times but for some reason it stopped working. It seemed to coincide with one time I pressed Alt+F1 or something to change to desktop 1 (at least that's what I thought it did). Instead, it turned off the GUI for Ubuntu and was just in a black and white terminal. I rebooted and went back into ubuntu and ran XBMC and it'd just shut down within a second of starting up. I don't even get to see the menu, just a flash of black screen. I can't figure it out. I'm somewhat of a Linux newbie, so it's a bit frustrating. I tried uninstalling the package and reinstalling it but I keep having the same problem.
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dbldown768: ya, you most likely have a crappy video card that is not supported:
18:11:08 T:3067623264 M: 7385088 ERROR: GLX Error: No compatible framebuffers found
42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot
Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting.
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For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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yeah that was my guess... i think the pc is slower than the original xbox. I just wanted to learn how to compile and setup everything before I try it on something better. thanks for looking though.
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Here's the SVN number. I got it from the debug log.
SVN:14725
I don't know how to make a core file, though.
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Looks like it doesn't even go back to the desktop anymore. When I run XBMC, it just goes to a black screen. I don't know how to get out of it so I restart the computer. I'm still new to linux, so I don't know how to force quit with just the keyboard, but alt+f4 doesn't work. Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't bring up the shutdown menu either.
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Please update to alpha4 and repost log before continuing. The core file will be generated when XBMC crashes (assuming the binary was compiled w/ debug enabled), you'll need to run "xbmc" in a terminal and it will be in w/e your working directory (see the link I posted and read it more carefully).
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You're using the SVN PPA, it has been disabled until Atlantis is released. You need to use the Hardy url's. Yes, they're on the same page...
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Okay. Sorry for being a newbie at this. I updated to alpha4 using the hardy PPA. Now I'm having the problem where I start the program and it crashes again (it doesn't get stuck at a black screen). I'm trying to output a core file but I don't understand the directions here:
Run "gdb /path/to/xbmc.bin /path/to/core" (xbmc.bin path is in the debug log (see above), core file should be in the current directory (may have the process ID number appended))
I don't know where the core file directory is. "Current folder" isn't descriptive enough. This is what I have though.
gdb /usr/share/xbmc/xbmc.bin
I don't know what to put after that.
Another problem is coming up, though. It happened before. When I load XBMC and it crashes, all my windows in ubuntu lose their bar at the top (where the title of the program and exit icons are). I can't move my windows anymore, either. It's quite annoying.
