XBMC Live with ATI/AMD graphics controller boots to black screen?

harryzimm Wrote:I tried the live xbmc on one of my pc's with a radeon x1650 pro and had a black screen also. I just quickly installed ubuntu on a spare hd, installed envy, set up the ati driver and copied the xorg.conf from /etc/X11 to my live xbmc usb in /config. Only took about 30 mins max and now live xbmc works fine. Its a pretty easy work around for now.

cheers

could you please post your working xorg.conf

I found these settings to work for me:

In section Screen it lookes like this
Under /usr/share/xbmc/userdata i hade to create advancedsettings.xml with this content

But i still have one problem. On every computer i tried playing video on has had problem with the framerate. Not consistent, sometimes to fast and after some seconds right rate and so on.

Edit: I fixed above by adding ice958 to default audio output device

jochenz Wrote:youre welcome, good for you.

On my desktop "Asus M2A-VM HDMI with onboard ATI Radion X1250" It also boots into black screen.

Using intel in this case or nvidia brings same result.

I would really very much, like to try XBMC Live this weekend on my system and connect it through HDMI to my 47" Philips Ambilight.

please advise on how to get this thing running?

During the black screen, I can not switch screens by using ALT-F1 or F7. no response, just black screens...:confused2:

tried my third system today:

Asrock K7S41GX
AMD Athlon XP 2600+
Sapphiretech Ati Radeon 9500 Pro

Also boots into final black screen. And not able to switch to text mode using ALT-F1 or ALT-F7

If I can be of any help testing. lemmeknow!

Create a folder on the live usb called config and put this xorg.conf in it. its worth a try not sure if it will work. (just copy and paste)


You might need to change the resolution to your monitors native res (See Modes in xorg.conf)

cheers

harryzimm Wrote:Create a folder on the live usb called config and put this xorg.conf in it. its worth a try not sure if it will work. (just copy and paste)

Code:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
    Device        "Configured Video Device"
    Defaultdepth    24
         Subsection "Display"
          Depth   24
          Modes   "1280x768"
        EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
    Option        "VideoOverlay"    "on"
    Option        "OpenGLOverlay"    "off"
        
    Driver        "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver        "kbd"
    Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"    "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout"    "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
  screen "Default Screen"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option        "Composite"    "Enable"
EndSection

You might need to change the resolution to your monitors native res (See Modes in xorg.conf)

cheers

thanks!
can I do this under windows? cause I dont have any linux machines running.

yes it will work in windows. Just create the usb stick from the live cd, then boot up windows, plug in the usb, create the folder called config on the usb stick, copy and paste the xorg.conf into that folder. Easy.

cheers

harryzimm Wrote:yes it will work in windows. Just create the usb stick from the live cd, then boot up windows, plug in the usb, create the folder called config on the usb stick, copy and paste the xorg.conf into that folder. Easy.

cheers

tried it on two of my configs:
- Ati Mobility Radeon X2300 on my HP laptop
- Ati Radeon X1250 onboard my Asus M2A-VM HDMI motherboard

both still black screen.
The XBMC splash screen shows, but after that it turns to black.

try changing the resolution mode in xorg.conf to 800x600. just to test.

harryzimm Wrote:try changing the resolution mode in xorg.conf to 800x600. just to test.

ik checked that on my laptop, ATI Mobility Radeon X2300.
black screen.

lemmerun my work by you, just to be sure:
made a folder in windows explorer called "config" on USB livedisk
then made a file using notepad called "xconf.org"
and pasted your "code" into it. saved it.

then booted my systems using the boot-stick. black screen!
shame, cause I just cant waite to testdrive this XBMClive.