[LINUX] HOW-TO make a standard Ubuntu installation into 'XBMCbuntu' set-top-box style

GileraGFR Wrote:On another note, i can't believe olympia's guide has been removed completly. It should be archived or stickied somewhere

You can still find it in the Wiki archive here:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...ldid=12537

I also don't see what the big difference is(seems like it would have been easier to just change Olympia's to resolve the things the devs didn't like), it seems to me the new one will generate more questions - but maybe once those side questions get answered via a link or something it will be cleaner.

xnappo

Well i'll be damned, thanks xnappo.

xnappo Wrote:...it seems to me the new one will generate more questions...

I agree.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=51717

reydecopas Wrote:Hi everybody,

Maybe it is useful to somebody else...

http://tuxradar.com/content/modify-xorgc...erformance

Tested on debian Lenny...
Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)

I can appreciate a little improvement...
glxgears
3916 frames in 5.0 seconds = 783.073 FPS
4249 frames in 5.0 seconds = 849.697 FPS

I am not pretty sure that it improves xbmc too, but here it is for trying

Something for XBMC Live and XBMCbuntu?

I followed this guide yesterday and I found out that when installing the NVIDIA driver on my Zotac 9300 I had to run this for the driver to install


I'll update this post if I find anything else.

MDPauley

Worth adding is probably a script (or entire how-to) to update alsa. All necessary information can be found here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p...ost6589810

thx for the guide for the very first time my xbmc is booting up so fast

took some time to figure everything out but it's running fast!
Great guide but needs to be updated...
I had to reinstall nvidia driver after installing flux. the grafic adapter wasn't installed correctly.. screen error?
Also I had to install libsamplerate0-dev. error: libsamplerate checking error! solved by: apt-get install libsamplerate0-dev
The sound didn't succeed even, therefor I tried the following to solve..
sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo m-a update
sudo m-a prepare
sudo m-a a-i alsa
sudo reboot

There should be a logical explanation for the above since I not so into Linux (yet)
Did I mention it's booting extremely fast!!!?

cheers.. Martijn

the How-To is great but somebody definitely needs to update the correct repositories

the usplash instructions are also not working

For me the fix for usplash was to add the correct resolution to /etc/usplash.conf

In my case:

# Usplash configuration file
# These parameters will only apply after running update-initramfs.
xres=1920
yres=1080

After you have changed this you have to run these commands again:
sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so
sudo update-initramfs -u

Then it'll probably work

I've tried out this guide and it works for the most part. Only thing that I stumbled on was the alsa libs/tools. This was probably due to opt'ing for the svn ppa instead of guides 9.04-1 ppa.

I found 2 things required to get the svn ppa working (following the guide)

Obviously add the SVN PPA to source list instead of 9.04-1 and add appropriate key(s)


I also needed to install the build environment as xbmc-svn would not start up due to missing dependancies(guessing) I ddint check which ones.

Zepp

Great work, l.capriotti!

I did not know ubuntu splash screens with the XBMC logo and xbmc-live scripts were in the APT repositories .

I already was half way getting my normal Ubuntu Jaunty system to start XBMC at system boot without trashing my existing config including GDM. I modified the runXBMC script from the live CD to start X on a :1 display. But the downside was, you first see GDM booting and only after that, the screen switches to the new X session with XBMC.

The only thing that startled me (maybe this should be made more clear before installing xbmc-live) is that GDM and the ubuntu-desktop meta package get removed :o. But OK, in my case, I only use an old CRT TV so desktopping on it was a PITA anyway. But again, I could imagine that some people might only want to remove GDM from the startup proces but be able to start it manually .

This brings me to another point:

Shutting down the system from XBMC works basically, but what worries me (it does not look nice) is that XBMC seems to quit and immediately starting up again (using the runXBMC/.xsession loop), to be killed by the system shutdown proces yet again .

A last note: Is it wise to have XBMC start at position 20 in the boot process? In jaunty, this process seems to be somewhat paralellized and at a first glance, I don't see things started after S20 that XBMC relies on heavily. But in my own situation, I had start up scripts for my IRTRANS displayl and ir reservers on position S97 and S98, so it would be good if readers of your guide would be aware of this.