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[LINUX] HOW-TO make a standard Ubuntu installation into 'XBMCbuntu' set-top-box style
#61
Lightbulb 
ok, got it, not only hdmi, i tried it by myself but xbmc freeze, i had to enter
Code:
Default output device: plug:hdmi
Passthrough device: hdmi
anyway thanks Smile
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#62
This doesn't seem to be working right for me. I started with a full ubuntu 9.04 install but regardless it should still work the same. Basically sound and everything works fine until I replace gnome with XBMC. When XBMC boots the ALSA drivers do not load or start at all. If I close XBCM and update the alsa drivers again and then start gnome sound works fine again. As soon as I restart though its all back to normal. Maybe I'll just use the XBMC live disc and see if it works better that way.
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#63
XBMC doesn't replace gnome, it runs inside gnome.
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#64
Well after doing this command

sudo apt-get install xbmc-live python-apt

and restarting, even after updating alsa sound just won't work. Not sure why? The ALSA devices don't even show up.
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#65
Dougie085 Wrote:The ALSA devices don't even show up.

I had the same problem, I ran the ALSA update script on an already working machine and then the audio devices disappeared. I ended up starting fresh again - you could try dropping to terminal and running alsaconf?

Posted possible resolutions to the 'mute on reboot' in your other thread. http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=55734&page=2
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#66
Hi i followed this guide when i set up my system. But after installing XBMC, i uninstalled it and installed the SVN version. Everything was working fine until i uninstalled it again to install the newest SVN.

Now i can't get it to autostart XBMC, no i just get tty1, and i have to login and type "startx" to get XBMC to show up.

Is their something in the xbmc-live package that does the "auto-starting"?
Hardware: ASUS P5N7A-VM with 2GB RAM and Intel Celeron 430 1,8GHz @ 3,06GHz
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#67
spozen Wrote:Hi i followed this guide when i set up my system. But after installing XBMC, i uninstalled it and installed the SVN version. Everything was working fine until i uninstalled it again to install the newest SVN.

Now i can't get it to autostart XBMC, no i just get tty1, and i have to login and type "startx" to get XBMC to show up.

Is their something in the xbmc-live package that does the "auto-starting"?

You changed your run level. See here for how to change it back. It should be level 5.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-chan...evels.html
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#68
pyrates Wrote:You changed your run level. See here for how to change it back. It should be level 5.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-chan...evels.html

Nope didn't work. And i didn't have a /etc/inittab on my system. But thanks anyway!
Hardware: ASUS P5N7A-VM with 2GB RAM and Intel Celeron 430 1,8GHz @ 3,06GHz
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#69
i used this guide and install xbmc, it boots right to the main xbmc screen, works great. thanks a lot.

how would i get to a shell terminal from the main xbmc screen to make any changes?
do i have to re-boot it into recovery mode? i did everything on the "how-to" up until editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst to add the "safe mode" entry and everything below it.
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#70
Connect with ssh (on windows putty.exe + ip number)
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#71
Or just press Ctrl + Alt F2. You can use several tty's F3, F4 etc.
Hardware: ASUS P5N7A-VM with 2GB RAM and Intel Celeron 430 1,8GHz @ 3,06GHz
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#72
spozen Wrote:Or just press Ctrl + Alt F2. You can use several tty's F3, F4 etc.
And to return to XBMC I think it's CTRL + Alt + [try F1 or F11/F12]
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#73
great, ill try that, thanks.

is there somewhere all the commands are noted? a guide perhaps?
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#74
BulletHead Wrote:great, ill try that, thanks.

is there somewhere all the commands are noted? a guide perhaps?
There are plenty of websites with Ubuntu shortcuts/commands. Google is your friend with Linux Wink
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#75
Superorb Wrote:And to return to XBMC I think it's CTRL + Alt + [try F1 or F11/F12]

Yeah rite, thanks forgot to mention that. Big Grin
Hardware: ASUS P5N7A-VM with 2GB RAM and Intel Celeron 430 1,8GHz @ 3,06GHz
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