[LIVE] HOW-TO install XBMC Live on Acer Aspire Revo - The Complete Guide for Newbies

^ it seems like upgrading debian is fubar-ing the graphics driver.

so my method in post #813 basically updates xbmc without upgrading debian.

not on livecd but vdpau wasn't working on my install until i added the x-swat ppa.
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates
newer drivers than the default ubuntu repos.

my revo is running fine apart from on 1080p files when it buffers a lot, anyone help as to what i need to do?

Sucess, that worked like a charm. Now a new prob, xbmc is running but won't recognize any of my external hd

Did so
E trouble shooting, and checked the boot menu and my Revo does recognize the USB drive there. But not while in xbmc. I tried uninstalling live and re installing it from the command line but no luck

Uuaww Wrote:Sucess, that worked like a charm. Now a new prob, xbmc is running but won't recognize any of my external hd

good news... please let us know which remedy worked. with so many trial and error its hard to determine what would be useful for future posters.

Uuaww Wrote:Did so
E trouble shooting, and checked the boot menu and my Revo does recognize the USB drive there. But not while in xbmc. I tried uninstalling live and re installing it from the command line but no luck

my archos dvr is mounted automatically... but maybe you need to mount the drives manually (or thru /etc/fstab).

try this... unplug the usb-hd, then type:
sudo tail -f /var/log/messages

then plug in the usb-hd and look for a log that mentions sda or sdb or sdb1 ...

started with this:
Boot revo, hit ESC and select XBMC - SAFE MODE
login
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot
sudo apt-get install xbmc
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo reboot

Finished with this:
sudo apt-get remove xbmc-live
sudo nvidia-installer --update -a -s -f
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc-live
sudo reboot


wait a bit after nvidia, it takes a while.

schneidz Wrote:my archos dvr is mounted automatically... but maybe you need to mount the drives manually (or thru /etc/fstab).

try this... unplug the usb-hd, then type:
sudo tail -f /var/log/messages

then plug in the usb-hd and look for a log that mentions sda or sdb or sdb1 ...

I just took a picture of my tv screen, too much to type, still don'thave a computer at home...

Uuaww Wrote:I just took a picture of my tv screen, too much to type, still don'thave a computer at home...

?
then what are you using to run xbmc (you can always use '>' to redirect output to a file -- if your revo has firefox installed you can always access forum.xbmc.org from there).

sux that xbmc isnt auto-mounting them but take a look at /etc/fstab and try to guess where to put in those parameters.