[PlayerVsFish]

Ok, so I upgraded to the new Beta, and now XBMC won't work. I have things set up to load XBMC when I boot. I don't have a desktop environment. When I boot, I'll see the mouse cursor for a second, then the cursor goes away and I see a small X, then a blank screen for a few seconds, then the cursor, then the X, etc.

If I had to guess, I'd say that XBMC is crashing a second or so after it starts loading, restarting itself, and repeating.

The problem seems to be occurring before XBMC starts generating a debug log, because no new logs are being made.

I am running Ubuntu 9.04 on an ASRock Ion 330.

I would appreciate any help.

Also, while getting the beta working would be ideal, at this stage I'd settle for getting anything working. So, info on how to downgrade to a previous version would also be appreciated. I've tried looking for instructions on how a few times, but apparently I don't know the correct search term, because I always come up with bupkis.

[wstewart]

How do you start xbmc? Using /usr/bin/runXBMC?

If your using that script, I suggest you do the equivalent steps manually without the automatic start functionality. The problem with that script is that you won't see much in the way of a log if something is wrong.

But do check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for errors.

Also using your current start method, do a ps aux | grep xbmc (or whatever user name you are using). you should see something like:

Code:

xbmc      2899  0.0  0.1   2872  1384 ?        S    22:44   0:00 su xbmc -c startx -- -br > /dev/null 2>&1 -l
xbmc      2968  0.0  0.1   4684  1728 ?        S    22:44   0:00 -su -c startx -- -br > /dev/null 2>&1
xbmc      2970  0.0  0.1   4452  1548 ?        S    22:44   0:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/startx -- -br
xbmc      2972  0.0  0.0   2908   820 ?        S    22:44   0:00 xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- /usr/bin/X -br
xbmc      3109  0.0  0.0   1872   508 ?        S    22:44   0:00 sh /home/xbmc/.xsession
xbmc      3130  0.0  0.0   4784   608 ?        Ss   22:44   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session sh /home/xbmc/.xsession
xbmc      3133  0.0  0.0   3144   700 ?        S    22:44   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session sh /home/xbmc/.xsession
xbmc      3134  0.0  0.0   2672   736 ?        Ss   22:44   0:00 //bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
xbmc      3135 28.9 13.5 1139220 138488 ?      SLl  22:44  17:24 /usr/share/xbmc/xbmc.bin --standalone

What your missing will help you narrow down where it is failing. I am guessing based on similar experiences your not getting past the second line.

EDIT: Oh, here is another thought, check out my post here http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=62474
The beta1 starts with the user that has id=1000 if you are currently logged in as root or the script that starts xbmc runs as root.

[PlayerVsFish]

You sir, are my hero. I went into the runXBMC script and changed it from 1000 to 1001. Started up no problem. Never would have even thought to do that on my own. Thanks!