[LIVE] HOW-TO install XBMC Live on Acer Aspire Revo and update to the newest version

rawker089 Wrote:Are you upgrading from a fresh 9.04 install. Try sudo apt-get -f install. See if that will fix anything.

yeah, i'm installing 9.04 and then immediately starting on the update process.
i tried to put that command in and it's giving me feedback as if i didnt enter a correct command. kind of like it brought up a help for apt-get. at the end it bizarrely says "This APT has Super Cow Powers"

hey thanks for the step by step guide. I did everything but couldn't get the nvidia drivers to install, same issue as previous guy. I can play 720p files fine though so i guess i am ok with that. I noticed two issues though:

1) The Confluence skin didn't get installed
2) One .mp4 video file the audio was weird, I could hear music but none of the voices? When I downsample multichannel audio to stereo it works. Other DTS and 5.1 .mkv's work fine. Weird.

usurp Wrote:hey thanks for the step by step guide. I did everything but couldn't get the nvidia drivers to install, same issue as previous guy. I can play 720p files fine though so i guess i am ok with that. I noticed two issues though:

1) The Confluence skin didn't get installed
2) One .mp4 video file the audio was weird, I could hear music but none of the voices? When I downsample multichannel audio to stereo it works. Other DTS and 5.1 .mkv's work fine. Weird.

For the video drivers. You need to exit xbmc. either exit it from the application or kill it in the terminal then run the driver install.

1. Try "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" this should update your skins. If that doesnt work "sudo apt-get xbmc-skin-confluence"

2. I think you have to down sample the audio.

I will update the guide. Thanks.

I tried the dist-upgrade, it downloaded like a 24mb file or something and when it was done i checked under skins nothing there. so i did the sudo apt-get xbmc-skin-confluence and got Invalid operation xbmc-skin-confluence

usurp Wrote:I tried the dist-upgrade, it downloaded like a 24mb file or something and when it was done i checked under skins nothing there. so i did the sudo apt-get xbmc-skin-confluence and got Invalid operation xbmc-skin-confluence

My bad! I forgot "install" try this. "sudo apt-get install xbmc-skin-confluence"

"sudo apt-get install xbmc-skin-pm3-hd" for pm3

thanks it worked. Confluence is great!

Hi, After Installing XBMC onto the revo successfully ( Lifehacker tutorial), and following your upgrade instructions upto the point of installing upgraded NVIDIA drivers.( which i couldnt find the correct version, 32 bit or 64 bit linux?) I re-booted the revo and it just hangs on a blank screen with :

Quote:*starting hardware abstration layer hald
setting volumes at 100%

*checking battery state...
/dev/sda:
setting advanced power management level to 0xfe (254)

System details are : Acer Aspire R3600
Processor 1.60GHz
1024MB

Revo_2010 Wrote:Hi, After Installing XBMC onto the revo successfully ( Lifehacker tutorial), and following your upgrade instructions upto the point of installing upgraded NVIDIA drivers.( which i couldnt find the correct version, 32 bit or 64 bit linux?) I re-booted the revo and it just hangs on a blank screen with :



System details are : Acer Aspire R3600
Processor 1.60GHz
1024MB

Hi REVO_2010,
I have a REVO and had a lot of trouble trying to get the NVIDIA drivers updated as well. I didn't get the error you got but I never tested it until I was completely done so hopefully this will help you.
From:http://www.webupd8.org/2009/08/how-to-in...rs-in.html
I ran:

Revo_2010 Wrote:Hi, After Installing XBMC onto the revo successfully ( Lifehacker tutorial), and following your upgrade instructions upto the point of installing upgraded NVIDIA drivers.( which i couldnt find the correct version, 32 bit or 64 bit linux?) I re-booted the revo and it just hangs on a blank screen with :



System details are : Acer Aspire R3600
Processor 1.60GHz
1024MB

32 bit.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_displ...90.53.html

Here you go.

rawker,
I just got done installing and updating to xbmc 9.11. unfortunately, I see that my nvidia drivers are still 190.42. I have downloaded the newest nvidia drivers and moved it to the revo home directory. when I type in the sudo command, it states that it is unable to open the file. Is there something I am doing wrong?

Thanks,

rawker089 Wrote:Hey guys this is my first post. I recently upgraded from my xbox xbmc to an acer revo. I have read many forum posts on installing xbmc live but nothing seemed to work for me. This is how I installed xbmc 9.11 on the revo.

Update: Dec 28. XBMC 9.11 live installer should be fixed now. I haven't tried it though. If you want to update xbmc to 9.11 this guide still applies.

Install XBMC:

1. Download XBMC 9.04
2. Burn the iso to a cd and then reboot your computer.
3. Boot from the live disk and select install to usb or hdd
4. Install xbmc to a 2.0gb usb stick or sd card.
5. After this is finished reboot again
6. Put your usb stick or sd in the revo and turn it on.
7. Push f12 and then select your usb stick or sd.
8. Install to your revo's hd.
9. once installed reboot and see if everything works.

Update XBMC:

1. If everything is working in xbmc go to the terminal by pushing crtl-alt- f2
2. login
3. sudo apt-get update
4. sudo apt-get upgrade
5. sudo apt-get remove xbmc-common
6. sudo apt-get install xbmc "This should install xbmc 9.11"
7. sudo apt-get -f install "to fix any conflicts"
8. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade "This should update your skins"
9. Either exit XBMC to the terminal or kill it.
10. Go to nvidia's website and download the newest drivers for ION
11. Move it to your revo's home directory
12. Then type "sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg1.run"
13. Follow the install menu.
14. After it finishes run apt-get update again just to make sure everything is updated.
15. Reboot.
16. Enjoy XBMC 9.11

Make sure in xbmc the video render is set to VDPAU.