Posts: 462
Joined: Mar 2005
Reputation:
0
I've installed Ubuntu (minimal) but I'd like to have XBMC automatically start (and restart after a crash).
It looks like XBMC Live uses a script called "runXBMC.sh" and some kind of "Upstart" script.
Can somebody give me some information on how I can add this functionality to my Ubuntu install?
Thanks so much!
Posts: 462
Joined: Mar 2005
Reputation:
0
Thanks so much for that!
I'm just curious but why would I need Grub instead of Grub2? I thought this only installed a "service" or something that causes XBMC to restart if it crashes...?
Posts: 394
Joined: Dec 2008
Reputation:
4
grub 1&2 (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader) have nothing to do with xbmc.
they take over after you system boots (successful BIOS post)
then load the OS
xbmc-live takes over after that
to give you the 'set-top-box' experience
i just rebuilt mine using the wiki article (in my sig)
its awesome (& the last step is adding xbmc-live)
Posts: 462
Joined: Mar 2005
Reputation:
0
I've compiled my own XBMC from SVN so I don't have any of the XBMC PPAs installed.
Can I still install this package? (it tries to install a bunch of packages including xbmc, xbmc-addons, etc)