[LINUX] HOW-TO get AmbX with X11 working using Boblight and CombustD

Bob do you have a example of boblight.conf that's working with the google code head version? I've compiled and installed it, but the configs from this forum don't work with it.

Everything is installed now, but when I start boblightd i get:



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Format: ruby boblight.rb r1 g1 b1 r2 g2 b2 r3 g3 b3 r4 g4 b4 r5 g5 b5

/usr/local/combustd/applications/boblight/boblight.rb:14:in `Float': invalid value for Float(): "" (ArgumentError)
from /usr/local/combustd/applications/boblight/boblight.rb:14
(CDevice::Process) AmbX_Combust: closed
(CDevice::Process) AmbX_Combust: setting up

boblight - a small tool to listen to the output of boblight popen to control a set of Philips Ambx lights.
See README and docs/ for faq, usage and support.

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Format: ruby boblight.rb r1 g1 b1 r2 g2 b2 r3 g3 b3 r4 g4 b4 r5 g5 b5

(CDevice::Process) AmbX_Combust: setup succeeded
(CDevicePopen::WriteOutput) ERROR: AmbX_Combust: ruby /usr/local/combustd/applications/boblight/boblight.rb Success
/usr/local/combustd/applications/boblight/boblight.rb:14:in `Float': invalid value for Float(): "" (ArgumentError)
from /usr/local/combustd/applications/boblight/boblight.rb:14
(CDevice::Process) AmbX_Combust: closed
(CDevice::Process) AmbX_Combust: setting up
(CDevice::Process) AmbX_Combust: setup succeeded
(CDevicePopen::WriteOutput) ERROR: AmbX_Combust: ruby /usr/local/combustd/applications/boblight/boblight.rb Success

Fixed in svn.

bobo1on1 Wrote:Fixed in svn.

Thx, it's working now! and indeed it's a lot faster with Xrender.

Only the deamon isn't really a deamon at the moment

Thx again, i'm going to play with the settings now.

I saw the commit "turn on boblight client by default" in the xbmc trunk.
Does that mean you can change settings etc from within xbmc?
I can't find any related settings in the video - settings page, do you have to enable it in an xml?

Tijntje Wrote:I saw the commit "turn on boblight client by default" in the xbmc trunk.
Does that mean you can change settings etc from within xbmc?
I can't find any related settings in the video - settings page, do you have to enable it in an xml?

never mind, commit was in branch , not trunk.
Any ETA on merge to trunk?

The idea is to make the boblight client into an addon, but that requires some more work because xbmc currently doesn't support addons like that.

Ambx is working great with XBMC, I used this tut: http://www.lockstockmods.net/2010/05/22/...with-ambx/

I have trouble to startup ambx automatically. This is what I did:

Quote:Automatically starting amBX

Create a new udev rule:
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-ambx.rules

Copy the code below into it and save:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0471", ATTRS{idProduct}=="083f", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/usr/bin/startambx"

Create the startambx script:
sudo nano /usr/bin/startambx

Copy the code below into it and save:
#!/bin/sh
boblightd
sudo su - xbmc -c "DISPLAY=:0.0 boblight-X11 -t 0.1"

When I start XBMC the light are not turning on. After this I try to start them with ssh and get the message: "Boblight receive timed out". But ambx is working without the startup script with ssh...

Did I overlook something?

Try turning the lights off and on after xbmc started, so that the udev rule gets executed.

Z3rO Wrote:Try turning the lights off and on after xbmc started, so that the udev rule gets executed.

This really must sound stupid: I cant find a power-button. If I disconnect the power cable or the usb cable temporarely, still nothing happens.

Can anyone please write a little step-by-step tutorial on how to autostart ambx everytime when xbmc is starting?