"Exit XBMC" hangs whole computer

Hello all
I'm a newbie to Linux, XBMC and to this forum. I am having a problem that I hope you can help with, please. The search engine gave nothing.

The problem is that when I click the standby button, and then select "Exit XBMC", the whole computer hangs. I have to give it the finger.

XBMC did this the very first time I used it, and this, combined with other major problems, has left me very unimpressed so far. I hope that will change.

My set up:
Hardware: Acer Revo Aspire 3610, dual ION 330, Nvidia ION.
Linux: Ubuntu netbook remix 9.10. Installed from a USB drive.
If it's relevant, I am temporarily using a VGA connection to my LCD TV.

I will post about the other problems in separate threads so as not to muddy this one. Hoping you can shed some light on this very annoying glitch.

Thanks in advance

DC

My Mac XBMC install is crashing too, i have found a way to exit it, but XBMC is definitely crashing on exit

Troubleshoot. Start with the debug log.

Sorry, i dont know how to get the debug log

i have tried a full re-install with a new downloaded XBMC release, same problem. And now i've noticed it doesnt actually play any files, selecting any file to play also crashes it.

Same build works fine on my MBP but the Mac Mini doesnt like it at all. Might do a full re-install

look really hard at jmarshall's post. including the signature.

My bad, will try and get a debug log tonight


Edit: Nevermind, doing a full format & reinstall on the Mac first, if the problem remains i'll come back with debug log.

Hopefully its fine, XBMC works so smooth on the MBP

Aha!

Quote:20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27099136 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27058176 NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Mac OS X. Built on Dec 23 2009 (SVN:26018)
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27058176 NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27058176 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /Users/Media/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27058176 NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /Users/Media/Library/Application Support/XBMC
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27058176 NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /Users/Media/.xbmc/temp
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27058176 NOTICE: The executable running is: /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/MacOS/XBMC
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27058176 NOTICE: Log File is located: /Users/Media/Library/Logs/xbmc.log
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27058176 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 27058176 NOTICE: Setup SDL
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26316800 NOTICE: load settings...
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26316800 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26316800 NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26296320 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26296320 NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26247168 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26238976 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26238976 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26238976 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26238976 NOTICE: No advancedsettings.xml to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26238976 NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26238976 NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26238976 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 26238976 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/sources.xml
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 23371776 NOTICE: GL_VENDOR = Intel Inc.
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 23367680 NOTICE: GL_RENDERER = Intel GMA 950 OpenGL Engine
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 23367680 NOTICE: GL_VERSION = 1.2 APPLE-1.5.48
20:41:22 T:2687473440 M: 23367680 NOTICE: GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_blend GL_ARB_window_pos GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_shading_language_100 GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_EXT_geometry_shader4 GL_EXT_transform_feedback GL_APPLE_client_storage GL_APPLE_specular_vector GL_APPLE_transform_hint GL_APPLE_packed_pixels GL_APPLE_fence GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object GL_APPLE_vertex_program_evaluators GL_APPLE_element_array GL_APPLE_flush_render GL_APPLE_aux_depth_stencil GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_framebuffer_object GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_APPLE_flush_buffer_range GL_APPLE_ycbcr_422 GL_APPLE_vertex_array_range GL_APPLE_texture_range GL_APPLE_pixel_buffer GL_APPLE_object_purgeable GL_NV_blend_square GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3 GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp GL_SGIS_texture_lod
20:41:24 T:2687473440 M: 11685888 NOTICE: start dvd mediatype detection
20:41:24 T:2687473440 M: 11669504 NOTICE: initializing playlistplayer
20:41:24 T:2687473440 M: 11665408 NOTICE: DONE initializing playlistplayer
20:41:24 T:2687473440 M: 11628544 NOTICE: load default skin:[Confluence]
20:41:25 T:2687473440 M: 11374592 NOTICE: initialize done
20:41:25 T:2687473440 M: 11378688 NOTICE: Running the application...
20:41:25 T:2687473440 M: 11374592 NOTICE: ES: Starting event server
20:41:25 T:2687473440 M: 11366400 NOTICE: starting zeroconf publishing
20:41:25 T:2954735616 M: 11362304 NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on 127.0.0.1:9777
20:41:25 T:2954735616 M: 11362304 NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777

Is that ok? I think its the right thing.

I did the full erase and install from scratch, installed a fresh latest stable download of XBMC, exactly the same problem. To summarise:

Mac Mini 1.83Ghz, 512mb
Latest stable XBMC release
Crashes on Exit and at any attempt of playing a file

Thanks, i hope this helps

Ok good news, i've worked it out accidentally.

So my Mac Mini had a soundcard problem where basically it couldnt see it. I opened up the Mini and disconnected the souncard, cleaned up the contacts and plugged it back in. The sound is back! Great.

Turns out the lack of a soundcard was crashing XBMC, now the sound and XBMC is working fine

Thanks for the input. I reintalled the same image (the Revo 1600 image sourced from this forum) several times, and it hasn't happened since. The only strange thing is that "shut down" doesn't actually shut down. It does the same as "Exit XBMC" in taking me back to the command line.

If the hang happens again I will try to find the log.

Cheers