[P337]

Hi Guys, i downloaded the Live .iso (9.11) and burned it to disk.
i ran it once live. and it was so slow because im using a 2.2Ghz Celron with on-board graphics.

so i shut the PC down. and installed the 64MB graphics card i removed earlier for compatibilities sake, and installed to my HDD. however, when XBMC loads. it asks for Username and Password. which i enter corectly, and it just throws me into the ubuntu equivalent of CMD. (im a windows man) why doesn't my XBMC boot? do i need to enter something else, and shouldnt it boot right away?

i know my PC is on the verge of being capable of running XBMC, i was just testing it out, until i have enough $$$ for an actual HTPC.

Help? Thanks.

[jhsrennie]

XBMCLive isn't recognising your video card. Try the beta 2 from http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/live/

JR

[firefoxtamer]

This could be for a number of reasons. Try to manually invoke XBMC by typing in this at the bash prompt.

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc-live restart

If that code fails then perhaps you should attempt to kill any XBMC live process by typing this in at the bash prompt:

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc-live stop
sudo /etc/init.d/xbmc-live start

If that fails you can also try to invoke XBMC by typing this in at the bash prompt:

Code:

exec xbmc --standalone

If that fails to work fetch your error log and post it in here. Perhaps I can take a gander at it for you. Are you using a serial ATA drive by chance? PS: What type of video card did you throw in there? I had no problems getting the Camelot release running on a very antiquated ATI Rage Pro 128 w/16MB of OB memory (albeit it was slower than anything.)

A detailed listing of currently supported hardware maybe obtained by: Clicking Here.

[P337]

Thanks firefoxtamer

each code you sugested just gave me some text stating;

since the script you are trying to evoke has been converted to an Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, eg. start xbmc-live
xbmc-live start/running, process 1670

but still i was stranded in what is the bash prompt?

"stop" was also uneventful telling me "xbmc-live stop/waiting"

[jhsrennie]

Try the startx command and see if X starts up. If it does, right click the background and there is an XBMC link somewhere near the bottom of the popup menu.

JR