[LINUX] HOW-TO install XBMC for Linux on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) and 8.10 (Intrepid) - Printable Version +- Kodi Community Forum (https://forum.kodi.tv) +-- Forum: Support (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=33) +--- Forum: General Support (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=111) +---- Forum: Linux (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=52) +---- Thread: [LINUX] HOW-TO install XBMC for Linux on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) and 8.10 (Intrepid) (/showthread.php?tid=44019) |
- paac - 2009-01-28 Fantastic guide, made me reinstall my Uduntu Desktop x86-installation and discovered that the mini-version of Ubuntu is a lot better as it is more customized to your needs. I have the Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H-board and feed my 7.1-receiver via HDMI and can just say that this is a fantastic HTPC/Server-setup which is also girl friend friendly Some glitches has been discovered. XBMC has hung a couple of times when trying to open a file.. I need to try and open it/them from another player before I can say for sure that it is XBMC's fault. I also have a request for automatic refresh rate change, so if I for example play a HD-rip it'll automatically change to 24hz. I don't know if this might be a too specific implementation, but I've read somewhere here that is it possible. Will try and search that up and test it myself. - olympia - 2009-01-28 paac Wrote:I also have a request for automatic refresh rate change, so if I for example play a HD-rip it'll automatically change to 24hz. I don't know if this might be a too specific implementation, but I've read somewhere here that is it possible. Will try and search that up and test it myself. Look at video settings in XBMC... - MockY - 2009-01-29 The -y flag is handled as a pakage: Code: E: Couldn't find package –y - olympia - 2009-01-29 MockY Wrote:The -y flag is handled as a pakage: Are you sure it's still "-y" and not ".y" after copy/paste? If it transforms to ".y" during copy/paste, you indeed need to change it back to "-y". But of course you can leave it out. It is just an option fo force a "yes" answer to all of the questions... - MockY - 2009-01-29 no, I used - (dash) and not . (dot). I tried the -y flag on the lirc install and -y was still treated as a package. I left it out and everything is now installed. The first time it started up, everything worked just fine. I could stream some TV shows but I had no sound (I simply use a speaker cable directly from the computer in to the TV). I changed as suggested in the tutorial and rebooted. Now when I try to run the same TV show, it freezes completely. I press play but nothing happens. *sigh*. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace dumps me to ttyl1 and when I switch back to ttyl2, X-server seems to have crashed, complaining about some D-bus session Autolaunch error. Using GeForce 6200. - KRavEN - 2009-01-30 On an ASUS P5N7A-VM I can use the following .asoundrc file and get hdmi passthrough and navigation sounds. /home/xbmc/.asoundrc Code: pcm.dmixer { - hipfan - 2009-01-30 paac Wrote:I have the Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H-board and feed my 7.1-receiver via HDMI and can just say that this is a fantastic HTPC/Server-setup which is also girl friend friendly I'm glad to hear you got everything working with this board. I also have the GA-E7AUM-DS2H, but I'm having trouble getting AC3 passthrough over HDMI working with Linux. My Setup: HTPC --(hdmi)-- Sony Z4100 --(spdif)-- Older Sony Receiver HTPC: E8400 running Ubuntu 8.10 with Alsa 1.0.19 AC3 passthrough works fine with XBMC on Vista (and with my PS3 and cable box to the same TV), but only 2 channel LPCM works with Linux. When I try to pass AC3 over HDMI, I get a repeated clicking or buzzing sound (the same happens when I use mplayer with -ac hwac3, and the hdmi output device). Did you do anything special in your config (like with .asoundrc, etc)? Has anyone also experienced this issue? - paac - 2009-01-30 hipfan Wrote:I'm glad to hear you got everything working with this board. I also have the GA-E7AUM-DS2H, but I'm having trouble getting AC3 passthrough over HDMI working with Linux. Nope, nothing special. Just renamed the outputs to hdmi and it worked. I _might_ have just been playing DTS since I did this set-up. My hardware set-up is: HTPC --(hdmi)--> Yamaha RX-V663 receiver (with 5.0-speakers connected) --(hdmi)--> Sony KDL-46W4000 TV Will try AC3 to confirm when I get home - paac - 2009-01-30 olympia Wrote:Look at video settings in XBMC... Ahaa, doh! It still does not adjust the refreshrate though... I'm having your xorg.conf-file loaded as I also have got a 1080p24-capable TV. Have also tried different resolutions, but the refreshrate doesn't seem to change, even when I select 1920_1080@24... Very odd. I've also got a new problem. My kernel got automatically upgraded to 2.6.27-11, but XBMC doesn't want to autostart when running the new kernel. It might be something really simple... - CrashX - 2009-01-30 Maybe we should add this to the guide as well: We can now monitor temperature readings from lm-sensors by modifying the advancedsettings.xml. <advancedsettings> <gputempcommand>echo "$(nvidia-settings -tq gpuCoreTemp) C"</gputempcommand> <cputempcommand>echo "$(sensors -u | grep "temp2_input"| awk '{print $2 }' |awk '{printf("%d\n",$1 + 0.5);}') C"</cputempcommand> </advancedsettings> See http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=43621 for details: - paac - 2009-01-30 I can confirm that AC3 is playing nicely for me. - olympia - 2009-01-30 CrashX Wrote:I see that this guide is now on the wiki page CrashX It is not yet ready, so I didn't wanted and want to advertise until I am not finished it. Could you please so kind to remove the links? And yes, I am aware of the temp monitoring as well............. AND last, but not least, do you really think, that you are the one, who should announce someone else's work? - CrashX - 2009-01-30 I am sorry I didn't realize it it was kept under wraps ... I was just making some minor improvents to a wonderful guide. I wish I had this info when I started using XBMC. I don't understand fully what you mean by this ? Who's work are you referring too ? do you really think, that you are the one, who should announce someone else's work? - olympia - 2009-01-30 CrashX Wrote:I am sorry I didn't realize it it was kept under wraps ... I was just making some minor improvents to a wonderful guide. I wish I had this info when I started using XBMC. I was referring to my own work. I have been working on the guide for the last days, beleive me, it is not small work... but it not yet finished. There are still a lot of holes and untested functions in it. E.g. Ati, temp monitoring, splash, bios splash, boot time reducements.... - atlas1999 - 2009-01-31 How long should the svn checkout step to install xbmc take? I let it run over night but it never went back to the prompt so not sure that it finished. I did a CTL-C and went to the ./configure step after cd XBMC. But it gave a message that ./configure was not found. Now when I try to run the svn checkout step again it says Workng copy 'XBMC' locked. Run 'svn cleanup' to remove locks. Not sure how to fix this. |