[aubreybourke]

Hi,

I tried the latest nightly build, the current release (Eden 11.0) and even 10.1. With all three installs I got the same problem. The screen quickly flickers a black background randomly.

I am using a Acer Aspire One Netbook. Here's the log file:

Code:

19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Starting XBMC (11.0 Git:20120321-14feb09), Platform: Windows 7, 32-bit Service Pack 1 build 7601. Built on Mar 21 2012 (compiler 1600)
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N2600   @ 1.60GHz
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1024x600 32Bit at 60Hz
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Running with administrator rights
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Aero is disabled
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files\XBMC
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files\XBMC
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Aubrey\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Aubrey\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Aubrey\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\cache
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: The executable running is: C:\Program Files\XBMC\XBMC.exe
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Local hostname: Aubrey-PC
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Log File is located: C:\Users\Aubrey\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\xbmc.log
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Setup SDL
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Found screen: Digital Flat Panel (640x480 60Hz) on Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 3600 Series, adapter 0.
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Primary mode: 1024x600 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Additional mode: 320x200 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Additional mode: 320x240 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Additional mode: 400x300 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Additional mode: 512x384 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Additional mode: 640x400 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Additional mode: 640x480 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Additional mode: 800x600 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1024x600 @ 60.00 - Full Screen
19:58:30 T:5984  NOTICE: load settings...
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml)
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Log level changed to 0
19:58:31 T:5984  NOTICE: Loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml
19:58:40 T:5984  NOTICE: initializing playlistplayer
19:58:40 T:5984  NOTICE: DONE initializing playlistplayer
19:58:44 T:5984  NOTICE: initialize done
19:58:44 T:5984  NOTICE: Running the application...
19:58:44 T:5984  NOTICE: ES: Starting event server
19:58:44 T:7176  NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on 0.0.0.0:9777
19:58:44 T:7176  NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777
19:58:46 T:5984   ERROR: Control 1 in window 10099 has been asked to focus, but it can't
19:58:48 T:5388 WARNING: XFILE::CFileCurl::CReadState::FillBuffer: curl failed with code 28
19:58:48 T:5388   ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream.
19:58:50 T:5340  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
19:58:50 T:5388 WARNING: XFILE::CFileCurl::CReadState::FillBuffer: curl failed with code 28
19:58:50 T:5388   ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream.
19:58:52 T:5388 WARNING: XFILE::CFileCurl::CReadState::FillBuffer: curl failed with code 28
19:58:52 T:5388   ERROR: CFileCurl::CReadState::Open, didn't get any data from stream.
19:58:55 T:8032   ERROR: CRemoteControl::Connect - failed to connect
19:59:14 T:5984  NOTICE: Storing total System Uptime
19:59:14 T:5984  NOTICE: Saving settings
19:59:14 T:5984  NOTICE: stop all
19:59:14 T:5984  NOTICE: ES: Stopping event server
19:59:14 T:5984  NOTICE: stopping zeroconf publishing
19:59:14 T:7176  NOTICE: ES: UDP Event server stopped
19:59:14 T:5984  NOTICE: stop sap announcement listener
19:59:14 T:5984  NOTICE: clean cached files!
19:59:14 T:5984  NOTICE: unload skin
19:59:14 T:5984  NOTICE: stop python
19:59:15 T:5984  NOTICE: stopped
19:59:15 T:5984  NOTICE: destroy
19:59:15 T:5984  NOTICE: closing down remote control service
19:59:15 T:5984  NOTICE: unload sections
19:59:15 T:5984  NOTICE: destroy
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10013 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10014 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10015 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10016 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10017 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10018 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10019 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10107 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10115 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984 WARNING: Attempted to remove window 10104 from the window manager when it didn't exist
19:59:15 T:5984  NOTICE: closing down remote control service
19:59:15 T:5984  NOTICE: unload sections
19:59:15 T:5984  NOTICE: application stopped...

[PatK]

Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0

Turning debug on and posting your debug log to http://xbmclogs.com/ and linking with a message will give a lot more information.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=42708 not much to see in the above. Video is suspect; Make sure you have the latest drivers for your video and try with the dxva2 turned off. Was XBMC ever working properly on this hardware?

[aubreybourke]

Ok Pat,

Turned on Debugging. And pasted the logfile here:
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=8457

My netbook is brand new. So, I'm assuming it must have the latest drivers.
Not sure what dxva2 is?
Finally, I never tried to get it to work on Windows before. So, no it wasn't working on this hardware for me before.

[PatK]

See if you can run in a windowed mode.. settings>system>video output>display mode>windowed. I suspect not... failing on the gfx http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Supported_hardware Will your videos play with a 3rd party player like VLC or MCP-HC? Should XBMC work fine other than not playing a video, and you wish to continue to use it... external players are allowed.