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blm14 · (This post was last modified: 2012-10-13, 16:08 by blm14.)

When I was trying to debug networking problems (stupidly created an IP collision) I switched to a different default window manager (openbox) and the original value was just "XBMC." Well I managed to get networking back but I want to make the default window manager XBMC so XBMC comes up again at boot. I can SSH into it but right now it auto logs me into openbox and all I see is the cursor. Let me know if any of this is unclear.

Code:
xbmc@xbmc:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu

DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10

DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10 - XBMCbuntu"

xbmc@xbmc:~$ uname -a

Linux xbmc 3.0.0-17-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 17:34:21 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

xbmc@xbmc:~$cat .xbmc/temp/xbmc.log

<U+FEFF>21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------

21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: Starting XBMC (12.0-ALPHA6 Git:20120920-0a48951), Platform: Linux (Ubuntu 11.10 - XBMCbuntu, 3.0.0-17-generic i686). Built on Sep 20 2012

21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /usr/share/xbmc

21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: /usr/lib/xbmc

21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /home/xbmc/.xbmc/userdata

21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /home/xbmc/.xbmc

21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /home/xbmc/.xbmc/temp

21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: The executable running is: /usr/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin

21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: Local hostname: xbmc

21:12:58 T:3047651088  NOTICE: Log File is located: /home/xbmc/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log

artrafael · 2012-10-13, 07:43

On your XBMC system, can you log-out and get back to the log-in screen? If so, click the arrow on the field below username and password and choose "XBMC" as the session type. Log-in with your username/password.

blm14 · 2012-10-13, 16:05

OK fixed it. Edited /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and commented out the autologin-user line. Rebooted, was presented with the login screen. logged in with window manager "XBMC", reedited lightdm.conf to uncomment the autologin-user line, rebooted, XBMC came up normally.