[ncube2]

Pardon my ignorance i get this XBMC needs hardware accel OpenGL rendering, install an appropriate graphics driver.

I am not well versed with Linux just giving it a try, just installed xbmcubunto onto an old desktop that i had lying.. Install went fine and i get this after the reboot.
I have an Intel Pentium 4 CPU with Mesa DRI Intel 845g video driver(ya i know it's an ancient piece).. So does the above error mean my system is incapable
of running xbmc or is there a way to fix this. Any help is appreciated. Would going to a lower leve like xbmc11 make a difference.

I can't seem to find the xbmc log under $HOME/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log, all i have under .xbmc are addons/userdata

glxinfo
Error: unable to open display

Thanks

[Kib]

As far as I can tell that device has no hardware accelerated OpenGL.

[ncube2]

The same system runs xbmc 11 fine via OpenElec.. doesn't that version of xbmc need hardware accel OpenGL ?

[wsnipex]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1459906

[ncube2]

Can someone clarify this.. after the above issue i went ahead and installed xbmc11ubunto version on the same system and it boots fine into xbmc..

This is the Xorg log file after i start xbmc11
http://pastebin.com/C8J4RyRi - So i would like to know if i can run xbmc12 or later versions on the same machine if so what updates are needed after i install to get it working.
And why was i getting the OpenGL hardware accel error ?

I don't see anything under the xorg.conf ( Is this something that's not req'd for XBMC to work )
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory

Thanks.

[wsnipex]

did you read the link I posted above?

[ncube2]

After the 12.2 ubunto install i ve edited Exec under /usr/share/applications/xbmc.desktop as per the thread mentioned, rebooted and started xbmc and still get the dreaded h/w accel failure popup.
What else can i check.. pls help. this is driving me nuts.. or else will have to to revert back to Eden.
xbmc@xbmc-ubuntu:~$ cat /usr/share/applications/xbmc.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=XBMC Media Center
GenericName=Media Center
Comment=Manage and view your media
Exec=sh -c "MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=3.0 xbmc"
Icon=xbmc
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=AudioVideo;Video;Player;TV;

Actions=Fullscreen;Standalone;

[Desktop Action Fullscreen]
Name=Open in fullscreen
Exec=xbmc -fs
OnlyShowIn=Unity;

[Desktop Action Standalone]
Name=Open in standalone mode
Exec=xbmc --standalone
OnlyShowIn=Unity;

Xorg log file - http://pastebin.com/cD1AtcHG

See this in dmesg.. not sure what it means
[ 30.495081] i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: EDID block 0 invalid.
[ 32.816184] b44 ssb0:0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
[ 32.816193] b44 ssb0:0: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX
[ 32.816436] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 160.804016] [drm:i915_hangcheck_hung] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 160.804028] [drm] capturing error event; look for more information in /debug/dri/0/i915_error_state
[ 215.788019] [drm:i915_hangcheck_hung] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 217.792019] [drm:i915_hangcheck_hung] *ERROR* Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
[ 217.792106] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* GPU hanging too fast, declaring wedged!
[ 217.792110] [drm:i915_reset] *ERROR* Failed to reset chip.

[ncube2]

Anyone.. am i missing some drivers or whats wrong ? Pls help !

[nickr]

First step - can you make it work from a terminal?

[ncube2]

not sure what u mean by that.. could u explain

[Norre]

nickr
I hope it is OK to use this thread as I have the same problem.
I have tried to start xbmc in a terminal. It will not start and it looks like so:
ym@linux-5mbr:~> xbmc
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/56-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecatehttp://forum.xbmc.org/newreply.php?tid=169901d.
gym@linux-5mbr:~>

[Norre]

My problem is solved!
The last post in this thread gave result:
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-t...2-3-a.html
The problem was not a lack of 3D accelerator but to let xbmc to find it!?