[BamBam1963]

Hi folks,

I am an old XBMC user from way back and finally decided to ditch my Win7/Frodo set-up in favour of XBMCbuntu. I have installed the xbmcbuntu-12.2.Intel-AMD.iso version alongside Win7 with no issues. Before the install, I removed the SATA cables from all of my internal media drives so that the install would not go to the wrong drive by accident. The drive that I installed XBMCbuntu to was a partitioned drive (C: and D. C: is where I had Win7 installed, and believe this is the same place I installed XBMCbuntu. D: was where I kept all of my music.

The install went well and I was quickly up and running and was zipping through all of the setup with no issues. I shut down the computer and hooked all of my internal media drives back up. I then deleted the Win 7 installation so that XBMCbuntu was the dedicated OS. All good so far. I booted into XBMCubuntu and had no issues in adding the T.V. Show media from my NAS drive. I was not, however, able to see any of my internal drives so that I could add the media from these drives to my library.

I surfed around the forums here and was unable to find a solution. I exited XBMCbuntu and logged into a Linux style desktop. Linux is new to me, but I was able to find a section where it showed my drives as being mounted. I could navigate through all of them and could see my ripped movies and TV Shows within the folders. I thought that maybe I needed to create some sort of hyperlink from my movies to the root of XBMC, to no avail. Alas, I have been defeated after a two day battle of trying to get XBMC to see these folder and drives. Additionally, the one partition that had my Music on it, can not be accessed at all, but I can see the drive within this Linux Shell (I am sure it has a name ;-)).

I am sure that I am missing something really simple.

As a cherry on my cake, I could not find the old MCE add-on that allowed me to use my Logitech Harmony remote in my old Win 7/Frodo XBMC build :-(

I so want for this to work and would love to ditch Win7 for good. Any assistance in this regard will be greatly appreciated.

John

[un1versal]

Add the internal drives to fstab https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab

mce addon http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Add-on:MCERemote or http://addons.xbmc.org/show/plugin.program.mceremote/

Good luck there your already pointed in correct direction.

[BamBam1963]

Add the internal drives to fstab https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab

mce addon http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Add-on:MCERemote or http://addons.xbmc.org/show/plugin.program.mceremote/

Good luck there your already pointed in correct direction.

Thanks universal. I will try that today. I searched MCE from within XBMC and got no result. I guess I should have tried MCERemote. Wish me luck.

[BamBam1963]

Add the internal drives to fstab https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab

mce addon http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Add-on:MCERemote or http://addons.xbmc.org/show/plugin.program.mceremote/

Good luck there your already pointed in correct direction.

Okay I followed the MCE tutorial, but MCERemote is not listed under Addons-Program Add-ons

[un1versal]

As long as your using the v12 repo it should be there, otherwise download it manually from the addon website I pointed direct link should be http://mirrors.xbmc.org/addons/frodo/plu...-2.0.4.zip

[Preacher]

If your external drives are plugged in, use "sudo fdisk -l" (that's an L, lower case) to list what drives it can see.

Usually ubuntu will bring them online automatically under /media (use the "mount" command to see if they've been brought online), so when adding a media source pick "local filesystem" then browse UP the directory tree until you get to /, then down into /media.

uNiversal's instructions are what I would go with - they're forcing the OS to bring them online under named mount points so you've got more control over where they should appear.

[un1versal]

@Preacher
* un1versal rollseyes

[black_eagle]

Is that MCE addon not Windows specific ? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=81687

[un1versal]

Is that MCE addon not Windows specific ? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=81687

Nowhere immediately says its WIN only but since its not showing up under Linux it probably is like you say.

I remember addons use to say if they're platform specific on wiki, I guess that was changed.
Having read the readme accompanying the addon zip Im inclined to agree, though again not immediately obvious.

[BamBam1963]

As long as your using the v12 repo it should be there, otherwise download it manually from the addon website I pointed direct link should be http://mirrors.xbmc.org/addons/frodo/plu...-2.0.4.zip

That link does not exist and I manually went through the FTP and did not see anything in relations to MCERemote there. I am using the XBMCbuntu 12.2 Frodo Version. I really would like to get this working, but Win 7 is calling me back. ;-)

Still trying to get the HDD's to be seen too. :-(

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Is that MCE addon not Windows specific ? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=81687

What do you use for the Logitech Harmony Remote under Linux?

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If your external drives are plugged in, use "sudo fdisk -l" (that's an L, lower case) to list what drives it can see.

Usually ubuntu will bring them online automatically under /media (use the "mount" command to see if they've been brought online), so when adding a media source pick "local filesystem" then browse UP the directory tree until you get to /, then down into /media.

uNiversal's instructions are what I would go with - they're forcing the OS to bring them online under named mount points so you've got more control over where they should appear.

Okay I'd like to make sure I have this straight.

1. First I need to log out of XBMC and login to the Ubuntu Destop?
   
2. Then I open up a cmd screen? (The desktop is poorly sized and I cannot see the task bar)
   
3. From this screen I type in all of that crazy Sudo stuff
   
4. and then the magic begins?
   

[nickr]

Or, better still, ssh in from another machine and do the crazy sudo stuff. Saves desktop poor sizing stuff.

In fact the "desktop poorly sized" sounds like you haven't turned overscan off on your TV.

[doug piston]

Get to a trerminal and run 'cat /proc/partitions'. Fdisk will spit out a bunch a other stuff that'll do nothing but confuse a newb.

[black_eagle]

You know what ? As its a new install and the OP is just getting to grips with a new OS and likely hasn't scanned a library or anything yet (as he can't see his drives), the easiest way to get them to show up is just to do a re-install with the drives attached this time.

@BaM, there is a way in the installer to actually re-install and keep user files but I'm guessing that you won't have many anyway, so the easiest way is to let the installer find your installation. whereupon you should get 3 options, delete and install, install side by side, or something else. Check that the drive sizes match the drive you want to install on to ensure the installer is looking at the correct drive and then let it do its thing.

Also, don't get discouraged!! I switched from being a long time windows user (since 3.1) to Linux earlier this year and although the learning curve can be steep at times, it is far and away the best decision I made - stick with it, I doubt you will be disappointed. Regarding your remote, lirc is the way to go. Reading and learning will be involved but the end result is worth the effort. User FishOil on here has written an excellent tutorial on getting any remote to work with XBMC on linux using lirc.

[BamBam1963]

Life is good. It was challenging just finding the "start" button in the desktop panel due to overscan issues. I lucked in by blindly moving my mouse along the perimeter of the screen until I found the menu. Once the overscan issue was resolved I was finally able to start mucking about on the desktop.

I used the Xterm or UXTerm (does is matter) in the desktop to identify my drives (logical) by using the statement "sudo nano -Bw /etc/fstab". I made note of these drives and then followed the guide noted above to have XBMCbuntu mount the drive automatically by adding the statement "/dev/sdb1 /media/movies vfat defaults 0 2". I put this text at the very end of the fstab file. I got errors when I rebooted and subsequently removed the statements from fstab and used the File Manager to mount the drive. I wonder if the "Movies" portion of the statement is my mistake. I assumed I was telling XBMCbuntu to mount the drive to display in the "Movies" folder" I am guessing I assumed wrong. Do I actually type out the word "My Drive" instead?

The positive news is that all of my drives are now visible and I have been successfully identified within XBMCbuntu, which has allowed me to add movies to the library. The negative, is that once I reboot, the drives become un-mounted and need to be manually mounted again from the desktop. I surmise that I will need to return to the fstab file and add the proper statement.

Somewhere along the way I think I messed something up as the computer now boots to the Ubuntu desktop rather than XBMC as it had once had.

I am still struggling with the Logitech 900 remote though. I was able to find the MCERemote add-on zip file, but XBMC sees that it is a Windows file that cannot be used. My Logitech remote is pointed at an MCE receiver, which is connected to XBMC. I have always used this combination together with my Windows XP and Windoes 7 XBMC builds. I have programmed the Logitech Remote to emulate the standard key presses for XBMC. I have enabled the feature that says "Remote Sends Keyboard Command" to no avail. Movie nirvana is close...I can feel it. Thanks to all who have helped me along with my foray into the world of Linux/Ubuntu.

John[/i]

[un1versal]

Your telling FSTAB to mount /dev/sdb1 on the mount point /media/movies, This is for Linux only, then whatever sources you add and what content you set is in XBMC is another step you need Video_library/Setting_content_and_scanning (wiki)

I suggest you also read Video_library/Naming_files (wiki) before you go onto to try to populate your library so you dont have any miss scraped content.