[dailydisco]

Hi developers! just a quick note from an end-user... I downloaded the image (thanks tssgery) and am fascinated by the development process. Having the vmware images (and the link to the free vmplayer... thanks... our IT group talks about using VM to model new systems but I never tried myself) is not only useful to the developers but also to the fans of the system... although I cannot participate (no skills) I can at least watch the process. I imagine that this is also a good way to answer those people who ask about beta tests... I ought to be able to follow the directions for compiling and look at it myself using this image.

Don't want to choke your dev forum with this stuff so no reply is necessary or expected. Just wanted to say that this vm image is great for more than just the developers.

[SandmanCL]

Wow, impressive bandwidth from aceshome.com ! (1 MB/s )
@tssgery, you should consider creating a torrent of xbmcdev.zip and let other xbmc forum users seed to share bandwidth expense

[Gamester17]

Here is a few other tools which might (or might not?) be nice additions(?):
* VTune Analyzer - Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Linux (free for non-Commercial use)
* Intel® Threading Building Blocks (Intel® TBB) for Linux - Threading Analysis Tool by Intel (free for non-Commercial use)
* Intel® Thread Checker for Linux - Another Threading Analysis Tool by Intel (free for non-Commercial use)

PS! Another addition which might be good to include in the VM is SDL documentation (and FAQ?) or?
...either as HTML or as UNIX "man" pages(?) unpacked and linked from the desktop for easy access?

[tssgery]

Due to the amount of bandwidth that has been used with people downloading this VM, I have built a torrent for it.

You can find the torrentfile at http://www.linuxtracker.org/torrents-det...hp?id=4254

[_max_]

That torrent is a good idea if people are actually seeding it =/ i spent 2 hours downloading @ 9kb/s until gnome-bt fucked up and now wont resume the file. Could someone put that vmx on a mirror so that i can dl it myself so i can put it on mirrors in sweden?

[_max_]

After a painfully slow download with the torrents its obvious that not enough people even have this file to seed.

The file is now located at the following mirrors (more mirrors will be added shortly).

Since there was no revision number i dared not change it when theres a "new" version with new features il start uploading these with revision name extentions. For now this is the current!

100mbit .se Adamo (RIXTELECOM/PORT80)
http://www.ravers.se/xbmcdev.zip

[tssgery]

Well, the torrent currently has 8 seeders and only one leecher, so there seems to be enough seeds.

But, thanks for hosting the mirror. It'll help non-US people grab the VM faster.

And, I'll start adding version numbers with the next build.

[nianhbg]

After a painfully slow download with the torrents its obvious that not enough people even have this file to seed.

The file is now located at the following mirrors (more mirrors will be added shortly).

Since there was no revision number i dared not change it when theres a "new" version with new features il start uploading these with revision name extentions. For now this is the current!

100mbit .se Adamo (RIXTELECOM/PORT80)
http://www.ravers.se/xbmcdev.zip

Thanks _max_ for this

[boscorillium]

Is this supposed to have everything it needs to build? I ran the checkout scrip and went to do a ./configure and it failed on the C++ compiler dependency check.

Maybe I'm retarded. I'm going to work on getting it setup on an actual box tonight probably, but this would be handy as well.


thanks.

[tssgery]

Is this supposed to have everything it needs to build? I ran the checkout scrip and went to do a ./configure and it failed on the C++ compiler dependency check.

Maybe I'm retarded. I'm going to work on getting it setup on an actual box tonight probably, but this would be handy as well.


thanks.

The compiler is definately installed, and it was building as of a few weeks ago. I'll try it with the newer source tree later tonight and see what happened.

[rrambo]

Downloaded today, ran ./configure and failed.. missing compiler.. needed g++, installed with apt-get ...

[yuvalt]

Downloaded today, ran ./configure and failed.. missing compiler.. needed g++, installed with apt-get ...

So, is everything ok now? if the problem persists please elaborate

[tssgery]

New version of the VM has been created:

http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=4305

version 1.1 - July 2, 2007
Added g++
Added python-sqlite
Added libglew-dev
Added libcurl3-dev
Added SDL html documentation - link on desktop, files placed in ~/sdl_html
SDL site added to Firefox favorites

[Jack.D]

Thx tssgery for the Torrent,

Is there any kind of tutorial/guide on how to get xbmc working on this VM platform?

Jack

[gmackenz]

Ack!

Read the Wiki!

Thx tssgery for the Torrent,

Is there any kind of tutorial/guide on how to get xbmc working on this VM platform?

Jack