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Good Evening!

Yesterday, I finally achieved to install and run xbmc under Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and was able to watch a video over it just perfectly. After that, I've been shutting down xbmc normally.

Today, as I tryed to start my htpc, xbmc wasnt starting anymore. All I get is a Linux 12.04 starting screen, and then, a white, little _ (underline) is blinking in the top left corner of the screen. And thats all ... XBMC isnt starting anymore.

I have no clue where I have to start my error-searching. Does anyone have a clue what the problem could be and where to start error-detection?

Below I have attached the crashlog.

Would be very thankful for any advice!

Kind regards,
Stew

Code:
############## XBMC CRASH LOG ###############

################ SYSTEM INFO ################
Date: Sat Jun 29 21:15:27 CEST 2013
XBMC Options:
Arch: x86_64
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-44-generic #69-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 16 17:35:01 UTC 2013
Release:
    Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
    Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
    Release:    12.04
    Codename:    precise
############## END SYSTEM INFO ##############

############### STACK TRACE #################
gdb not installed, can't get stack trace.
############# END STACK TRACE ###############

################# LOG FILE ##################

21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Starting XBMC (13.0-ALPHA3 Git:41061a8), Platform: Linux (Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, 3.2.0-44-generic x86_64). Built on Apr  5 2013
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /usr/share/xbmc
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: /usr/lib/xbmc
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /home/htpc/.xbmc/userdata
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /home/htpc/.xbmc
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /home/htpc/.xbmc/temp
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: The executable running is: /usr/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Local hostname: xbmcLivingroom
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Log File is located: /home/htpc/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log
21:15:26 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   ERROR: CAESinkOSS::EnumerateDevicesEx - Failed to open mixer: /dev/mixer
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Found 1 Lists of Devices
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Enumerated ALSA devices:
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:     Device 1
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : default
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : Default (HD-Audio Generic HDMI 0)
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra:
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR,BL,BR,FC,LFE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 44100
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:     Device 2
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : dmixer
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HD-Audio Generic (dmixer)
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: HDMI 0
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR,BL,BR,FC,LFE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 44100
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:     Device 3
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : duplex
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HD-Audio Generic (duplex)
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: HDMI 0
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR,BL,BR,FC,LFE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 44100
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:     Device 4
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : upmix
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HD-Audio Generic
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: HDMI 0
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR,BL,BR,FC,LFE,SL,SR,UNKNOWN1,UNKNOWN2,UNKNOWN3,UNKNOWN4,UNKNOWN5,UNKNOWN6,UNKNOWN7,UNKNOWN8
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 44100
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:     Device 5
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HD-Audio Generic
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: HDMI
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 32000,44100,48000
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:     Device 6
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : @:CARD=SB,DEV=0
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HDA ATI SB
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: ALC892 Analog
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR,BL,BR,FC,LFE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 44100,48000,96000,192000
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:     Device 7
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HDA ATI SB
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: ALC892 Digital S/PDIF
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_IEC958
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 32000,44100,48000,88200,96000,192000
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: load settings...
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml)
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Loaded settings file from special://profile/advancedsettings.xml
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Contents of special://profile/advancedsettings.xml are...
                                            <advancedsettings>
                                              <loglevel hide="false">1</loglevel>
                                              <gui>
                                                <algorithmdirtyregions>1</algorithmdirtyregions>
                                                <visualizedirtyregions>false</visualizedirtyregions>
                                                <nofliptimeout>0</nofliptimeout>
                                              </gui>
                                              <cputempcommand>sensors|sed -ne &quot;s/temp1: \+[-+]\([0-9]\+\).*/\1 C/p&quot;</cputempcommand>
                                              <gputempcommand>/usr/bin/aticonfig --od-gettemperature | grep Temperature | cut -f 2 -d &quot;-&quot; | cut -f 1 -d &quot;.&quot; | sed -e &quot;s, ,,&quot; | sed &apos;s/$/ C/&apos;</gputempcommand>
                                            </advancedsettings>
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Log level changed to 1
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: Using digital output
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: AC3 pass through is disabled
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: DTS pass through is disabled
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: AAC pass through is disabled
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: Error: Requested setting (videoplayer.vdpaustudiolevel) was not found.  It must be case-sensitive
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 1.
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Log level changed to 1
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: creating subdirectories
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: userdata folder: special://masterprofile/
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: recording folder:
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: screenshots folder:
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: thumbnails folder: special://masterprofile/Thumbnails
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: load language info file: special://xbmc/language/English/langinfo.xml
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: trying to set locale to en_US.UTF-8
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: global locale set to en_US.UTF-8
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: load English language file, from path: special://xbmc/language/
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: POParser: loaded 2639 strings from file /usr/share/xbmc/language/English/strings.po
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: CSoftAE::InternalOpenSink - sink incompatible, re-starting
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "default"
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "default"
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
21:15:27 T:140614250309504    INFO: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S16NE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Request: periodSize 1024, bufferSize 4096
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Got: periodSize 1024, bufferSize 4096
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Setting timeout to 93 ms
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: CSoftAE::InternalOpenSink - ALSA Initialized:
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG:   Output Device : Default (HD-Audio Generic HDMI 0)
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG:   Sample Rate   : 44100
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG:   Sample Format : AE_FMT_S16NE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG:   Channel Count : 6
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG:   Channel Layout: FL,FR,BL,BR,FC,LFE
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG:   Frames        : 1024
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG:   Frame Samples : 6144
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG:   Frame Size    : 12
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: CSoftAE::InternalOpenSink - Using speaker layout: 2.0
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: CSoftAE::InternalOpenSink - Internal Buffer Size: 24576
21:15:27 T:140614001706752  NOTICE: Thread CSoftAE start, auto delete: false
21:15:27 T:140614001706752    INFO: CSoftAE::Run - Thread Started
21:15:27 T:140614250309504  NOTICE: Running database version Addons15
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: SECTION:LoadDLL(special://xbmcbin/system/libcpluff-x86_64-linux.so)
21:15:27 T:140614250309504   DEBUG: Loading: /usr/lib/xbmc/system/libcpluff-x86_64-linux.so


############### END LOG FILE ################

############ END XBMC CRASH LOG #############

Just realized that I've written that post on the wrong forum - could someone please move it to the linux-subforum?

cheers,
Stew
sudo apt-get install gdb

retry and post the new log.
Hi fritsch

Thanks for your advice. I have tryed that already, installation doesnt work for any reason.

See my try with sudo apt-get install:
Code:
htpc@xbmcLivingroom:~$ sudo apt-get install gdb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  gdb-doc gdbserver
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gdb
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,308 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,694 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main gdb amd64 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2.1
  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gdb/gdb_7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Tryed it with sudo apt-get install --fix-missing:
Code:
htpc@xbmcLivingroom:~$ sudo apt-get install --fix-missing
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
htpc@xbmcLivingroom:~$ sudo apt-get install gdb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  gdb-doc gdbserver
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gdb
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,308 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,694 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main gdb amd64 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2.1
  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gdb/gdb_7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Tryed it with sudo apt-get update:
Code:
htpc@xbmcLivingroom:~$ sudo apt-get update
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release.gpg  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/Release.gpg  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/Release.gpg  Temporary failure resolving 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-security/Release.gpg  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/wsnipex/xbmc-xvba/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release.gpg  Temporary failure resolving 'ppa.launchpad.net'

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
htpc@xbmcLivingroom:~$

Thanks for your help!

Kind Regards,
Stew
seems your DNS resolution is broken. Is anything "internet" working?
How can I check that without graphical desktop?

just ping www.nasa.com or something? If DNS is broken, that wouldnt work either right?

Thanks for your suggestions in advance Smile
e.g. ping google.com
indeed, there's a

ping: unknown host google.com

when I ping google.com
Do a

ping 8.8.8.8

to see if your box is connected to The Internet. If that does not work, your network set-up is broken. Do a

ipconfig

and try to make sense out of the output. Network interfaces listed? Default gateway set? Can you ping the gateway? If not => hardware.

If yes, or pinging 8.8.8.8 worked, check /etc/resolv.conf.