Server is not that different from the regular Mac OS. It has some extra tools that come with it by default, but the base os is almost completely identical.
So there should not be an issue to run XBMC on snow leopard server. I've been thinking of getting one of those mini servers myself
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Thanks for your thoughts. I'd have to agree with you, it should run without issue. I guess the worst case scenario is that you could install Snow Leopard (NOT server) until any problems were sorted.
The external storage looks interesting too.
I tried XBMC 9.11 with Snow Leopard Server, but it did not worked! XBMC icon in the dock jumped once but then application immediately crashed. On SL client XBMC works fine.
Plex did'nt work either. Plex started, but with empty window, and did not react on anything.
Has anybody any idea what is going on? Basically Server version should be the same as client version, except few extra services? Is there some settings in SL Server that might affect XBMC? All hints are welcomed.
I'm sure a crashlog would be welcomed as well...
pekkis61 Wrote:I tried XBMC 9.11 with Snow Leopard Server, but it did not worked! XBMC icon in the dock jumped once but then application immediately crashed. On SL client XBMC works fine.
Plex did'nt work either. Plex started, but with empty window, and did not react on anything.
Has anybody any idea what is going on? Basically Server version should be the same as client version, except few extra services? Is there some settings in SL Server that might affect XBMC? All hints are welcomed.
You have a display connect ? XBMC needs an OpenGL surface which means some type of display connected.
Thanks for your replay!
Yes, I have a display connected and working. Here is the content of xbmc.log:
10:36:41 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
10:36:41 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Mac OS X. Built on Dec 23 2009 (SVN:26018)
10:36:41 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/Resources/XBMC
10:36:41 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: /Users/administrator/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata
10:36:41 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: /Users/administrator/Library/Application Support/XBMC
10:36:41 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: /Users/administrator/.xbmc/temp
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: The executable running is: /Applications/XBMC.app/Contents/MacOS/XBMC
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: Log File is located: /Users/administrator/Library/Logs/xbmc.log
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:113401856 NOTICE: Setup SDL
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112324608 NOTICE: load settings...
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112324608 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112324608 NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112300032 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112300032 NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112300032 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112295936 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112295936 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112295936 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112295936 NOTICE: No advancedsettings.xml to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112295936 NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112295936 NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112295936 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:112295936 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/sources.xml
10:36:42 T:2686879680 M:108544000 FATAL: CApplication::Create: Unable to create window
Sorry, but it did not worked :confused2:
I have Snow Leopard Server on Mac mini, and I noticed that System Profiler says that Quartz Extreme is not supported? I think that might affect to XBMC?
Here is specs from System Profiler:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400
Type: Display
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0861
Revision ID: 0x00b1
ROM Revision: 3362
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Software
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Not Supported
Ok, problem solved! I installed newer version of SL Server, build 10A433, and now SL recognize my display right:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400
Type: GPU
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0861
Revision ID: 0x00b1
ROM Revision: 3362
Displays:
HP LP2475w:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
XBMC, and everything else works now!
Previous SL version was build 10A432.
Case closed, thanks for all the answers.
10A433? That's 10.6.0.
Why are you not running 10.6.2? And why were you running a beta before?