2010-05-15, 08:28
OK. I have just installed xbmc live onto this computer to a duel boot with windows xp i have partitioned the hhd so that windows is in one, my files on another (ntfs so windows can see it) and another for xbmc live.
when I first installed it looked great except I couldn't add any files because it didn't mount the hhd for some stupid reason so after a bit of forum searching I was able to find that I had to change /boot/grub/menu.lst to remove nodisk mount. I did this and it worked YEY!! that is until i went to actually play a movie and at first it was just black and white then bule and white then yellowish and white then back to blue and white where it stayed. I rebooted and then there was no picture at all just a black screen but I could hear the move playing and the screen would flicker different shades of black.
I figured that updateing to the lates builds could't hurt and might fix it so I:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
I was asked to setup Tvheadend so i did.
And now xbmc wont even start it just goes straight to the bash terminal and it sort off blanks out every 30 seconds or so for about 2 seconds then resumes. In theses blackouts the screen goes blank and it doesn't accept any keyboard instructions but works fine when it recovers.
I have tried to add PPAs by
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
and i'm told incorect comand or something (I can't remember exactly)
Now I'm at a loss as to what to do.
Do I need to install proprietary drivers for my ATI Radion HD 3300 if so how do I do that from command line?
Am I doing something wrong with the ppa?
when I first installed it looked great except I couldn't add any files because it didn't mount the hhd for some stupid reason so after a bit of forum searching I was able to find that I had to change /boot/grub/menu.lst to remove nodisk mount. I did this and it worked YEY!! that is until i went to actually play a movie and at first it was just black and white then bule and white then yellowish and white then back to blue and white where it stayed. I rebooted and then there was no picture at all just a black screen but I could hear the move playing and the screen would flicker different shades of black.
I figured that updateing to the lates builds could't hurt and might fix it so I:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
I was asked to setup Tvheadend so i did.
And now xbmc wont even start it just goes straight to the bash terminal and it sort off blanks out every 30 seconds or so for about 2 seconds then resumes. In theses blackouts the screen goes blank and it doesn't accept any keyboard instructions but works fine when it recovers.
I have tried to add PPAs by
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
and i'm told incorect comand or something (I can't remember exactly)
Now I'm at a loss as to what to do.
Do I need to install proprietary drivers for my ATI Radion HD 3300 if so how do I do that from command line?
Am I doing something wrong with the ppa?
