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OS Version: Ubuntu 10.04
Architecture: x86_64
Install Method: PPA, as described in wiki here: http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO_insta..._XBMC_Repo

XBMC version:
$ dpkg -l | grep xbmc
ii xbmc 1:9.11-lucid1
ii xbmc-bin 1:9.11-lucid1
ii xbmc-data 1:9.11-lucid1
ii xbmc-skin-confluence 1:9.11-lucid1
ii xbmc-web-pm3 1:9.11-lucid1

XBMC SVN: 9.11 R26018 (compiled may 4 2010)

System specs:
Dell Optiplex 620
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.40GHz
2G DIMM DDR Synchronous 533 MHz
Display: VGA compatible controller
product: 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
version: 02
width: 32 bits
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
From system info: GPU Mesa DRI Intel 945G GEM 20091221 2009Q4

Problem description: Start XBMC. Try to play any video file (tested xvid and standard DVD .vob file - mpeg2) and XBMC crashes, and generates crash_log. Console displays: /usr/bin/xbmc: line 88: 5872 Illegal instruction (core dumped) /usr/share/sbmc/sbmc.bin "$@" Crash report available at ...

Video's play fine in VLC. Let me know if more video codec info would be beneficial.

Debug located at: http://pastebin.com/X3m4Ntqt
Crash_Log located at: http://pastebin.com/AA2ZvVa7

note: seems 'similiar' to this guy's issue: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...ight=gx620 But not exactly. (wouldn't spend much time reading that, as his work-around is not possible for me...ie no expansion slots)

OS Version: Ubuntu 10.04
Architecture: x86_64
Install Method: PPA

XBMC version:
$ dpkg -l | grep xbmc
ii xbmc 1:9.11-lucid2
ii xbmc-bin 1:9.11-lucid2
ii xbmc-data 1:9.11-lucid2
ii xbmc-skin-confluence 1:9.11-lucid2
ii xbmc-web-pm3 1:9.11-lucid2

My crash is the same line but the number changes to 3925 (OP has 5872)
crash log: http://pastebin.com/Sp1jBDvP
xbmc.log: http://pastebin.com/rAMUHCRL


Whats going on here?

It crashes when disabling the shader, setting render method to software might fix it.

set to software renderer and got the same restults

xbmc.log http://pastebin.com/n5VMhv13
crash log http://pastebin.com/KcqPtxtw

I wonder if it has something to do with this: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8724
It seems only 64 bit with intel cpu platforms are affected.

It would have to be a regression for that to be true, as it was fixed in mesa 7.2 (2008) and my installed mesa version is 7.7

I'm going to be installing other OS's on seperate partitions. I will start with Ubuntu 9.10, and if that does not work, will put Win XP on a third partition. Is there lower version of XBMC that I should be trying?
Edit: forgot to mention, I tried all the different "shader" options as well, prior to OP. Same result.

Um, that computer you have has maybe the worst GPU ever created (well, the nearest competitor to PCI VGA from the 90s). When I tried last year to play compiz on a box like that it nearly exploded. I really think it won't work.

Easiest fix is a 8400GS 512mb PCI video card. Upside is that you would get hardware decoding, which means 1080p video and not just the divx that CPU can handle.

I wouldn't waste any more life trying to get that integrated GPU to work...

poofy,
upgrading video card is not an option (no expansion slots...see OP). Compiz works fine, and decoding h.263 (divx,xvid) and mpeg2 works fine as well. VLC play's them all good. It's not a decoding performance issue (like tearing, or stutter). All these video's play fine in VLC.
I do agree it's a crap vid. card, and I would upgrade if I could, but it's not an option.

Update: Installed Ubuntu 9.10 and xbmc 9.11 from ppa. Same result. I could attach crashlogs and coredumps again, but looking at them it's crashing for the same reason and in the same way.
Guess linux xbmc is out (unless there is some other version I should try?). I'm off to figure out how to pxe boot win xp.

You should try 32 bit ubuntu.

I quote bobo1on1.
Other thing to consider is: 64bit os are needed only for systems with more than 3GB of ram and for system that need to move many data on memory. On your system 64bit os is only a waste of Ram (ram usage by a 64bit os is 1.5-2 times of 32 bit version of same os).

bobo1on1 Wrote:You should try 32 bit ubuntu.

Ok, will do that....do you suggest 32-bit 10.04 or 9.10?

I think they're both ok, but I didn't yet update to 10.04

Installed Ubuntu 9.10-i386 (32bit) and now xbmc fails to start at all. I believe this is a different problem.
Here is the crashlog: http://pastebin.com/xe8NjpvP

I can't put xbmc into debug, as it crashes immediately after the black "xbmc" start screen loads. Console displays: /usr/bin/xbmc: line 88: 2722 Segmentation fault )core dumped) /usr/share/xbmc/xbmc.bin "$@"

Looks like the situation actually has gotten worse. I'm running out of troubleshooting steps, anything I could do to help identify the root cause?