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2010-09-03, 07:35
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Anyone else having problems with virtual terminals not showing up at all? All i'm greeted with is a black screen. This is happens both when booting from the cd and hdd.
Asrock ION > HDMI > amp > HDMI > tv
I think i've had this issue once before with some version, can't remember what i did that time to fix it.
I added vga=773 to the grub options and consoles showed up fine, but it breaks the whole boot experience (text-based splash, nforce smbus errors etc.)
GRUB_GFXMODE is set to 1920x1080, i guess i'll try lowering the resolution first..
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Now this is plain weird, if i hold down shift and go editing the grub line, but keep everything untouched and continue booting by pressing ctrl+x consoles work fine
I changed the gfxmode to 1280x720x32 cause vbeinfo told that this is the highest supported resolution. And plymouth resolution/aspect ratio and console resolution look fine.
Still the tv seems to be struggling with the console resolution if i let it boot straight into XBMC
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For what it's worth, I thought I would post my findings up here in the hope that they may assist others not so familiar with Linux, like myself (although I'm happy with line commands in a terminal and sftp into the box, etc). My existing version was XBMC Live 9.04 on a Revo 3610 which was working well after some tweaking when originally built last year. Not wanting to screw up this version, I thought I'd try and load Dharma to a flash drive and boot from there.
That's where my problems began. I tried to create this from the Dharma .iso cd to a flash drive running on an old laptop running XP Pro, and then boot it on the Revo, with little success due to numerous grub errors, despite trying several of the documented fixes.
Finally booted XBMC from the CD on the Revo, and used the Boot Disk Wizard under Programs to create a bootable disk on an 8gb SD Card. Awesome!! Works a treat. Maybe it's just my lack of knowledge here, but I found it simplest if you create the bootable disk from the machine you actually intend to use it on?!
Now, I also tried to do this to a USB Portable Disk, but the Boot Disk Wizard cannot see the device, despite the Pop Up in the bottom right corner displaying 'Mounted portable harddrive'. I formatted the disk as NTFS, FAT32 and EXT4 and tried each time but the BDW still displays 'Cannot find any suitable removable disks'.
Other than the Resume from Suspend issue, which has already been reported on this thread with a solution, the interface itself is just great, slicker and more intuitive than 9.04, and I haven't experienced any video or sound playback issues except on some Youtube videos, via the add-on, which appeared to run very slowly with no sound. I'm sure there's a solution to this out there already, but I haven't got around to searching and fixing just yet.
Also, for those in the UK (or with a UK proxy), BBC iPlayer HD streaming via the plugin works a treat!
I can provide more details of any of the above, if anyone would find useful....
I'm happy with my set up now, so look forward to the offical release!
