[The Garage]

Problem is xbmc 12 [all versions] crashes immediately upon startup on intel i845G [yea, I know it's old].

v11 works fine!

This happens on 2 intel GPU systems here [1 desktop, 1 laptop] but does not happen on a much newer ATI GPU machine where xbmc 12 works well.

I believe problem rests somewhere between xbmc 12 and opengl.

Terminal shows:

xbmc.bin: swrast/s_renderbuffer.c:588: map_attachment: Assertion `srb->Map' failed.

xbmc crashlog error shows:

ERROR: ResetRenderSystem() GL_MAX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS_ARB returned error 1280

Crash occurs even if I nuke my ~/.xbmc directory so I know it's not plugin related.

xbmc 12 will start if I first force opengl to always use software accelleration by issuing

Code:

export LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1

prior to starting xbmc, but it runs terribly slow.

I know intel i845G is old....and not supported, but I am able to play 720p on this old POS and would like to continue to use it if possible.

System Info:

inxi -F
System: Host: HPa210n Kernel: 3.7.0-1.dmz.2-liquorix-686 i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: Xfce 4.8.3 Distro: aptosid 2011-02 Ἡμέρα - xfce - (201107131632)
Machine: System: HP Pavilion 061 product: DF210A-ABA a210n version: 05+1211RE101GLEND10
Mobo: TriGem model: Glendale motherboard Bios: Phoenix version: 6.00 date: 04/25/2003
CPU: Single core Intel Celeron CPU (-UP-) cache: 128 KB flags: (sse sse2) clocked at 2491.864 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 845G x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio: Card-1: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0
Card-2: Texas Instruments Japan Speakers driver: USB Audio
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.7.0-1.dmz.2-liquorix-686
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:40:2b:63:e0:50
Card-2: Realtek RTL8187 Wireless Adapter driver: rtl8187
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:e0:4c:04:37:19
Drives: HDD Total Size: 280.1GB (3.1% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD800JB size: 80.0GB
2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD2000JB size: 200.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 11G used: 5.1G (51%) fs: ext3 ID: /home size: 11G used: 1.9G (20%) fs: ext3
ID: swap-1 size: 2.09GB used: 0.06GB (3%) fs: swap
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 138 Uptime: 2 days Memory: 278.6/492.0MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.8.26

Any ideas?
Or should I file a bug report?

Thanks in advance,
The Garage