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sion28 · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-14, 22:14 by sion28.)

Has anyone tried running Bram77's script on a different Ubuntu installation? So long as the xbmc user is in place and logged in, it should still run, yes?

I know... "try it and see" and I will. Just thought I'd ask if it's known not to work well with other Ubuntu flavors.
(I'm thinking of trying out Mythbuntu).

Haohmaru · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-14, 23:59 by Haohmaru.)

I've just installed 12.10 minimal and then the script and after starting XBMC everything seems fine but if I play a HD video I got high 50~70 % cpu usage as if VDPAU wouldn't working. What's wrong ? This was never a problem before Frodo.

edit: After a restart it seems to working fine even on 1080p.

tudstudent · 2013-01-14, 23:28

If I am correct you need to check the version of udisk2 before applying the USB fix, since the fix is not needed anymore in the latest version:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sourc...ug/1048059

But if I am wrong please correct...

Bram77 · 2013-01-14, 23:50

Multiple things woul have to be altered in the script if you want to use it on any othrr ubuntu minimal version then 12.10

sion28 · 2013-01-15, 01:06

(2013-01-14, 23:50)Bram77 Wrote: Multiple things woul have to be altered in the script if you want to use it on any othrr ubuntu minimal version then 12.10

What about a installing it on a non-minimal flavor of Ubuntu 12.10?

cw-kid · 2013-01-15, 01:09

(2013-01-15, 01:06)sion28 Wrote:
(2013-01-14, 23:50)Bram77 Wrote: Multiple things woul have to be altered in the script if you want to use it on any othrr ubuntu minimal version then 12.10

What about a installing it on a non-minimal flavor of Ubuntu 12.10?

I think I already tried installing the script on Ubuntu Server 12.10 but in the end I started again with minimal. What is the advantage of running server over minimal ?

Thanks

un1versal · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-15, 01:55 by un1versal.)

none unless you want all the server stuff installed, php server, smb server, and a ton of other server software that you probably dont need.

Script can run on anything from Ubuntu 10.04 upto 13.04 no problems with no changes that I see. As long as my last two bug fixes go in.

uNi

ylafont · 2013-01-15, 04:54

(2013-01-11, 18:12)ylafont Wrote: I installed network Manager yesterday to be able to configure my wireless via xbmc to find out that it disables my usb-cec on build. Has anyone experience this, and if so is there a solution?

Does anyone know is this can be fixed?

**thethirdnut** · 2013-01-15, 05:05

Perhaps ditch the Network Manager and try to config wireless through the CLI. Try something easy like a phone wifi hotspot and a short key to start.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo

Code:
sudo nano -w /etc/network/interfaces

auto wlan0

iface wlan0 inet dhcp

wireless-essid   MYNETWOTK

wireless-key     FEFEFEFEFE

wireless-channel 11

wireless-mode    managed

Your wifi config shouldn't change too often so this may be a reasonable workaround.

ylafont · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-15, 05:31 by ylafont.)

(2013-01-15, 05:05)thethirdnut Wrote: Perhaps ditch the Network Manager and try to config wireless through the CLI. Try something easy like a phone wifi hotspot and a short key to start.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo

Code:
sudo nano -w /etc/network/interfaces auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wireless-essid MYNETWOTK wireless-key FEFEFEFEFE wireless-channel 11 wireless-mode managed

Your wifi config shouldn't change too often so this may be a reasonable workaround.

already done, But I can't expect someone else to change these settings when the box is moved. Which happens more often than what I would think since the box is so small.

**thethirdnut** · 2013-01-15, 05:27

OK - so is this portable HTPC or a laptop...either it moves around a lot?

Only used for XBMC?

ylafont · 2013-01-15, 05:30

(2013-01-15, 05:27)thethirdnut Wrote: OK - so is this portable HTPC or a laptop...either it moves around a lot?

Only used for XBMC?

Yeap, Intel NUC, just for XBMC.

**thethirdnut** · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-15, 05:43 by thethirdnut.)

Quote:But I can't expect someone else to change these settings when the box is moved.

You could perhaps make a drinking game out of everytime someone makes an editing error in vi - no!? ;-)

ylafont · 2013-01-15, 06:54

(2013-01-15, 05:42)thethirdnut Wrote:
Quote:But I can't expect someone else to change these settings when the box is moved.

You could perhaps make a drinking game out of everytime someone makes an editing error in vi - no!? ;-)

I would be drunk have the week 8-).

vosip · 2013-01-15, 07:50

Hello. I tried to use the following script for upstart to autostart XBMC:

Quote:
Code:
# xbmc-upstart # starts XBMC on startup by using xinit. # by default runs as xbmc, to change edit below. env USER=xbmc description "XBMC-barebones-upstart-script" author "Matt Filetto" start on (filesystem and stopped udevtrigger) stop on runlevel [016] # tell upstart to respawn the process if abnormal exit respawn script exec su -c "xinit /usr/bin/xbmc --standalone -- -nocursor :0" $USER end script

Almost all is ok. XBMC is autostarted. All power menu items in XBMC also works properly (Restart, Shutdown, etc). But only one menu item is not working - Quit. When I choose Quit menu item XBMC quited and then restart. How to fix it. I suppose when I choose Quit XBMC should exit to CLI. But may be better to simply delete Quit menu item from Power menu in XBMC. Because I installed XBMC in my media center and its main feature is to run XBMC. If so then how to delete Quit menu item from Power menu in XBMC?

Thanks