[tahaugen88]

Hi guys,

I've installed ubuntu minimal with the lubuntu desktop on my dedicated HTPC which runs only the media center. When I upgraded to the new version of xbmc the system freezes entirely after a few minutes into a movie or tv show.

I've followed the guide http://youresuchageek.blogspot.fr while installing since I needed the XVBA. I'm running a AMD A6 system.

Here's the debug log:

http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=33223

Hope to get an answer for the error because it's so irritating

- Tony

[wsnipex]

well... you didn't play any movie in that log, so hard to tell.

But, your audio setup is most probably wrong:
Using speaker layout: 3.1

Seems you are connected directly to a TV, so set to 2.0 and Analog

[tahaugen88]

My system go straight to the xbmc when I turn it on so I should have pasted the xbmc.old.log My htpc is connected to a Yamaha reciever with a hdmi cabel and from there straight to the tv. I have one center and two front plus my subwoofer. This is why I had 3.1 turned on :-) And analog has to be wrong?

[tahaugen88]

Now I've got the right log (I hope). I did reinstall both ubuntu minimal 12.10 and xbmc frodo from wsnipex's ppa. I even tried to change the audio to analog 2.1, still freezes. Could it be a bug in the new frodo ppa?

http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=33383

Hope to get this fixed, because I want to look at my movies and tv shows!

Thanks in advance.

[tahaugen88]

No one?

[wsnipex]

22:11:51 T:139761212225280 INFO: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0"
22:11:51 T:139761212225280 INFO: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x02"
22:11:51 T:139761212225280 INFO: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Unable to open the required number of channels

that device is:
22:09:35 T:139761221666688 NOTICE: Enumerated ALSA devices:
22:09:35 T:139761221666688 NOTICE: Device 1
22:09:35 T:139761221666688 NOTICE: m_deviceName : hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
22:09:35 T:139761221666688 NOTICE: m_displayName : HDA ATI
22:09:35 T:139761221666688 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: HDMI
22:09:35 T:139761221666688 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI
22:09:35 T:139761221666688 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
22:09:35 T:139761221666688 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 32000,44100,48000
22:09:35 T:139761221666688 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE

If you read that carefully, you'll see 2 channels only: m_channels : FL,FR

[tahaugen88]

That is strange, is it my reciever that's screwed up then? Since I've got 3.1 plugged in?

[wsnipex]

no, fglrx can only do 2 real channels. To have surround, you must use passthrough - AC3 and DTS ONLY, NO HD audio

[tahaugen88]

I tried passthrough also, but still freezes :-\ This didn't happen when I used your pre-frodo ppa and I'm positive that everything is installed correctly :-)

[wsnipex]

mv ~/.xbmc ~./xbmc.bak

try again without installing any addons and with default Skin.

From the log you posted, I can't see where is hangs or what could be the issue.