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Ahh, so do you think that might fix it.
I have clueless with Linux really and this was from an old tutorial to install xvba xbmc. It was in the section on enabling the splash screen because the steps in this tutorial didn't seem to work. I got no splash screen at all. I am currently working but I will undo those changes and report back.
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(This post was last modified: 2014-04-24, 15:20 by fritsch.)
adding splash quiet is enough.
the other options break it hard.
And no need to "think" further: if you disable a gpu driver (nomodeset) and wonder why there is no driver loaded - then there is not really anything to wonder about.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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I just upgraded My Ubuntu install to 14.04 and now dont know what happend.
Atm i have VMware/mesa GL drivers installed. My desktop is terrible laggy and when Im starting xbmc it lags alot and sometimes The picture is really weird. Have not tryed any movies/tv shows yet.
And if i remeber correct i should not use fglxr (?) drivers but i cant remeber what other drivers to use?
And vdpauinfo do not working either. Gives me an error that some file is missing.
Maybe Im posting in wrong thread now. I hope anyone of you guys can help me with this or should i reinstall 13.10?
Whats The diffrent between The desktop ISO and minimal ISO?
Bootdisk
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Follow the howto. This is no general "I broke my Ubuntu" - thread.
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I know. But The Damn dist-upgrade messed things up. But i guess i have to go back to 13.10.
Another question. Is vdpauinfo or what its called compatible with ati Radeon gfx cards? I was googling abit and Saw that it was only for intel?
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Did you even(!) take the time to read the first post? No you didn't.
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Yes i have several times. But okey. Im stupid. Thanks for a good howto. Worked perfect when i had 13.10 but after The upgrade something happend.
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Use xbmcbuntu v13 or OpenELEC - that will do everything out of the box for you. This howto assumes basic knowledge of linux, as is written in the very first line.
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I noticed a problem with (I guess) the driver for AMD cards.
Whenever I stop play or payback finishes XBMC doesn't crash anymore but I can notice a lot of green lines and noise/distortion on the screen. Looks a bit like the symptom when the GPU/CPU overheats and crashes.
I did notice high load of the XBMC process (above 60%) when this happens and also quite hight temps, both GPU and CPU at around 80deg Celsius just sitting in the menu. Normally they are between 60-70.
As soon as I navigate the root menu as example from movies to shutdown the green lines mostly disappear and CPU load goes back to below 10%.
I'm running the setup as described in the howto (Option 1a for XBMC repo).
Happy to run some tests if you want me to.
Hardware is Zotac AD12+.
Cheers, End