[Cheddoleum]

seems the latest from xbmc-fermenta breaks stuff (recent episodes on hybrid-skin and the remote functionality for yatse+maraschino).. fritsch, could you perhaps add a repository with your changes specifically for Gotham release which includes your fixes? (today's build)
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I bumped into this too -- errors in the Amber skin preventing the default menu screen from rendering and making a mess of the shelves. I didn't have an earlier version of the FernetMenta xbmc packages in the cache to downgrade to (because I haven't updated since before he had a Trusty build).

So I just switched to the xbmc ppa and am running mainline Gotham per the current version of the instructions in the first post of this thread. Works great, fixes the issue immediately (and you get the spooky splash).