I reinstall XBMCBuntu at the moment, because of broken setup.
After installation is finished, I would do the following:
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apt-get remove xbmc*
apt-get purge xbmc*
After that I would follow your instruction.
The user I've choosed in the XBMCbuntu installation is also called xbmc, so that the auto login should work.
0.) Basic Installation and script tuning
After the mini iso is installed, continue with the following steps:
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ssh python-software-properties software-properties-common udisks upower xorg alsa-utils mesa-utils git-core librtmp0 lirc libmad0 lm-sensors libmpeg2-4 avahi-daemon libnfs1 consolekit pm-utils libva1 vainfo libva-intel-vaapi-driver linux-firmware
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Allow every user (everyone) to start X11
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sudo dpkg-reconfigure x11-common
Create the xbmc user and it add it the relevant groups. If you have created the xbmc user during installation only do the usermod part.
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sudo adduser xbmc
sudo usermod -a -G cdrom,audio,video,plugdev,users,dialout,dip xbmc
To use the following upstart procedure you need to create /etc/init/xbmc.conf to start xbmc via upstart. That scripts does only wait for your HDMI device, if you want to wait for networking, you have to add that.
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# xbmc-upstart
# starts XBMC on startup by using xinit.
# by default runs as xbmc, to change edit below.
env USER=xbmc
emits xbmc-started
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
respawn limit 10 5
limit nice 21 21
script
exec su -c "xinit /usr/bin/kodi --standalone -- /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp :0" $USER
# the following two are to get an idea, if you want to user a window manager
# sudo apt-get install fluxbox and comment the above exec line
# only one exec line is allowed.
# exec su -c "xinit /usr/bin/fluxbox -- /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp :0" $USER
end script
# remove all those to set Full rgb range make sure to change HDMI2 to match your device
# starting from the next line, including end script
# post-start script
# sleep 1
# DISPLAY=:0 xrandr --output HDMI2 --set "Broadcast RGB" Full
# end script
edit /etc/security/limits.conf and add before the end. remember xbmc is the username, not the application. This will allow your user to get the audio thread a bit more priority.
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Last thing is missing some permissions to shutdown, suspend the computer, therefore create the file /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/custom-actions.pkla with the following content (don't introduce line breaks, especially the Action= line must be exactly one line (especially no linebreaks or auto ".." in freedesktop.udisks.*), verify this):
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[Actions for xbmc user]
Identity=unix-user:xbmc
Action=org.freedesktop.upower.*;org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.*;org.freedesktop.udisks.*;org.freedesktop.login1.*
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes
[Untrusted Upgrade]
Identity=unix-user:xbmc
Action=org.debian.apt.upgrade-packages;org.debian.apt.update-cache
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes
1.) Installation of the repository and the new packages
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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:team-xbmc/unstable (* this can be changed after helix final)
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:wsnipex/vaapi (see *)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi kodi-bin
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
1. Will this work?
2. Is there are need to install kernel 3.18 for Kodi too?
3. While removing xbmc*, does this touch the LIRC setup?
