[mr.b]

I think alot of us are in the same boat -- we want:

1. Lean install
   
2. Fast boot time
   
3. Working suspend/resume
   
4. No weird intrepid thread issues
   

I think there's probably some people with builds they are happy with that meet the criteria -- I thought I'd open a thread to discuss.

[Temar]

I think alot of us are in the same boat -- we want:

1. Lean install
   
2. Fast boot time
   
3. Working suspend/resume
   
4. No weird intrepid thread issues
   

Hmm, Windows XP?

Don't understand me wrong - I'm a Linux Fan myself and I'm using XBMC on Linux. BUT - the advantage of Linux is that you have a lot of flexibility. Flexibility has a price and that is complexity.

Building a new distribution which concentrates on the core features of XBMC is a lot of work. Especially maintaining it afterwards (security updates,...).

Temar

[mr.b]

Hmm, Windows XP?

Don't understand me wrong - I'm a Linux Fan myself and I'm using XBMC on Linux. BUT - the advantage of Linux is that you have a lot of flexibility. Flexibility has a price and that is complexity.

Building a new distribution which concentrates on the core features of XBMC is a lot of work. Especially maintaining it afterwards (security updates,...).

Temar

Point taken, but I want my VDPAU

[hikaricore]

Personally I'm running XBMC on Jaunty, the only issues I've had are due to my onboard USB sound card...
seriously they took a USB sound controller and soldered it on to a motherboard... idiots. >.<

Suspend works, boots quickly enough (i have other services running that you won't need) and I'm running XBMC
on the LXDE desktop environment which is light but still functional when I need to work outside of XBMC.

[wyild1]

Check out the How-To install XBMC for linux. The install is very minimal and looks like a decent option. Im in the process of starting over and using that how-to

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO:_Inst...ep-by-step

Cheers!

[mr.b]

I believe the wiki entry is derived from olympia's post. I believe the problem here is that you only get working suspend with intrepid, and intrepid introduces the threading issue with FFMPEG. Granted, it doesn't matter so much with VDPAU, but I still like the idea of a build with no known issues. Thanks to everyone who's contributed to the discussion so far.

[mr.b]

According to this entry, the solution may be to simply use the guide, choosing to install minimal hardy install, then upgrade the kernel:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=270196&postcount=6

[xnappo]

According to this entry, the solution may be to simply use the guide, choosing to install minimal hardy install, then upgrade the kernel:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=270196&postcount=6

I have that exact setup and have the suspend issue. Any advice on which kernel to try?

xnappo

[BLKMGK]

Well upon this issue, I do not think there will be anyone who disagree with what you said in the above. I do gain a lot from what you say. car charger

Some please KILL the SPAMbot!!!!!!

[User 46219]

I'm interested in this as well.

I've been using XBMC on my xbox for years and am about to try a very lean install for my htpc using Arch linux as the base instead of Ubuntu.

I'll let you guys know if I have the hibernate issue that you're having with Intrepid based installs.

[Haggy]

ctarwater: take a look at the PKGBUILD mentioned in my signature. Will save you much hassle on Arch.

[User 46219]

Thanks, I'll check that out.

One thing though, I use an ATI video card - will that still work with the vdpau branch?

[Haggy]

One word: nope :-)
But have a look at the comments in xbmc-svn. I posted a PKGBUILD a while ago which does not rely on vdpau.

[User 46219]

Thanks, that's what I thought.

It's just an old p4 dell I'm turning into a basic htpc to play (non-hd media from a hard drive) on my tv. I'm just using it to replace my xbox1 w/xbmc.

Ok, enough with hijacking this thread, sorry guys.