[Techtalk] headless XMBC?-- video problem solved

[Carla Schroder]

BTW-- the video malfunction was for DVI and HDMI video, not just HDMI.
My original Lubuntu installation didn't have an video problems; they
appeared after a routine upgrade. So I was getting like totally
confused. But I can see clearly now. Maybe.

Carla


On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:41:33 -0800
Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:

> Allrightythen goils, video problem is solved. It was bad kernel
> drivers for my Intel video, and the solution was either to roll back
> to an older kernel, or install updated drivers from the Oibaf PPA,
> https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/graphics-drivers/  (my media
> server runs Lubuntu 13.10)
> 
> I was seeing this error in dmesg when I tried to play any video in VLC
> or MPlayer:
> 
> *ERROR* kicking stuck wait on render ring
> 
> It seems that the Oibaf PPA is popular and well-known for high-quality
> graphics drivers for Intel, NVidia, and Radeon. Well-known except by
> me. I installed the Oibaf drivers and regression cured!
> 
> Mediaserver works now, hurrah, I can play my DVD .isos just fine and
> the menus work. Now I can look at the resources you gave me for
> getting to know XBMC better. Thanks much! Yay couch potato time :D
> 
> Carla
> 
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:48:11 -0700
> Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
> 
> > Word:  BEEF
> > 
> > Get a bigger processor I/O board?
> > 
> > Also, check verify the HDMI types (not all are created equally).
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Carla Schroder
> > <carla at bratgrrl.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks Robyn and Lisa. I think one of the issues I'm having is
> > > HDMI-- both XBMC and VLC work perfectly when my media server is
> > > connected to a computer monitor, but when I hook them up to my
> > > teevee things get weird. I'm playing DVD .isos, and VLC crashes
> > > and XBMC hangs on the DVD menus when they're connected to the tv.
> > > But they don't on a normal PC.
> > >
> > > Duh setting it up to auto-login :) *smack forehead*
> > >
> > >  thanks, stay tuned for more thrilling media server adventures!
> > >
> > > Carla
> > >
> > > > From: Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
> > > > To: "techtalk at linuxchix.org" <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: [Techtalk] headless XMBC?
> > > > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 08:37:08 -0700
> > > > Sender: techtalk-bounces at linuxchix.org
> > > >
> > > > Hey Carla,
> > > >
> > > > Here's a complete discussion of keyboard alternatives:
> > > >
> > > http://www.tested.com/tech/pcs/456702-living-room-pc-part-1-no-keyboard-no-mouse-no-problem/
> > > >
> > > > StreamZap is pretty nice remote control:
> > > > http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Streamzap_PC_Remote
> > > >
> > > http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=How-to:Setup_Streamzap_PC_Remote_for_Linux
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > See also the excellent XMBC Keyboard controls:
> > > > http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Keyboard_controls
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: Robyn Willison <robyn at robynspcs.com>
> > > > To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [Techtalk] headless XMBC?
> > > > Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 02:43:33 +1030
> > > > Sender: techtalk-bounces at linuxchix.org
> > > > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64;
> > > >  rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0
> > > >
> > > > At the moment I am running XBMCbuntu and it boots straight into
> > > > XBMC without requiring a login. After setting up XBMC I've just
> > > > been using the remote from my TV card to drive XBMC. I'm going
> > > > to have to map a few keys though to the remote so I can drop
> > > > using the mouse completely.
> > > >
> > > > Robyn
> > >
> > >
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