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@namtih

I miss "startevent=mountall --startup-event mountall" in your cmdline.txt but this would lead to "frozen like" state AFTER kernel initializes (3-4-5s after turning on RPI, after kernel writes 2-3 pages of info to the screen) - found startevent=xbian in your cmdline.txt what from quite old beta2 version. could by any chance happened you xbian-update is not fresh? what is /etc/xbian_revision telling?

Can you PLEASE pack /boot/{initramfs.gz, kernel.img, System.map, fixup.dat, cmdline.txt, config.txt, start.elf, bootcode.bin} into archive and share somehow with me?

@mk01,
For future uploads testing, you can use my server if you want, in stead of a 100kb/s download we would have 4/5 Mb/s.

Left my pi on this night, doing nothing, came back this morning screen was black, no login promp, so i had to start xbmc via command line.
And again, nothing in logs.

Quote:01:09:37 T:2760897600 NOTICE: Thread Jobworker start, auto delete: true
01:09:38 T:2899412032 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
01:09:38 T:2899412032 NOTICE: Thread XBPyThread start, auto delete: false
01:09:38 T:2899412032 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
01:09:46 T:2899412032 NOTICE: Thread BackgroundLoader start, auto delete: false
01:15:05 T:2920014912 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 3 times.
01:15:05 T:2920014912 NOTICE: XBian : screensaver activated
01:15:05 T:2760897600 NOTICE: Thread XBPyThread start, auto delete: false
01:15:05 T:2760897600 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
01:15:05 T:2760897600 NOTICE: Clock Screensaver: INIT
01:15:07 T:2760897600 NOTICE: Clock Screensaver: Color selected: 0xC0EE82EE
01:15:07 T:2823914560 NOTICE: Thread Jobworker start, auto delete: true
01:16:41 T:3041133184 NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
01:18:05 T:2752508992 NOTICE: Thread Jobworker start, auto delete: true
01:19:38 T:3041133184 NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
01:24:09 T:2823914560 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
01:24:09 T:2823914560 WARNING: COMXImage::Decode progressive images not supported by decoder
01:32:39 T:3041133184 WARNING: Previous line repeats 3 times.
01:32:39 T:3041133184 NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
01:35:42 T:2752508992 WARNING: COMXImage::Decode progressive images not supported by decoder
01:38:21 T:3041133184 NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
01:40:29 T:2752508992 WARNING: COMXImage::Decode progressive images not supported by decoder
01:46:25 T:3041133184 WARNING: Previous line repeats 2 times.
01:46:25 T:3041133184 NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
01:48:55 T:2752508992 WARNING: COMXImage::Decode progressive images not supported by decoder
01:50:50 T:3041133184 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
01:50:50 T:3041133184 NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
01:54:37 T:2823914560 WARNING: COMXImage::Decode progressive images not supported by decoder
01:56:09 T:3041133184 NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
02:00:29 T:2752508992 NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
02:00:29 T:2752508992 WARNING: COMXImage::Decode progressive images not supported by decoder
02:05:42 T:3041133184 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
02:05:42 T:3041133184 NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
02:06:55 T:2823914560 WARNING: COMXImage::Decode progressive images not supported by decoder

(4th Oct, 2013 07:27 PM)brantje Wrote: [ -> ]@mk01,
For future uploads testing, you can use my server if you want, in stead of a 100kb/s download we would have 4/5 Mb/s.

Left my pi on this night, doing nothing, came back this morning screen was black, no login promp, so i had to start xbmc via command line.
And again, nothing in logs.

the black screen (even without login prompt) is because text console itself is blanking screen after a while. but anyhow the same was with me. I posted about this already.

send me please the ssh account, I will move whole repo during weekend.

(4th Oct, 2013 07:32 PM)mk01 Wrote: [ -> ]the black screen (even without login prompt) is because text console itself is blanking screen after a while. but anyhow the same was with me. I posted about this already.

send me please the ssh account, I will move whole repo during weekend.

Is SSH needed for storage? Or did you meant ftp acount?

(4th Oct, 2013 07:35 PM)brantje Wrote: [ -> ]Is SSH needed for storage? Or did you meant ftp acount?

Not for storage but for repo generation with the scripts.

I can use rsync and sync all structure via mounted ftp though. So no, it is not REALLY needed.

mk

If you have a domain name, dyndns or just a subdomain, i can set it up for you.
Will make a reseller hosting account so you can adjust the settings to your needs .
Also don't worry about the traffic, its unlimited =).
Stupid ISP didn't describe the FUP, so it is unlimited ^_^.

But i think they don't like me

Upgraded this morning:

Low Priority:

Just looked at profiles. (Never used them before) Creted a new profile, tried to log into it - RPi froze. Rebooted - unable to sign in - XBMC crashed. Restarted XBMC - same issue.

Master User works, it's only the secondary that seems to cause an issue.

It may be relevant, but dmesg shows multiple:

init: xbian-xbmc-bridge main process ended, respawning.

Eventually it worked, however, whenever I switch users, dmesg shows more bridge respawning errors.

Will remove the option and see if the bridge respawning still occurs (I hope not as I thought this was fixed).

Rebooted and XBMC didn't start.

dmesg: init: wait-for-state (xbmcxbmc-loaded) main process (326) terminated with status 100

Removing the extra user, disabling profiles and rebooting put's the system back to "normal".

(4th Oct, 2013 06:05 PM)mk01 Wrote: [ -> ]looks like the xbmc we updated ?two? days ago to is not quite stable as I found one of XBMCs crashed in the morning too. there was new version released and it is compiled, I will install it today to my RPIs for some basic tests without putting it to the repo yet.

I've installed this new version, but as I was back from lunch the screen was black again. XBMC.bin was running, but I wasn't able to get a picture. Had to restart it.
So it seems that this version isn't an improvement.

I've now disabled the screensaver (black) to see if it makes a difference.

@IriDium @namtih

ok, then I will revert to the one we used still three days ago. I'm sure the profiles worked there I'm using them as well and for almost month there were no other reported issues (other than the bookmarking problem I'm aware of).

Guys, is there any way to popper update to the new versions and test them? I mean, I tried to get the beta 2 but since the mirrors were down I couldn't. Is there any mirror working so I can apt-get clean; apt-get update; apt-get upgrade ?

It's all online. So you should be able to update.
Just open your "/etc/apt/sources.list" and add the line "deb http://ivka57.dyndns-ip.com wheezy main" to it. And then the 3 apt-get commands.

Has anyone tested with a USB DVD player? I don't posses one so can’t tell if it works or not.

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(4th Oct, 2013 08:55 PM)mk01 Wrote: [ -> ]@IriDium @namtih

ok, then I will revert to the one we used still three days ago. I'm sure the profiles worked there I'm using them as well and for almost month there were no other reported issues (other than the bookmarking problem I'm aware of).

Becareful, you don't go too far back, as the previous update solved the volume control not working problem.

(4th Oct, 2013 07:38 PM)mk01 Wrote: [ -> ]Not for storage but for repo generation with the scripts.

I can use rsync and sync all structure via mounted ftp though. So no, it is not REALLY needed.

@brantje

rsync over ftp mount (curlftpfs) doesn't work. I was able to upload initial copy, but updates are failing. depending on rsync parameters used, I get no errors but no updates to files or when using —append —inplace I get ftruncate errors (operation not permitted).

so I will need ssh, rsync supports transfers over ssh tunnel.

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(4th Oct, 2013 10:29 PM)IriDium Wrote: [ -> ]Becareful, you don't go too far back, as the previous update solved the volume control not working problem.

prior version was 2.9-10.10 which I have the feeling had this problem for you.

(4th Oct, 2013 10:29 PM)IriDium Wrote: [ -> ]Becareful, you don't go too far back, as the previous update solved the volume control not working problem.

★Edit★
Different issue but leaving here for posterity..see below for explanation

The issue is with the "Volume amplification" being unset initially. If you play a video and open the audio settings then change the volume amplification to something other than 0 dB then set this as the default for all videos the issue will be resolved.

Or open the ~/.xbmc/userdata/guisettings.xml and change this to something other than 0:

(5th Oct, 2013 12:21 AM)f1vefour Wrote: [ -> ]

(4th Oct, 2013 10:29 PM)IriDium Wrote: [ -> ]Becareful, you don't go too far back, as the previous update solved the volume control not working problem.

The issue is with the "Volume amplification" being unset initially. If you play a video and open the audio settings then change the volume amplification to something other than 0 dB then set this as the default for all videos the issue will be resolved.

Or open the ~/.xbmc/userdata/guisettings.xml and change this to something other than 0:

Code:

<defaultvideosettings>
        <volumeamplification>5.000000</volumeamplification>
</defaultvideosettings>

The problem I had was the +/- F9 F10 as volume up/down plus F8 as Mute were not working.
Is this the sane problem, this fix is for?