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After playing around to much with my pi I decided that I needed a fresh install. But now, xbmc wont start anymore.

Software
XBian version: 1.0RC2
XBMC version: 13.1
Overclock settings: XBian

Hardware
Power supply rating: up to 2A
RPi model (model A/B 256mb/512mb): A
SD card size and make/type: 8G class10
Network (wireless or LAN): wired
Connected devices (TV, USB, network storage, etc.): TV via hdmi, stereo via analogue out, powered usb hub with keyboard and HDD

Logile
Link to logfile(s):
dmesg: http://pastebin.com/CcLWQe2R
xbmc.log: http://pastebin.com/yyXD7Mug

Problem description:
XBMC hangs at startup, it loops at "starting xbmc" in the splash.
When trying to start xbmc --standalone, I get a error message:
"*unable to open vchiq instance"

How to reproduce:
Made a fresh install, did all available upgrades.

Is this a 256 or 512 Model A?
What does your config.txt look like?

(26th May, 2014 12:22 AM)IriDium Wrote: [ -> ]Is this a 256 or 512 Model A?
What does your config.txt look like?

Model A is always 256MB

(26th May, 2014 12:22 AM)IriDium Wrote: [ -> ]Is this a 256 or 512 Model A?
What does your config.txt look like?

Its 256 mb. (All model A are, afaik)

Quote:config.txt
#initramfs initramfs.gz 0x0a000000
initial_turbo=3
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
arm_freq=840
core_freq=275
sdram_freq=400
over_voltage=0

Did not play around with it.

Check github, I reported a similar issue earlier and got a solution.

May you point me? I am not particularly good at this git stuff.

Have you tried Mr Google and "Github xbian vchiq"?

However, that may not be your problem. It may be a memory issue and you seem to be missing memory commands.

Backup your /boot/config.txt file.
edit /boot/config.txt and change it to this.

#initramfs initramfs.gz 0x00a00000
gpu_mem_512=128
gpu_mem_256=100
initial_turbo=1
disable_splash=1
emmc_pll_core=0
arm_freq=700
core_freq=250
sdram_freq=400

Reboot and see if that makes any difference.
If not, repost dmesg and output.

Thank you for your reply.

Sure I tried Mr Google, but I only found this sraue stuff and couldn't find my way in there.... Anyway I tried what you suggested.

It didn't help.

dmesg: pastebin

just general addendum (for future generations)

looks like modules can't be loaded. frandom is failing (probably missing frandom module, xbmc failing - missing vchiq module)

how ? i don't know.