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Did you already try to add your thumb drive to the /etc/fstab as fixed mount?
Do you have another USB drive connected?

(25th Mar, 2013 06:03 PM)namtih Wrote: [ -> ]Did you already try to add your thumb drive to the /etc/fstab as fixed mount?

No. Will that fix it or is that a stab in the dark?

(25th Mar, 2013 06:03 PM)namtih Wrote: [ -> ]Do you have another USB drive connected?

No, just the one.

At least I don't have such problem you've described and this is something I remember what I did. So it could be worth a try. But if it's the solution, I don't know.
My fstab looks like this. So the line with sda2 could be interesting:

I also disabled the automatic USB mount:

The final df looks like this:

Just my experience....

Sadly XBMC 12.1 runs worse than 12.0 in alpha5 for me.
I use xbmc mostly to stream series/movies off the internet via addons like xstream or icefilms.
So content is delivered by various filehosters, which work fine most the time with 12.0, skipping works etc.
In 12.1 I have many sound issues (crackling, stopping, strange noise, not working at all), these issues appear especially when skipping, but also during normal playback.
Only stopping the file and starting again from beginning helps, which doesn't make sense when the error occurs in the middle of something and skipping forward crashes sound again^^

This seems to be xbmc related, same behavior on latest openelec and raspbmc.
I guess the new playback/caching by Dom in 12.1 doesn't like http streaming or whatever.
Reverted back to 12.0 and all is working again.
Maybe helpful for other struggling or deciding whether to update 12.1 or not.

(26th Mar, 2013 01:35 AM)namtih Wrote: [ -> ]At least I don't have such problem you've described and this is something I remember what I did. So it could be worth a try. But if it's the solution, I don't know.
My fstab looks like this. So the line with sda2 could be interesting:
(stuff deleted)
I also disabled the automatic USB mount:
(more stuff deleted)

Thanks! I changed fstab and disabled the automatic USB mount and xbmc now stays up. I haven't had a chance to test thoroughly (it's the bedroom HTPC and the wife is now sleeping) but I'll test later.

Doug

What's up with the high CPU usage..stays above 96% even when idle. Has it always been this way (and I never noticed it) or this is really abnormal.

(27th Mar, 2013 01:50 PM)agent5150 Wrote: [ -> ]What's up with the high CPU usage..stays above 96% even when idle. Has it always been this way (and I never noticed it) or this is really abnormal.

How do you check the CPU usage ?

(27th Mar, 2013 04:42 PM)Koenkk Wrote: [ -> ]

(27th Mar, 2013 01:50 PM)agent5150 Wrote: [ -> ]What's up with the high CPU usage..stays above 96% even when idle. Has it always been this way (and I never noticed it) or this is really abnormal.

How do you check the CPU usage ?

In settings/system info

agent5150 datelest='1364523309' Wrote: [ -> ]

(27th Mar, 2013 04:42 PM)Koenkk Wrote: [ -> ]

(27th Mar, 2013 01:50 PM)agent5150 Wrote: [ -> ]What's up with the high CPU usage..stays above 96% even when idle. Has it always been this way (and I never noticed it) or this is really abnormal.

How do you check the CPU usage ?

In settings/system info

You should check CPU usage through ssh and top.

(29th Mar, 2013 12:15 PM)agent5150 Wrote: [ -> ]

(27th Mar, 2013 04:42 PM)Koenkk Wrote: [ -> ]

(27th Mar, 2013 01:50 PM)agent5150 Wrote: [ -> ]What's up with the high CPU usage..stays above 96% even when idle. Has it always been this way (and I never noticed it) or this is really abnormal.

How do you check the CPU usage ?

In settings/system info

this is not a way to do so as it shows wrong.thats the reason why we removed this information from default skin,so the people are not get confused.
To check real CPU load do what is mentioned above like @f1vefour mentioned

I have tried to upgrade to the new version from the latest alpha to 12.1 but I get "unable to locatie package xbian-package-xmbc every time

(30th Mar, 2013 05:50 AM)derkd Wrote: [ -> ]I have tried to upgrade to the new version from the latest alpha to 12.1 but I get "unable to locatie package xbian-package-xmbc every time

Terminal

xbian@xbian ~ $ sudo apt-get update
urls... removed because of spam message from forum
Reading package lists... Done
xbian@xbian ~ $ sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev xbian-package-xbmc
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
xbian@xbian ~ $ sudo apt-get install xbian-package-xmbc -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package xbian-package-xmbc

look here >>>

(29th Mar, 2013 04:18 PM)f1vefour Wrote: [ -> ]

agent5150 datelest='1364523309' Wrote: [ -> ]

(27th Mar, 2013 04:42 PM)Koenkk Wrote: [ -> ]

(27th Mar, 2013 01:50 PM)agent5150 Wrote: [ -> ]What's up with the high CPU usage..stays above 96% even when idle. Has it always been this way (and I never noticed it) or this is really abnormal.

How do you check the CPU usage ?

In settings/system info

You should check CPU usage through ssh and top.

Ok, with ssh & top I see this:
Idle: (nothing playing).
%Cpu(s): 76.5 us, 13.6 sy, 5.8 ni, 3.4 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, ,0.0 st
Playing 1080p mkv from samba mount:
%Cpu(s): 42.3 us, 17.8 sy, ,5.7 ni, 32.6 id, 0.3 wa, 0.0 hi, 19.7 si, 0.0 st

Is this right? why is the first value lower under load compared to idle ?

The CPU usage for the MKV is because its mainly the GPU thats active.

The high CPU usage for XBMC is likely because you were not on the home screen.

(31st Mar, 2013 02:22 PM)f1vefour Wrote: [ -> ]The CPU usage for the MKV is because its mainly the GPU thats active.

The high CPU usage for XBMC is likely because you were not on the home screen.

I was on home screen.