[1.0RC3] XBMC keeps restarting

[t1k]

I had the restarting problem since yesterday after upgrading routinely with apt-get. Last update was weeks ago.

I applied the apt fix mentioned in the FAQ, but trying upgrading again didn't solve the problem. After the updates XBMC dropped me to terminal login instead of restarting after the timeout period. Changing the timeout (as mentioned in some earlier posts) would just delay the problems and also prevented SSH login during the timeout period.

(31st Dec, 2014 08:59 PM)mk01 Wrote:  xbian-package-xbmc-scripts at minimum 1.1.4
xbian-package-upstart-xbmc-bridge 1.1.6
*xbmc* (that includes plain xbmc package, suffixed -6q, suffixed -nighly, suffixed -nightly-6q) with numbered suffix HIGHER than the date (16th Dec, 2014 08:43 AM) -- so the number suffix MUST be higher than this 1418715780.

This was what seems to have been the problem: My xbmc package was older than 1418715780 (I checked with dpkg --list). There were no updates though. Then I noticed my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xbian.list did not have the rpi-wheezy ending mentioned in mk01's post. The FAQ does not have it either. I added it:

Code:

deb mirror://apt.xbian.org/mirror.txt      stable  main rpi-wheezy

Then did sudo apt-get update. Some newer packages were found, including a newer xbmc package. After installing them XBMC did not die after the timeout period. I did not have much time to test it yet, but hopefully my RPi will run smoother now.